Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Senior Applied Scientist
Occupation profile for Senior Applied Scientist covers 73 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $207,851.
- FY2026 certified median
- $207,851
- Total filings
- 73
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $157,925–$221,375
- Top employer
- Uber Technologies, Inc.
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 35 | $191,815 | $174,000 | $205,000 |
| FY2025 | 20 | $197,500 | $182,770 | $229,875 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 18 | $207,851 | $157,925 | $221,375 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Uber Technologies, Inc.11 filings
- Cruise LLC6 filings
- KAI CYBER INC6 filings
- Zillow, Inc.6 filings
- Samsara Inc.5 filings
- DocuSign Inc.4 filings
- Etsy, Inc.3 filings
- Alibaba.com US E-commerce Corporation2 filings
- Microsoft Corporation2 filings
- Motive Technologies, Inc.2 filings
Top cities
- Seattle12 filings
- San Francisco11 filings
- New York8 filings
- San Jose7 filings
- Bellevue6 filings
- Sunnyvale4 filings
- Santa Clara3 filings
- Mountain View2 filings
- Chicago2 filings
- Cary2 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 42660 | 15-2051 | $93,912 | $127,026 | $160,118 | $193,232 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 15-2051 | $110,386 | $142,438 | $174,512 | $206,565 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 15-1252 | $152,797 | $187,075 | $221,374 | $255,653 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 15-2051 | $125,486 | $168,917 | $212,326 | $255,757 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 15-2051 | $87,256 | $115,835 | $144,414 | $172,994 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 15-1221 | $141,336 | $178,755 | $216,195 | $253,614 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 15-1221 | $107,515 | $150,738 | $193,960 | $237,182 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 15-1221 | $100,422 | $137,779 | $175,136 | $212,493 |
| 2026-27 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXArea 26420 | 15-2051 | $70,658 | $93,226 | $115,794 | $138,362 |
| 2026-27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 42660 | 15-1221 | $123,302 | $163,072 | $202,862 | $242,632 |