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Computer and Information Research Scientists in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1221 · CBSA 35620

Occupation
Computer and Information Research Scientists (SOC 15-1221)
Metropolitan area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Applications FY2020–FY2026
3,637
Median offered wage
$185,723
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Median wage$185,723certified 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Computer and Information Research Scientists in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ: applications by fiscal year

327653FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
327653FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020475
FY2021467
FY2022587
FY2023415
FY2024491
FY2025549
FY2026*653
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*63419
FY202552920
FY202446823
FY202339025
FY202257017
FY202144522
FY202046114
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. IBM Corporation818
  2. Facebook, Inc.463
  3. Amazon.com Services LLC416
  4. Google LLC324
  5. AT&T Services, Inc.168
  6. Spotify USA, Inc.152
  7. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.144
  8. Brookhaven National Laboratory143
  9. Amazon Web Services, Inc.119
  10. Goldman, Sachs & Co.99
  11. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.89
  12. Two Sigma Investments, LP74
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 $185,723; middle half $160,000 to $211,875 · median prevailing wage $138,902 (marker) · 1,986 applications.

$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I236
  2. Level II898
  3. Level III470
  4. Level IV361
Job titles
  1. Research Scientist591
  2. Applied Scientist II357
  3. Data Scientist165
  4. Applied Scientist III82
  5. Applied Scientist I71
  6. Research Staff Member66
  7. Research Scientist II65
  8. Research Engineer65
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; New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ accounts for 11.64% of them, and its median offered wage is 3.8% above 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
11.64%
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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