Validation Engineer salary in Las Vegas, NV

Based on 17 certified H-1B filings in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes North Las Vegas, Las Vegsa.

Median salary$97,656
Middle 50%$72.1k–$135k
vs. national median−23%comparison median $126,418
Filings17FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $62,700 and $280,587.
PercentileSalary
10th$66,651
25th$72,100
50th (median)$97,656
75th$135,000
90th$153,542

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $75k $100k FY2021: median $86,000 (13 filings) FY2022: median $59,873 (10 filings) FY2026: median $85,879 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 13 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 6 filings FY23 FY2024: 9 filings FY24 FY2025: 7 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 13
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
Show as table
Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021$86,000$58,157$115,00013
FY2022$59,873$58,157$85,00010
FY2023–––6
FY2024–––9
FY2025–––7
FY2026$85,879$74,675$110,00010

Cost of living

Las Vegas's median Validation Engineer salary of $97,656 is worth about $97,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Las Vegas = 100.2).

Compared with all workers here

All Validation Engineers in the Las Vegas, NV area earned a median of $99,140 in May 2025 (440 employed). The H-1B median here is $97,656, 1% 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
Motional ADtoo few3
CenoBotstoo few2
Eficens Systemstoo few2
Richtech Roboticstoo few2
Saint-Gobain Shared Servicestoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 4
Mid-level · Level II $103,828 10
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

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$69,285$103,82810

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.