Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2024	South Dakota State University	Peterson Gregory R	Professor	$104,339.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Xu Lan	Professor	$104,314.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Elliott Matthew S	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist - Agribusiness	$104,307.00	South Dakota State University
2022	Black Hills State University	Mackin Patrick		$104,307.00	Black Hills State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Teets Donald A		$104,305.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Banks Margaret D	Associate Director, Nmm	$104,292.69	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Peterson Douglas A		$104,286.81	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Mashlan Michelle K	Dir Of Finance, Health Affairs	$104,250.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Mashlan Michelle K	Dir Of Finance, Health Affairs	$104,250.00	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Mashlan Michelle K	Dir Of Finance, Health Affairs	$104,250.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	South Dakota State University	Hansen Timothy M	Associate Professor	$104,248.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Fu Kaiqun	Assistant Professor	$104,246.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Simons Jeffrey S	Professor	$104,244.63	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Simons Jeffrey S	Professor	$104,244.63	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota State University	Gu Xingyou	Professor	$104,242.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Novotny Jennifer L	Assistant Vice President For Student Life	$104,239.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Laporte Kyle J	Assistant Professor	$104,233.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Brickey Andrea J	Associate Professor	$104,211.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Moore Tyler S	Assistant Professor Of Law	$104,201.20	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Qiao Mengyu	Associate Professor	$104,184.01	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Fekrmandi Hadi	Assistant Professor	$104,176.70	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Saunders Christopher	Professor	$104,162.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Piper Adam K	Associate Professor	$104,150.84	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Hostettler Timothy S	Cim Program Director/Associate Professor Of Practice	$104,150.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Strieder Frank	Associate Professor	$104,143.97	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Sereda Grigoriy A	Professor	$104,088.51	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Fairholm Matthew R		$104,050.23	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Schaal Daniel J	Professor	$104,043.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Hunt Aaron T	Assistant Professor/Coordinator-Mph Program	$104,030.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Western Dakota Tech	Hertel Mandy J	General Education - Social Science	$104,013.38	Western Dakota Tech
2018	South Dakota State University	Baye Jordan	Assistant Professor	$104,000.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Klocker Brady	Chief Pilot/Mechanic	$104,000.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Van Klompenburg Emily	Assistant Professor	$104,000.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Mcgill Sarah A	Assistant Professor	$104,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Peterson Janet M	Director Of Shared Services	$104,000.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Berendse Joseph	Assistant Professor	$104,000.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Diersen Matthew A	Professor/Extension Specialist-Risk & Business Management	$103,973.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Diersen Matthew	Professor/Extension Specialist-Risk & Business Management	$103,973.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bai Xinhua	Professor	$103,967.08	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Giere Stuart		$103,967.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2024	South Dakota State University	White George W	Professor	$103,946.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Garry Byron G	Associate Professor	$103,934.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Halaweish Fathi T	Professor	$103,900.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Karlsson Christer		$103,899.98	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Sternhagen Jason D	Research Associate Iii/Manager	$103,891.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Sharaf El Din Tamer A	Assistant Professor	$103,863.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Sharaf El Din Tamer A	Assistant Professor	$103,863.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Montoya Thomas P	Associate Professor	$103,847.23	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Tukkaraja Purushotham	Associate Professor	$103,847.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Lubbers Charles A	Professor	$103,819.16	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Heins Jodi R	Professor And Director Of Experiential Education	$103,763.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Wang Xiuqing	Professor	$103,761.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Teets Donald A	Professor - 9	$103,742.01	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	West Michael W	Deputy Athletic Director	$103,700.00	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Kraljic Mary B	Access Services Librarian	$103,694.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Henningsgaard Steven		$103,694.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Stone James	Department Head	$103,693.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Stone James	Professor	$103,693.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Owen Jody L	Senior Director Of Student Success & Opportunity Center	$103,684.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Johnson Martin Marni L	Assistant Director, Cd	$103,682.12	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Daly Russell F	Professor/Extension Specialist-Veterinarian	$103,680.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Wang Zhenqiang	Professor	$103,670.87	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Geza Nisrani Mengistu	Associate Professor	$103,645.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Tazarv Mostafa	Associate Professor	$103,632.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Cross William M	Professor	$103,631.03	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Pietri Cotty Jose E	Assistant Professor	$103,603.03	University of South Dakota
2022	Black Hills State University	Cho Chanho		$103,577.00	Black Hills State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Mylant Marylou	Professor	$103,567.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Mylant Marylou	Temporary Professor/Professor Emeritus Of Nursing	$103,567.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Boyd Elizabeth A		$103,556.30	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Weber Emmeline E	Library Operations Manager	$103,540.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Lansink Stacie A	Lecturer/Mls Program Director	$103,533.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Holler Larry D	Professor	$103,530.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Ingemansen Jack A	Superintendent-Foundation Seed Stock	$103,519.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	O'brien Jamie L	Professor	$103,511.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Feller Lisa M	Assoc Prof/Dir Regulatory Aff	$103,479.00	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Hu Zhong	Professor	$103,479.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Sexton Peter J	Manager-Se Research Farm/Associate Professor	$103,467.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Jones Allen L	Professor	$103,443.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Johnson Ryan	Director Of Research Computing	$103,425.00	University of South Dakota
2023	Black Hills State University	Marc Max	Professor, Mgmt Info Systems	$103,403.00	Black Hills State University
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Britten Hugh B	Associate Chair/Professor	$103,402.27	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Britten Hugh B	Associate Chair/Professor	$103,402.27	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Rahman Shafiqur	Professor	$103,399.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Miskimins Dale W	Professor	$103,366.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Miskimins Dale	Professor	$103,366.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Miskimins Dale W	Professor	$103,366.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Miskimins Dale W	Professor	$103,366.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Miskimins Dale W	Professor	$103,366.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Roh Soon Hee	Professor	$103,364.67	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Degen Becky J	Director Of Continuous Improvement	$103,359.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Hulme Polly A	Professor	$103,339.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Bagu Edward T	Assistant Professor	$103,331.75	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Bagu Edward T	Assistant Professor	$103,331.75	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Bagu Edward T	Assistant Professor	$103,331.75	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	South Dakota State University	Cole-Dai Jihong	Professor	$103,331.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Brokmeier Susanne M	Lecturer	$103,320.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Sawyer John F		$103,278.36	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Petty Mark T	Dean Of Enrollment	$103,264.93	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Petty Mark T	Dean Of Enrollment	$103,264.93	University Center - Sioux Falls