Senior Validation Engineer salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 18 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Plano, Mesquite, Irving, Carrollton, Fort Worth.

Median salary$124,196
Middle 50%$114.6k–$142.1k
vs. all levels here+25%comparison median $99,008
Filings18FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $112,985 and $175,760.
PercentileSalary
10th$113,797
25th$114,584
50th (median)$124,196
75th$142,144
90th$175,088

Cost of living

Dallas's median senior Validation Engineer salary of $124,196 is worth about $120,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Validation Engineers in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $110,010 in May 2025 (2,720 employed). The H-1B median here is $124,196, 13% higher.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Amazontoo few2
Budderflytoo few2
Toyota Connected North America, Inc. (TCNA)too few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $73,731 34
Mid-level · Level II $93,736 38
Senior · Level III $124,196 18
Expert · Level IV $138,715 23

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$63,960$73,73134
Mid-level · Level II$88,878$93,73638
Senior · Level III$113,797$124,19618
Expert · Level IV$138,715$138,71523

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.