Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Validation Engineer 2
Occupation profile for Validation Engineer 2 covers 9 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $101,000.
- FY2026 certified median
- $101,000
- Total filings
- 9
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $101,000–$101,000
- Top employer
- Eliquent Life Sciences
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8 | $88,515 | $82,342 | $100,584 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 1 | $101,000 | $101,000 | $101,000 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Eliquent Life Sciences5 filings
- AMP Solutions LLC1 filings
- EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION1 filings
- Exelead Inc.1 filings
- Illumina, Inc.1 filings
Top cities
- Washington5 filings
- San Diego1 filings
- Indianapolis1 filings
- Jaffrey1 filings
- Houston1 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 47900 | 17-2112 | $86,923 | $105,560 | $124,176 | $142,813 |
| 2026-27 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXArea 26420 | 17-2112 | $78,416 | $100,693 | $122,970 | $145,246 |
| 2026-27 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, INArea 26900 | 19-2031 | $60,840 | $74,630 | $88,421 | $102,211 |
| 2026-27 | Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan areaArea 3300006 | 17-2112 | $76,544 | $87,339 | $98,114 | $108,909 |
| 2026-27 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 41740 | 17-2112 | $81,765 | $100,922 | $120,058 | $139,214 |