Across 205 live US postings for solutions engineers with a listed USD salary, measured September 2026, the median offer is $165,000–$216,562 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.
Measured September 2026 · n=205 US postings with salary
Solutions engineer salary: $165,000–$216,562 a year, measured from live postings.
Every number below comes from 511 tracked live postings whose title matches "solutions engineer". No surveys, no self-reports — listed salaries only, in US dollars.
- The median solutions engineer posting offers $165,000–$216,562 a year (n=205).
- 43.6% of the 511 live postings matching "solutions engineer" are remote.
- Level 4 solutions engineers (building AI systems) list $165,000–$216,562, vs $157,220–$216,562 at Level 1.
Median salary by seniority (USD / year)
Seniority as tagged on the posting. Both salary bounds required.
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 0 | not enough data |
| Mid-level | 47 | $144,000–$200,000 |
| Senior | 106 | $166,500–$219,500 |
| Lead | 29 | $153,400–$195,195 |
Remote vs on-site (USD / year)
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Remote | 101 | $165,000–$216,562 |
| On-site / hybrid | 104 | $157,220–$220,000 |
Companies hiring solutions engineers
Method
US-dollar postings whose title contains "solutions engineer", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 205 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page — below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.
Sample: postings at tech companies tracked by Level. Not the whole labor market — do not cite as a national average.
Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured September 2026. Small-n slices move a lot — read the n column first.
How many solutions engineers jobs are remote?
43.6% of the 205 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured September 2026.
Does the AI level of the job change the pay?
In this sample, 3 postings are Level 4 (building AI systems) and 277 are Level 1 (AI is not the work). See the AI level breakdown below for the median in each band. Measured September 2026.