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Sales Engineers
SOC 41-9031. Offered wages, prevailing wage levels and sponsoring employers on H-1B labor condition applications, with PERM counts.
Employers filed 4,774 labor condition applications for Sales Engineers (SOC 41-9031) in fiscal years 2025–2026, 4,664 of them certified.
The median offered wage is $146,153 a year (quartiles $120,000–$175,497), close to the $122,221 median across all occupations; the median prevailing wage cited is $131,872. Level IV is the most common prevailing wage level (30% of filings).
PERM applications for the occupation number 1,341 with a median offered wage of $141,773.
H-1B labor condition applications
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as stated on the application. Data through 30 Jun 2026.
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 11%Level II 24%Level III 24%Level IV 30%Not stated 11%
| Measure | SOC 41-9031 | All occupations |
|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $146,153 | $122,221 |
| 25th–75th percentile | $120,000–$175,497 | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 35% | 56% |
| Share certified | 98% | 98% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application; medians use up to 4,000 sampled applications per occupation (4,000 here).
Offered wages by employer
| Employer | City | Applications | Mean offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | Mountain View | 423 | $164,882 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | San Jose | 152 | $140,276 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Santa Clara | 143 | $177,197 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Redmond | 142 | $178,308 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | Santa Clara | 131 | $157,538 |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | San Jose | 113 | $152,139 |
| Snowflake Inc. | Menlo Park | 94 | $158,799 |
| Siemens Industry Software Inc. | Plano | 63 | $156,700 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | Austin | 56 | $147,626 |
| Databricks, Inc. | San Francisco | 47 | $146,252 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Santa Clara | 39 | $167,368 |
| The MathWorks, Inc. | Natick | 37 | $136,495 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Seattle | 37 | $169,569 |
| Saviynt, Inc. | El Segundo | 35 | $138,244 |
| Okta, Inc. | San Francisco | 31 | $134,418 |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | Santa Clara | 31 | $133,476 |
| L&T Technology Services Limited | Edison | 23 | $145,573 |
| Intel Corporation | Santa Clara | 23 | $168,811 |
| LTIMindtree Limited | Edison | 23 | $136,458 |
| Siemens Energy, Inc. | Orlando | 23 | $134,434 |
| Fci USA LLC | Etters | 20 | $120,091 |
| Keysight Technologies, Inc. | Santa Rosa | 20 | $147,941 |
| Wipro Limited | East Brunswick | 19 | $152,201 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Austin | 19 | $154,494 |
| Juniper Networks (US), Inc. | Sunnyvale | 17 | $119,183 |
| Nokia of America Corporation | Murray Hill | 17 | $158,712 |
| Dassault Systemes Americas Corp | Waltham | 17 | $146,304 |
| Jfrog, Inc. | Sunnyvale | 17 | $176,165 |
| Teradata Operations, Inc. | San Diego | 16 | $154,639 |
| Fortinet, Inc. | Sunnyvale | 15 | $150,292 |
| Mphasis Corporation | New York | 15 | $205,000 |
| Informatica LLC | Redwood City | 15 | $138,132 |
| Analog Devices, Inc. | Wilmington | 15 | $144,083 |
| Zscaler, Inc. | San Jose | 15 | $163,656 |
| Dell Marketing L.P. | Round Rock | 15 | $166,946 |
| Autodesk, Inc. | San Francisco | 15 | $121,546 |
| Redis Inc. | San Francisco | 13 | $324,279 |
| Yash Technologies, Inc | East Moline | 13 | $103,308 |
| Renesas Electronics America Inc. | San Jose | 13 | $141,044 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | College Station | 13 | $161,531 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
All employers, A to Z
All employers for Sales Engineers: 817 records. The A to Z list names every employer with a page that has this occupation among its most-filed H-1B occupations.
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Worksite states
California 1,624 · Texas 760 · New York 334 · Washington 241 · Illinois 229 · Massachusetts 227 · New Jersey 198 · Michigan 154 · Georgia 153 · North Carolina 140
PERM labor certification
PERM applications as disclosed by OFLC; FY2024 covers the new Form 9089 only. Status is as recorded at the data date. Data through 30 Jun 2026.
Median offered wage on PERM applications: $141,773.
| Employer | City | PERM applications |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | Redmond | 104 |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | San Jose | 45 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | San Jose | 38 |
| Databricks, Inc. | San Francisco | 29 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | Austin | 21 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Santa Clara | 20 |
| Siemens Industry Software Inc. | Plano | 18 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Santa Clara | 17 |
| The MathWorks, Inc. | Natick | 17 |
| Intel Corporation | Santa Clara | 14 |
| Okta, Inc. | San Francisco | 13 |
| Analog Devices, Inc. | Wilmington | 12 |
| Keysight Technologies, Inc. | Santa Rosa | 11 |
| Applied Materials, Inc | Santa Clara | 11 |
| Fortinet, Inc. | Sunnyvale | 10 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Questions and answers
What is the H-1B salary for Sales Engineers?
The median offered wage on labor condition applications for SOC 41-9031 is $146,153 a year, with the middle half between $120,000 and $175,497; the median prevailing wage cited is $131,872.
Which employers file the most H-1B applications for Sales Engineers?
Google LLC (423), Cisco Systems, Inc. (152), NVIDIA Corporation (143), Microsoft Corporation (142), ServiceNow, Inc. (131)
Which wage level is most common for Sales Engineers?
Level IV: Level I 11%, Level II 24%, Level III 24%, Level IV 30% of filings.
How many PERM applications name Sales Engineers?
1,341 in fiscal years 2024–2026, median offered wage $141,773.
Source: OFLC LCA and PERM disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026, through 30 Jun 2026. Occupation pages are built for SOC codes with at least 50 applications. How H-1B wage levels work.