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Research Scientist in Burlingame, CA

Job title · Burlingame, California

Job title as filed
Research Scientist
City
Burlingame, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
70
Median offered wage
$186,200
Most common occupation
Computer and Information Research Scientists
Median wage$186,200certified 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 "Research Scientist" and a worksite in Burlingame.

Applications by fiscal year

918FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
918FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202211
FY20239
FY202418
FY202515
FY2026*17
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
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. Facebook, Inc.70
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 $186,200; middle half $177,936 to $215,444 · median prevailing wage $164,312 (marker) · 70 applications.

$160k$185k$210k$235k$260k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II19
  3. Level III9
  4. Level IV9
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 "Research Scientist" appears on 9,242 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 822 employers for worksites in 528 cities; the median offered wage is $118,398, so the median in Burlingame is 57.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
9,242
Employers nationwide
822
Cities with filings
528
National median offered wage
$118,398
Share of national filings in Burlingame
0.8%
Cities with the most applications for Research Scientist
  1. Menlo Park, CA956
  2. New York City, NY729
  3. Cambridge, MA652
  4. Mountain View, CA439
  5. Bellevue, WA344
  6. Boston, MA305
  7. Houston, TX301
  8. Seattle, WA273
  9. Sunnyvale, CA248
  10. Santa Clara, CA202
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Burlingame job market

Burlingame has 2,041 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 563 job titles and 270 employers; "Research Scientist" ranks #2 by applications, with 3.4% of them.

Applications in Burlingame, all job titles
2,041
Job titles filed
563
Rank of Research Scientist in Burlingame
2
Median offered wage in Burlingame, all job titles
$178,360
National median wage, Computer and Information Research Scientists (all job titles)
$170,000
Other job titles in Burlingame
  1. Software Engineer622
  2. Data Engineer66
  3. Data Scientist59
  4. Product Manager43
  5. Software Engineering Manager40
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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