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Data Scientist in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
127
Median offered wage
$115,000
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$115,000certified 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 Scientist" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

1938FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1938FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202225
FY202312
FY202421
FY202531
FY2026*38
Certified (decided applications)
99.2%
Employers filing
59
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. Midland Credit Management, Inc14
  2. Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc.7
  3. Apple Inc.7
  4. MedWatchers, Inc6
  5. AIcadium, Inc.5
  6. Experian Information Solutions Inc.4
  7. EDF Renewables, Inc.4
  8. Intuit Inc.4
  9. Dropbox, Inc.4
  10. Icw Group Holdings, Inc.4
  11. CA, Inc.4
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 $115,000; middle half $100,000 to $137,305 · median prevailing wage $101,920 (marker) · 124 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I39
  2. Level II47
  3. Level III21
  4. Level IV17
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 San Diego is 3.2% below 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 San Diego
0.8%
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 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 Scientist" ranks #22 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Data Scientist in San Diego
22
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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