Braun Board Salary Report · Updated October 12, 2026
What Sales Engineers actually make in 2026
Built from 272 real Sales Engineer job postings that publish pay. No surveys, no self-reported numbers.
- Median OTE
- $198K
- Middle half: $144K to $238K
- From 107 postings
- Median base
- $171K
- Middle half: $138K to $194K
- From 170 postings
- Typical split
- 75/25
- Base / variable
- From 5 postings listing both
What this means for you
- Half of the Sales Engineer postings that list OTE land between $144K and $238K. If an offer comes in under $144K, ask what you're missing.
- The typical split is about 75/25 base to variable (from 5 postings that list both).
- Remote roles pay less: $211K median OTE vs $225K for hybrid or in-office.
- Only 84% of Sales Engineer postings publish any pay at all. The rest make you ask.
Remote vs. in office
| Workplace | Median OTE | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Remote | $211K (34) | $185K (69) |
| Hybrid or in office | $225K (17) | $170K (28) |
Number of postings in parentheses.
Highest posted OTE by company
Top-paying open roles right now
See all →- VP, Solutions Engineer NAMNetskope$540K OTE
- Senior Sales Engineer - MENASardine$408K base
- Enterprise Solutions Consultant, New YorkNotion$348K OTE
- Enterprise Solutions Consultant, San FranciscoNotion$348K OTE
- Senior Solutions Engineer, Cloudflare One (SASE/SSE)Cloudflare$290K base
- Lead Solutions EngineerTaktile$280K OTE
- Senior Solutions Engineer, EnterpriseTailscale$275K OTE
- Staff Solutions EngineerFivetran$273K OTE
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How we got these numbers
Every number comes from a US sales job posting on an employer's own career page (Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby boards) that is open right now and publishes pay. Each posting counts once, at the midpoint of its posted range. We only call a number OTE when the posting says so. We don't estimate, survey or fill gaps, and we don't publish a number from fewer than 5 postings. 325 open Sales Engineer roles are in this report's pool; 272 publish pay.