Who Is Hiring Service Engineers — And What They Pay

Service Engineers earn a median of $110,000 per year, with most postings between $80,000 and $136,760. From 268 job postings that disclosed pay, across 129 companies, August 2026.

These are ranges employers published in their own job postings — not salaries people typed into a form years ago.

Who is hiring Service Engineers

15 companies with open postings in this sample.

Vantage Data Centers
$240,000 4
Apple
$225,150 26
Akina, Inc.
$185,500 10
Anduril
$170,000 5
BAE Systems USA
$169,341 12
Collins Aerospace
$152,148 5
ASR International
$136,760 6
DLR Group
$131,000 6
TEEMA
$127,500 8
Amazon.com
$127,150 10

Also hiring: Apple, BAE Systems USA, Amazon.com, Akina, Inc., TEEMA, Echo Consulting Group, DLR Group, ASR International, Collins Aerospace, Sunbelt Rentals, Jedson Engineering, AECOM.

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What Service Engineer postings actually ask for

Ranked by how many of the 400 posting descriptions mention them.

Electrical Engineering 20%
Professional Engineer 16%
Mechanical Engineering 12%
Microsoft Office 12%
Product Development 11%
Systems Engineering 9%
Preventive Maintenance 8%
Civil Engineering 8%
Control Systems 6%
Electrical Systems 6%
Engineering Technology 6%
U.S. Citizenship 6%
Design Development 5%
Customer Support 5%
Corrective Actions 5%
Technology Solutions 5%
Construction Management 5%
Project Execution 5%

What Service Engineers earn

10th $55K 25th $80K median $110K 75th $137K 90th $175K
$40K $198K

Each bar is a pay band; height is how many employers post in it.

Service Engineer vs adjacent roles

Roles people compare this one against, taken from what they search.

  • service technician
  • maintenance engineer
  • software engineer
  • support engineer
  • mechanic
  • electrician

Pay by experience level

Level is taken from the posting title, so only postings that state one are counted.

Mid
$100,000 8
Senior
$131,000 46
Lead / Manager
$137,526 23
Principal / Staff
$192,000 19

Pay by location

Metros with at least three salaried postings.

Austin, TX
$201,960 13
Annapolis Junction, MD
$196,000 10
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
$209,525 8
Washington, DC
$140,053 7
Cupertino, CA
$214,000 7
Los Angeles, CA
$130,500 6
New York, NY
$142,275 6
Silverdale, WA
$136,760 6
Columbus, OH
$113,771 4
Totowa, NJ
$169,341 4
Boulder, CO
$256,950 4
Santa Clara, CA
$247,375 4

Remote vs onsite pay

Median of remote-eligible postings against the rest.

Remote-eligible
$102,935
Onsite
$130,382

63 remote-eligible postings against 205 onsite. Onsite pays 21.1% more in this sample.

Where this data comes from

  • 400 live postings analysed
  • 268 (67%) published a salary range
  • 83 (21%) were remote-eligible
  • 217 distinct employers
  • Requirements read from 400 full posting descriptions
  • Each employer gets one vote in the median, so a company running a large hiring campaign cannot move it
  • Ranges are converted to annual figures; hourly and contract postings are normalised before comparison