Average Faculty Salary for South Dakota Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at South Dakota Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $66,982 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $91,823 (up 1.83% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $80,895 (up 2.34% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $70,157 (up 2.41% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $52,857 (down 3.52% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $68,485 (up 9.01% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $45,601 (up 9.46% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- No R1 research universities in South Dakota or its salary information is not available.
- R2 research universities: $87,505 (year-over-year change: +2.47%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $75,778 (year-over-year change: +0.50%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $62,660 (year-over-year change: +2.47%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $75,778 (year-over-year change: +0.50%)
- No Art, music, and design schools in South Dakota or its salary information is not available.
- Faith-related institutions: $57,083 (year-over-year change: +2.28%)
- No Community colleges in South Dakota or its salary information is not available.
South Dakota Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for south dakota colleges' faculty by academic rank in the academic year 2024-2025. The average amount is based on a 9-month contract or equated employees. You can check the average salary information for your desired state and school category.
State
| Academic Rank | All Colleges | R1 Universities | R2 Universities | Master's Colleges | BS Colleges | Community Colleges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Faculty Total | $66,982 1.93% |
- - |
$87,505 2.47% |
$75,778 0.50% |
$62,660 2.47% |
- - |
| Professor | $91,823 1.83% |
- - |
$117,193 4.23% |
$95,924 1.64% |
$67,197 5.90% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $80,895 2.34% |
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$93,755 2.05% |
$82,306 3.77% |
$59,583 9.12% |
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| Assistant professor | $70,157 2.41% |
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$84,175 1.94% |
$68,609 1.92% |
$61,513 5.02% |
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| Instructor | $52,857 3.52% |
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$62,893 1.41% |
$52,482 2.94% |
$59,776 2.00% |
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| Lecturer | $68,485 9.01% |
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$72,837 2.26% |
$66,310 4.09% |
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| No academic rank | $45,601 9.46% |
- - |
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$11,250 11,250.00% |
$60,000 60,000.00% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
South Dakota Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology $99,857
- South Dakota State University $91,715
- Dakota State University $89,528
- University of South Dakota $83,294
- Northern State University $80,539
- Black Hills State University $75,872
- Mitchell Technical College $70,577
- Lake Area Technical College $70,297
- Southeast Technical College $70,094
- Mount Marty University $64,827