Sales Engineers

Marketing, Sales and Service
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

  • Average hourly rate is $63 per hour with an average salary of $131,400 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $42 and $84 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $87,900 and $174,200 per 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.

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Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Programs to get you there

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