H-1B salary guideSOC 41-9031Rank #39Updated May 2026

Sales Engineers

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Sales Engineers (SOC 41-9031). Based on 11,650 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage

$120,000

P50 across filings

P25 wage

$96,307

lower quartile

P75 wage

$146,385

upper quartile

Filings

11,650

Rank #39

Summary

Sales Engineers (SOC 41-9031) represent 11,650 H-1B filings in the US program, with typical wages ranging from $96,307 (P25) to $146,385 (P75), and a median of $120,000.

Wage progression by DOL skill level shows clear advancement: Level I positions start at $70,000–$97,025, Level II ranges $90,210–$123,750, Level III reaches $114,083–$158,038, and Level IV peaks at $119,059–$164,000. Top hiring states are California ($140,000 median), Texas ($115,544), New York ($130,000), New Jersey ($131,446), and Illinois ($110,344).

Cognizant Technology Solutions leads employer sponsorship with 469 filings, followed by ServiceNow (113), Cadence Design Systems (65), Oracle America (63), and HCL America (63).

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Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

Level	N	P25	Median	P75
Level I	1,555	$70,000	$80,000	$97,025
Level II	3,359	$90,210	$102,500	$123,750
Level III	2,162	$114,083	$135,000	$158,038
Level IV	3,674	$119,059	$139,318	$164,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#	State	Filings	Median
1	CA	3,015	$140,000
2	TX	1,924	$115,544
3	NY	764	$130,000
4	NJ	726	$131,446
5	IL	534	$110,344
6	GA	470	$110,000
7	MA	464	$110,000
8	MI	431	$98,259
9	NC	359	$120,000
10	WA	346	$119,977

3,015

1,924

764

726

534

470

464

431

359

346

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

#	Employer	Filings
1	COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP	469
2	ServiceNow, Inc.	113
3	Cadence Design Systems, Inc.	65
4	Oracle America, Inc.	63
5	HCL AMERICA INC	63
6	Salesforce, Inc.	61
7	NVIDIA Corporation	52
8	Cisco Systems, Inc.	50
9	Juniper Networks (US), Inc.	42
10	IBM Corporation	38

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUT…

469

ServiceNow, Inc.

113

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Oracle America, Inc.

HCL AMERICA INC

Salesforce, Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Juniper Networks (US), Inc.

IBM Corporation

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

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