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Data Scientists H-1B salary in San Francisco, CA

Level IV starts at $206,565. The median offer, $178,230, is Level III.

$70k to $80k: 3 LCAs$80k to $90k: 2 LCAs$90k to $100k: 6 LCAs$100k to $110k: 34 LCAs$110k to $120k: 19 LCAs$120k to $130k: 20 LCAs$130k to $140k: 82 LCAs$140k to $150k: 53 LCAs$150k to $160k: 41 LCAs$160k to $170k: 141 LCAs$170k to $180k: 94 LCAs$180k to $190k: 58 LCAs$190k to $200k: 111 LCAs$200k to $210k: 73 LCAs$210k to $220k: 55 LCAs$220k to $230k: 45 LCAs$230k to $240k: 23 LCAs$240k to $250k: 24 LCAs$250k to $260k: 31 LCAs$260k to $270k: 8 LCAs$270k to $280k: 23 LCAs$280k to $290k: 7 LCAs$290k to $300k: 1 LCA$300k+: 23 LCAs $70k to $80k: 3 LCAs$80k to $90k: 2 LCAs$90k to $100k: 6 LCAs$100k to $110k: 34 LCAs$110k to $120k: 19 LCAs$120k to $130k: 20 LCAs$130k to $140k: 82 LCAs$140k to $150k: 53 LCAs$150k to $160k: 41 LCAs$160k to $170k: 141 LCAs$170k to $180k: 94 LCAs$180k to $190k: 58 LCAs$190k to $200k: 111 LCAs$200k to $210k: 73 LCAs$210k to $220k: 55 LCAs$220k to $230k: 45 LCAs$230k to $240k: 23 LCAs$240k to $250k: 24 LCAs$250k to $260k: 31 LCAs$260k to $270k: 8 LCAs$270k to $280k: 23 LCAs$280k to $290k: 7 LCAs$290k to $300k: 1 LCA$300k+: 23 LCAs
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$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 10 LCAs
Dots: certified H-1B LCAs for this job here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026, in $10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches. Dashed lines and the ruler: where Levels I to IV start (OFLC 2026-27).
977certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$178,230median offer, Level III
$155k to $208kmiddle half of offers
16%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

The four wage levels here

annual salary each level starts at · outlined: where the median offer lands
Level I
$110,38619.5% of new-employment offers
Level II
$142,43830.7% of new-employment offers
Level III
$174,51226% of new-employment offers
Level IV
$206,56515.5% of new-employment offers

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Level III · 3 entries

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Lottery entries for this job here

323 new-employment LCAs
San Francisco, CA 20%31%26%16% 323
All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984
1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 · median offer and the entries it gets
#EmployerLCAsMedian offerEntries
1Uber Technologies, Inc.61$174,900
2Adobe Inc.45$171,991
3Google LLC30$198,000
4Pinterest, Inc.28$174,304
5DoorDash, Inc.21$188,000
6Airbnb, Inc.20$177,000
7Amazon.com Services LLC18$170,000
8LinkedIn Corporation18$170,000
9OpenAI OpCo, LLC18$325,000
10Salesforce, Inc.17$210,745
11Discord, Inc.15$250,000
12Thumbtack, Inc.15$170,000
13Meta Platforms, Inc14$221,002
14Thinking Machines Lab Inc.13$194,834
15LYFT, Inc.11$160,000
16Anthropic, PBC10$194,834
17Grammarly, Inc.9$194,834
18Social Finance, LLC9$210,000
19Chime Financial, Inc.8$206,150
20EvenUp Inc.8$197,000
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