Microsoft Corporation: Validation Engineers
Microsoft Corporation made 34 filings for this role, covering 34 positions, and across them committed to pay at least a median of $173,100 a year. 34 of the 34 state a minimum and no maximum, so that median is a median of floors.
By place and level
| Where | Level | Wage year | Filings | Positions | Lowest | Median | Highest | Prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | Level III | 2025-26 | 7 | 7 | $154,400 | $170,400 | $211,000 | $126,360 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | Level III | 2025-26 | 6 | 6 | $152,700 | $175,485 | $180,409 | $110,916 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | Level II | 2025-26 | 5 | 5 | $147,900 | $149,569 | $157,080 | $108,243 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | Level IV | 2025-26 | 4 | 4 | $203,155 | $230,904 | $290,000 | $144,477 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | Level III | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $139,165 | $180,036 | $180,036 | $104,998 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $142,000 | $142,500 | $143,000 | $90,563 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $115,284 | $119,042 | $122,800 | $90,126 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level III | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $195,000 | $196,500 | $198,000 | $145,205 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $173,100 | $173,100 | $173,100 | $106,725 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $175,000 | $175,000 | $175,000 | $120,182 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $166,935 | $166,935 | $166,935 | $117,458 |
Each row is one wage level in one metro for one library year, because those are the things that make two filings comparable. The prevailing figure is for the year the filing itself cited.
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Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what this employer filed, not what it paid.