Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2022	South Dakota State University	Cempellin Leda	Professor/Associate Director	$82,879.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Black Hills State University	Nelson Frederick	Dir Network & Computing Svs	$82,877.00	Black Hills State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Clabo Darren R	Fire Meteorologist/Res Sci Iii	$82,872.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Professor	$82,871.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Professor	$82,871.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Matejcik Frank J	Associate Professor - 9	$82,865.25	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Reineke Joshua J	Assistant Professor	$82,855.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Arneson-Meyer Lois L	Assistant Professor	$82,852.39	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Ecker Kolb Kellie L	Mts Bus Advisor Northeast Sd	$82,852.06	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota State University	Droke Elizabeth A	Associate Professor	$82,850.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Anderson Carla L	Coordinator-Student Services	$82,849.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Laurie C	Dept Head/Dir Museum Geol	$82,845.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Laurie C	Professor	$82,845.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Bertsch Gregory G	Instructor	$82,832.28	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Law David A	Director Of Project Management & Engineering	$82,828.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Black Hills State University	Juhrend Albert	Professor, Theatre	$82,822.00	Black Hills State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Simaz Cameron A	Assistant Coach-Wrestling	$82,820.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Villar Kristi L	Assistant Coach-Softball	$82,820.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Letcher Amber E	Professor/Extension Specialist-Youth Development	$82,820.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Wingate Steven N	Professor	$82,816.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Subramanian Senthil	Professor	$82,810.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hammell Joshua J	Res Sci Lii (Aml Lab Mgr)	$82,801.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Iverson Mark		$82,794.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2023	Northern State University	Monaghan-Geernaert Pamela		$82,790.39	Northern State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Elliott Lisa M	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Commodity Marketing	$82,785.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Huber Leo J	Dir/Hd Coach, Wm's Track/Field	$82,781.60	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Jenkins Corey A	Senior Assoc Ad Facility & Ops	$82,781.60	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Feldhacker Mackenzie L	Assistant Professor	$82,780.20	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Buecking Heike	Professor/Department Head	$82,775.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Clapper Jeffrey A	Professor	$82,757.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Christofferson Cabot-Ann D	Research Scientist Iii	$82,755.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Georgalas Daniel J	Head Coach-Volleyball	$82,739.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carlson Brett	Assistant Professor	$82,733.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Tao Han-Zhi	Assistant Professor	$82,731.00	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Swartz Turner H	Assistant Professor	$82,731.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Lansink Stacie A	Lecturer/Mls Program Director	$82,719.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Ciarcia Marco	Assistant Professor	$82,711.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Doang	Assistant Professor	$82,711.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Ciarcia Marco	Assistant Professor	$82,711.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Doang K	Assistant Professor	$82,711.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Verley Patrick M	Instructor	$82,709.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Nielsen Roger	Research Scientist Iv	$82,688.36	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Chakravarty Suvobrata	Associate Professor	$82,681.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Thramer Sadie L	Assistant Coach-Women's Basketball	$82,680.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Mcmaine John T	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist-Water Management Engineer	$82,672.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Russo Jaymi N	Eval & Assess Specialist	$82,668.07	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ragi Shankarachary	Assistant Professor	$82,665.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Jucht Craig A	Student Affairs Fiscal & Facility Officer	$82,660.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Park Kunsoon	Associate Professor	$82,659.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Schramm Lisa J	Assistant Director-New Student Scholarships	$82,658.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Jarchow Meghann E	Associate Professor	$82,653.67	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Michael Semhar K	Assistant Professor	$82,646.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Fischer Bradley A		$82,643.79	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Cutler Kay M	Professor	$82,638.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Daniels Ann M	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Family Life	$82,616.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Gamradt Kenneth A	Lecturer	$82,604.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Black Hills State University	Silva Elizabeth	Assoc Prof, Pe Pedagogy	$82,602.00	Black Hills State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carter Michael	Research Scientist Iii	$82,600.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Mourlam Daniel J	Associate Professor	$82,582.47	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Mourlam Daniel J	Associate Professor	$82,582.47	University Center - Sioux Falls
2017	South Dakota State University	Lucchesi Roxanne N	Professor	$82,579.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Lucchesi Roxanne	Professor	$82,579.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Struckman Travis		$82,570.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2020	South Dakota State University	Lynch Wyeth H	Digital Initiatives Coordinator	$82,562.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Kovacs Peter	Assistant Professor	$82,561.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Graves Nicole A	Associate Professor	$82,560.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Crowe Don R	Professor	$82,554.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Hebert Karen R	Assistant Professor	$82,500.00	University of South Dakota
2023	Black Hills State University	Webber Kimberly	Associate Director Of Camse	$82,500.00	Black Hills State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Larochelle Pierre M	Department Head	$82,500.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Larochelle Pierre M	Professor	$82,500.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	University of South Dakota	Halliburton Linda B		$82,500.00	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kinzer Marlin	Director	$82,500.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Madsen Sara K	Senior Lecturer	$82,496.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Tolman Elizabeth G	Professor	$82,482.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Tolman Elizabeth G	Professor	$82,482.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Vandamme Casey R	Head Coach-Golf	$82,482.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Tolman Elizabeth	Professor	$82,482.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Leschewski Andrea M	Assistant Professor	$82,477.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Seo Junwon	Assistant Professor	$82,472.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Seo Junwon	Associate Professor	$82,472.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Robert B	Assistant Professor - 9	$82,455.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Hellwege Julia M	Associate Professor	$82,443.93	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Caffe Melanie	Assistant Professor	$82,440.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Caffe Melanie M	Assistant Professor	$82,440.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Sehgal Sunish Kumar	Assistant Professor	$82,436.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Sehgal Sunish Kumar	Assistant Professor	$82,436.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Walker Julie A	Professor/Extension Specialist-Beef	$82,432.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Roh Soon Hee	Associate Professor	$82,416.10	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Anderson Gary A	Temporary Professor	$82,415.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Wang Tong	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist-Advanced Production Economics	$82,413.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Wang Tong	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist-Advanced Production Economics	$82,413.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Lake Area Technical Institute	Bollinger Jennifer		$82,410.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2017	South Dakota State University	Wedemeyer Frank L	Head Coach-Women's Soccer	$82,404.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Richards Erin	Director Of Financial Aid	$82,398.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Heiser Wade		$82,395.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Director	$82,391.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Director	$82,391.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Elverson Cynthia A	Associate Professor	$82,389.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Foust Yvette		$82,384.00	Lake Area Technical Institute