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Data Scientist in Palo Alto, CA

Job title · Palo Alto, California

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
Palo Alto, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
104
Median offered wage
$149,936
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$149,936certified 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 Palo Alto.

Applications by fiscal year

1529FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1529FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202229
FY202323
FY202419
FY202517
FY2026*16
Certified (decided applications)
99.0%
Employers filing
60
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. SAP Labs, LLC6
  2. Rhombus Power, Inc.6
  3. ActiveHours, Inc.5
  4. Tesla, Inc.4
  5. Quantifind, Inc.3
  6. Next Insurance, Inc.3
  7. SmartNews International, Inc.3
  8. Pinterest, Inc.3
  9. Google LLC3
  10. HP Inc.3
  11. Cellanome, Inc.3
  12. Ladder Financial Inc.2
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 $149,936; middle half $130,312 to $176,250 · median prevailing wage $130,416 (marker) · 100 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I26
  2. Level II40
  3. Level III18
  4. Level IV11
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 Palo Alto is 26.2% 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 Palo Alto
0.7%
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 Palo Alto job market

Palo Alto has 16,821 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,724 job titles and 1,179 employers; "Data Scientist" ranks #16 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Palo Alto, all job titles
16,821
Job titles filed
4,724
Rank of Data Scientist in Palo Alto
16
Median offered wage in Palo Alto, all job titles
$173,925
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in Palo Alto
  1. Software Engineer898
  2. Member of Technical Staff440
  3. Senior Software Engineer419
  4. Software Development Engineer II360
  5. Applied Scientist II205
  6. Senior Developer181
  7. R&D Engineer Software181
  8. Senior Member of Technical Staff170
  9. Staff Software Engineer161
  10. SR. Software Engineer156
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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