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Data Scientist in San Mateo, CA

Job title · San Mateo, California

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
San Mateo, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
62
Median offered wage
$160,411
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$160,411certified 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 Mateo.

Applications by fiscal year

918FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
918FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202218
FY202312
FY202411
FY202516
FY2026*5
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
30
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. Roblox Corporation16
  2. Snowflake Inc.12
  3. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC3
  4. The Ronin Project, Inc.2
  5. Facebook, Inc.2
  6. Cala Health, Inc.2
  7. Fanatics Retail Group Fulfillment, LLC2
  8. Xadel IT, Inc.1
  9. Apixio, Inc.1
  10. Asurion, LLC1
  11. TaskRabbit, Inc.1
  12. Theorem Partners LLC1
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 $160,411; middle half $135,000 to $200,305 · median prevailing wage $132,049 (marker) · 62 applications.

$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I11
  2. Level II19
  3. Level III12
  4. Level IV19
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 Mateo is 35.0% 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 Mateo
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 San Mateo job market

San Mateo has 5,842 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,275 job titles and 942 employers; "Data Scientist" ranks #5 by applications, with 1.1% of them.

Applications in San Mateo, all job titles
5,842
Job titles filed
2,275
Rank of Data Scientist in San Mateo
5
Median offered wage in San Mateo, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in San Mateo
  1. Software Engineer644
  2. Senior Software Engineer555
  3. Principal Software Engineer67
  4. Senior Product Manager63
  5. Senior Data Scientist58
  6. Staff Software Engineer53
  7. Product Manager49
  8. Senior Machine Learning Engineer47
  9. Consultant40
  10. Data Engineer40
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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