Validation Specialist H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Validation Engineers (SOC 17-2112.02).
Employers filed 45 wage applications for Validation Specialist jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 21 employers. The median offered wage was $92,427, 5.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Zifo Technologies Inc. filed the most (11, median $93,215).
- Filings
- 45
- Positions covered
- 45
- Employers
- 21
- Median offered
- $92,427
- Median prevailing wage
- $85,904
- Filings since FY2020
- 290
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +8%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Validation Specialist jobs rose 8%, from $85,280 in fiscal 2020 to $92,352 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 62 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 Specialist by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 33 | $92,352 | −1.4% | $85,904 | +6.7% |
| 2025 | 62 | $93,683 | +1.6% | $88,837 | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 53 | $92,242 | +6.0% | $84,739 | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 39 | $87,011 | −0.4% | $84,531 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 42 | $87,360 | +4.3% | $79,968 | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 35 | $83,740 | −1.8% | $80,725 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 26 | $85,280 | n/a | $79,914 | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zifo Technologies Inc. | 11 | $93,215 | +9.8% | |
| Vastek Inc | 5 | $81,037 | at the minimum | |
| Vakula Technologies Inc. | 5 | $83,200 | at the minimum | |
| Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine | 3 | $96,366 | at the minimum | |
| United Pharma Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $93,600 | +5.7% | |
| Curia New Mexico, LLC | 2 | $92,427 | +8.1% | |
| Unicon Pharma Inc | 2 | $93,493 | +7.5% | |
| Gill's Process Control, Inc | 2 | $95,823 | +7.0% | |
| Stark Pharma Solutions Inc. | 1 | $62,150 | +6.7% | |
| Harvard Bioscience Inc. | 1 | $78,000 | at the minimum | |
| ND Global Consulting Services Inc. | 1 | $93,683 | at the minimum | |
| Solvency, Inc. | 1 | $92,352 | at the minimum | |
| Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc. USA | 1 | $111,662 | +12.1% | |
| Advanced Therapies LLC | 1 | $108,014 | at the minimum | |
| EMD Millipore Corporation | 1 | $62,000 | +7.4% | |
| Icloud Consulting Services Inc | 1 | $89,669 | at the minimum | |
| RevereIT LLC | 1 | $102,149 | at the minimum | |
| CloudVik LLC | 1 | $81,037 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 18 employers with the most filings of 21. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Validation Specialist jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer, NY | 4 | $85,904 | at the minimum | |
| Fort Worth, TX | 3 | $83,200 | at the minimum | |
| Research Triangle Park, NC | 3 | $101,933 | +23.5% | |
| Whippany, NJ | 3 | $81,037 | at the minimum | |
| Albuquerque, NM | 2 | $92,427 | +8.1% | |
| Cary, NC | 2 | $108,912 | +17.8% | |
| Greenville, NC | 2 | $93,493 | +7.5% | |
| Lexington, MA | 2 | $83,500 | +5.9% | |
| St. Paul, MN | 2 | $78,000 | at the minimum | |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 2 | $93,600 | +5.7% | |
| Solon, OH | 2 | $62,150 | +6.7% | |
| Westborough, MA | 2 | $88,083 | +4.3% | |
| Andover, MA | 1 | $102,669 | at the minimum | |
| Burlington, MA | 1 | $62,000 | +7.4% | |
| Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $93,683 | at the minimum | |
| Lansdale, PA | 1 | $92,352 | at the minimum | |
| Monroe, NC | 1 | $111,662 | +12.1% | |
| New Albany, OH | 1 | $89,669 | at the minimum | |
| Novato, CA | 1 | $93,215 | +9.8% | |
| Orlando, FL | 1 | $114,507 | +21.3% | |
| Pennington, NJ | 1 | $125,000 | +15.7% | |
| Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $108,014 | at the minimum | |
| Rahway, NJ | 1 | $81,037 | at the minimum | |
| Raleigh, NC | 1 | $96,512 | +7.4% | |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 1 | $95,134 | +6.6% | |
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.
- 6 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.