Solutions & Sales Engineering salary

80 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for solutions & sales engineering roles at mid level across the United States: 1,014 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $101,000 and $170,000, with a median of $130,000.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run entry-level $92,500, mid-level $130,000, senior $160,000 and lead $223,350. Moving from entry-level to lead is worth roughly 141% more.

Location moves the number too. Of the 4 cities with at least 25 postings in USD at mid level, San Francisco has the highest median at $176,960 and Boston the lowest at $120,000, a gap of roughly 47%.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 18 of the 60 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Every measured range

80 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Entry	$73,000 – $118,750	$92,500	21
United States · country-wide	Mid	$101,000 – $170,000	$130,000	1,014
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$81,075 – CA$131,122	CA$100,400	103
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£57,973 – £95,000	£72,500	41
Germany · country-wide	Mid	€65,000 – €99,906	€72,904	17
Italy · country-wide	Mid	€43,000 – €75,600	€67,500	13
France · country-wide	Mid	€62,125 – €107,719	€76,238	8hint
Ireland · country-wide	Mid	€67,025 – €87,500	€86,400	7hint
Australia · country-wide	Mid	A$99,000 – A$178,804	A$137,000	6hint
Spain · country-wide	Mid	€41,445 – €70,000	€68,750	6hint
Poland · country-wide	Mid	PLN 145,487 – PLN 315,750	PLN 165,000	6hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$133,000 – $200,000	$160,000	474
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$106,500 – CA$161,980	CA$128,000	41
United Kingdom · country-wide	Senior	£65,000 – £126,500	£102,500	31
Netherlands · country-wide	Senior	€92,186 – €107,813	€100,898	6hint
United States · country-wide	Lead	$193,750 – $265,250	$223,350	80
Remote · United States	Mid	$100,000 – $167,641	$129,578	356
Remote · Canada	Mid	CA$77,500 – CA$125,000	CA$96,069	21
Remote · United Kingdom	Mid	£63,000 – £92,750	£75,000	11
Remote · United States	Senior	$133,000 – $190,000	$160,000	197
Remote · Canada	Senior	CA$92,338 – CA$170,953	CA$115,000	12
Remote · United Kingdom	Senior	£92,050 – £117,250	£110,950	6hint
Remote · United States	Lead	$207,500 – $267,500	$237,500	25
Arlington	Senior	$143,965 – $194,425	$163,700	7hint
Atlanta	Mid	$104,294 – $162,328	$124,150	24
Atlanta	Senior	$182,642 – $208,250	$191,988	6hint
Austin	Mid	$110,625 – $184,066	$133,250	14
Austin	Senior	$154,000 – $205,000	$177,590	9hint
Berlin	Mid	€62,000 – €68,750	€63,500	6hint
Boston	Mid	$93,688 – $163,125	$120,000	31
Boston	Senior	$168,595 – $198,625	$178,740	10
Charlotte	Mid	$96,125 – $161,428	$117,500	10
Chicago	Mid	$97,755 – $174,275	$127,250	43
Chicago	Senior	$130,000 – $192,541	$157,000	27
Dallas	Mid	$102,500 – $208,191	$111,860	11
Dallas	Senior	$143,125 – $231,862	$164,688	6hint
Denver	Mid	$92,250 – $162,125	$132,500	20
Denver	Senior	$143,298 – $212,250	$159,252	7hint
Houston	Mid	$106,250 – $154,750	$130,000	11
Irvine	Mid	$126,505 – $179,581	$135,923	6hint
London	Mid	£65,875 – £102,500	£78,000	23
London	Senior	£100,625 – £137,550	£112,500	12
Los Angeles	Mid	$76,500 – $156,550	$101,000	13
Minneapolis	Senior	$129,000 – $169,000	$156,100	7hint
New York	Mid	$129,625 – $191,106	$163,119	146
New York	Senior	$155,000 – $231,000	$184,375	73
New York	Lead	$215,563 – $241,875	$225,000	14
Philadelphia	Mid	$105,500 – $191,050	$120,000	8hint
San Diego	Mid	$116,500 – $206,125	$151,088	7hint
San Francisco	Mid	$150,000 – $208,375	$176,960	111
San Francisco	Senior	$166,750 – $241,250	$202,500	31
San Jose	Mid	$107,375 – $207,438	$154,000	10
San Jose	Senior	$146,774 – $206,875	$172,475	10
Santa Clara	Mid	$120,000 – $172,500	$130,000	7hint
Seattle	Mid	$100,000 – $180,775	$155,150	12
Toronto	Mid	CA$99,000 – CA$140,315	CA$117,900	29
Toronto	Senior	CA$109,925 – CA$136,800	CA$128,250	16
Vancouver	Mid	CA$100,000 – CA$123,475	CA$113,850	12
Washington	Mid	$150,750 – $209,700	$170,625	21
Washington	Senior	$166,313 – $226,250	$208,250	12

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Top 60 of 80 ranges by sample size.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

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