How much do Sales Engineers make in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI?

Percentile spread

For Sales Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $67,120 and the 90th percentile is $188,890. The difference is $121,770, which is 126.4% 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 $84,210 to the 75th at $127,500, covers $43,290.

The mean annual wage is $113,050, which sits above the median of $96,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kalamazoo-Portage, MI median is 22.9% lower than the national median of $124,900 for Sales Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $101,561, which is 18.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.6% lower than the Michigan median of $114,180.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 94.840, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $96,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Engineers at $101,561 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Engineers. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ranks 11th of 14 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).).

• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 52 miles away, with a median of $105,080 and employment of 270. That median is 9.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $109,978, against $101,561 here.
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 57 miles away, with a median of $118,610 and employment of 60. That median is 23.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $124,864, against $101,561 here.
• Ann Arbor, MI is 86 miles away, with a median of $121,000 and employment of 110. That median is 25.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $119,944, against $101,561 here.

Employment share

Sales Engineers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (40 of 121,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.99 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.