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Data Scientist in Foster City, CA

Job title · Foster City, California

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
Foster City, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
59
Median offered wage
$126,277
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$126,277certified 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" and a worksite in Foster City.

Applications by fiscal year

918FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
918FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202218
FY202314
FY202412
FY20258
FY2026*7
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
11
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. Visa U.S.A. Inc.30
  2. Visa Technology & Operations LLC8
  3. Zoox Inc.5
  4. Gilead Sciences, Inc.4
  5. Cybersource Corporation4
  6. Indeed, Inc.2
  7. Evernote Corporation2
  8. IBM Corporation1
  9. Isoftstone, Inc.1
  10. Afterpay US, 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 $126,277; middle half $121,600 to $143,050 · median prevailing wage $126,277 (marker) · 59 applications.

$120k$135k$150k$165k$180k
$120k$135k$150k$165k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I9
  2. Level II37
  3. Level III7
  4. Level IV6
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" appears on 15,134 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 4,321 employers for worksites in 1,204 cities; the median offered wage is $118,806, so the median in Foster City is 6.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
15,134
Employers nationwide
4,321
Cities with filings
1,204
National median offered wage
$118,806
Share of national filings in Foster City
0.4%
Cities with the most applications for Data Scientist
  1. New York City, NY1,392
  2. San Francisco, CA702
  3. Menlo Park, CA698
  4. Seattle, WA419
  5. Mountain View, CA415
  6. Sunnyvale, CA379
  7. San Jose, CA348
  8. Chicago, IL324
  9. Austin, TX320
  10. Houston, TX272
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Foster City job market

Foster City has 5,507 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,916 job titles and 524 employers; "Data Scientist" ranks #7 by applications, with 1.1% of them.

Applications in Foster City, all job titles
5,507
Job titles filed
1,916
Rank of Data Scientist in Foster City
7
Median offered wage in Foster City, all job titles
$148,783
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in Foster City
  1. Software Engineer429
  2. Senior Software Engineer178
  3. Staff SW Engineer154
  4. SR. SW Engineer113
  5. Director90
  6. Software Engineer - SR. Consultant Level62
  7. SR. Data Scientist52
  8. Staff Software Engineer52
  9. Validation Engineer48
  10. Staff Data Engineer44
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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