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Data Scientist in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
348
Median offered wage
$148,699
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$148,699certified 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 Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

4896FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4896FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202253
FY202367
FY202477
FY202596
FY2026*55
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
107
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. Bytedance Inc.59
  2. TikTok Inc.29
  3. TT Commerce & Global Services LLC24
  4. Cisco Systems, Inc.22
  5. Paypal, Inc.19
  6. Adobe Inc.9
  7. IBM Corporation9
  8. AppZen, Inc.8
  9. Ebay Inc.8
  10. Roku, Inc.7
  11. Autox Technologies, Inc.7
  12. Big Data Federation, Inc.5
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 $148,699; middle half $123,531 to $180,128 · median prevailing wage $135,248 (marker) · 342 applications.

$100k$140k$180k$220k$260k
$100k$140k$180k$220k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I98
  2. Level II119
  3. Level III64
  4. Level IV31
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 Jose is 25.2% 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 San Jose
2.3%
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 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" ranks #12 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Data Scientist in San Jose
12
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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