Validation Engineer salary in Cincinnati, OH

Based on 21 certified H-1B filings in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Florence, Erlanger, Mason, Batavia, Hebron.

Median salary$91,142
Middle 50%$85k–$127.3k
vs. national median−28%comparison median $126,418
Filings21FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $64,463 and $196,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$70,762
25th$85,000
50th (median)$91,142
75th$127,338
90th$150,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2020: median $85,000 (25 filings) FY2021: median $84,500 (24 filings) FY2022: median $84,100 (28 filings) FY2023: median $83,500 (10 filings) FY2025: median $89,627 (11 filings) FY2026: median $94,536 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 25 filings FY20 FY2021: 24 filings FY21 FY2022: 28 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 6 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 28
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$85,000$62,400$100,00025
FY2021$84,500$72,025$96,19424
FY2022$84,100$72,389$110,00028
FY2023$83,500$78,280$109,62510
FY2024–––6
FY2025$89,627$88,889$94,99311
FY2026$94,536$85,000$150,00010

Cost of living

Cincinnati's median Validation Engineer salary of $91,142 is worth about $95,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Cincinnati = 95.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Validation Engineers in the Cincinnati, OH area earned a median of $127,150 in May 2025 (2,100 employed). The H-1B median here is $91,142, 28% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Amazontoo few3
Bright Machinestoo few2
Graphettoo few2
Krauss-Maffeitoo few2
Mubea Tailor Rolled Blankstoo few2
Numbers Onlytoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $94,536 10
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$89,627$94,53610

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.