Bytedance
Offered base salaries from 1,088 certified H-1B filings, across 30 roles in 7 metro areas.
Half of Bytedance's certified filings offered $203,800 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $157,000 and $260,000. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.
What they hire for
Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.
| Role | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $205,000 | $85k – $440k | 401 |
| Data Scientists | $211,000 | $86k – $480k | 194 |
| Marketing Managers | $230,000 | $90k – $450k | 75 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | $276,000 | $76k – $720k | 50 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $150,000 | $103k – $277k | 43 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $158,000 | $78k – $300k | 42 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $320,032 | $180k – $620k | 39 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $181,293 | $107k – $444k | 39 |
| Operations Research Analysts | $165,000 | $80k – $350k | 34 |
| Management Analysts | $165,000 | $122k – $312k | 17 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $215,000 | $72k – $720k | 690 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $199,500 | $82k – $650k | 245 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $185,000 | $85k – $361k | 77 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $105,602 | $76k – $161k | 31 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $169,500 | $65k – $304k | 28 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $208,000 | $106k – $273k | 10 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $112,000 | $90k – $142k | 5 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Bytedance's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.
| Role — Metro | Median offer | Filings | vs. market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers — San Jose | $210,000 | 263 | −1.5% |
| Data Scientists — San Jose | $225,770 | 127 | +22.0% |
| Software Developers — Seattle | $197,000 | 122 | +17.8% |
| Data Scientists — Seattle | $200,000 | 39 | +21.4% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists — San Jose | $280,000 | 37 | +28.2% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — San Jose | $162,000 | 35 | −2.7% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Jose | $320,032 | 30 | +9.7% |
| Marketing Managers — San Jose | $273,000 | 29 | +18.0% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — San Jose | $214,800 | 25 | +16.5% |
| Operations Research Analysts — San Jose | $165,000 | 23 | +33.8% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 1,088 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
- Market comparison
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Bytedance's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.