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Computer and Information Research Scientists in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1221 · CBSA 34980

Occupation
Computer and Information Research Scientists (SOC 15-1221)
Metropolitan area
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
Applications FY2020–FY2026
92
Median offered wage
$131,500
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median wage$131,500certified 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Computer and Information Research Scientists in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN: applications by fiscal year

1122FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1122FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202021
FY202114
FY202222
FY20239
FY20247
FY202513
FY2026*6
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*60
FY2025130
FY202461
FY202372
FY2022211
FY2021131
FY2020201

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Vanderbilt University35
  2. Asurion, LLC33
  3. iHeartMedia Entertainment, Inc.7
  4. HCA Management Services LP5
  5. Charles River Laboratories, Inc.4
  6. Digital Reasoning Systems, Inc.4
  7. Facebook, Inc.4
  8. Synechron, Inc.3
  9. Squad Software, Inc.3
  10. Oracle America, Inc.2
  11. American Family Mutual Insurance Company2

Pay

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

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

Median $131,500; middle half $110,000 to $160,186 · median prevailing wage $98,738 (marker) · 32 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I4
  2. Level II10
  3. Level III7
  4. Level IV11
Job titles
  1. Data Scientist27
  2. Research Scientist12
  3. Postdoctoral Research Scholar5
  4. Senior Data Engineer4
  5. Research Assistant Professor4
  6. Ux Researcher3
  7. Senior Data Scientist3
  8. Computer and Information Research Scientist3

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; Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN accounts for 0.29% of them, and its median offered wage is 26.5% 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
0.29%
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