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Data Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Data Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
54
Median offered wage
$112,000
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$112,000certified 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 "Data Engineer" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202211
FY20238
FY202411
FY202512
FY2026*12
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
35
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. Apple Inc.5
  2. Sanquest Inc3
  3. Dropbox, Inc.3
  4. INSPYR Solutions, LLC2
  5. Epitec, Inc.2
  6. California Coast Credit Union2
  7. E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc.2
  8. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC2
  9. Zai Global Inc2
  10. Cloud5 Solutions Inc2
  11. Seer Solutions Inc2
  12. SoftPro Global Inc2
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 $112,000; middle half $102,710 to $130,000 · median prevailing wage $102,710 (marker) · 53 applications.

$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I10
  2. Level II30
  3. Level III10
  4. Level IV3
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 "Data Engineer" appears on 18,712 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 4,627 employers for worksites in 1,311 cities; the median offered wage is $103,730, so the median in San Diego is 8.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
18,712
Employers nationwide
4,627
Cities with filings
1,311
National median offered wage
$103,730
Share of national filings in San Diego
0.3%
Cities with the most applications for Data Engineer
  1. Irving, TX820
  2. Plano, TX693
  3. New York City, NY641
  4. Menlo Park, CA535
  5. Austin, TX500
  6. Charlotte, NC392
  7. Dallas, TX391
  8. Houston, TX341
  9. Chicago, IL339
  10. Seattle, WA304
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; "Data Engineer" ranks #61 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Data Engineer in San Diego
61
Median offered wage in San Diego, all job titles
$125,595
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
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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