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Data Scientist in South San Francisco, CA

Job title · South San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
South San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
43
Median offered wage
$148,502
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$148,502certified 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 South San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

611FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
611FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202211
FY202310
FY20248
FY20257
FY2026*7
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
12
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. Genentech, Inc.14
  2. Verily Life Sciences LLC10
  3. Stripe, Inc.8
  4. Claritas Rx Inc.2
  5. IBM Corporation2
  6. Genentech USA, Inc.1
  7. Zipline International Inc.1
  8. GrubMarket, Inc.1
  9. Camelot Integrated Solutions Inc1
  10. CareDx, Inc.1
  11. Calico Life Sciences 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 $148,502; middle half $128,398 to $165,500 · median prevailing wage $126,277 (marker) · 43 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3
  2. Level II24
  3. Level III8
  4. Level IV8
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 South San Francisco is 25.0% 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 South San Francisco
0.3%
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 South San Francisco job market

South San Francisco has 4,017 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,850 job titles and 505 employers; "Data Scientist" ranks #4 by applications, with 1.1% of them.

Applications in South San Francisco, all job titles
4,017
Job titles filed
1,850
Rank of Data Scientist in South San Francisco
4
Median offered wage in South San Francisco, all job titles
$141,003
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in South San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer221
  2. Scientist108
  3. Business Technology Solutions Consultant46
  4. Business Technology Solutions Associate Consultant43
  5. Senior Research Associate40
  6. Senior Scientist39
  7. Decision Analytics Consultant38
  8. Backend/api Engineer31
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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