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Computer and Information Research Scientists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1221 · CBSA 41940

Occupation
Computer and Information Research Scientists (SOC 15-1221)
Metropolitan area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
6,308
Median offered wage
$200,000
Certified (last three years)
99.6%
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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Computer and Information Research Scientists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: applications by fiscal year

6721,344FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
6721,344FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020964
FY2021821
FY20221,021
FY2023674
FY2024476
FY20251,008
FY2026*1,344
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,31331
FY202595751
FY202442947
FY202360668
FY202293982
FY202176358
FY202092737
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. Google LLC879
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC850
  3. Google Inc.454
  4. Microsoft Corporation343
  5. Linkedin Corporation316
  6. NVIDIA Corporation295
  7. Intel Corporation290
  8. Adobe Inc.273
  9. IBM Corporation225
  10. Bytedance Inc.223
  11. Facebook, Inc.209
  12. Apple Inc.201
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 $180,000 to $228,000 · median prevailing wage $173,066 (marker) · 3,247 applications.

$160k$190k$220k$250k$280k
$160k$190k$220k$250k$280k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I446
  2. Level II1,211
  3. Level III478
  4. Level IV320
Job titles
  1. Research Scientist1,130
  2. Applied Scientist II666
  3. Research Engineer241
  4. Data Scientist180
  5. Applied Scientist III178
  6. Applied Scientist I143
  7. Machine Learning Engineer136
  8. Research Scientist/engineer111
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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA accounts for 20.18% 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
20.18%
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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