What is the average UVM salary?

$212K a year on average and $208K at the median, across 56 open UVM postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.

What is the typical range?

The middle half of the postings offer $179K to $222K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest UVM pay?

Cerebras ($248K), K2 Space ($224K), Astera Labs ($208K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is an uvm a high-paying job?

The median UVM posting advertises $208K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 19% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as an uvm?

A tenth of the postings offer $275K a year or more; the highest open UVM role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the UVM salary per hour and per month?

The median of $208K a year is about $100 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $86 to $107 an hour.

Which skills pay more for UVM roles?

Postings that ask for Computer architecture (+$21K, 8 postings), CI/CD (+$16K, 8 postings), Test planning (+$5K, 23 postings) advertise more than the $208K median of all UVM postings with pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

UVM Salary: $212K Average, $208K Median (Nov 2026)

UVM salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $212K, 4% more than senior roles ($205K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$205K	$192K–$215K	16
Lead and above	$212K	$208K–$238K	20
No level in the title	$170K	$142K–$250K	19

UVM salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$210K	35
🇺🇸United States	$208K	56
🇺🇸California	$205K	46

Skills that pay more for UVM roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
Computer architecture	$229K	+$21K	8
CI/CD	$224K	+$16K	8
Test planning	$212K	+$5K	23
Control systems	$212K	+$5K	5
Perl	$211K	+$4K	22

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Cerebras	$248K	3
K2 Space	$224K	4
Astera Labs	$208K	14
Anduril Industries	$193K	5
SambaNova	$181K	4
SpaceX	$145K	8

Highest-paying open UVM roles

All UVM jobs

Research Engineer, Chip Design RLAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$500K - $850KLLMReinforcement learningASIC3w
Design Verification EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$226K - $445KHybridVerilogHardware testingComputer architecture12mo
Design Verification Emulation, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Austin, TX, Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KPythonC++CI/CD6w
Design Verification Engineer, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX$200K - $420KPythonCI/CDBash6mo
Director of ASIC Design VerificationSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$270K - $340KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningVerilog2mo
Senior Staff Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$250K - $300KLead and abovePython.NETVerilog3mo
Design Verification EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $300KASICComputer architectureUVM6mo
Principal ASIC Design Verification EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$190K - $285KRemoteLead and abovePythonC++CI/CD4d
Principal ASIC Design Verification EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$190K - $285KLead and abovePythonC++CI/CD4mo
Sr. ASIC Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$175K - $280KSeniorPythonTest planningFirmware4mo
AI Core DV EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA; Austin, TX$180K - $275KPythonC++AI5mo
Staff Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$225K - $270KLead and abovePython.NETVerilog3mo
Staff/Sr. Staff Design VerificationLightmatter · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$196K - $270KLead and abovePythonVerilogData centers11mo
Sr. ASIC Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA$165K - $260KSeniorPythonTest planningFirmware4mo
Senior FPGA EngineerAstranis · 🇺🇸San Francisco$170K - $260KSeniorC++VerilogC30mo
Senior FPGA Verification EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Goleta, California, United States$191K - $254KSeniorPythonC++Linux2d
Senior FPGA Verification EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Waltham, Massachusetts, United States$191K - $254KSeniorPythonC++Linux2d
Senior Digital ASIC Design Engineer - DSP/Analog/SerDesCelero Communications, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$150K - $250KSeniorPythonMATLABVerilog3w
Senior Digital ASIC Design Engineer - DSP/Analog/SerDesCelero Communications, Inc. · 🇺🇸Irvine, CA$150K - $250KSeniorPythonMATLABVerilog3w
Principal Design EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$185K - $240KLead and abovePythonFirmwareHardware interfaces9d

Questions about UVM pay

What is the average UVM salary?: $212K a year on average and $208K at the median, across 56 open UVM postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?: The middle half of the postings offer $179K to $222K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest UVM pay?: Cerebras ($248K), K2 Space ($224K), Astera Labs ($208K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is an uvm a high-paying job?: The median UVM posting advertises $208K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 19% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as an uvm?: A tenth of the postings offer $275K a year or more; the highest open UVM role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the UVM salary per hour and per month?: The median of $208K a year is about $100 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $86 to $107 an hour.
Which skills pay more for UVM roles?: Postings that ask for Computer architecture (+$21K, 8 postings), CI/CD (+$16K, 8 postings), Test planning (+$5K, 23 postings) advertise more than the $208K median of all UVM postings with pay.
Where do these figures come from?: From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

UVM salary: $208K median