The annual salary statistics of sales engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of sales engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) 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 | $64,260 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $77,550 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $99,740 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $139,300 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $176,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sales engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $176,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $99,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $64,260.
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 | $99,740 | -25.21% | 12.75% |
| 2021 | $124,880 | 15.66% | - |
| 2020 | $105,330 | 18.28% | - |
| 2019 | $86,080 | 5.40% | - |
| 2018 | $81,430 | -0.71% | - |
| 2017 | $82,010 | -13.05% | - |
| 2016 | $92,710 | 0.20% | - |
| 2015 | $92,520 | -4.55% | - |
| 2014 | $96,730 | 7.61% | - |
| 2013 | $89,370 | 2.63% | - |
| 2012 | $87,020 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $99,740, Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) is the second highest paying city for sales engineers in state of Illinois, following the highest paying city East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary of $100,330). Compared with East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, the median annual salary of sales engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) is .6 percent (.6%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) | |
| Peoria | |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) | |
| Rockford | |
| West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Champaign-Urbana |