Highest Instructor Salary at South Dakota Colleges
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 average instructor salary of the South Dakota colleges is $58,504 based on 9-months contract or equivalent data. The following table lists the top 10 colleges with the highest instructor salary by contract length. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, SD | $63,902 (67) 4.63% | $64,157 (51) 4.01% | $70,896 (10) 7.08% | $75,664 (6) 5.86% | - |
| 2 | 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% | - |
| 3 | 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% |
| 4 | 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% | - |
| 5 | South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, SD | $58,877 (11) 9.08% | $57,905 (10) 7.28% | - | - | $91,458 (1) |
| 6 | South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, SD | $58,745 (76) 0.60% | $58,740 (62) 0.49% | - | - | $78,357 (14) 1.02% |
| 7 | Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, SD | $57,809 (54) 6.58% | - | $64,233 (54) 6.58% | - | - |
| 8 | Dakota State UniversityMadison, SD | $57,408 (20) 6.46% | $57,408 (20) 6.46% | - | - | - |
| 9 | Northern State UniversityAberdeen, SD | $55,327 (14) 21.46% | $55,327 (14) 21.46% | - | - | - |
| 10 | Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, SD | $50,767 (21) 7.32% | $50,767 (21) 8.34% | - | - | - |