Validation Engineer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Validation Engineers (SOC 17-2112.02).
Employers filed 643 wage applications for Validation Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 204 employers. The median offered wage was $97,115, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. LS Solutions, Inc. filed the most (33, median $92,000).
- Filings
- 643
- Positions covered
- 1,170
- Employers
- 204
- Median offered
- $97,115
- Median prevailing wage
- $93,954
- Filings since FY2020
- 4,219
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +17%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Validation Engineer jobs rose 17%, from $82,784 in fiscal 2020 to $97,115 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 697 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Validation Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 486 | $97,115 | +5.7% | $94,557 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 636 | $91,894 | +2.1% | $88,462 | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 623 | $90,000 | +2.1% | $88,109 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 619 | $88,109 | +0.5% | $85,592 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 697 | $87,630 | +1.9% | $81,931 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 609 | $86,000 | +3.9% | $80,725 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 549 | $82,784 | n/a | $80,330 | +0.1% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS Solutions, Inc. | 33 | $92,000 | +0.8% | |
| Sathram Corporation | 26 | $100,235 | at the minimum | |
| Unicon Pharma Inc | 26 | $96,252 | at the minimum | |
| Pi Square Technologies LLC | 24 | $77,000 | +0.5% | |
| Intellectt Inc | 20 | $104,000 | +6.2% | |
| Kelith Group Inc | 20 | $102,149 | at the minimum | |
| Vastek Inc | 19 | $86,902 | at the minimum | |
| Implify Inc | 18 | $98,405 | +0.4% | |
| Unicon Sciences | 17 | $97,635 | at the minimum | |
| QvalFocus Inc. | 16 | $97,500 | +0.4% | |
| United Pharma Technologies, Inc. | 14 | $112,320 | +3.4% | |
| ND Global Consulting Services Inc. | 13 | $97,115 | at the minimum | |
| Validation Associates LLC | 13 | $85,218 | at the minimum | |
| Pentangle Tech Services LLC | 12 | $82,888 | at the minimum | |
| Fusion Life Sciences Technologies LLC | 10 | $96,928 | +11.7% | |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 9 | $100,235 | at the minimum | |
| Anvi Consulting, Inc. | 8 | $89,378 | at the minimum | |
| L&T Technology Services Limited | 7 | $93,496 | at the minimum | |
| Techno Pro Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $97,136 | +2.5% | |
| Compleat Technical Solutions Inc | 7 | $102,149 | at the minimum | |
| Novozen Healthcare LLC | 7 | $96,512 | +1.6% | |
| Infotech Spectrum, Inc | 6 | $120,182 | at the minimum | |
| AMP Solutions LLC | 6 | $91,815 | at the minimum | |
| Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences Inc. | 6 | $98,478 | at the minimum | |
| Inteli Platforms, Inc. | 5 | $97,115 | +5.8% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 204. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Validation Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer, NY | 23 | $102,149 | at the minimum | |
| Auburn Hills, MI | 20 | $77,896 | +0.1% | |
| Houston, TX | 18 | $97,635 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 13 | $104,000 | +4.7% | |
| Rahway, NJ | 13 | $97,115 | at the minimum | |
| East Greenbush, NY | 12 | $102,149 | at the minimum | |
| Santa Clara, CA | 12 | $120,182 | at the minimum | |
| Troy, NY | 11 | $102,500 | +0.3% | |
| Devens, MA | 10 | $96,683 | at the minimum | |
| Boston, MA | 9 | $103,000 | +0.3% | |
| Petersburg, VA | 9 | $91,541 | at the minimum | |
| Raritan, NJ | 9 | $97,500 | +0.4% | |
| San Jose, CA | 9 | $104,000 | at the minimum | |
| Summit, NJ | 9 | $97,115 | at the minimum | |
| Swiftwater, PA | 9 | $85,218 | +1.8% | |
| Farmington Hills, MI | 8 | $77,000 | +0.5% | |
| Morrisville, NC | 8 | $100,000 | +11.3% | |
| Durham, NC | 7 | $98,405 | +5.4% | |
| Foster City, CA | 7 | $108,729 | at the minimum | |
| New Brunswick, NJ | 7 | $97,115 | at the minimum | |
| West Point, PA | 7 | $95,680 | +4.3% | |
| Branchburg, NJ | 6 | $97,500 | +0.8% | |
| Frederick, MD | 6 | $102,586 | at the minimum | |
| Holly Springs, NC | 6 | $89,918 | +0.2% | |
| Indianapolis, IN | 6 | $85,467 | at the minimum | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- 28 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.