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Operations Research Analysts in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-2031 · CBSA 41940

Occupation
Operations Research Analysts (SOC 15-2031)
Metropolitan area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
5,285
Median offered wage
$147,742
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Median wage$147,742certified 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 Operations Research Analysts with a worksite in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Operations Research Analysts in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: applications by fiscal year

465929FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
465929FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020845
FY2021755
FY2022892
FY2023639
FY2024929
FY2025661
FY2026*564
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*52638
FY202560853
FY202488544
FY202360534
FY202286725
FY202173322
FY20208369
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. Apple Inc.677
  2. Intuit Inc.663
  3. Paypal, Inc.652
  4. Ebay Inc.526
  5. Amazon.com Services LLC456
  6. Cisco Systems, Inc.310
  7. Linkedin Corporation308
  8. Google LLC230
  9. Deloitte Consulting LLP221
  10. ServiceNow, Inc.216
  11. Google Inc.153
  12. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP142
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 $147,742; middle half $124,350 to $175,000 · median prevailing wage $125,694 (marker) · 2,576 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I319
  2. Level II855
  3. Level III753
  4. Level IV524
Job titles
  1. Data Scientist181
  2. Software Development Engineer II138
  3. Operations Research Analyst119
  4. Senior Data Scientist101
  5. Data Analyst99
  6. Senior Business Data Analyst94
  7. Engineering Project Manager89
  8. Staff Business Data Analyst87
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Operations Research Analysts appears on 64,814 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 8,869 employers in 386 metropolitan areas; San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA accounts for 8.15% of them, and its median offered wage is 25.6% above the national median of $117,664.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
64,814
Metropolitan areas with filings
386
Employers nationwide
8,869
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$117,664
Share in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
8.15%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Operations Research Analysts
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ10,755
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA6,046
  3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA5,690
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA5,285
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,066
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN3,765
  7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3,017
  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA2,554
  9. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,285
  10. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,153
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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