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Applied Scientist in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Applied Scientist
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
68
Median offered wage
$160,200
Most common occupation
Statisticians
Median wage$160,200certified 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" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

1632FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1632FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202232
FY202311
FY20249
FY20257
FY2026*9
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
13
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. Uber Technologies, Inc.40
  2. Thumbtack, Inc.7
  3. Yelp Inc.6
  4. Ripple Labs, Inc.4
  5. Uber Freight US LLC2
  6. Transplace Texas LP2
  7. Adobe Inc.1
  8. Quantcast Corporation1
  9. DocuSign Inc.1
  10. Gauss Labs Inc.1
  11. Etsy, Inc.1
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 $160,200; middle half $150,600 to $170,000 · median prevailing wage $130,042 (marker) · 67 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II18
  3. Level III33
  4. Level IV10
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" appears on 377 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 71 employers for worksites in 59 cities; the median offered wage is $167,095, so the median in San Francisco is 4.1% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
377
Employers nationwide
71
Cities with filings
59
National median offered wage
$167,095
Share of national filings in San Francisco
18.0%
Cities with the most applications for Applied Scientist
  1. Seattle, WA69
  2. San Francisco, CA68
  3. San Jose, CA40
  4. New York City, NY31
  5. Palo Alto, CA21
  6. Sunnyvale, CA14
  7. Redwood Shores, CA11
  8. Mountain View, CA11
  9. Chicago, IL9
  10. Bellevue, WA9
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Applied Scientist" ranks #77 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Applied Scientist in San Francisco
77
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Statisticians (all job titles)
$121,605
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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