Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2017	South Dakota State University	Seefeldt Teresa M	Acting Assistant Dean/Associate Professor	$88,602.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Seefeldt Teresa	Associate Dean/Associate Professor	$88,602.00	South Dakota State University
2017	Lake Area Technical Institute	Terronez Troy		$88,591.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ragi Shankarachary	Assistant Professor	$88,587.80	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Perry George A	Professor/Extension Specialist-Beef Reproduction Management	$88,573.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Welch Bridget K	Staff Research Scientist	$88,550.00	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Laplante Kathryn D	Instructor	$88,544.08	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Held Jeffrey E	Professor/Extension Specialist-Sheep	$88,542.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Leigh Larry M	Imaging Engineer Iii	$88,537.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Chandrasekher Gudiseva	Associate Professor	$88,535.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Berg Lora	Director-Marketing & Communications	$88,534.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Berg Lora J	Director-Marketing & Communications	$88,534.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Lalley Aaron J	Instructor	$88,529.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	Lake Area Technical Institute	Bellum Kimberly		$88,526.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hall Robert A	Department Head	$88,523.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Thiyagarajan Magesh	Department Head	$88,520.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Thiyagarajan Magesh	Professor	$88,520.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Allard Ivy N	Senior Lecturer	$88,519.48	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Weaver Eric M	Assistant Professor	$88,512.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Feininger Casey		$88,506.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Nilson Wade A	Professor	$88,501.97	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Nilson Wade A	Professor	$88,501.97	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Stone James J	Department Head	$88,500.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Campbell Grant R	Assistant Professor	$88,500.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Campbell Grant R	Assistant Professor	$88,500.00	University of South Dakota
2020	Mitchell Technical Institute	Heemstra John	Vice President	$88,500.00	Mitchell Technical Institute
2019	University of South Dakota	Wolfswinkel Sandra A		$88,500.00	University of South Dakota
2022	University of South Dakota	Dejager-Loftus Danielle P	Fine Arts/Tech Lib/Assoc Prof	$88,486.80	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Dejager-Loftus Danielle P	Fine Arts/Tech Lib/Assoc Prof	$88,486.80	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Dejager-Loftus Danielle P	Fine Arts/Tech Lib/Assoc Prof	$88,486.80	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Banasiak John M	Professor	$88,486.69	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Banasiak John M	Professor	$88,486.69	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Zhou Yue	Assistant Professor	$88,484.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Woldstad Jeffrey C	Department Head	$88,478.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Woldstad Jeffrey C	Professor	$88,478.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Berkhout Jan	Professor	$88,473.24	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Berkhout Jan	Professor	$88,473.24	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Starmer Kristine N	Research Prject & Office Coord	$88,447.79	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota State University	Hansen Timothy	Assistant Professor	$88,444.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Hansen Timothy M	Assistant Professor	$88,444.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Smirnova Alevtina L	Associate Professor	$88,435.07	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	John Thalakkottor Joseph	Assistant Professor	$88,427.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Voss Jo	Associate Professor	$88,415.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Clapper Jeffrey A	Professor Emeritus	$88,408.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Sieverding Heidi	Research Scientist Iii	$88,402.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Sepion Daniel J	Asst Dean Stdnts/Dir Res Life	$88,389.45	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	Ward Stephen K	Dir, Acad & Career Plan Center	$88,380.78	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Leschewski Andrea M	Associate Professor	$88,378.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Spear Debra J	Professor	$88,375.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hinker Paul J	Assistant Professor	$88,374.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Fischbach Cheryl L	Lecturer/Coordinator Of Graduate Programs	$88,370.69	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Cradduck Wendy S	Assistant Vice President For Information Technology	$88,364.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Doang K	Assistant Professor	$88,359.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Doang K	Assistant Professor	$88,359.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bruno Nickolaus M	Asst Professor - 9	$88,358.99	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Christian Michele A	University Archives & Special Collections Associate Librarian	$88,350.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Wesner Chelsea A		$88,344.65	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ozdemir Tugba	Assistant Professor	$88,339.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Steele Nathaniel P	Dir, Grounds & Landscaping	$88,334.40	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Doom Jeffrey J	Assistant Professor	$88,304.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Anthony Aaron	Dir, Acad & Student Support	$88,301.16	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Gunaje Jayarama B	Associate Professor	$88,297.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Gloege Laura A	Lecturer	$88,288.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Safarzadeh Mohammad Sadegh	Associate Professor	$88,259.94	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Franken Craig T	Director, Operations & Mainten	$88,259.60	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Kuehl Rebecca A	Associate Academic Director/Professor	$88,259.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Levesque Crystal L	Associate Professor	$88,254.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Jensen Dean H		$88,245.67	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Goodman Douglas R	Associate Professor	$88,228.04	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Goodman Douglas R	Associate Professor	$88,228.04	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	St Pierre Benoit	Associate Professor	$88,215.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Anderson Kent	Sys Software Spec-Admin System	$88,213.09	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Anderson Kent	Sys Software Spec-Admin System	$88,213.09	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Anderson Kent	Sys Software Spec-Admin System	$88,213.09	University Center - Sioux Falls
2024	Western Dakota Tech	Hybertson Kristen A	Director Of Nursing	$88,208.99	Western Dakota Tech
2022	South Dakota State University	Mctaggart Robert J	Associate Professor/Assistant Department Head	$88,183.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Xu Sutie	Assistant Professor	$88,183.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Lunday Tamara L	Director-Student Health & Counseling	$88,179.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Feller Lisa M	Associate Professor	$88,177.84	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Sackreiter Kevin G	Director--Cetl/Assistant Professor	$88,175.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Milbrandt Robert M	Senior Mechanical Engineer	$88,170.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carlson Brett	Assistant Professor	$88,165.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Heaton Timothy A	Chief Of Safety & Security	$88,160.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Wang Tong	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Advanced Production Economics	$88,159.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Li Liangping		$88,149.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Oster Lori A	Better Choices, Better Health South Dakota Program Director	$88,146.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Brockevelt Barbara L		$88,139.57	University of South Dakota
2023	Northern State University	Monson Lyncee		$88,139.52	Northern State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Geza Nisrani Mengistu	Assistant Professor	$88,138.78	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Garry Byron G	Associate Professor	$88,134.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Ciarcia Marco	Assistant Professor	$88,126.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Richards Erin	Director Of Financial Aid	$88,122.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Avoseh Mejai B	Professor	$88,117.77	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Avoseh Mejai B	Professor	$88,117.77	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Kim Young Ae	Associate Professor/Program Coordinator	$88,108.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Lustfield Rebecca A	Evaluation & Assessment Spec	$88,098.35	University of South Dakota
2023	Northern State University	Bultema Skyles Darci		$88,095.04	Northern State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Moskowitz David V	Music Graduate Coordinator	$88,079.18	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	White George W	Professor	$88,074.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Stenvig Thomas E	Associate Professor/Phd Program Coordinator	$88,074.00	South Dakota State University