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Sales Engineers

SOC 41-9031

Sell complex engineered products by proving they solve the buyer's problem.

The job

Median pay

$125k

$93k to $161k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing

+2.8% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

5/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

79th pct

More exposed than 79% of occupations · modeled estimate · 87th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

48/100

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Key skills

Speaking
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Writing
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Texas	6,800	0.5	1.4×	$131k
California	6,310	0.3	1.0×	$139k
Massachusetts	3,150	0.9	2.6×	$136k
New York	3,150	0.3	1.0×	$137k
Colorado	2,800	1.0	2.9×	$140k
North Carolina	2,530	0.5	1.5×	$122k
Florida	2,410	0.2	0.7×	$126k
Michigan	2,290	0.5	1.6×	$114k
Pennsylvania	1,980	0.3	1.0×	$99k
New Jersey	1,760	0.4	1.2×	$139k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Georgia	1,630	0.3	1.0×	$99k
Wisconsin	1,300	0.4	1.3×	$118k
Virginia	1,260	0.3	0.9×	$121k~
Ohio	1,210	0.2	0.7×	$97k
Illinois	1,150	0.2	0.6×	$100k
Arizona	1,000	0.3	0.9×	$132k
Minnesota	990	0.3	1.0×	$101k
Indiana	980	0.3	0.9×	$75k
Maryland	850	0.3	0.9×	$153k
South Carolina	770	0.3	1.0×	$114k
Connecticut	760	0.4	1.4×	$124k
Washington	760	0.2	0.6×	$148k
Missouri	710	0.2	0.7×	$91k
Louisiana	653	0.3	1.0×	$122k~
Oregon	540	0.3	0.8×	$128k
Tennessee	530	0.2	0.5×	$112k
Utah	480	0.3	0.8×	$118k
Kentucky	380	0.2	0.6×	$90k
Idaho	360	0.4	1.3×	$128k
Nevada	320	0.2	0.6×	$99k
Iowa	310	0.2	0.6×	$83k
New Hampshire	300	0.4	1.3×	$108k
Oklahoma	290	0.2	0.5×	$115k
Alabama	220	0.1	0.3×	$104k
Kansas	220	0.2	0.5×	$98k
Hawaii	197	0.3	0.9×	$136k~
Montana	177	0.3	1.0×	$124k~
North Dakota	142	0.3	1.0×	$123k~
Maine	140	0.2	0.7×	$95k
Nebraska	130	0.1	0.4×	$90k
South Dakota	100	0.2	0.7×	$119k
Vermont	95	0.3	0.9×	$117k~
Wyoming	92	0.3	1.0×	$119k~
Mississippi	90	0.1	0.2×	$98k~
Alaska	87	0.3	0.8×	$71k~
Delaware	80	0.2	0.5×	$167k
New Mexico	80	0.1	0.3×	$119k
Washington DC	79	0.1	0.3×	$152k~
West Virginia	40	0.1	0.2×	$135k
Arkansas	30	0.0	0.1×	$131k
Rhode Island	30	0.1	0.2×	$150k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,440 jobs · $148k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,690 jobs · $133k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,410 jobs · $137k median
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO2,010 jobs · $140k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,770 jobs · $133k median
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,600 jobs · $177k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,340 jobs · $128k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,250 jobs · $99k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.