H-1B sponsors for Data Scientists in Foster City

18 employers filed 58 certified Labor Condition Applications for Data Scientists with a worksite in Foster City, CA, October 2025 to June 2026. A filing is the step before an H-1B petition: it shows the employer has sponsored this kind of job here, not that a particular opening will.

H-1B filings
58
Employers
18
Median offered
$186,435

Top 18 employers by filings

Median offered wage shown when an employer has three or more full-time filings here.

  1. 1

    Visa U.S.A. Inc.

    Data Scientist

    Median $194,834

    17
  2. 2

    Zoox Inc.

    Machine Learning Engineer

    Median $186,435

    14
  3. 3

    Visa Technology & Operations LLC

    Staff Data Engineer

    Median $194,834

    9
  4. 4

    Cognowiz LLC

    Machine Learning Engineer

    2
  5. 5

    Dandelion Health Inc.

    NLP / LLM Data Scientist

    2
  6. 6

    Replit, Inc.

    Staff Data Engineer

    2
  7. 7

    BIZINSIGHTS INC

    Director-Analytics

    1
  8. 8

    Dish Wireless LLC

    Senior Manager, Data Science and AI

    1
  9. 9

    Figma, Inc.

    Manager, Data Science

    1
  10. 10

    Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    Sr Manager, People Analytics

    1
  11. 11

    Indeed, Inc.

    Senior Data Scientist

    1
  12. 12

    INFIGEN LLC

    Data Scientist

    1
  13. 13

    iSoftStone, Inc.

    Data Scientist

    1
  14. 14

    Kite Pharma Inc.

    Associate Data Scientist

    1
  15. 15

    mPulse Mobile, Inc.

    Software Engineer

    1
  16. 16

    QUALYS, INC.

    Analyst, Marketing Performance

    1
  17. 17

    QuinStreet, Inc.

    Associate Algorithm Engineer

    1
  18. 18

    Saltzman, Tanis, Pittell, Levin and Jacobson LLC

    Manager, Enterprise Analytics

    1

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Frequently asked questions

Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for Data Scientists in Foster City?

From October 2025 to June 2026, the employers with the most certified Labor Condition Applications for Data Scientists with a worksite in Foster City, CA were Visa U.S.A. Inc. (17), Zoox Inc. (14) and Visa Technology & Operations LLC (9). In all, 18 employers filed 58 applications.

What do H-1B employers offer Data Scientists in Foster City?

The median of the lowest wage offered on full-time filings was $186,435 a year. The most common band was $150k to $200k, on 66% of full-time filings. These are the wages employers wrote on their applications, not what anyone was paid.

Does a filing mean the employer will sponsor my visa?

No. A certified Labor Condition Application is the step before an H-1B petition, not a visa approval, and it is about the employer, not a particular opening. It shows the employer has sponsored this kind of job here before. Confirm sponsorship for the role you apply to.

Where does this data come from?

From the US Department of Labor's LCA disclosure data, FY2026 Q3, counting applications certified from October 2025 to June 2026 for Data Scientists at worksites in Foster City, CA. We check for new data every week.