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Engineer salary in Virginia

A real-employer view of Engineer pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Engineer in Virginia: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 9 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $120,162. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level II — qualified3$120,000
Level III — experienced2$117,800
Level IV — fully competent3$120,162

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Engineer in Virginia. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
ST Paper LLCEngineer2$121,800
Altria Client Services LLCSenior Engineer I2$117,800
AcuTech Group IncSenior Associate Engineer1$136,400
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.Engineer III, Manufacturing Engineering1$111,592
Micron Technology, Inc.Engineer, Dry Etch1$116,668
Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc.Engineer III1$120,162
Stryker CorporationSenior Staff Engineer, Design Validation1$140,800

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Senior Associate Engineer at AcuTech Group Inc
    $136,400
    McLeanDecided Dec 19, 2025I-201-25346-478974
  • Engineer at ST Paper LLC
    $123,600
    FranklinWage Level IIDecided Sep 10, 2025I-200-25246-283872
  • Engineer III, Manufacturing Engineering at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
    $111,592
    MiddletownWage Level IVDecided Jul 25, 2025I-200-25199-186398
  • Engineer, Dry Etch at Micron Technology, Inc.
    $116,668
    MANASSASWage Level IIDecided Jun 17, 2025I-200-25161-075880
  • Engineer III at Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc.
    $120,162
    PetersburgWage Level IVDecided May 30, 2025I-200-25142-006885
  • Engineer at ST Paper LLC
    $120,000
    FranklinWage Level IIDecided May 1, 2025I-200-25114-901898
  • Senior Engineer I at Altria Client Services LLC
    $106,800
    RichmondWage Level IIIDecided Jan 24, 2025I-200-25016-622755
  • Sr. Engineer II at Altria Client Services LLC
    $128,800
    RichmondWage Level IIIDecided Jan 16, 2025I-200-25009-605755

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.