Side-by-side distribution
Sales Engineer
$161,750
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 44.2%
- Live roles
- 918
Solutions Engineer
$163,700
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 43.3%
- Live roles
- 1,213
Highest-paying jobs
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Highest-paying jobs
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CaptiveAire
|
$85,000 | 30 |
Samsara
|
$120,348 | 21 |
Zscaler
|
$188,063 | 20 |
Ambient Enterprises
|
$80,000 | 17 |
| RL Rithum LinkedIn Board | $104,000 | 15 |
Datadog
|
$145,500 | 11 |
|
Veeam Software
|
$259,675 | 10 |
Horizon3 AI
|
$220,056 | 8 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Esri
|
$104,988 | 50 |
Netskope
|
$179,750 | 24 |
Snowflake
|
$190,781 | 17 |
|
Okta
|
$237,500 | 13 |
Anduril Industries
|
$256,000 | 10 |
Grafana Labs
|
$229,000 | 9 |
Applied Intuition
|
$119,741 | 9 |
Databricks
|
$180,875 | 7 |
Sales Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $212,500 | 49 |
| Austin | $210,000 | 7 |
| Atlanta | $210,000 | 7 |
| Chicago | $195,300 | 7 |
| Boston | $195,300 | 9 |
| Los Angeles | $187,710 | 8 |
| New York | $183,500 | 49 |
| Seattle | $166,823 | 10 |
| Denver | $156,395 | 15 |
| London | $144,590 | 7 |
Solutions Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $202,500 | 92 |
| Seattle | $190,781 | 15 |
| Boston | $185,438 | 16 |
| New York | $185,000 | 97 |
| Chicago | $177,988 | 22 |
| Austin | $175,750 | 16 |
| Los Angeles | $166,000 | 15 |
| Atlanta | $159,141 | 12 |
| Dublin | $141,617 | 5 |
| Amsterdam | $139,313 | 4 |
Sales Engineer vs Solutions Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Sales Engineer is $161,750 per year (typically $120,348–$200,112), versus $163,700 for Solutions Engineer ($130,000–$205,000). That puts Solutions Engineer about 1% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Sales Engineer and Solutions 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.