TikTok H-1B Salaries 2026
536 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for full-time roles at TikTok, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Median offered salary $223,000.
$223,000Median salary
$160,45025th percentile
$300,00075th percentile
536Filings
TikTok H-1B salaries by job title
| Job title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 62 | $187,870 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 37 | $210,000 |
| Product Manager | 22 | $152,222 |
| Data Scientist | 19 | $221,040 |
| Data Engineer | 19 | $153,400 |
| Machine Learning Scientist | 18 | $220,500 |
| Research Scientist | 12 | $211,200 |
| Data Engineer E Commerce | 10 | $201,750 |
| Product Manager Senior | 10 | $350,254 |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | 8 | $149,896 |
| Software Engineer Senior | 8 | $264,514 |
| Engineering Manager | 6 | $345,006 |
| Backend Software Engineer | 6 | $223,360 |
| Data Engineer Data Platform | 6 | $237,400 |
| Software Engineer Recommendation Developer Infrastructure | 5 | $228,000 |
Top cities
| City | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 324 | $253,000 |
| Bellevue, WA | 140 | $202,320 |
| Culver City, CA | 53 | $142,000 |
| New York, NY | 13 | $147,763 |
| Fontana, CA | 3 | $185,000 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $185,000 |
| Middlesex, NJ | 1 | $165,000 |
| San Francisco, CA | 1 | $125,000 |
Wage levels
Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).
Median prevailing wage on these filings: $163,862.
Recent TikTok H-1B filings
Latest 100 of 536 filings by decision date. Salary is the offered wage rate (annualised); "to" shows the top of a range when given.
| Certified | Job title | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | Software Engineer - Recommendation Developer Infrastructure | $226,000 |
| 2026-06-18 | Machine Learning Scientist | $123,531 to $220,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Software Engineer | $270,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Software Engineer | $300,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Software Engineer | $285,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Software Engineer | $300,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Software Engineer | $335,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Software Engineer | $285,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Software Engineer | $281,700 |
| 2026-06-16 | Software Engineer | $328,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Data Engineer - Data Platform | $251,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Software Engineer, Recommendation Infra | $230,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Machine Learning Engineer | $258,000 |
| 2026-06-16 | Software Engineer | $380,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | Software Engineer, Recommendation Infrastructure | $280,000 |
| 2026-06-15 | Research Scientist | $310,000 |
| 2026-06-12 | Tech Lead Manager | $471,000 |
| 2026-06-11 | Data Engineer, E-Commerce | $215,000 |
| 2026-06-11 | Product Team Leader | $540,000 |
| 2026-06-09 | Research Engineer | $352,000 |
| 2026-06-09 | Data Engineer - Data Platform | $223,000 |
| 2026-06-08 | Machine Learning Engineer | $265,000 |
| 2026-06-08 | Machine Learning Scientist | $450,000 |
| 2026-06-08 | Software Development Engineer in Test | $201,550 |
| 2026-06-08 | Software Engineer, Recommendation Infrastructure | $290,000 |
| 2026-06-05 | Engineering Manager | $370,011 |
| 2026-06-04 | Product Manager - Senior | $243,600 |
| 2026-06-04 | Engineering Manager | $423,000 |
| 2026-06-04 | Software Engineer - Data Architecture | $119,704 to $210,000 |
| 2026-06-04 | Research Scientist | $164,403 to $325,000 |
| 2026-06-04 | Research Scientist | $127,712 to $250,000 |
| 2026-06-04 | Machine Learning Scientist | $127,712 to $250,000 |
| 2026-06-04 | Machine Learning Engineer | $123,531 to $310,000 |
| 2026-06-04 | Software Engineer - Data Architecture | $182,800 |
| 2026-06-04 | Research Scientist | $200,640 |
| 2026-06-04 | Research Scientist | $211,200 |
| 2026-06-04 | Product Manager | $195,700 |
| 2026-06-04 | Machine Learning Scientist | $200,640 |
| 2026-06-02 | Software Development Engineer in Test - Trust and Safety | $198,900 |
| 2026-06-02 | Data Engineer | $300,500 |
| 2026-06-02 | Frontend Engineer - Tech Lead | $340,000 |
| 2026-06-02 | Data Scientist | $300,000 |
| 2026-06-01 | Software Development Engineer in Test - Senior | $240,666 |
| 2026-06-01 | Machine Learning Engineer | $195,596 |
| 2026-06-01 | Machine Learning Engineer, Search - Local Services Team | $188,300 |
| 2026-05-29 | Data Engineer – Data Platform | $234,000 |
| 2026-05-29 | Risk and Response Engineer | $145,920 |
| 2026-05-29 | Machine Learning Scientist | $123,531 to $180,000 |
| 2026-05-28 | Machine Learning Scientist | $340,000 |
| 2026-05-27 | Senior Machine Learning Engineer, TikTok Live Stream | $370,000 |
| 2026-05-27 | Software Engineer | $282,000 |
| 2026-05-27 | Product Manager - Senior | $470,000 |
| 2026-05-27 | Software Engineer | $345,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Product Manager | $196,800 |
| 2026-05-26 | Machine Learning Engineer | $346,500 |
| 2026-05-26 | Leader of Partner Product-Business Platform | $390,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Growth Marketing Lead | $291,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Software Engineer | $160,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Verification Strategy Operations Manager | $79,200 |
| 2026-05-26 | UX Researcher - Global E-Commerce | $120,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | UX Design Manager | $313,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | US Test Engineering Site Lead | $354,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Strategy Analyst | $279,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Special Projects Manager | $156,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Software Engineer - Tech Lead | $330,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Software Engineer - Senior | $273,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Software Engineer - Manager | $455,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Site Reliability Engineer | $260,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Security Technology Strategy Lead | $492,500 |
| 2026-05-26 | Quality Assurance Manager | $410,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Product Marketing Manager - Senior | $320,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Product Manager - Senior | $243,600 |
| 2026-05-26 | Product Manager - Logistics | $328,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Product Manager | $305,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Product Leader | $330,308 |
| 2026-05-26 | Operations Strategy Lead | $360,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Machine Learning Manager | $440,016 |
| 2026-05-26 | Logistics Service Excellence Lead | $235,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Leader of US TAP Agency Partner Team | $260,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Engineering Tech Lead | $554,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Data & Analytics Lead | $435,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Creator & Partner Marketing Leader | $265,003 |
| 2026-05-26 | Category Manager | $163,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Category Lead | $340,000 |
| 2026-05-26 | Category Creator Specialist - Team Lead | $200,000 |
| 2026-05-22 | Software Engineer, Recommendation Infrastructure | $274,000 |
| 2026-05-22 | Data Scientist Graduate (TikTok Shop - Data Science) | $148,960 |
| 2026-05-22 | Backend Software Engineer, Risk & Response - TnS | $195,616 |
| 2026-05-22 | Security Engineer - Application/Product Security | $218,000 |
| 2026-05-22 | Research Scientist - CV/NLP/Multimodal LLM, TnS | $254,000 |
| 2026-05-22 | Cloud Forensics Operations Specialist - Global Security Org. | $165,000 |
| 2026-05-22 | Backend Engineer, Model Optimization - TnS | $238,222 |
| 2026-05-22 | Software Engineer - Architecture ByteRec | $367,000 |
| 2026-05-22 | Software Engineer (Recommendation Infrastructure) | $191,500 |
| 2026-05-22 | Senior Software Engineer, Global Payment Risk & Compliance | $355,000 |
| 2026-05-22 | Tech Lead Manager | $318,781 to $471,000 |
| 2026-05-22 | Software Engineer - Senior | $321,000 |
| 2026-05-22 | Software Engineer - Senior | $249,000 |
| 2026-05-22 | Backend Software Engineer, TnS | $176,400 |
| 2026-05-22 | Machine Learning Engineer, E-commerce Feed Recommendation | $216,000 |
Employer names as filed: TikTok Inc.. Name variants that differ only in case, punctuation or legal suffix (LLC, Inc., Corp.) are merged. Separate legal entities are listed separately. These are wages offered on certified LCAs, not actual pay.