Validation Engineer salary in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY

Based on 13 certified H-1B filings in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Louisville, Jeffersonville, Brandenburg.

Median salary$100,000
Middle 50%$64.5k–$113.5k
vs. national median−21%comparison median $126,418
Filings13FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $50,107 and $148,024.
PercentileSalary
10th$53,768
25th$64,480
50th (median)$100,000
75th$113,500
90th$130,826

Cost of living

Louisville/Jefferson County's median Validation Engineer salary of $100,000 is worth about $107,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Louisville/Jefferson County = 93.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Validation Engineers in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY area earned a median of $106,300 in May 2025 (170 employed). The H-1B median here is $100,000, 6% 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
Electro-Tech Servicestoo few3
FORTNA Systemstoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 3
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.