The annual salary statistics of sales engineers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage data of sales engineers in Lexington-Fayette 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 | $62,190 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $78,740 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $98,740 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $129,820 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $164,620 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sales engineers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $164,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $98,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,190.
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 | $98,740 | 4.79% | 23.26% |
| 2021 | $94,010 | 19.84% | - |
| 2017 | $75,360 | -0.54% | - |
| 2016 | $75,770 | -0.32% | - |
| 2015 | $76,010 | -2.57% | - |
| 2014 | $77,960 | -4.27% | - |
| 2013 | $81,290 | 6.79% | - |
| 2012 | $75,770 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $98,740, Lexington-Fayette is the second highest paying city for sales engineers in state of Kentucky, following the highest paying city Louisville-Jefferson County (median annual salary of $107,770). Compared with Louisville-Jefferson County, the median annual salary of sales engineers in Lexington-Fayette is 8.4 percent (8.4%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Evansville |