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Data Scientist in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
702
Median offered wage
$151,736
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$151,736certified 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 Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

115230FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
115230FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022230
FY2023137
FY2024114
FY2025117
FY2026*104
Certified (decided applications)
99.9%
Employers filing
216
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. Lyft, Inc.53
  2. Uber Technologies, Inc.45
  3. Facebook, Inc.29
  4. Asana, Inc.24
  5. Dropbox, Inc.24
  6. Airbnb, Inc.23
  7. Stitch Fix, Inc.19
  8. Nextdoor, Inc.18
  9. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.14
  10. Cisco Systems, Inc.14
  11. Pinterest, Inc.14
  12. DoorDash, Inc.12
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 $151,736; middle half $130,073 to $179,000 · median prevailing wage $127,088 (marker) · 687 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I87
  2. Level II287
  3. Level III208
  4. Level IV103
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 Francisco is 27.7% 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 San Francisco
4.6%
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 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 Scientist" ranks #6 by applications, with 1.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Data Scientist in San Francisco
6
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
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. Product Manager678
  7. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  8. Engineering Manager520
  9. Member of Technical Staff517
  10. Software Engineering Lmts481
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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