Side-by-side distribution
Customer Success
$116,250
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 40.8%
- Live roles
- 2,102
Sales Engineer
$161,950
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 34.5%
- Live roles
- 1,695
Highest-paying jobs
Pooled Customer Success Manager
Customer Success Manager, Public Sector (National Security)
Manager, Customer Success - Commercial
Customer Success Manager, Top Accounts
Manager, Customer Success – Strategic Consumer Tech
Manager, Customer Success – Cyber
Manager, Customer Success
Principal Customer Success Manager - Dedicated
Manager, Customer Success
Manager, Enterprise Outcome Architects (Customer Success)
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Sales Systems Engineer
Field Sales Engineer
Full Stack Software Engineer, Sales Platform
Principal Network Sales Engineer – Service Provider
SLED Sales Engineer Central Texas
Principal Network Sales Engineer
Sr. Sales Systems Engineer
Pre-Sales Systems Engineer - Higher Education and State Government (Sacramento/San Francisco, CA)
HPE Networking Pre-Sales Systems Engineer
Senior Pre-Sales Engineer - HPE Networking
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Samsara
|
$118,851 | 16 |
Harvey
|
$135,000 | 13 |
|
Anthropic
|
$232,500 | 12 |
DXC Technology
|
$137,000 | 11 |
Connecteam
|
$120,000 | 9 |
NoGigiddy
|
$39,520 | 9 |
Crusoe
|
$195,000 | 8 |
Nooks
|
$144,839 | 8 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CaptiveAire
|
$85,000 | 36 |
Zscaler
|
$188,063 | 26 |
Cohesity
|
$209,475 | 20 |
|
Samsara
|
$127,190 | 18 |
Datadog
|
$173,500 | 16 |
Everpure
|
$176,750 | 14 |
|
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
|
$244,500 | 13 |
Sierra
|
$230,000 | 12 |
Customer Success salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $162,500 | 110 |
| Seattle | $140,000 | 19 |
| Austin | $136,500 | 18 |
| New York | $135,000 | 155 |
| Chicago | $135,000 | 43 |
| Boston | $129,800 | 35 |
| Los Angeles | $128,750 | 12 |
| Denver | $105,000 | 21 |
| Atlanta | $90,000 | 5 |
| Toronto | $86,550 | 40 |
Sales Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | $230,000 | 20 |
| San Francisco | $217,034 | 60 |
| Singapore | $210,888 | 3 |
| Los Angeles | $187,950 | 9 |
| Seattle | $184,150 | 16 |
| New York | $180,175 | 80 |
| Boston | $178,375 | 24 |
| Chicago | $175,175 | 16 |
| Austin | $166,386 | 20 |
| Toronto | $155,193 | 6 |
Customer Success vs Sales Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Customer Success is $116,250 per year (typically $85,000–$145,946), versus $161,950 for Sales Engineer ($119,140–$205,667). That puts Sales Engineer about 39% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Customer Success and Sales Engineer are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.