Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
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
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
2024	South Dakota State University	Pelzel Heidi A	Lecturer	$93,209.00	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
2024	South Dakota State University	Biesecker Matthew J	Associate Professor	$93,103.00	South Dakota State University
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
2024	South Dakota State University	Pawlovich Michael D	Assistant Professor	$93,049.00	South Dakota State University
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
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Furchner Cassie	Dir Fin Plng & Budget Dvlpmt	$93,004.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
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
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hammell Joshua	Res Sci Iii Aml Lab Mgr	$92,943.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Fodness Ruth		$92,943.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
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
2024	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
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Professor	$92,784.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Director	$92,784.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Lande Micah	Asst Prof-E.R.Stensaas Ch	$92,779.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	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