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Computer and Information Research Scientists in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1221 · CBSA 12420

Occupation
Computer and Information Research Scientists (SOC 15-1221)
Metropolitan area
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
Applications FY2020–FY2026
504
Median offered wage
$148,415
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Median wage$148,415certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Computer and Information Research Scientists with a worksite in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Computer and Information Research Scientists in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX: applications by fiscal year

56111FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
56111FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202062
FY202157
FY2022111
FY202355
FY202462
FY202582
FY2026*75
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*732
FY2025793
FY2024593
FY2023541
FY20221047
FY2021561
FY2020611
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. The University of Texas at Austin98
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC61
  3. IBM Corporation46
  4. Visa U.S.A. Inc.31
  5. Apple Inc.26
  6. NVIDIA Corporation24
  7. Visa Technology & Operations LLC19
  8. Cloudflare, Inc.15
  9. Arm, Inc.13
  10. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP13
  11. Sparkcognition, Inc.13
  12. Facebook, Inc.12
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2023–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $148,415; middle half $124,134 to $171,000 · median prevailing wage $108,815 (marker) · 260 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I58
  2. Level II88
  3. Level III68
  4. Level IV47
Job titles
  1. Data Scientist46
  2. Research Scientist36
  3. Applied Scientist II28
  4. Staff ML Scientist23
  5. Applied Scientist I22
  6. Machine Learning Engineer14
  7. Senior Data Scientist10
  8. Senior Machine Learning Engineer7
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Computer and Information Research Scientists appears on 31,258 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 3,457 employers in 233 metropolitan areas; Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX accounts for 1.61% of them, and its median offered wage is 17.0% below the national median of $178,859.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
31,258
Metropolitan areas with filings
233
Employers nationwide
3,457
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$178,859
Share in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
1.61%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Computer and Information Research Scientists
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA6,308
  2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA5,786
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,359
  4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,637
  5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,653
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA896
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN685
  8. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA665
  9. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX504
  10. Pittsburgh, PA479
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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