Business & Finance
Sales Engineers
Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.
Median salary
$121,520
Typical range
$71k – $203k
Job outlook
+6% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Sales Engineers
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Sales Engineers Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Sales Engineers
Entry / Junior
$70,580
~2 yrs to advance
Sales Engineers
Established
$121,520
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Sales Engineers
Senior
$162,095
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Key skills
A typical day
- •Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.
- •Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of company products, and to provide sales support.
- •Create sales or service contracts for products or services.
- •Visit prospective buyers at commercial, industrial, or other establishments to show samples or catalogs, and to inform them about product pricing, availability, and advantages.
- •Keep informed on industry news and trends, products, services, competitors, relevant information about legacy, existing, and emerging technologies, and the latest product-line developments.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.