Side-by-side distribution
Sales Engineer
$162,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 45.4%
- Live roles
- 907
Solutions Engineer
$169,250
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 43.4%
- Live roles
- 1,243
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Highest-paying jobs
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CaptiveAire
|
$85,000 | 30 |
Zscaler
|
$188,063 | 29 |
Samsara
|
$128,800 | 23 |
Ambient Enterprises
|
$77,500 | 16 |
| RL Rithum LinkedIn Board | $104,000 | 15 |
Datadog
|
$164,500 | 10 |
|
Veeam Software
|
$288,550 | 9 |
| CO Commvault | $138,175 | 9 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Esri
|
$104,988 | 48 |
Snowflake
|
$190,781 | 22 |
Netskope
|
$185,750 | 16 |
|
Okta
|
$237,500 | 13 |
Anduril Industries
|
$256,000 | 10 |
Grafana Labs
|
$229,000 | 9 |
|
OpenAI
|
$249,500 | 8 |
|
Cloudflare
|
$192,837 | 8 |
Sales Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $197,500 | 51 |
| New York | $180,000 | 53 |
| Atlanta | $171,750 | 8 |
| Seattle | $171,600 | 5 |
| Los Angeles | $169,500 | 9 |
| Denver | $150,348 | 14 |
| Chicago | $150,000 | 8 |
| Austin | $144,350 | 7 |
| Toronto | $130,000 | 4 |
| London | $119,200 | 6 |
Solutions Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $201,650 | 100 |
| New York | $185,000 | 97 |
| Seattle | $172,500 | 16 |
| Boston | $171,688 | 16 |
| Los Angeles | $159,252 | 15 |
| Chicago | $156,626 | 18 |
| Austin | $151,801 | 14 |
| Amsterdam | $148,757 | 3 |
| Dublin | $144,345 | 3 |
| Atlanta | $143,438 | 10 |
Sales Engineer vs Solutions Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Sales Engineer is $162,500 per year (typically $120,348–$200,000), versus $169,250 for Solutions Engineer ($134,167–$203,750). That puts Solutions Engineer about 4% 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.