Faculty Salary at South Dakota Colleges
The 2023 average faculty salary at South Dakota colleges is $63,728 based on a 9-months contract or equated data. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has the highest faculty salary of $90,843 among South Dakota colleges followed by South Dakota State University ($83,547) and Dakota State University ($81,180).
The following table lists the South Dakota colleges with faculty salary information by contract length where the salary data is available. The table is sorted by salary in descending order. The number in parenthesis is the number of faculty for the contract length relatively.
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| School name | Equated to 9-Month Contract | 9-Month Contract | 10-Month Contract | 11-Month Contract | 12-Month Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, SD | $90,843 (153) 4.04% | $86,086 (133) 4.17% | - | - | $163,299 (20) 6.51% |
| South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, SD | $83,547 (472) 5.43% | $81,486 (389) 5.27% | - | - | $124,273 (83) 4.68% |
| Dakota State UniversityMadison, SD | $81,180 (94) 5.41% | $80,839 (92) 5.74% | $142,047 (1) 22.16% | - | $87,850 (1) |
| University of South DakotaVermillion, SD | $78,836 (397) 5.26% | $77,260 (262) 3.54% | $83,816 (44) 5.26% | $109,354 (17) 7.39% | $112,001 (74) 10.96% |
| Northern State UniversityAberdeen, SD | $72,039 (90) 6.70% | $72,039 (90) 6.70% | - | - | - |
| Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, SD | $68,454 (103) 4.38% | $68,454 (103) 4.21% | - | - | - |
| Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, SD | $64,332 (143) 5.39% | $63,107 (114) 4.44% | $73,431 (11) 30.40% | $73,355 (5) 0.99% | $100,342 (13) 3.95% |
| Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, SD | $63,902 (67) 4.63% | $64,157 (51) 4.01% | $70,896 (10) 7.08% | $75,664 (6) 5.86% | - |
| Mount Marty UniversityYankton, SD | $63,128 (44) 1.04% | - | $55,034 (34) 1.61% | - | $145,812 (10) 0.19% |
| Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown, SD | $62,906 (114) 3.99% | $62,533 (96) 3.89% | $79,357 (4) 5.14% | $77,049 (14) 5.19% | - |
| Oglala Lakota CollegeKyle, SD | $61,275 (54) 7.43% | $60,687 (46) 9.12% | $79,271 (4) 7.89% | $70,863 (4) 0.82% | - |
| University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls, SD | $60,733 (57) 2.07% | $60,733 (57) 2.07% | - | - | - |
| Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, SD | $59,517 (96) 3.69% | $66,170 (54) 10.33% | $72,550 (19) 14.46% | $47,828 (23) 32.17% | - |
| Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, SD | $57,809 (54) 6.58% | - | $64,233 (54) 6.58% | - | - |
| Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell, SD | $57,681 (46) 3.82% | $59,271 (39) 5.00% | - | $49,475 (2) | $69,562 (5) 0.51% |
| Kairos UniversitySioux Falls, SD | $51,219 (10) 9.88% | - | - | - | $68,292 (10) 9.88% |
| Presentation CollegeAberdeen, SD | $49,499 (32) 8.27% | $49,785 (30) 8.49% | - | - | $60,288 (2) 4.85% |
| Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeSisseton, SD | $46,101 (15) 8.18% | $50,101 (10) 19.90% | - | - | $50,800 (5) 26.38% |
| Sinte Gleska UniversityMission, SD | $37,829 (18) 12.00% | - | - | - | $50,438 (18) 12.00% |