Side-by-side distribution
Customer Success
$115,844
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 43.2%
- Live roles
- 1,619
Sales Engineer
$162,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 46.1%
- Live roles
- 922
Highest-paying jobs
Sr. Manager, Strategic Expansion and Customer Success
Senior Manager, AMERs Customer Success
Lead Customer Success Specialist
Customer Success Manager, Tech
Manager, Customer Success - Beneficial Deployments
Manager, Customer Success GSI
Customer Success Manager, Top Accounts
Regional Manager, Customer Experience and Success
Customer Success Manager
Customer Success Manager, Financial Services
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Sales Systems Engineer
Field Sales Engineer
Senior Sales Systems Engineer, Kasten, West
Director, Enterprise Sales Engineer (West)
Senior Solutions Engineer - Pre Sales (SF)
Sales Engineer (Bay Area)
Senior Solutions Engineer - Pre Sales (NYC)
Principal Sales Engineer – Warehouse Robotics Systems
Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Post-Sales)
Solutions Engineer (AI/ML, Pre-Sales)
Harvey
Crusoe
NoGigiddy
MongoDB
Ashby
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CaptiveAire
|
$85,000 | 33 |
Zscaler
|
$188,063 | 31 |
Samsara
|
$124,574 | 22 |
Datadog
|
$137,500 | 15 |
| RL Rithum LinkedIn Board | $130,000 | 15 |
|
Horizon3 AI
|
$232,500 | 12 |
| AX Axon | $146,250 | 12 |
Sierra
|
$215,000 | 10 |
Sales Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | $215,000 | 12 |
| London | $203,842 | 5 |
| Los Angeles | $195,460 | 8 |
| San Francisco | $195,000 | 59 |
| New York | $177,500 | 69 |
| Boston | $176,650 | 16 |
| Seattle | $176,350 | 12 |
| Toronto | $146,552 | 5 |
| Chicago | $142,500 | 6 |
| Austin | $138,175 | 5 |
Customer Success vs Sales Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Customer Success is $115,844 per year (typically $87,500–$149,822), versus $162,500 for Sales Engineer ($130,000–$205,793). That puts Sales Engineer about 40% 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.