The annual salary statistics of sales engineers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of sales engineers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 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 | $66,060 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $93,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $132,010 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $177,910 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $228,800 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sales engineers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $228,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $132,010. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $66,060.
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 | $132,010 | 3.51% | 16.71% |
| 2021 | $127,370 | 22.57% | - |
| 2020 | $98,620 | -4.39% | - |
| 2019 | $102,950 | -20.17% | - |
| 2018 | $123,720 | 1.96% | - |
| 2017 | $121,300 | -3.56% | - |
| 2016 | $125,620 | 9.31% | - |
| 2015 | $113,930 | 2.79% | - |
| 2013 | $110,750 | 0.72% | - |
| 2012 | $109,950 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $132,010, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is the second highest paying city for sales engineers in state of Washington, following the highest paying city Olympia (median annual salary of $145,810). Compared with Olympia, the median annual salary of sales engineers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is 9.5 percent (9.5%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Olympia | |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett | |
| Tacoma | |
| Spokane |