How much do Sales Engineers make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

Percentile spread

For Sales Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $74,680 and the 90th percentile is $163,060. The difference is $88,380, which is 89.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $87,500 to the 75th at $129,700, covers $42,200.

The mean annual wage is $109,310, which sits above the median of $99,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 20.6% lower than the national median of $124,900 for Sales Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $99,172, which is 20.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.4% higher than the Georgia median of $98,840.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $99,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Engineers at $99,172 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Engineers. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ranks 5th of 7 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 131 miles away, with a median of $102,800 and employment of 140. That median is 3.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $110,229, against $99,172 here.
• Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 140 miles away, with a median of $97,960 and employment of 30. That median is 1.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,591, against $99,172 here.
• Knoxville, TN is 160 miles away, with a median of $104,170 and employment of 110. That median is 5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $112,532, against $99,172 here.

Employment share

Sales Engineers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (1,250 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.30 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.