Sales Engineers
Sales and Related · SOC 41-9031
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 41-9031 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 32.2%
- Very High · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 51/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $124,900
- H-1B offered wage $144,735; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 7,900
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +5.5%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 2,436
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 11,321 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
Best transitions from here
Explore all pathways→Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).
AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~51.1% of this role but only ~32.2% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.
Common titles: Business Development Engineer, Inside Sales Engineer, Product Sales Engineer, Sales Applications Engineer, Sales Engineer, Technical Marketing Engineer
Representative Tasks
- •Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.
- •Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of company products, and to provide sales support.
- •Create sales or service contracts for products or services.
- •Visit prospective buyers at commercial, industrial, or other establishments to show samples or catalogs, and to inform them about product pricing, availability, and advantages.
- •Keep informed on industry news and trends, products, services, competitors, relevant information about legacy, existing, and emerging technologies, and the latest product-line developments.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Sell products or services.
- •Develop proposals for current or prospective customers.
- •Share sales-related or market information with colleagues.
- •Prepare sales or other contracts.
- •Contact current or potential customers to promote products or services.
Tools & Technologies
Related Occupations
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 32.2% | 27.4% |
| Outlook | Average | 35% Bright |
| Median Salary | $124,900 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 68/100 | N/A |