The annual salary statistics of sales engineers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of sales engineers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $75,020 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $94,550 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $116,830 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $149,430 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $173,560 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sales engineers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $173,560. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $116,830. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $75,020.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sales engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $116,830 | 11.64% | 13.21% |
| 2021 | $103,230 | -3.06% | - |
| 2020 | $106,390 | 5.25% | - |
| 2019 | $100,800 | -0.27% | - |
| 2018 | $101,070 | 6.37% | - |
| 2017 | $94,630 | 2.43% | - |
| 2016 | $92,330 | 0.87% | - |
| 2015 | $91,530 | -13.82% | - |
| 2014 | $104,180 | -2.00% | - |
| 2013 | $106,260 | 4.57% | - |
| 2012 | $101,400 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $116,830 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for sales engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of sales engineers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 24.2 percent (24.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 34.0 percent (34.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Vallejo-Fairfield.