Salaries / Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists / San Francisco
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 369 certified H-1B applications for market research analysts and marketing specialists in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 210 employers.
The middle half of offers were $100,000 to $165,000 a year, with a median of $142,000: 49% above the national median for this job ($95,000).
The most common wage level was Level IV (28% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $69,576 at Level I and $100,027 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 21% | $69,576 |
| Level II (qualified) | 27% | $100,027 |
| Level III (experienced) | 24% | $130,458 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 28% | $160,909 |
Who sponsors market research analysts and marketing specialists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | 24 | $160,500 | — |
| Genentech, Inc. | 13 | $159,500 | 4 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 11 | $201,000 | 2 |
| Paraform, Inc. | 10 | $150,000 | — |
| Adobe Inc. | 10 | $169,500 | 17 |
| Anthropic, PBC | 8 | $144,000 | — |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | 7 | $147,500 | 16 |
| Odoo, Inc. | 7 | $118,000 | — |
| Snowflake Inc. | 5 | $171,000 | — |
| Weee! Inc. | 5 | $130,000 | 1 |
| OpenAI OpCo, LLC | 4 | $285,000 | 1 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 4 | $153,500 | 2 |
| Meter, Inc. | 4 | $180,000 | 1 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 4 | $172,000 | 86 |
| Cbclife Financial Services | 4 | $68,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Market Research Analyst, Marketing Specialist, Marketing Analyst, Business Development Specialist, Digital Marketing Specialist, Product Manager, Product Management, Market Analyst.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.