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Sales Engineers
Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.
What a sales engineer does
Become a sales engineer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good sales engineer
- Talking to others.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
- Understanding people's reactions.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $86 per hour with a typical salary of $173,600 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $55 and $124 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $63,800 and $207,400 per year.
- 58% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $53 per hour with a typical salary of $66,000 per year.
- 18.7% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Sales Engineer job outlook
- There are 739 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 0 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 14% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.