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Sales Engineers

Salary benchmarks based on 150 public records across 8 cities.

What do Sales Engineers do?

Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering. Excludes “Engineers” (17-2011 through 17-2199) whose primary function is not marketing or sales.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, SOC 2018 (SOC 41-9031)

Avg experience: 5 years

Salary Overview

Weighted average across all cities with available data. Based on 150 data points.

$141K

P25

$164K

Median

$188K

P75

P25 $141K Median $164K P75 $188K

Top Paying Cities

Redmond, WA
$181K n=10 New York, NY
$170K n=23 San Jose, CA
$170K n=31 Santa Clara, CA
$169K n=22 Sunnyvale, CA
$167K n=15 Austin, TX
$167K n=17 San Francisco, CA
$161K n=20 Houston, TX
$117K n=12

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Last updated: 2026-06-08