Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2023	South Dakota State University	Lindell Lisa R	Catalog Librarian/Professor	$94,000.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Thuente Joseph C	Sen Assoc Ad For Extern Affair	$94,000.00	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota State University	Klocker Brady T	Chief Pilot/Mechanic	$94,000.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Thuente Joseph C	Sen Assoc Ad For Extern Affair	$94,000.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	De Castro Daniel M	Asst Professor	$93,999.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Berkhout Jan	Professor	$93,999.03	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Berkhout Jan	Professor	$93,999.03	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Druecker Scott A	Assistant Professor	$93,978.87	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Helmbolt Shawn M	Director-Admissions	$93,968.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Larson Christine	Professor	$93,963.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Larson Christine L	Professor	$93,963.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Black Hills State University	Klug Jane	Dean Of Students	$93,951.00	Black Hills State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Eck Jason W	Assistant Coach-Football/Offensive Coordinator	$93,930.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Zhang Shouhong	Director Of Instructional Design	$93,930.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Nepal Madhav	Professor	$93,924.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Heller Dennis		$93,917.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2018	South Dakota State University	Napton Darrell	Professor	$93,906.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Napton Darrell E	Professor	$93,906.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Northern State University	Mathew Shalini		$93,898.45	Northern State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Gent Stephen P	Associate Professor/Acting Associate Dean Of Research	$93,895.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Akowuah Francis	Assistant Professor	$93,895.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Yen Yang	Professor	$93,864.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bender Vickie M	Associate Director	$93,862.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Alexander David L	Associate Dean, Usd Libraries	$93,853.12	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Gustafson Curtis	Associate Professor/Coordinator-Student Recruitment & Retention	$93,835.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Gustafson Curtis O	Associate Professor/Coordinator-Student Recruitment & Retention	$93,835.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kunza Lisa A		$93,820.71	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ahrenkiel Scott P	Professor	$93,816.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Farabee Darlene G	Chair, English	$93,807.46	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Cerny Shana L	Lend Discipline Head	$93,795.53	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Soluk Daniel A	Professor	$93,785.30	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Soluk Daniel A	Professor	$93,785.30	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Berg-Poppe Patti J	Professor	$93,773.13	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Berg-Poppe Patti J	Professor	$93,773.13	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Drake Miranda A	Assistant Professor Of Practice	$93,750.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Drake Miranda A	Assistant Professor Of Practice	$93,750.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	French Adam	Associate Professor	$93,737.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Salunke Prafulla K	Assistant Professor	$93,734.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Hansen Timothy M	Associate Professor	$93,723.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Larscheid Stephanie H	Executive Director	$93,721.32	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Kurtz Anna D	Director Of Enterprise Applications	$93,719.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Dhiman Saurabh	Assistant Professor	$93,712.37	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Johnson Stephen K	Assoc Prof/Bus&Public Pol Lib	$93,695.46	University Center - Sioux Falls
2019	University of South Dakota	Jordre Becca D		$93,688.58	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Armstrong Eliot M	Senior Comp Support Specialist	$93,681.40	University of South Dakota
2022	University of South Dakota	Pietri Cotty Jose E	Assistant Professor	$93,675.69	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Pietri Cotty Jose E	Assistant Professor	$93,675.69	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Pietri Cotty Jose E	Assistant Professor	$93,675.69	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Leibiger Carol A	Assoc Prof/Info Lit Coord	$93,675.38	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Leibiger Carol A	Assoc Prof/Info Lit Coord	$93,675.38	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Leibiger Carol A	Assoc Prof/Info Lit Coord	$93,675.38	University Center - Sioux Falls
2019	South Dakota State University	Boe Arvid A	Professor	$93,661.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Gu Xingyou	Professor	$93,652.00	South Dakota State University
2021	Black Hills State University	Anagnopoulos Cheryl		$93,644.00	Black Hills State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Semenchenko Anton	Research High Performance Computer Specialist	$93,619.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Schlafke Theodore F	Asst Fb Coach/Offensive Coord	$93,610.00	University of South Dakota
2022	University of South Dakota	Ward Stephen K	Dir, Acad & Career Plan Center	$93,592.78	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Ward Stephen K	Dir, Acad & Career Plan Center	$93,592.78	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Ward Stephen K	Dir, Acad & Career Plan Center	$93,592.78	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota State University	Levesque Crystal L	Associate Professor	$93,585.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ash Jason	Associate Professor	$93,574.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota State University	Foland Kay	Professor	$93,556.83	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Jiang Nan	Professor	$93,553.07	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Jiang Nan	Professor	$93,553.07	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Braman Karen	Professor	$93,547.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Fekrmandi Hadi	Assistant Professor	$93,535.18	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Phelps Brady J	Professor Emeritus	$93,523.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Park Kunsoon	Associate Professor	$93,513.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Stluka Suzanne	Program Director-Food & Family	$93,470.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Stluka Suzanne R	Program Director-Food & Family	$93,470.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Barrett Christina		$93,467.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2017	South Dakota State University	Krishnan Padmanaban	Professor	$93,467.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Krishnan Padmanaban	Professor	$93,467.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Foster Neal R	Manager-Seed Cert Division	$93,466.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Weinrich Trevor D	Mts Business Advisor	$93,465.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ahrenkiel Scott P		$93,461.09	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	University of South Dakota	Bucklin Steven J		$93,457.62	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Dewald Matthew L	Assistant Professor	$93,451.35	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Dubey Saurav K	Assistant Professor	$93,446.23	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bheemasetti Tejo V	Assistant Professor	$93,433.30	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Chen Chien-Wen	Assistant Professor	$93,427.98	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Robert	Associate Professor	$93,421.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bheemasetti Tejo V	Assistant Professor	$93,419.01	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Woldstad Jeffrey C	Department Head	$93,411.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Bagu Edward T	Assistant Professor	$93,409.69	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Hatfield Gary D	Associate Professor	$93,404.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Aldrich Alan W	Assoc Prof/Instr Serv Lib	$93,395.52	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Brady Nate	Security Engineer	$93,393.64	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Fahmy Hesham T	Associate Professor	$93,380.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Cutler Kay M	Professor	$93,371.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Warren Dawn R	Rapid City Site Director	$93,367.61	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Trimble Nancy D	Assistant Professor	$93,358.98	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Trimble Nancy D	Assistant Professor	$93,358.98	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Trimble Nancy D	Assistant Professor	$93,358.98	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Williams Mandy J	Associate Professor	$93,351.33	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Meendering Jessica	Professor & Interim Associate Dean Of Research	$93,346.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Johnson Paul O	Temp Extension Associate-	$93,339.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Rose Laura A	Assistant Professor	$93,323.39	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Strieder Frank	Associate Department Head/	$93,311.09	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Larochelle Pierre M	Department Head	$93,306.97	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology