Sales Engineer salary
What a sales engineer actually earns, from 255 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see sales engineer pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A sales engineer earns a blended US median near 144,239 dollars, with the typical middle running from 110,273 dollars to 180,173 dollars. The official OEWS median is 121,520 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 17 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 115,100 dollars to 158,000 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 34% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is software engineer, at 48 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open sales engineer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Presales Engineer - WestMotorola Solutions · United States$85k–$110kRemoteJul 23
- Staff Field Solutions Engineer (R5343)Shieldai · Washington, DC$180k–$270kJul 23
- Automation Solutions Engineer (Celonis) (m/f/d)Flix · LisbonJul 23
- Field Sales Engineer IISamsara · Remote - US$163kRemoteJul 22
- Technical Account ManagerTwilio · Remote - ColombiaRemoteJul 22
- Sales Engineer EnterpriseFivetran · USARemoteJul 22
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$110,273 – $180,173 · median $144,239
- United Kingdom$59,685 – $93,687 · median $73,939
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Arizonamedian $169,470
- New Yorkmedian $137,700
- Coloradomedian $136,080
- Virginiamedian $135,080
- Californiamedian $134,990
- Texasmedian $126,810
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- Software Engineer salary$181,991 median
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Quick answers
How much does a sales engineer make?
The blended US median is about 144,239 dollars, with a typical range from 110,273 dollars to 180,173 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 121,520 dollars.
Is sales engineer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 34% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a sales engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is software engineer, at 48 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 41-9031. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Sales engineers.” Live corpus 255 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.