Tencent America — 394 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 31
- Filings · FY2025
- $160k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Researcher
- Top role · 69 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 309 all-time
Tencent America filed 31 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 34% from the year before), with a median base salary of $160k and the middle 50% of offers between $144k and $192k. That is 30% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 394 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Researcher in California.
How much does Tencent America pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $160k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Tencent America's H-1B hiring changed by year?
5 certified filings in FY2016 → 57 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 57 | +84% | $220k |
| FY2025 | 31 | −34% | $160k |
| FY2024 | 47 | +27% | $170k |
| FY2023 | 37 | −20% | $174k |
| FY2022 | 46 | −18% | $180k |
| FY2021 | 56 | +47% | $159k |
| FY2020 | 38 | +15% | $155k |
| FY2019 | 33 | −8% | $160k |
| FY2018 | 36 | +350% | $155k |
| FY2017 | 8 | +60% | $78k |
| FY2016 | 5 | — | $110k |
Which wage levels does Tencent America file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 69% of Tencent America's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 378 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I8.5%32
- Level II22.5%85
- Level III30.4%115
- Level IV38.6%146
What jobs does Tencent America sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Tencent America's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Researcher | 69 | $175k |
| Hunyuan Aigc Algorithm Researcher (World Model Foundation Di | 14 | $220k |
| Hunyuan Multimodal Algorithm Researcher (Omni-Modal) | 12 | $220k |
| Sr. Site Reliability Engineer | 9 | $160k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 9 | $185k |
| Research Scientist | 9 | $160k |
| Principal Researcher | 8 | $240k |
| Senior Data Scientist | 8 | $170k |
| Senior 2D Concept Artist | 6 | $100k |
| Project Manager | 6 | $78k |
Where does Tencent America hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 309 | $160k |
| WA | 64 | $190k |
| NY | 17 | $157k |
| PA | 2 | $180k |
| AZ | 1 | $168k |
| NJ | 1 | $84k |
What has Tencent America filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 394 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Tencent America's H-1B filings
- How much does Tencent America pay H-1B workers?
- Tencent America's median certified H-1B base salary is $160k (FY2025), from 31 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Tencent America sponsor?
- Tencent America has 394 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Tencent America sponsor for H-1B?
- Tencent America's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Researcher, Hunyuan Aigc Algorithm Researcher (World Model Foundation Di, Hunyuan Multimodal Algorithm Researcher (Omni-Modal), Sr. Site Reliability Engineer.
- Where does Tencent America hire H-1B workers?
- Tencent America's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA, NY, PA.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →