Side-by-side distribution
Sales Engineer
$161,950
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 34.5%
- Live roles
- 1,695
Solutions Engineer
$159,563
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 39.6%
- Live roles
- 2,037
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Sales Systems Engineer
Field Sales Engineer
Full Stack Software Engineer, Sales Platform
Principal Network Sales Engineer
Principal Network Sales Engineer – Service Provider
SLED Sales Engineer Central Texas
Sr. Sales Systems Engineer
Pre-Sales Systems Engineer - SLED (South Dakota)
Pre-Sales Systems Engineer - Higher Education and State Government (Sacramento/San Francisco, CA)
Senior Pre-Sales Engineer - HPE Networking
Highest-paying jobs
Enterprise Solutions Engineer
Director, Solutions Engineer Forward Deployed - Splunk (Remote)
Senior Principal, Solution Test & Automation Engineer
Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions
Senior Solution Engineer
Senior Applied AI Solutions Engineer
Sr. Solutions Engineer - Enterprise
Principal Software Test Engineer - Solution Engineering – Customer Solution Validation
Industry Solutions Engineer
Senior Solutions Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CaptiveAire
|
$85,000 | 36 |
Zscaler
|
$188,063 | 28 |
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 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Esri
|
$106,392 | 56 |
| SI SHI International | $175,000 | 39 |
|
Cisco
|
$240,150 | 35 |
Netskope
|
$213,500 | 22 |
T-Mobile
|
$157,700 | 16 |
| SN Snowflake | $190,781 | 13 |
Xometry
|
$125,500 | 13 |
SentinelOne
|
$233,000 | 11 |
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 | $180,000 | 81 |
| Boston | $178,375 | 24 |
| Chicago | $175,175 | 16 |
| Austin | $166,386 | 20 |
| Toronto | $155,193 | 6 |
Sales Engineer vs Solutions Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Sales Engineer is $161,950 per year (typically $119,140–$205,667), versus $159,563 for Solutions Engineer ($127,131–$200,000). That puts Sales 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.