Sales Engineers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$124,900
United States, 2025
Employment
51,790
United States, 2025
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone 4
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.
- O*NET code
- 41-9031.00
- Job zone
- 4
- Experience required
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Typical tasks
- Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.
- Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of company products, and to provide sales support.
- Create sales or service contracts for products or services.
- Visit prospective buyers at commercial, industrial, or other establishments to show samples or catalogs, and to inform them about product pricing, availability, and advantages.
- Keep informed on industry news and trends, products, services, competitors, relevant information about legacy, existing, and emerging technologies, and the latest product-line developments.
- Identify resale opportunities and support them to achieve sales plans.
- Confer with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements.
- Plan and modify product configurations to meet customer needs.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$73,870
25th percentile
$92,890
75th percentile
$161,230
90th percentile
$195,270
Most important skills
- Persuasion4.1
- Speaking4.1
- Active Listening4.0
- Reading Comprehension4.0
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Judgment and Decision Making4.0
- Social Perceptiveness4.0
- Complex Problem Solving3.9
- Negotiation3.9
- Active Learning3.8
- Service Orientation3.8
- Writing3.8
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 19 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
19
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.0 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Persuasion | 4.1 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Speaking | 4.1 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.0 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Negotiation | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Learning | 3.8 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Writing | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Service Orientation | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.6 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.5 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Instructing | 3.4 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Coordination | 3.4 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Time Management | 3.5 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Mathematics | 3.0 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.0 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Sales EngineersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $177,490 | 1,600 | 2025 |
| Durham, NC | $175,310 | 330 | 2025 |
| DE | $167,200 | 80 | 2025 |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | $163,810 | 30 | 2025 |
| Ocala, FL | $158,190 | 40 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $153,560 | 520 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $153,410 | 1,010 | 2025 |
| MD | $153,410 | 850 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $151,610 | 930 | 2025 |
| Fort Collins, CO | $151,450 | 80 | 2025 |
| RI | $149,750 | 30 | 2025 |
| WA | $147,620 | 760 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $147,570 | 3,440 | 2025 |
| North Port, FL | $147,130 | 50 | 2025 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $143,970 | 40 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $139,990 | 2,010 | 2025 |
| CO | $139,990 | 2,800 | 2025 |
| CA | $139,160 | 6,310 | 2025 |
| NJ | $139,010 | 1,760 | 2025 |
| Midland, TX | $138,930 | 70 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer and skills data: O*NET 31.0.
Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.