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Data Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Data Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
294
Median offered wage
$155,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$155,000certified 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 Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

4182FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4182FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202282
FY202371
FY202449
FY202560
FY2026*32
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
136
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. Asana, Inc.14
  2. Facebook, Inc.12
  3. Airbnb, Inc.12
  4. Notion Labs, Inc.11
  5. Mastercard International Incorporated9
  6. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.9
  7. Dropbox, Inc.8
  8. First Republic Bank6
  9. Numeric Technologies Inc6
  10. IBM Corporation6
  11. DocuSign Inc.5
  12. DoorDash, Inc.5
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 $155,000; middle half $132,435 to $181,941 · median prevailing wage $136,011 (marker) · 287 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I32
  2. Level II111
  3. Level III89
  4. Level IV46
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 Francisco is 49.4% 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 Francisco
1.6%
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 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; "Data Engineer" ranks #20 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Data Engineer in San Francisco
20
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
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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