Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Larochelle Pierre M	Professor	$93,306.97	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Larochelle Pierre M	Department Head	$93,306.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Pattison James S	Assistant Professor	$93,297.28	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Djira Gemechis	Associate Professor	$93,295.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Michna Gregory J	Associate Professor	$93,293.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Holdhusen J D	Chair, Music Dept	$93,285.23	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Wei Lin	Associate Professor/Graduate Coordinator	$93,277.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Huh Yung M	Professor/Interim Department Head	$93,276.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Zhang Weiwei	Assistant Professor	$93,256.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Douglas Carl C	Senior Director-Trio Program/Multicultural Affairs	$93,255.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Peterson Rebecca L	Director Of Housing & Residential Life	$93,247.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Isaacson Mary J	Associate Professor	$93,235.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Scaria Joy	Associate Professor	$93,229.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Verschoor Mary L	Director-South Dakota Art Museum	$93,215.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Verschoor Mary	Director-South Dakota Art Museum	$93,215.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Fourney Robert S	Associate Professor	$93,212.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Novotny Jennifer L	Senior Director-Student Activities	$93,209.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Koromyslova Ekaterina A	Associate Professor	$93,189.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Keller Michael	Professor	$93,188.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Keller Michael	Professor	$93,188.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Black Hills State University	Anagnopoulos Cheryl		$93,187.00	Black Hills State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Waterman David M	Assistant Professor	$93,177.97	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Wone Bernard W	Associate Professor	$93,150.46	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Seo Junwon	Associate Professor	$93,150.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Anderson Christopher V	Associate Professor	$93,143.46	University of South Dakota
2018	Lake Area Technical Institute	Brandsrud Bradley		$93,140.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2020	University of South Dakota	Haksgaard Hannah C	Associate Professor	$93,121.20	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Devries Nathan G	Director Of Service Delivery	$93,118.37	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Flack John G	Info Tech Architect	$93,118.37	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Brunick Ann L		$93,110.25	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Rice George J	Director, University Police	$93,104.00	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Roy Sayan	Assistant Professor	$93,100.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Varenhorst Adam J	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Field Crop Entomologist	$93,096.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Christensen Cody J	Associate Professor	$93,079.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Gray Susan K	Professor	$93,078.62	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Geza Nisrani Mengistu	Associate Professor	$93,076.97	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	O'neil Jill A	Director-Grants & Contracts	$93,046.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Mistry Vikram V	David A Thompson Endowed Depart Head/Professor/Interim Assc Dean-Acad Programs	$93,045.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Helmbolt Shawn M	Director-Admissions	$93,038.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Neumann Cedric	Associate Professor	$93,012.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Eck Jason W	Assistant Coach-Football/Offensive Coordinator	$93,000.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Zhang Shouhong	Director Of Instructional Design	$93,000.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Brown Clinton T	Assistant Coach-Football	$93,000.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Eidsness C E	Associate Head Coach-Football	$93,000.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Fox Elizabeth	Government Documents Librarian	$93,000.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Prigge William D	Professor	$92,972.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Rolz Eckhard	Professor	$92,966.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Wu Jixiang	Professor	$92,964.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Boe Arvid A	Professor	$92,963.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Boe Arvid	Professor	$92,963.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	French Adam J	Associate Professor	$92,959.63	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Hua Guanghui	Associate Professor	$92,956.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Laurie C	Dept Head/Dir Museum Geai	$92,947.56	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Laurie C	Professor	$92,947.44	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Yen Yang	Professor	$92,935.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bruno Nickolaus	Assistant Professor	$92,928.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Zimney Kory J	Associate Professor	$92,924.99	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Thiex Travis J	Mts Business Advisor	$92,901.60	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Saravanan Vijayalakshmi	Assistant Professor	$92,878.14	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Schmidt Robert C	Professor	$92,857.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Schmidt Robert C	Professor	$92,857.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Briddick Hande	Professor	$92,845.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Burrows Rhoda L	Professor/Extension Specialist-Horticulture	$92,813.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Glover Karl D	Professor	$92,812.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Xu Lan	Professor	$92,804.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Ball John	Professor	$92,801.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Hansen Timothy M	Assistant Professor	$92,795.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Lande Micah	Asst Prof-E.R.Stensaas Ch	$92,779.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Brenza Timothy M	Assistant Professor	$92,776.91	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Freeman Harry S	Professor	$92,770.19	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Freeman Harry S	Professor	$92,770.19	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Banasiak John M	Professor	$92,762.75	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Banasiak John M	Professor	$92,762.75	University Center - Sioux Falls
2017	South Dakota State University	Weber Karyn L	Chief Of Staff	$92,752.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Weber Karyn	Chief Of Staff	$92,752.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Caffe Melanie M	Associate Professor	$92,742.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Mctaggart Robert J	Assistant Department Head/Associate Professor	$92,741.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Black Hills State University	Culver Randell	Assoc Vp, Facilities & Sustain	$92,737.00	Black Hills State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ward Kevin M	Assistant Professor -9	$92,736.72	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Merkt Donna L	Director-Sd Art Museum	$92,734.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Kelly Kyle E	Database/Systems Engineer	$92,729.95	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Madsen Sara K	Senior Lecturer	$92,718.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Card Karen	Associate Professor	$92,712.38	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Reichenbacher Juergen	Assistant Professor	$92,702.45	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ahrenkiel Scott P	Professor	$92,701.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Trooien Todd P	Professor	$92,699.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Morrison Patrick J	Dir. Gallagher Int'l Center	$92,684.75	University of South Dakota
2022	University of South Dakota	Jordan Brennan T	Professor	$92,679.79	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Jordan Brennan T	Professor	$92,679.79	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Dubey Saurav K	Assistant Professor	$92,679.56	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Tan Songxin	Associate Professor	$92,679.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Basu Saikat	Assistant Professor	$92,665.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Brenza Timothy M	Assistant Professor	$92,650.97	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Kolady Deepthi E	Associate Professor	$92,623.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Soderling Taylor D	Assistant Professor	$92,622.70	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Soderling Taylor D	Assistant Professor	$92,622.70	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Soderling Taylor D	Assistant Professor	$92,622.70	University Center - Sioux Falls
2018	South Dakota State University	Gent Stephen	Associate Professor	$92,611.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Gent Stephen P	Associate Professor	$92,611.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Letellier Travis L	Instructor	$92,610.00	University of South Dakota