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Sales Engineers

Occupation · SOC 2018 41-9031 · United States

SOC 2018 code
41-9031
Share of U.S. applications
0.39%
Applications on record
47,698
FY2025
3,436
Median offered wage
$145,477
Certified (last three years)
99.0%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$145,477certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Sales Engineers (SOC 41-9031). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Sales Engineers

1,8853,770FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,8853,770FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008256
FY2009455
FY20101,750
FY20111,799
FY20121,979
FY20131,847
FY20142,290
FY20152,730
FY20163,178
FY20173,114
FY20183,585
FY20193,770
FY20203,018
FY20213,085
FY20223,311
FY20232,776
FY20242,604
FY20253,436
FY2026*2,715
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*002,138577
FY2025002,670766
FY2024102,151452
FY2023502,153618
FY2022002,643668
FY2021002,271814
FY2020002,330688
FY2019002,933837
FY2018002,616969
FY2017002,407707
FY2016002,267911
FY2015012,101628
FY2014011,819470
FY2013011,472374
FY2012001,504475
FY2011001,353446
FY2010001,376374
FY200900291164
FY2008000256

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. HCL America, Inc.1,328
  2. Cisco Systems, Inc.1,123
  3. Microsoft Corporation972
  4. Google LLC957
  5. Cadence Design Systems, Inc.881
  6. Infosys Limited714
  7. Oracle America, Inc.550
  8. Intel Corporation530
  9. NVIDIA Corporation460
  10. Wipro Limited457
  11. ServiceNow, Inc.382
  12. Oracle America, Inc.346

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Sales Engineers: applications by worksite state

3+17+90+164+1,004+
3+17+90+164+1,004+
Data table
StateApplications
CA16,159
TX6,461
NJ3,265
NY2,945
MA2,323
IL2,024
WA1,825
FL1,525
MI1,472
GA1,343
NC1,068
PA1,004
VA907
CO560
OH556
OR530
AZ496
MN336
CT314
MD270
WI241
IN209
MO164
TN154
SC151
NH118
UT108
KY100
DC95
KS92
ID91
AL91
OK90
NV89
LA75
IA63
RI61
AR54
DE49
PR46
NE27
VT26
NM21
GU17
ME16
MS12
SD12
ND11
MP6
WV5
MT4
WY4
AK4
HI3
Metropolitan areas
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA8,328
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5,533
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,453
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,427
  5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,355
  6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,169
  7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,161
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,868
  9. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,774
  10. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX1,372

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $145,477; middle half $118,453 to $172,710 · median prevailing wage $129,946 (marker) · 6,782 applications.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I794
  2. Level II1,739
  3. Level III1,663
  4. Level IV1,991
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Sales Engineer4,358
  2. Product Manager821
  3. Technical Marketing Engineer601
  4. Technical Sales Engineer566
  5. Business Development Manager465
  6. Senior Sales Engineer397
  7. Product Marketing Engineer360
  8. Technical Account Manager324

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Worcester, MA