Career information and college search tools for sales engineers and those interested in pursuing careers in related fields.
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Career information and college search tools for sales engineers and those interested in pursuing careers in related fields.
Schools for Sales Engineers are listed in the Browse Schools Section.
Below are the skills needed to be sales engineers according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Skill Name | Importance | Competence |
Persuasion | 4.25 | 4.25 |
Critical Thinking | 4 | 4 |
Reading Comprehension | 4 | 4.75 |
Social Perceptiveness | 4 | 4 |
Speaking | 4 | 4.12 |
Below are the abilities needed to be sales engineers according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Ability Name | Importance | Competence |
Oral Comprehension | 4.12 | 4.75 |
Oral Expression | 4.12 | 5 |
Speech Recognition | 4 | 4.12 |
Written Comprehension | 4 | 4.5 |
Deductive Reasoning | 3.88 | 4 |
Below are the knowledge areas needed to be sales engineers according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Knowledge Area | Importance | Competence |
Sales and Marketing | 4.29 | 4.87 |
Customer and Personal Service | 4.06 | 5.31 |
Computers and Electronics | 3.84 | 4.85 |
Engineering and Technology | 3.66 | 4.23 |
English Language | 3.66 | 3.98 |
Below are the work activities involved in being sales engineers according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest).
Work Activity | Importance | Competence |
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization | 4.75 | 5.87 |
Selling or Influencing Others | 4.73 | 5.74 |
Interacting With Computers | 4.64 | 4.8 |
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | 4.46 | 5.65 |
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | 4.34 | 5.23 |
Below are the work styles involved in being sales engineers according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest).
Work Style | Importance | |
Dependability | 4.5 | |
Cooperation | 4.43 | |
Integrity | 4.38 | |
Analytical Thinking | 4.26 | |
Persistence | 4.26 |
Listed below are the 10 largest metro areas based on the total number of people employed in Sales Engineers jobs , as of 2019
Metro Area | Total Employment | Annual Mean Salary |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | 4,230 | $105,890 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | 2,980 | $124,530 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell | 2,930 | $115,760 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward | 2,510 | $125,730 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land | 2,130 | $114,660 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara | 2,050 | $136,950 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood | 1,630 | $131,290 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale | 1,390 | $126,290 |
San Diego-Carlsbad | 1,150 | $112,510 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn | 990 | $92,760 |
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Source : 2019 Occupational Employment Statistics and 2018-28 Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov; O*NET® 24.3 Database, O*NET OnLine, National Center for O*NET Development, Employment & Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, onetonline.org