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Senior Data Scientist in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Senior Data Scientist
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
341
Median offered wage
$180,000
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$180,000certified 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 Scientist" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

4487FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4487FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202287
FY202375
FY202473
FY202566
FY2026*40
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
132
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. Discord, Inc.30
  2. Airbnb, Inc.19
  3. DoorDash, Inc.14
  4. Maplebear Inc.12
  5. Chime Financial, Inc.10
  6. Salesforce, Inc.8
  7. Transplace Texas LP8
  8. Social Finance, Inc.7
  9. ContextLogic Inc., dba Wish7
  10. Uber Technologies, Inc.6
  11. Faire Wholesale, Inc.6
  12. Quantium, Inc.5
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 $180,000; middle half $164,403 to $205,940 · median prevailing wage $151,736 (marker) · 336 applications.

$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II75
  3. Level III117
  4. Level IV135
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 Scientist" appears on 4,456 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,254 employers for worksites in 562 cities; the median offered wage is $150,841, so the median in San Francisco is 19.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,456
Employers nationwide
1,254
Cities with filings
562
National median offered wage
$150,841
Share of national filings in San Francisco
7.7%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Data Scientist
  1. New York City, NY375
  2. San Francisco, CA341
  3. Sunnyvale, CA255
  4. Chicago, IL145
  5. Boston, MA119
  6. Bentonville, AR117
  7. Dallas, TX115
  8. Mountain View, CA113
  9. San Jose, CA112
  10. Seattle, WA103
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 Scientist" ranks #14 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Senior Data Scientist in San Francisco
14
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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