Sales Engineers · SOC 41-9031

Sales Engineers Salary in the Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.

Median annual wage$86,370
Median hourly wage$41.52

Sales Engineers in the Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $86,370 per year ($41.52 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $63,610 at the 10th percentile to $157,430 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Sales Engineers in the Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area earn more than $86,370 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $66,640 and $121,460.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$63,610$66,640$86,370$121,460$157,430
Hourly$30.58$32.04$41.52$58.40$75.69

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
    $86,370 median for Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $66,640 to $121,460
  • $137,480 median for New York; middle half earns $101,550 to $174,820
  • $124,900 median for United States; middle half earns $92,890 to $161,230

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −37% vs New York overall and −31% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Other metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for sales engineers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Southwest New York nonmetropolitan areathis page
    $86,370 median for Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $66,640 to $121,460
  • $147,570 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $120,730 to $172,340
  • $136,430 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $86,610 to $143,860
  • $104,810 median for Syracuse metro area; middle half earns $77,400 to $131,890
  • $103,640 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $82,670 to $130,530
  • $103,040 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $81,010 to $134,640
  • $102,120 median for Binghamton metro area; middle half earns $75,420 to $128,670

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Highest-paying metro areas for sales engineerss · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.