Sales engineers sell complex scientific and technological products to businesses, combining technical and sales expertise. Based on 46,386 H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Sales Engineer is $113,006 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $71,386 |
| 25th | $88,000 |
| 50th (median) | $113,006 |
| 75th | $140,000 |
| 90th (senior) | $169,770 |
Of 46,386 filings, 35,399 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 10,987 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 24% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HCL America, Inc. | 1,322 | $114,753 |
| 2 | Google LLC | 1,280 | $148,935 |
| 3 | Cisco Systems Capital Corporation | 1,110 | $133,411 |
| 4 | Microsoft Corporation | 970 | $149,712 |
| 5 | Oracle America, Inc. | 888 | $119,462 |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 822 | $130,846 |
| 7 | COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION | 722 | $109,149 |
| 8 | INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | 703 | $117,357 |
| 9 | Intel Corporation | 522 | $108,579 |
| 10 | NVIDIA Corporation | 458 | $164,010 |
| 11 | WIPRO LIMITED | 454 | $117,460 |
| 12 | Salesforce.com, Inc. | 388 | $121,440 |
| 13 | ServiceNow, Inc. | 382 | $151,297 |
| 14 | THE MATHWORKS, INC. | 339 | $115,075 |
| 15 | EMC CORPORATION | 304 | $127,983 |
| 16 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 302 | $124,484 |
| 17 | Amazon Web Services Inc | 302 | $150,127 |
| 18 | SAVIYNT, LLC | 284 | $105,358 |
| 19 | Salesforce, Inc. | 272 | $156,413 |
| 20 | SECURONIX, LLC | 248 | $91,729 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| California | 15,410 | $127,910 |
| Texas | 6,063 | $114,369 |
| New Jersey | 3,097 | $112,408 |
| New York | 2,677 | $126,920 |
| Massachusetts | 2,179 | $112,800 |
| Illinois | 1,940 | $106,622 |
| Washington | 1,772 | $130,027 |
| Florida | 1,408 | $102,180 |
| Michigan | 1,335 | $99,848 |
| Georgia | 1,223 | $108,325 |
| North Carolina | 1,039 | $109,790 |
| Pennsylvania | 958 | $98,567 |
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Salaries are the offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.