Side by side

Sales Associate vs Solutions Engineer

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 3.6% apart. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Sales Associate move faster — median age 30 days against 52.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureSales AssociateSolutions EngineerGap
Open postings19,49824,536-5,038
Posted this week1,1571,760
Median salary$102,000$98,500+$3.5k
25th percentile$80.5k$78k
75th percentile$127k$122k
Salary disclosed6.2%4.9%
Remote share12.5%11.3%+1.2pp
Median age of posting30d52d
Open over 60 days30.8%49.8%
Visa sponsorship4.8%24.4%
Pay

Pay distribution

Sales Associate

$46k$176k

Solutions Engineer

$44k$170k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Sales Associate

just posted30d median90d+

Solutions Engineer

just posted52d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Sales Associate — technologies

Java
72.0%
AWS
65.8%
Tableau
59.6%
Salesforce
53.4%
Swift
47.2%
Python
41.0%
Node.js
34.8%

Solutions Engineer — technologies

Go
72.0%
Node.js
65.8%
Java
59.6%
Python
53.4%
JavaScript
47.2%
HubSpot
41.0%
Figma
34.8%

Sales Associate — employers

Brightline Retail
9.4%
Quarry Analytics
8.7%
Tidewater Insurance
8.0%
Cobalt Financial
7.2%
Solstice Biotech
6.5%
Beacon Robotics
5.8%
Meridian Software
5.1%

Solutions Engineer — employers

Brightline Retail
9.4%
Kestrel Health
8.7%
Aperture Labs
8.0%
Tidewater Insurance
7.2%
Rivergate Media
6.5%
Quarry Analytics
5.8%
Pinewood Education
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.