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Lead Data Scientist in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Lead Data Scientist
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
44
Median offered wage
$184,000
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$184,000certified 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 "Lead Data Scientist" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20226
FY202313
FY20249
FY20258
FY2026*8
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
25
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. Chime Financial, Inc.5
  2. Quantium, Inc.3
  3. Salesforce, Inc.3
  4. DoorDash, Inc.3
  5. Prosper Marketplace, Inc.3
  6. Insurance Services Office, Inc.2
  7. Adobe Inc.2
  8. Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC2
  9. Mastercard International Incorporated2
  10. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.2
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 $184,000; middle half $163,752 to $208,545 · median prevailing wage $153,088 (marker) · 44 applications.

$120k$155k$190k$225k$260k
$120k$155k$190k$225k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II5
  3. Level III19
  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 "Lead Data Scientist" appears on 805 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 283 employers for worksites in 246 cities; the median offered wage is $155,000, so the median in San Francisco is 18.7% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
805
Employers nationwide
283
Cities with filings
246
National median offered wage
$155,000
Share of national filings in San Francisco
5.5%
Cities with the most applications for Lead Data Scientist
  1. New York City, NY80
  2. San Francisco, CA44
  3. Boston, MA40
  4. Chicago, IL33
  5. Minneapolis, MN24
  6. Atlanta, GA21
  7. Charlotte, NC15
  8. Sunnyvale, CA13
  9. Cincinnati, OH12
  10. Seattle, WA12
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; "Lead Data Scientist" ranks #138 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Lead Data Scientist in San Francisco
138
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. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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