Tiktok
Offered base salaries from 834 certified H-1B filings, across 19 roles in 4 metro areas.
Half of Tiktok's certified filings offered $196,000 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $146,500 and $255,000. 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 | $210,000 | $102k – $402k | 301 |
| Data Scientists | $193,000 | $73k – $440k | 205 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $132,367 | $85k – $300k | 58 |
| Marketing Managers | $230,000 | $85k – $949k | 46 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $225,000 | $112k – $440k | 34 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $330,000 | $171k – $776k | 33 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $136,120 | $103k – $319k | 32 |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers | $190,000 | $102k – $298k | 24 |
| Operations Research Analysts | $150,000 | $83k – $237k | 18 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | $216,000 | $177k – $390k | 16 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $217,600 | $83k – $949k | 515 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $176,500 | $82k – $528k | 235 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $155,000 | $73k – $402k | 63 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $160,000 | $86k – $205k | 20 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Tiktok'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 | $217,600 | 203 | +2.1% |
| Data Scientists — San Jose | $211,200 | 137 | +14.1% |
| Software Developers — Seattle | $205,000 | 75 | +22.5% |
| Data Scientists — Seattle | $158,000 | 55 | −4.1% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — San Jose | $140,000 | 29 | −15.9% |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists — Seattle | $125,400 | 28 | +22.7% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Jose | $350,011 | 26 | +20.0% |
| Software Developers — Los Angeles | $171,000 | 23 | +6.3% |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers — San Jose | $190,000 | 23 | −5.6% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — San Jose | $225,000 | 23 | +22.0% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 834 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 Tiktok'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.