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Computer and Information Research Scientists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1221 · CBSA 41860

Occupation
Computer and Information Research Scientists (SOC 15-1221)
Metropolitan area
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
4,359
Median offered wage
$200,000
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Median wage$200,000certified 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Computer and Information Research Scientists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA: applications by fiscal year

478955FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
478955FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020693
FY2021615
FY2022631
FY2023457
FY2024398
FY2025610
FY2026*955
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*93421
FY202558327
FY202437325
FY202338077
FY202260229
FY202159025
FY202067419
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. Facebook, Inc.1,809
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC174
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC150
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory137
  5. Google LLC92
  6. OpenAI OpCo, LLC78
  7. Sri International76
  8. Autodesk, Inc.66
  9. University of California, Berkeley56
  10. Uber Technologies, Inc.54
  11. Anthropic, PBC52
  12. Cruise LLC45
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 $200,000; middle half $178,929 to $224,598 · median prevailing wage $171,621 (marker) · 2,227 applications.

$140k$180k$220k$260k$300k
$140k$180k$220k$260k$300k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I309
  2. Level II883
  3. Level III349
  4. Level IV282
Job titles
  1. Research Scientist1,255
  2. Data Scientist221
  3. Applied Scientist II139
  4. Member of Technical Staff131
  5. Research Engineer115
  6. Senior Data Scientist83
  7. AI Research Scientist68
  8. Machine Learning Engineer68
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; San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA accounts for 13.95% of them, and its median offered wage is 11.8% 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
13.95%
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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