The annual salary statistics of sales engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of sales engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) 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 | $56,750 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $67,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $85,080 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $118,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $163,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sales engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $163,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $85,080. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $56,750.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sales engineers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $85,080 | -11.33% | -4.89% |
| 2016 | $94,720 | -3.53% | - |
| 2015 | $98,060 | -2.56% | - |
| 2014 | $100,570 | 7.75% | - |
| 2013 | $92,780 | 3.82% | - |
| 2012 | $89,240 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $85,080 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is in the middle of salary range for sales engineers in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of sales engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 15.2 percent (15.2%) lower than that in the highest paying East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area and 26.0 percent (26.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Champaign-Urbana.
| 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 |