Senior Sales Engineer salary in Raleigh, NC

Based on 28 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Cary, Morrisville, Research Triangle Park, Apex, Wendell.

Also listed as: Solutions Engineer

Median salary$132,205
Middle 50%$130.2k–$136.8k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $132,205
Filings28FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $126,422 and $181,617.
PercentileSalary
10th$126,422
25th$130,156
50th (median)$132,205
75th$136,781
90th$150,243

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $130k $160k FY2022: median $115,003 (15 filings) FY2023: median $151,519 (10 filings) FY2025: median $132,753 (16 filings) FY2026: median $127,810 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 9 filings FY20 FY2021: 9 filings FY21 FY2022: 15 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 9 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 12 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–––9
FY2021–––9
FY2022$115,003$106,974$152,50015
FY2023$151,519$132,884$187,00010
FY2024–––9
FY2025$132,753$132,205$139,73416
FY2026$127,810$126,422$134,12012

Cost of living

Raleigh's median senior Sales Engineer salary of $132,205 is worth about $134,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Raleigh = 98.2).

Compared with all workers here

All Sales Engineers in the Raleigh, NC area earned a median of $129,520 in May 2025 (570 employed). The H-1B median here is $132,205, 2% 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
Cisco Systems$132,20510
Siemenstoo few3

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $116,850 18
Senior · Level III $132,205 28
Expert · Level IV $151,986 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$101,691$116,85018
Senior · Level III$132,205$132,20528
Expert · Level IV$151,174$151,98619

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.