The annual salary statistics of sales engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of sales engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $93,830 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $116,500 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $154,040 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $193,840 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $227,980 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sales engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $227,980. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $154,040. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $93,830.
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 | $154,040 | -3.43% | 18.63% |
| 2021 | $159,330 | 6.16% | - |
| 2020 | $149,520 | 12.59% | - |
| 2019 | $130,690 | -1.65% | - |
| 2018 | $132,840 | 6.62% | - |
| 2017 | $124,040 | -0.08% | - |
| 2016 | $124,140 | -0.17% | - |
| 2015 | $124,350 | 2.11% | - |
| 2014 | $121,730 | -0.08% | - |
| 2013 | $121,830 | -2.88% | - |
| 2012 | $125,340 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $154,040, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the highest paying city for sales engineers in state of California, followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary $138,010). In comparison, the median annual salary of sales engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 10.4 percent (10.4%) higher than that in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.