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Hiring Sales Engineers

Employers across the 75 metro areas we have BLS OEWS wage data for pay sales engineers a median of $71,080 to $177,490 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). A search through recruitlocalpros runs Tier I to Tier VI, $6,240 to $54,340, set by seniority, never by location or salary. Our vetted recruiting partner handles sourcing, screening and placement end to end.

What do sales engineers do?

  • Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.
  • Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of company products, and to provide sales support.
  • Create sales or service contracts for products or services.
  • Visit prospective buyers at commercial, industrial, or other establishments to show samples or catalogs, and to inform them about product pricing, availability, and advantages.
  • Keep informed on industry news and trends, products, services, competitors, relevant information about legacy, existing, and emerging technologies, and the latest product-line developments.
  • Identify resale opportunities and support them to achieve sales plans.

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What does it take to become one?

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

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Employers commonly list experience with Amazon Web Services AWS software, Linux, Microsoft Azure software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook for this role.

What do sales engineers get paid?

BLS OEWS, May 2025 publishes a wage for sales engineers in 75 of the metro areas in this build. The median ranges from $71,080 to $177,490 a year depending on the metro, with a midpoint of $111,160. This is what employers pay, place of work, not a single national figure and not what any one person takes home.

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What does hiring one cost?

The same as any role: tier, not location or salary, sets the fee. Across all six tiers the published range is $6,240 to $54,340 per search. For scale, the highest published median for sales engineers in this build is $177,490. A contingency firm hiring at that level would bill roughly $35,498 to $53,247 on the first year salary alone, 20 to 30%.

Frequently asked

How fast can a sales engineers search fill?
23 to 35 days, 2 to 3x faster than a typical contingency search, per the recruiting provider's published figures.
What if the hire does not work out?
A 45-day replacement guarantee, at 50% off a repeat search for the same role.

Price a sales engineers search

Eight questions about the role. Your tier range appears on screen, with the contingency comparison if you are paying one now.

Other sales and related roles

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Where we run sales engineers searches

The fee does not move with the city. The wage band does, so each page prices the role against what that metro actually pays.