Side-by-side distribution
Sales Engineer
$161,950
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 34.4%
- Live roles
- 1,694
Technical Support
$99,633
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 19.6%
- Live roles
- 3,426
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Sales Systems Engineer
Field Sales Engineer
Full Stack Software Engineer, Sales Platform
Principal Network Sales Engineer
SLED Sales Engineer Central Texas
Principal Network Sales Engineer – Service Provider
Sr. Sales Systems Engineer
Pre-Sales Systems Engineer - SLED (South Dakota)
Senior Pre-Sales Engineer - HPE Networking
Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer - Eastern Pennsylvania
Highest-paying jobs
Risk and Pnl Production Support Engineer
Production Support Engineer - Trading Systems
AI Provider Operations & Support Engineer
Model Support and Optimization Engineer
Staff Product Support Engineer
Staff Product Support Engineer
Staff Product Support Engineer
IT Support Engineer, Executive Support
AI Support Engineer, Biosciences - San Francisco
Senior Support Engineer - San Francisco
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CaptiveAire
|
$85,000 | 36 |
Zscaler
|
$188,063 | 27 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
Applied Materials
|
$128,250 | 31 |
KLA
|
$81,962 | 31 |
|
Northrop Grumman
|
$162,650 | 22 |
Anduril Industries
|
$161,000 | 12 |
|
OpenAI
|
$220,000 | 9 |
Crusoe
|
$150,000 | 9 |
mthree Recruiting Portal
|
$56,000 | 9 |
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,750 | 7 |
Sales Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | $230,000 | 20 |
| San Francisco | $216,500 | 59 |
| Singapore | $210,888 | 3 |
| Los Angeles | $187,950 | 9 |
| Seattle | $180,350 | 15 |
| New York | $180,000 | 81 |
| Boston | $178,375 | 24 |
| Chicago | $175,175 | 16 |
| Austin | $166,386 | 20 |
| Toronto | $155,193 | 6 |
Technical Support salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $130,000 | 58 |
| San Francisco | $130,000 | 45 |
| Denver | $114,545 | 8 |
| Dublin | $111,000 | 5 |
| Boston | $107,500 | 13 |
| Los Angeles | $105,000 | 4 |
| London | $102,132 | 8 |
| Chicago | $99,250 | 27 |
| Atlanta | $96,225 | 4 |
| Seattle | $92,000 | 11 |
Sales Engineer vs Technical Support: which pays more?
The median for Sales Engineer is $161,950 per year (typically $119,140–$204,167), versus $99,633 for Technical Support ($73,699–$134,700). That puts Sales Engineer about 63% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Sales Engineer and Technical Support 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.