How much do Sales Engineers make in Lafayette, LA?

Percentile spread

For Sales Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $108,800 and the 90th percentile is $121,680. The difference is $12,880, which is 10.6% 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 $121,680 to the 75th at $121,680, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $118,390, which sits below the median of $121,680. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lafayette, LA median is 2.6% lower than the national median of $124,900 for Sales Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $139,527, which is 11.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Louisiana median of $121,680.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lafayette, LA is 87.209, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $121,680 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Engineers at $139,527 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Engineers. Lafayette, LA ranks 3rd of 4 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).).

• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 124 miles away, with a median of $115,850 and employment of 50. That median is 4.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $128,656, against $139,527 here.
• New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 162 miles away, with a median of $133,010. That median is 9.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $143,644, against $139,527 here.
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 193 miles away, with a median of $127,800 and employment of 1,340. That median is 5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $129,576, against $139,527 here.

Employment share

Sales Engineers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Lafayette, LA (60 of 179,570). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.00 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.