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Applied Scientist I in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Applied Scientist I
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
63
Median offered wage
$156,000
Most common occupation
Computer and Information Research Scientists
Median wage$156,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Applied Scientist I" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

1121FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1121FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202221
FY202318
FY20243
FY20255
FY2026*16
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Amazon.com Services LLC63
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $156,000; middle half $152,000 to $165,000 · median prevailing wage $91,416 (marker) · 63 applications.

$120k$135k$150k$165k$180k
$120k$135k$150k$165k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I62
  2. Level III1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Applied Scientist I" appears on 690 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 16 employers for worksites in 47 cities; the median offered wage is $157,300, so the median in San Diego is 0.8% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
690
Employers nationwide
16
Cities with filings
47
National median offered wage
$157,300
Share of national filings in San Diego
9.1%
Cities with the most applications for Applied Scientist I
  1. Seattle, WA219
  2. San Diego, CA63
  3. New York City, NY61
  4. Sunnyvale, CA57
  5. Bellevue, WA46
  6. Santa Clara, CA41
  7. Palo Alto, CA28
  8. San Francisco, CA24
  9. Austin, TX20
  10. Boston, MA13
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Diego job market

San Diego has 25,458 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,098 job titles and 2,718 employers; "Applied Scientist I" ranks #57 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Applied Scientist I in San Diego
57
Median offered wage in San Diego, all job titles
$125,595
National median wage, Computer and Information Research Scientists (all job titles)
$170,000
Other job titles in San Diego
  1. Software Engineer902
  2. Senior Software Engineer681
  3. Staff Software Engineer426
  4. Software Developer293
  5. Senior Asics Engineer282
  6. Asics Engineer265
  7. Systems Test Engineer189
  8. Staff Asics Engineer183
  9. Software Development Engineer - Firmware164
  10. Software Development Engineer - Test163
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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