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Validation Engineer salary: median $114,500 a year

Validation Engineer listings that state pay run from $98,000 to $124,500 for the middle half, based on 26 current job listings. 82 validation engineer roles are open now.

Validation Engineer pay range

From 26 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$98,000
Median
$114,500
Upper quarter
$124,500

Do AI skills change validation engineer pay?

For Engineering roles in general, as of October 27, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for validation engineer alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Engineering listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +18.2% (about $31.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$209,000
median, from 4,237 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$150,000
median, from 5,371 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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Validation Engineer salary questions

How much does a validation engineer make?
Among 26 open validation engineer listings that state pay, the median is $114,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $98,000 and $124,500.
Where does this validation engineer pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.

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