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Senior Data Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Senior Data Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
200
Median offered wage
$185,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$185,000certified 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 "Senior Data Engineer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

2957FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2957FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202257
FY202329
FY202441
FY202546
FY2026*27
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
96
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. Airbnb, Inc.25
  2. LendingClub Bank National Association10
  3. NerdWallet, Inc.7
  4. Discord, Inc.6
  5. Kinesso, LLC6
  6. Unity Technologies SF5
  7. DoorDash, Inc.5
  8. Hinge Health, Inc.5
  9. Salesforce, Inc.4
  10. First Republic Bank3
  11. Climate LLC3
  12. Alembic Technologies, Inc3
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 $185,000; middle half $167,928 to $200,000 · median prevailing wage $161,637 (marker) · 196 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II41
  2. Level III86
  3. Level IV58
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 "Senior Data Engineer" appears on 5,534 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,698 employers for worksites in 767 cities; the median offered wage is $136,787, so the median in San Francisco is 35.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
5,534
Employers nationwide
1,698
Cities with filings
767
National median offered wage
$136,787
Share of national filings in San Francisco
3.6%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Data Engineer
  1. Charlotte, NC206
  2. San Francisco, CA200
  3. New York City, NY191
  4. Austin, TX168
  5. Irving, TX152
  6. Dallas, TX132
  7. Chicago, IL119
  8. Durham, NC112
  9. Bentonville, AR110
  10. Westlake, TX98
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; "Senior Data Engineer" ranks #29 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Senior Data Engineer in San Francisco
29
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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