DOL Median Salary
$105,000
From 23,792 DOL filingsBLS Median Salary
$121,520
BLS OEWS 2024 surveyTotal Employers
5,668
Companies with DOL filingsTotal Employment
56,690
Estimated US workers (BLS)DOL Filings vs BLS Survey
What Employers File with DOL
$105,000
This figure comes from 23,792 employer filings with the US Department of Labor under legal obligation. Employers file this salary when sponsoring workers for PERM green cards or H-1B visas.
What BLS Says the Market Pays
$121,520
This figure comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey of 56,690 establishments. This is an independent survey-based estimate of what all workers in this occupation earn.
DOL-filed salaries are 13.6% lower than BLS survey data, which may reflect that sponsored positions concentrate in high-cost locations or experience-intensive roles.
Salary Distribution
Top Paying Employers for Sales Engineers
Ranked by median salary from DOL filings| Rank | Employer | Median Salary | Filings | vs Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Steel Corporation | $199,012 | 5 | +63.8% |
| 2 | VODAFONE US INC | $197,100 | 5 | +62.2% |
| 3 | Jet.com,Inc. | $185,000 | 6 | +52.2% |
| 4 | Enea Software and Services, Inc | $175,077 | 6 | +44.1% |
| 5 | CSS International LLC | $175,000 | 8 | +44% |
| 6 | Exabeam Inc. | $175,000 | 7 | +44% |
| 7 | Lam Research Corporation | $172,010 | 9 | +41.6% |
| 8 | Palantir Technologies Inc. | $170,675 | 10 | +40.5% |
| 9 | Couchbase, Inc. | $168,475 | 6 | +38.6% |
| 10 | Databricks, Inc. | $168,438 | 30 | +38.6% |
| 11 | Snowflake Inc. | $168,438 | 21 | +38.6% |
| 12 | YOURPEOPLE, INC. | $167,500 | 8 | +37.8% |
| 13 | Pure Storage, Inc. | $167,000 | 7 | +37.4% |
| 14 | Elasticsearch Inc. | $165,766 | 11 | +36.4% |
| 15 | Pivotal Software, Inc. | $165,000 | 23 | +35.8% |
| 16 | Stripe, Inc. | $162,500 | 6 | +33.7% |
| 17 | Dell Marketing L.P. | $161,870 | 9 | +33.2% |
| 18 | RSA Security LLC | $161,406 | 7 | +32.8% |
| 19 | Aricent US Inc. | $161,000 | 13 | +32.5% |
| 20 | Equinix, Inc. | $160,425 | 5 | +32% |
| 21 | Virtustream LLC | $160,123 | 6 | +31.8% |
| 22 | Presidio Networked Solutions, LLC | $160,000 | 5 | +31.7% |
| 23 | Confluent, Inc. | $160,000 | 15 | +31.7% |
| 24 | Acquia Inc. | $160,000 | 5 | +31.7% |
| 25 | Palo Alto Networks, Inc | $160,000 | 46 | +31.7% |
| 26 | Zuora, Inc | $160,000 | 6 | +31.7% |
| 27 | HP ENTERPRISE SERVICES, LLC | $159,370 | 5 | +31.2% |
| 28 | TINTRI INC | $159,370 | 12 | +31.2% |
| 29 | Teradata Operations, Inc. | $158,643 | 10 | +30.6% |
| 30 | Enterprise Vision Technologies Inc. | $155,000 | 9 | +27.6% |
| 31 | Cohesity, Inc | $155,000 | 14 | +27.6% |
| 32 | SIMPLION TECHNOLOGIES INC | $155,000 | 5 | +27.6% |
| 33 | ServiceNow, Inc. | $154,939 | 23 | +27.5% |
| 34 | Facebook Inc. | $154,908 | 9 | +27.5% |
| 35 | Nutanix Inc. | $154,768 | 16 | +27.4% |
| 36 | QuEST Global Services-N.A., Inc. | $154,213 | 5 | +26.9% |
| 37 | Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. | $154,063 | 5 | +26.8% |
| 38 | VISA USA | $154,058 | 11 | +26.8% |
| 39 | Treasure Data Inc. | $152,470 | 15 | +25.5% |
| 40 | Samsung Electronics America, Inc | $152,381 | 36 | +25.4% |
| 41 | Zscaler, Inc. | $151,500 | 5 | +24.7% |
| 42 | Salesforce Inc. | $150,800 | 13 | +24.1% |
| 43 | MRI INTERVENTIONS, INC. | $150,000 | 5 | +23.4% |
| 44 | RESIN TECHNOLOGY LLC | $150,000 | 5 | +23.4% |
| 45 | AMPLIENCE INC | $150,000 | 5 | +23.4% |
| 46 | HORTONWORKS | $150,000 | 8 | +23.4% |
| 47 | Eltropy, Inc. | $150,000 | 5 | +23.4% |
| 48 | Jive Software, Inc. | $150,000 | 6 | +23.4% |
| 49 | Culture Amp Inc. | $150,000 | 5 | +23.4% |
| 50 | FireEye Inc. | $149,090 | 5 | +22.7% |
Salary by Metro Area
| Metro Area | Median | vs National | Filings | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livermore, CA | $141,846 | +35.1% | 10 | 6 |
| New York, NE | $136,000 | +29.5% | 273 | 123 |
| Menlo Park, CA | $135,000 | +28.6% | 21 | 16 |
| Mountain View, CA | $135,000 | +28.6% | 442 | 77 |
| Framingham, MA | $132,025 | +25.7% | 10 | 4 |
| Hoboken, NJ | $130,884 | +24.7% | 14 | 9 |
| Iselin, NE | $130,562 | +24.3% | 13 | 6 |
| San Ramon, CA | $130,520 | +24.3% | 52 | 19 |
| Teaneck, NJ | $130,437 | +24.2% | 15 | 4 |
| Palo Alto, CA | $129,948 | +23.8% | 172 | 71 |
| Los Altos, CA | $128,003 | +21.9% | 14 | 8 |
| Centennial, CO | $127,899 | +21.8% | 13 | 6 |
| Foster City, CA | $127,500 | +21.4% | 30 | 20 |
| San Francisco, CA | $127,300 | +21.2% | 755 | 307 |
| Rosemont, IL | $126,547 | +20.5% | 12 | 5 |
| Itasca, IL | $126,547 | +20.5% | 10 | 6 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | $125,278 | +19.3% | 472 | 94 |
| Santa Clara, CA | $125,000 | +19% | 696 | 159 |
| Basking Ridge, NE | $124,815 | +18.9% | 13 | 4 |
| Cambridge, MA | $124,650 | +18.7% | 66 | 23 |
| BEDMINSTER, NE | $124,363 | +18.4% | 18 | 3 |
| Campbell, CA | $122,500 | +16.7% | 32 | 13 |
| Cupertino, CA | $122,000 | +16.2% | 35 | 22 |
| San Jose, CA | $120,562 | +14.8% | 843 | 220 |
| Redwood Shores, CA | $120,001 | +14.3% | 65 | 2 |
| Burlingame, CA | $120,000 | +14.3% | 11 | 6 |
| Dublin, CA | $120,000 | +14.3% | 11 | 4 |
| San Mateo, CA | $120,000 | +14.3% | 134 | 67 |
| Redwood City, CA | $120,000 | +14.3% | 155 | 58 |
| Yorktown Heights, NY | $120,000 | +14.3% | 10 | 2 |
Salary by State
| State | Median | vs National | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | $127,109 | +22.9% | 1 |
| Nebraska | $121,680 | +50.6% | 606 |
| Hawaii | $116,500 | N/A | 1 |
| California | $115,627 | -14.3% | 5,737 |
| Washington | $115,000 | -5.9% | 534 |
| District of Columbia | $111,738 | -37.8% | 15 |
| New York | $110,393 | -19.8% | 717 |
| Delaware | $109,866 | -34% | 11 |
| Alaska | $108,000 | N/A | 3 |
| Rhode Island | $104,900 | +11.4% | 12 |
| Colorado | $103,605 | -23.9% | 214 |
| Virginia | $102,877 | -23.8% | 263 |
| Massachusetts | $101,226 | N/A | 802 |
| New Jersey | $100,000 | -31.2% | 909 |
| Connecticut | $98,400 | +1.5% | 88 |
| Oregon | $97,136 | -17% | 210 |
| Arkansas | $95,880 | +5.1% | 60 |
| Utah | $95,181 | -13.8% | 33 |
| Idaho | $95,000 | -5% | 31 |
| Texas | $94,973 | -25.1% | 1,530 |
| Mississippi | $94,252 | N/A | 2 |
| Arizona | $93,018 | -45.1% | 104 |
| New Hampshire | $93,000 | N/A | 31 |
| North Carolina | $90,730 | -12.3% | 244 |
| Georgia | $90,251 | -14.7% | 336 |
| Illinois | $90,000 | -8.9% | 687 |
| Florida | $89,033 | -22.4% | 474 |
| Michigan | $88,381 | -14.5% | 548 |
| Missouri | $87,904 | +19.3% | 43 |
| Ohio | $87,165 | -3.5% | 214 |
| Maryland | $86,390 | -30.3% | 83 |
| West Virginia | $85,717 | -35.4% | 1 |
| Oklahoma | $85,255 | -20.5% | 40 |
| Wisconsin | $84,529 | -28% | 90 |
| Minnesota | $84,302 | -11.2% | 96 |
| South Carolina | $80,040 | -20.3% | 30 |
| Tennessee | $80,000 | -44.5% | 37 |
| Pennsylvania | $79,161 | -19.9% | 320 |
| Vermont | $78,685 | -30.6% | 12 |
| New Mexico | $75,795 | N/A | 5 |
| Indiana | $75,000 | -2.8% | 68 |
| Kansas | $74,256 | -16.6% | 30 |
| Nevada | $74,131 | -40.7% | 24 |
| Kentucky | $73,800 | -22.3% | 28 |
| Louisiana | $70,000 | -42.7% | 33 |
| Iowa | $67,933 | -22.5% | 18 |
| Alabama | $66,500 | -25.9% | 28 |
| North Dakota | $60,000 | N/A | 2 |
| Wyoming | $55,000 | N/A | 2 |
Salary Trend - DOL Data
Education Requirements
From PERM filingsFor Sales Engineers positions, 53% of PERM filings required a Bachelor's degree, 43% required a Master's degree, and 2% required no formal degree.
Education by Top Employer
Most common minimum education from PERM filings| Employer | Most Common Education | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| HCL America INC | Master's | $93,454 |
| GOOGLE LLC | Master's | $140,000 |
| Infosys Limited | Master's | $115,939 |
| Oracle America Inc. | Bachelor's | $111,964 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Bachelor's | $129,065 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Bachelor's | $126,037 |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Master's | $116,251 |
| Intel Corporation | Master's | $102,606 |
| Wipro Limited | Not specified | $111,093 |
| COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS U.S. CORPORATION | Not specified | $124,654 |
Salary by Industry
Same occupation, different industries (NAICS)The highest-paying industry for Sales Engineers is Retail Trade at $121,215. The lowest-paying industry with significant hiring is Retail Trade at $78,390.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Sales Engineers make?
Based on 23,792 DOL filings, the median salary for a Sales Engineers is $105,000, ranging from $83,242 to $129,899.
What is the highest salary for a Sales Engineers?
The 90th percentile salary is $202,670 according to BLS data.
Which city pays the most for Sales Engineers?
Based on DOL filings, Livermore, CA offers the highest median at $141,846.
Does this data include all Sales Engineers salaries or only visa-sponsored workers?
DOL filing data covers positions where the employer filed for PERM green card sponsorship or an H-1B visa. These filings represent a subset of all Sales Engineers positions. We compare this data against BLS OEWS data which covers all workers in this occupation.
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Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.