Instructor Salary at South Dakota Colleges
The 2023 average instructor salary at South Dakota colleges is $51,990 based on a 9-months contract or equated data. Mitchell Technical College has the highest instructor salary of $63,902 among South Dakota colleges followed by Lake Area Technical College ($62,906) and University of South Dakota ($59,780).
The following table lists the South Dakota colleges with instructor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, SD | $63,902 (67) 4.63% | $64,157 (51) 4.01% | $70,896 (10) 7.08% | $75,664 (6) 5.86% | - |
| 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% | - |
| University of South DakotaVermillion, SD | $59,780 (99) 3.82% | $56,257 (62) 3.05% | $73,963 (20) 8.07% | $74,191 (2) 3.83% | $86,898 (15) 4.31% |
| Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, SD | $59,517 (96) 2.22% | $66,170 (54) 8.93% | $72,550 (19) 7.99% | $47,828 (23) 34.90% | - |
| South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, SD | $58,877 (11) 9.08% | $57,905 (10) 7.28% | - | - | $91,458 (1) |
| South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, SD | $58,745 (76) 0.60% | $58,740 (62) 0.49% | - | - | $78,357 (14) 1.02% |
| Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, SD | $57,809 (54) 6.58% | - | $64,233 (54) 6.58% | - | - |
| Dakota State UniversityMadison, SD | $57,408 (20) 6.46% | $57,408 (20) 6.46% | - | - | - |
| Northern State UniversityAberdeen, SD | $55,327 (14) 21.46% | $55,327 (14) 21.46% | - | - | - |
| Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, SD | $50,767 (21) 7.32% | $50,767 (21) 8.34% | - | - | - |
| Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeSisseton, SD | $50,101 (10) 17.56% | $50,101 (10) 19.90% | - | - | - |
| Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, SD | $47,317 (7) 0.10% | $47,317 (7) 0.10% | - | - | - |
| Presentation CollegeAberdeen, SD | $42,029 (21) 5.73% | $41,694 (19) 5.89% | - | - | $60,288 (2) 4.85% |
| Mount Marty UniversityYankton, SD | $40,739 (4) 7.78% | - | $45,265 (4) 7.78% | - | - |
| Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell, SD | $40,471 (2) 17.66% | - | - | $49,475 (2) | - |
| University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls, SD | $40,298 (2) 2.00% | $40,298 (2) 2.00% | - | - | - |
| Sinte Gleska UniversityMission, SD | $37,829 (18) 12.00% | - | - | - | $50,438 (18) 12.00% |