What This Job Pays: sales engineer

September 7, 2007

What This Job Pays: sales engineer

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Pay: The average annual salary of a sales engineer in the Seattle area is $89,755, with most making from $71,900 to $104,000 a year, according to PayScale, a Seattle company that tracks compensation and benefits.

Demand: Employment of sales engineers is expected to grow about as fast as average for all occupations in the coming years. Projected employment growth stems from the increasing variety and technical nature of goods and services to be sold. Competitive pressures and advancing technology will force companies to improve and update product designs more frequently and to optimize their manufacturing and sales processes.

Need to know: Sales engineers – who also may be called manufacturers' agents, sales representatives or technical sales support workers – work with the production, engineering or research-and-development departments of their companies, or with independent sales firms, to determine how products and services could be designed or modified to suit customers' needs. They also may advise customers on how best to use products or services provided. Most sales engineers have a bachelor's degree in engineering, and many have previous work experience in an engineering specialty.

PayScale, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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