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Machine Learning Research Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Machine Learning Research Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
30
Median offered wage
$187,500
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$187,500certified 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 "Machine Learning Research Engineer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20225
FY20234
FY202410
FY20258
FY2026*3
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
4
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. Scale AI, Inc.24
  2. Uber Technologies, Inc.3
  3. Osaro Inc.1
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 $187,500; middle half $156,750 to $198,400 · median prevailing wage $151,486 (marker) · 30 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II18
  3. Level III4
  4. Level IV7
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 "Machine Learning Research Engineer" appears on 134 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 20 employers for worksites in 19 cities; the median offered wage is $188,768, so the median in San Francisco is 0.7% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
134
Employers nationwide
20
Cities with filings
19
National median offered wage
$188,768
Share of national filings in San Francisco
22.4%
Cities with the most applications for Machine Learning Research Engineer
  1. Cupertino, CA41
  2. San Francisco, CA30
  3. Seattle, WA17
  4. New York City, NY10
  5. Sunnyvale, CA6
  6. Cambridge, MA6
  7. Santa Clara, CA3
  8. Mountain View, CA3
  9. Pittsburgh, PA3
  10. Westport, CT3
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; "Machine Learning Research Engineer" ranks #209 by applications, with 0.0% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Machine Learning Research Engineer in San Francisco
209
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
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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