Sales roles can get pretty high in comp. I've seen Solutions Engineers get $150+ and Account Managers get $250+ pretty easily. But their tenure usually isn't long unless they're really good
Some of these salaries are bonkers. I check Levels every once in a while, it gets more depressing every year. At 9YOE (looking at staff in the next 2-3 years), my salary has actually gone down, with inflation included, over the last 5 years. That's just the norm in my region, if anyone's thinking of moving to "silicon slopes" for work, I really don't recommend it.
San Diego really punching above its weight on the top cities list. I wonder if that's a lot of CA companies hiring mostly remote, in the same state. The local market has a reputation for mid pay from defense & biotech companies, although larger companies are slowly growing presence here.
Like Chris said, I think ML engineer is a more common title. ML Engineers get paid on average even more than a standard SWE, since it is quite niche and usually requires more higher education
