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Data Scientist 2 in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Data Scientist 2
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
55
Median offered wage
$171,706
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$171,706certified 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 Scientist 2" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY202317
FY202413
FY202514
FY2026*2
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
5
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. Paypal, Inc.41
  2. Bill Me Later, Inc.6
  3. Ebay Inc.5
  4. Veeco Instruments Inc.2
  5. Micron Technology, 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 $171,706; middle half $163,258 to $181,335 · median prevailing wage $148,699 (marker) · 55 applications.

$140k$155k$170k$185k$200k
$140k$155k$170k$185k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II23
  2. Level III9
  3. Level IV8
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 Scientist 2" appears on 189 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 43 employers for worksites in 66 cities; the median offered wage is $142,750, so the median in San Jose is 20.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
189
Employers nationwide
43
Cities with filings
66
National median offered wage
$142,750
Share of national filings in San Jose
29.1%
Cities with the most applications for Data Scientist 2
  1. San Jose, CA55
  2. Seattle, WA18
  3. New York City, NY17
  4. Austin, TX4
  5. Bellevue, WA4
  6. Los Angeles, CA4
  7. Fort Mill, SC3
  8. Chandler, AZ3
  9. Tempe, AZ3
  10. Nashville, TN3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Jose job market

San Jose has 52,029 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,727 job titles and 4,101 employers; "Data Scientist 2" ranks #107 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Data Scientist 2 in San Jose
107
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Engineer2,964
  2. Software Development Engineer1,223
  3. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  6. Machine Learning Engineer615
  7. Software Developer559
  8. Product Manager454
  9. Member of Technical Staff446
  10. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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