Side by side

Sales Manager vs Solutions Engineer

Solutions Engineer pays more: a median of $98,500 against $94,000. There is 1.5× more demand for Solutions Engineer. Listings for Solutions Engineer move faster — median age 52 days against 94.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureSales ManagerSolutions EngineerGap
Open postings16,75224,536-7,784
Posted this week5341,760
Median salary$94,000$98,500$-4.5k
25th percentile$74.5k$78k
75th percentile$117k$122k
Salary disclosed4.9%4.9%
Remote share6.9%11.3%-4.4pp
Median age of posting94d52d
Open over 60 days45.2%49.8%
Visa sponsorship8.3%24.4%
Pay

Pay distribution

Sales Manager

$42k$163k

Solutions Engineer

$44k$170k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Sales Manager

just posted94d median90d+

Solutions Engineer

just posted52d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Sales Manager — technologies

TypeScript
72.0%
Salesforce
65.8%
Node.js
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Airflow
47.2%
AWS
41.0%
Java
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 Manager — employers

Halcyon Energy
9.4%
Quarry Analytics
8.7%
Brightline Retail
8.0%
Ironbark Manufacturing
7.2%
Meridian Software
6.5%
Fairmount Legal
5.8%
Aperture Labs
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%.