Senior Sales Engineer salary in Philadelphia, PA

Based on 12 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Horsham, Malvern, Wilmington, Radnor, Audubon.

Also listed as: Solutions Engineer

Median salary$140,388
Middle 50%$118.9k–$184k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $140,275
Filings12FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $117,212 and $187,580.
PercentileSalary
10th$117,568
25th$118,934
50th (median)$140,388
75th$184,000
90th$184,166

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $130k $160k FY2020: median $120,000 (11 filings) FY2021: median $130,244 (10 filings) FY2022: median $127,968 (16 filings) FY2024: median $148,360 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 16 filings FY22 FY2023: 6 filings FY23 FY2024: 10 filings FY24 FY2025: 6 filings FY25 FY2026: 6 filings FY26 16
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$120,000$112,758$136,62011
FY2021$130,244$125,117$156,00010
FY2022$127,968$114,971$145,16716
FY2023–––6
FY2024$148,360$126,500$165,18710
FY2025–––6
FY2026–––6

Cost of living

Philadelphia's median senior Sales Engineer salary of $140,388 is worth about $136,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Philadelphia = 102.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Sales Engineers in the Philadelphia, PA area earned a median of $102,340 in May 2025 (670 employed). The H-1B median here is $140,388, 37% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Cresta Intelligencetoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $95,094 12
Senior · Level III $140,388 12
Expert · Level IV $152,680 19

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$93,558$95,09412
Senior · Level III$117,187$140,38812
Expert · Level IV$140,462$152,68019

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.