Applications Engineers: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Applications (Sales) Engineers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 76,000 jobs for people working as applications engineers. People pursuing jobs in this occupation should expect a very low overall unemployment rate.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Government survey data shows that 2% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week.

Training and Education

Having a bachelor's degree may make it easier to find a job. Workers with a bachelor's degree or higher are 79% of the total. About 16% of employees have some college education, but do not have a degree. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Cities with few jobs per capita for applications engineers are Tucson (Arizona), Virginia Beach (Virginia), and Salt Lake City (Utah). The most jobs are found in San Jose (California), Lowell (Massachusetts), and San Francisco (California).

Within the US, the highest salaries for workers are found in Ithaca (New York), Lawrence (Massachusetts), and Santa Rosa (California), and the lowest are found in Chattanooga (Tennessee), Wichita (Kansas), and Tucson (Arizona).

Applications Engineers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Applications Engineers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Applications Engineers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Applications Engineers are starred . You can learn more about Applications (Sales) Engineers by reviewing this information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	200	$71,780	0.7
Alabama	Mobile	50	$107,930	0.5
Arizona	Phoenix	1,120	$71,750	1
Arizona	Tucson	50	$51,710	0.2
Arkansas	Fayetteville	40	$76,170	0.4
Arkansas	Little Rock	70	$73,120	0.4
California	Bakersfield	300	$96,570	2
California	Modesto	40	$96,670	0.4
California	Oakland	1,910	$106,080	3.2
California	Oxnard	480	$98,240	2.8
California	Riverside	570	$70,920	0.8
California	Sacramento	730	$96,630	1.4
California	San Diego	1,540	$93,890	2
California	San Francisco	2,140	$101,700	3.7
California	San Jose	6,960	$112,250	13
California	Santa Ana	2,630	$86,760	3
California	Santa Barbara	110	$76,140	1.2
California	Santa Cruz	50	$94,930	1.1
California	Santa Rosa	180	$114,830	1.8
California	Visalia	40	$82,940	0.5
Colorado	Boulder	310	$84,270	3.5
Colorado	Denver	1,390	$91,950	1.9
Connecticut	Bridgeport	170	$78,310	0.7
Connecticut	Danbury	90	$72,270	2.4
Connecticut	Hartford	690	$77,410	2.1
Connecticut	New Haven	150	$82,320	0.9
Connecticut	Norwich	80	$78,750	1.2
Delaware	Wilmington	180	$86,680	1
District of Columbia	Washington	830	$103,740	0.6
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	290	$89,010	0.7
Florida	Jacksonville	110	$84,160	0.3
Florida	Lakeland	40	$67,730	0.4
Florida	Miami	240	$90,690	0.4
Florida	Palm Bay	110	$84,390	1
Florida	Tampa	640	$73,340	0.9
Florida	West Palm Beach	130	$86,840	0.4
Georgia	Atlanta	1,640	$78,220	1.2
Hawaii	Honolulu	70	$92,070	0.3
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	80	$72,120	2.9
Illinois	Peoria	70	$67,300	0.7
Illinois	Rockford	110	$68,640	1.3
Indiana	Elkhart	70	$70,200	1
Indiana	Evansville	70	$66,770	0.7
Indiana	Fort Wayne	110	$75,800	0.9
Indiana	Gary	60	$80,010	0.4
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	60	$85,880	0.8
Iowa	Des Moines	100	$99,630	0.5
Kansas	Wichita	50	$69,520	0.3
Kentucky	Louisville	170	$80,270	0.5
Maine	Portland	50	$72,250	0.4
Maryland	Baltimore	640	$87,550	0.8
Maryland	Bethesda	420	$78,540	1.3
Massachusetts	Boston	2,790	$103,210	2.8
Massachusetts	Framingham	330	$96,310	3.7
Massachusetts	Haverhill	60	$88,690	1.5
Massachusetts	Lawrence	30	$98,190	1
Massachusetts	Lowell	290	$92,490	4.4
Massachusetts	New Bedford	40	$83,060	1.2
Massachusetts	Springfield	200	$101,290	1.2
Massachusetts	Worcester	250	$98,980	1.8
Michigan	Ann Arbor	60	$91,540	0.7
Michigan	Bay City	40	$67,170	2.4
Michigan	Detroit	370	$84,480	0.9
Michigan	Grand Rapids	410	$69,190	1.9
Michigan	Holland	100	$68,570	1.8
Michigan	Kalamazoo	30	$72,140	0.4
Michigan	Lansing	80	$90,860	0.7
Michigan	Niles	40	$78,600	1.3
Michigan	Warren	1,760	$93,540	2.6
Minnesota	Duluth	30		0.4
Minnesota	Minneapolis	1,270	$87,080	1.2
Mississippi	Jackson	50	$69,870	0.3
Missouri	Kansas City	330	$73,760	0.6
Missouri	Springfield	40	$69,770	0.4
Missouri	St Louis	570	$74,180	0.7
Nebraska	Omaha	90		0.3
Nevada	Las Vegas	250	$69,970	0.5
New Hampshire	Manchester	50	$85,290	0.9
New Hampshire	Nashua	210	$92,260	2.8
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	70	$72,930	2.4
New Jersey	Camden	280	$85,820	0.9
New Jersey	Edison	960		1.6
New Jersey	Newark	610	$95,740	1
New Jersey	Trenton	60	$82,520	0.5
New Mexico	Albuquerque	80	$70,470	0.4
New York	Albany	470	$81,030	1.9
New York	Buffalo	270	$78,440	0.9
New York	Ithaca	50	$101,860	2.4
New York	Nassau	1,030	$93,360	1.4
New York	New York	2,770	$98,630	0.9
New York	Rochester	490	$65,000	1.7
New York	Syracuse	200	$82,280	1.1
North Carolina	Asheville	130	$80,720	1.3
North Carolina	Charlotte	800	$77,640	1.6
North Carolina	Durham	210	$98,440	1.4
North Carolina	Greensboro	160	$70,480	0.8
North Carolina	Raleigh	500	$75,350	1.7
North Carolina	Wilmington	30	$74,440	0.4
North Carolina	Winston Salem	80		0.7
Ohio	Akron	90	$81,460	0.5
Ohio	Canton	40	$74,120	0.4
Ohio	Cincinnati	390	$85,280	0.6
Ohio	Cleveland	660	$74,590	1.1
Ohio	Columbus	230	$70,440	0.4
Ohio	Dayton	280	$80,180	1.2
Ohio	Mansfield	40	$64,800	1.5
Ohio	Toledo	90	$66,720	0.5
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	100	$64,640	0.3
Oklahoma	Tulsa	250		1
Oregon	Portland	1,130	$91,820	1.9
Pennsylvania	Allentown	230	$75,970	1.2
Pennsylvania	Erie	50	$70,300	0.7
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	130	$82,550	0.7
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	90	$76,880	0.7
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1,730	$78,420	1.6
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	520	$78,130	0.8
Pennsylvania	Reading	100	$79,460	1.1
Pennsylvania	Scranton	70	$101,060	0.5
Pennsylvania	York	90	$79,490	0.9
Rhode Island	Providence	160		0.5
South Carolina	Columbia	80	$71,470	0.4
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	80	$77,080	1.1
Tennessee	Chattanooga	50	$60,360	0.4
Tennessee	Nashville	320	$66,540	0.7
Texas	Austin	760	$85,400	1.7
Texas	Dallas	1,340	$100,010	1.1
Texas	Fort Worth	320	$82,200	0.6
Texas	Houston	1,890	$99,710	1.3
Texas	San Antonio	240	$86,240	0.5
Utah	Salt Lake City	80	$100,620	0.2
Vermont	Burlington	50	$64,220	0.8
Virginia	Richmond	550	$71,680	1.6
Virginia	Roanoke	60	$81,350	0.7
Virginia	Virginia Beach	100	$74,820	0.2
Washington	Seattle	1,360	$97,650	1.6
Washington	Spokane	170	$85,270	1.4
West Virginia	Huntington	40		0.7
Wisconsin	Appleton	70	$75,720	1.1
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	30	$75,720	0.7
Wisconsin	Fond	40		1.8
Wisconsin	Green Bay	40	$74,410	0.4
Wisconsin	Janesville	40	$78,360	1.2
Wisconsin	Madison	150	$80,880	0.8
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1,020	$83,550	2.1
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	30	$78,180	0.7

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Recommended Schools for Applications Engineers

Known schools with online forms to request info on becoming Applications Engineers. For info from a school, click the school name.

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Colorado Technical University (Sioux Falls)

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University of Phoenix (Cheyenne)

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