Employer profile
Bytedance
4,332 certified H-1B filings across 10 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
1,260
FY2025 median
$204k
Top role
Software Engineer
392 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
3,118 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Bytedance pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Bytedance hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 69▼ 95% | $205k |
| FY2025 | 1,260▲ 15% | $204k |
| FY2024 | 1,092▲ 54% | $208k |
| FY2023 | 708▲ 46% | $194k |
| FY2022 | 485▲ 19% | $185k |
| FY2021 | 408▲ 72% | $170k |
| FY2020 | 237▲ 347% | $165k |
| FY2019 | 53▲ 194% | $172k |
| FY2018 | 18▲ 800% | $78k |
| FY2017 | 2— | $37k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
662%
Lvl I
70216%
Lvl II
1,13226%
Lvl III
96322%
Lvl IV
1,46934%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 392 | $172k |
| Research Scientist | 127 | $205k |
| Data Scientist | 102 | $200k |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 97 | $225k |
| Product Manager | 88 | $215k |
| Backend Software Engineer | 76 | $163k |
| Software Development Engineer In Test | 42 | $171k |
| Backend Software Engineer, Global E-Commerce | 32 | $222k |
| Data Engineer | 29 | $149k |
| Applied Machine Learning Engineer | 28 | $228k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 3,118 | $193k |
| WA | 887 | $204k |
| NY | 246 | $170k |
| TX | 58 | $109k |
| VA | 12 | $111k |
| FL | 4 | $225k |
| DC | 3 | $120k |
| OR | 2 | $112k |
| IL | 2 | $130k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Bytedance pay H-1B workers?
- Bytedance's median certified H-1B base salary is $204k (FY2025), from 1,260 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Bytedance sponsor?
- Bytedance has 4,332 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2026).
- What jobs does Bytedance sponsor for H-1B?
- Bytedance's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Research Scientist, Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer.
- Where does Bytedance hire H-1B workers?
- Bytedance's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA, NY, TX.
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