How much do Sales Engineers make in Sioux Falls, SD-MN?

Percentile spread

For Sales Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $82,210 and the 90th percentile is $162,770. The difference is $80,560, which is 64.1% 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 $102,700 to the 75th at $135,270, covers $32,570.

The mean annual wage is $119,790, which sits below the median of $125,630. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sioux Falls, SD-MN median is 0.6% higher than the national median of $124,900 for Sales Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $138,617, which is 11% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.5% higher than the South Dakota median of $119,110.

Sioux Falls, SD-MN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses South Dakota, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sioux Falls, SD-MN is 90.631, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $125,630 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales Engineers at $138,617 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales Engineers. Sioux Falls, SD-MN ranks 1st of 3 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).).

• Omaha, NE-IA is 161 miles away, with a median of $97,820 and employment of 40. That median is 22.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,429, against $138,617 here.
• Lincoln, NE is 187 miles away, with a median of $83,240 and employment of 60. That median is 33.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $90,892, against $138,617 here.

Employment share

Sales Engineers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Sioux Falls, SD-MN (50 of 178,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.84 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.