The annual salary statistics of sales engineers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of sales engineers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 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 | $64,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $77,490 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $96,860 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $122,910 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $151,920 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sales engineers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $151,920. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $96,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $64,620.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sales engineers from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $96,860 | -0.95% | -0.95% |
| 2016 | $97,780 | 7.08% | - |
| 2015 | $90,860 | 0.06% | - |
| 2014 | $90,810 | -7.68% | - |
| 2012 | $97,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $96,860 in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is in the middle of salary range for sales engineers in state of North Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of sales engineers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is 32.9 percent (32.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Durham-Chapel Hill and 32.5 percent (32.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Durham-Chapel Hill | |
| Greensboro-High Point | |
| Winston-Salem | |
| Raleigh-Cary | |
| Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton | |
| Asheville | |
| Wilmington | |
| Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area |