H-1B Filings
406
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Information & Media CA DOL H-1B WARN Act
TikTok Inc.: WARN & Workforce Profile
TikTok Inc. in CA (Information & Media) pairs H-1B sponsorship (406 LCAs) with WARN history (1 notice) and has no employer OSHA injury log here.
TikTok Inc. (CA): · 406 H-1B LCAs at a $210,000 disclosed median · 1 WARN notice
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, TikTok Inc. in CA carries 406 H-1B wage filings on record, a $210,000 median wage across 304 disclosed-wage positions (above the $124,488 national median) and 1 WARN layoff notice on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
- 406 H-1B LCAs
- $210,000 median wage
- 1 WARN
Layoff & federal record
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #89 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 91st percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
- 100th pct
- H-1B filing rank
- 91st pct
- median wage rank
- 3%
- fewer WARN notices than
Figures above come from DOL H-1B LCAs and state WARN notices; no employer OSHA injury log is on file here.
C
Federal workforce composite
59/100
3 of 4 federal tracks · TikTok Inc.
A weighted composite of DOL H-1B sponsorship and pay, OSHA establishment injury records, and WARN Act layoff notices, not culture, benefits, or "is this a good place to work." Missing tracks drop out and their weight redistributes so sparse records are not silently deflated.
Sponsorship scale A+
406 H-1B LCAs
#89 of 51,370 sponsors · 100th percentile by volume (DOL OFLC)
Disclosed pay A+
$210,000 median
91st percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
Workplace safety N/A
No OSHA record
No employer-specific OSHA ITA injury log; weight redistributes (industry estimates never pad this dim).
Layoff stability F
1 WARN notice
Cleaner WARN history than 3% of 304,376 tracked employers (state workforce agencies)
Weights (redistributed when a track is N/A): Sponsorship scale (H-1B volume) 15% · Disclosed pay (H-1B wage percentile) 25% · Workplace safety (OSHA DART percentile) 35% · Layoff stability (WARN percentile) 25%. Sources: DOL OFLC · OSHA ITA · state WARN filings.
DOL LCA release change
What changed between the two LCA fiscal years
- TikTok Inc.'s disclosed H-1B petition count rose from 128 in FY2024 to 170 in FY2025 (+32.8%).
- TikTok Inc.'s filing-count-weighted median disclosed H-1B wage fell from $215,886 in FY2024 to $200,729 in FY2025 (-7%).
Median H-1B Salary
$210,000
Above national median. Across 304 disclosed positions
WARN Workforce Impact
58 workers
Less stable than most peers. 1 WARN Act notice on file
Where TikTok Inc.'s H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$210,000 Top 9% higher than 91% of 272,125 US employers
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Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
TikTok Inc.'s H-1B median wage, FY2024 vs FY2025
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (-7% year over year), not a company-wide raise, and not adjusted for role mix changes between years.
Government Data Summary
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employer Name | TikTok Inc. | DOL OFLC / WARN |
| Industry | Information & Media | NAICS / DOL |
| State | CA | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 406 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $210,000 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| WARN Layoff Notices | 1 notice(s), 58 workers | WARN Act notices, state workforce agency originals (archival backstop: LayoffData.com) |
| Tracks not on file | employer OSHA injury log | Empty by design, not estimated |
TikTok Inc.'s values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications, WARN Act notices on file for this employer in CA (Information & Media). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #89 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 91st percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; WARN notice count sits below 3% of 304,376 employers (more notices elsewhere).
H-1B Salary Data
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Machine Learning Manager | $485,476 |
| Product Lead - Feed Quality | $455,600 |
| Machine Learning Scientist | $401,866 |
| SMB General Manager | $373,000 |
| Senior Software Engineer | $364,000 |
| Frontend Software Leader- TikTok Trust & Safety-Core Safety | $362,340 |
| Tech Lead Backend Software Engineer, Asset Services | $361,120 |
| Sr. Product Manager | $360,258 |
| TikTok Shop - Logistics Product Manager | $350,000 |
| Software Engineer, TikTok Android | $340,029 |
| Senior Backend Engineer, Risk Systems | $340,000 |
| Security Engineer - Application/Product Security | $332,000 |
| Frontend Engineer, TikTok Privacy | $330,000 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Ranking Engineering | $330,000 |
| TikTok Shop - Network Planning, Inventory, and Topology | $330,000 |
| Senior Mobile Software Engineer, iOS Performance | $322,728 |
| Data Engineer - Data Platform | $322,571 |
| Senior Backend Software Engineer, Loki Platform | $322,560 |
| Machine Learning Manager | $321,512 |
| Sr Software Engineer - Infrastructure, TikTok Search Engine | $320,000 |
| Tech Lead Software Engineer, TikTok Data Access | $320,000 |
| Senior ML Eng., NLP / LLM Product in Rec. & Algorithm | $319,600 |
| Sr/Staff Big Data Storage Comp. Engr, Rec Data Ecosys | $318,000 |
| Senior Detection Engineer | $316,000 |
| Sr. Backend SWE - User Experience, Trust and Safety, TikTok | $314,500 |
| Sr/Staff Big Data Storage & Computing Engr, Recc Data Ecosy | $314,000 |
| Sr./Staff Big Data Storage & Computing Engr, Rec Data Ecosys | $310,000 |
| Senior Software Engineer (Android), Mobile Infrastructure | $309,120 |
| Data Scientist | $308,000 |
| Full Stack Engineer, TikTok Privacy | $306,000 |
| Engineering Manager | $305,008 |
| Senior Product Manager (Recommend Strategy) - TikTok LIVE | $302,000 |
| Senior Backend Software Engineer | $300,800 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Account Integrity | $300,000 |
| TikTok Shop - Data Scientist - US Logistics | $300,000 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer - TikTok Search Algorithm | $300,000 |
| Software Engineer, Recommendation Infrastructure | $295,560 |
| Sr Software Engineer (Backend/Fullstack) - Trust & Safety | $295,000 |
| Research Scientist | $294,250 |
| Experienced Content Product Manager- TikTok Shop | $294,000 |
| Sr. Data Scientist | $294,000 |
| Sr. Data Scientist | $294,000 |
| Process Engineering & Design, Supply Chain & Logistics | $290,000 |
| Software Engineer, Infrastructure - TikTok Search Engine | $290,000 |
| Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineering | $287,910 |
| Data Scientist, Prod. Infrastructure (Customer Service) - TT | $285,000 |
| Senior Software Engineer - Data Privacy | $285,000 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | $282,720 |
| Senior Backend Software Engineer, Asset Services | $282,240 |
| Senior Backend SWE, Data - TikTok BRIC Risk Engine | $282,200 |
What the Data Says About TikTok Inc.
Signature stat: H-1B volume
TikTok Inc.'s most extreme placement is sponsorship scale: 406 H-1B LCAs rank higher than 100% of sponsors in this corpus (#89 of 51,370).
WARN layoff history
1 WARN notice naming about 58 workers are on file in CA. Multiple notices can reflect consolidations — read them beside sponsorship and safety signals.
Top-quartile disclosed pay
Disclosed pay runs high: $210,000 median beats 91% of credible wage rows and sits above the $124,488 national median.
No OSHA record despite scale
TikTok Inc. sponsors 406 H-1B positions but carries no employer OSHA DART rate here — at this filing volume the gap usually reflects recordkeeping exemptions, not a verified safety judgment.
Growing LCA footprint
FY2025 added 42 filings versus FY2024 (32.8%), a sponsorship expansion visible in the raw LCA counts.
Dual-track profile
TikTok Inc. is one of the rarer profiles carrying both sponsorship volume (406 H-1B LCAs) and WARN history (1 notice) in the same public record (Information & Media) in CA. Weigh those signals separately.
Falling disclosed medians
Disclosed medians moved from $215,886 (FY2024) to $200,729 (FY2025) (-7%), weighted by this employer's own LCA rows — not a company-wide raise and not role-mix adjusted.
Where TikTok Inc. sits
This employer among Information & Media H-1B peers
Across the 200 Information & Media sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, TikTok Inc. files more petitions than 94% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 88%, the high-volume, above-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (406 filings · $210,000 median here).
Each muted dot is one information & media peer from a filings-stratified sample of 41; the brand marker is TikTok Inc.. Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B LCA disclosures (credible wages recomputed from per-position filings, excluding parse errors above $500k).
How TikTok Inc. compares to Information & Media peers
TikTok Inc.'s nearest H-1B-filing peers in Information & Media (home state CA). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
TikTok Inc.
406 H-1B filings
Microsoft Corporation
7,641 H-1B filings
Meta Platforms, Inc
5,097 H-1B filings
Nationwide employers with similar H-1B volume or workplace injury rate
Two federal-records peer sets for TikTok Inc., both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Similar H-1B filing volume
Nearest nationwide sponsors outside CA (406 filings here).
- Washington University (MO) · 408 filings
- Expedia, Inc. (WA) · 412 filings
- Johns Hopkins University (MD) · 412 filings
- Federal Express Corporation (TN) · 414 filings
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on disclosed filing counts and OSHA ITA DART rates; employers with fewer than 100 H-1B filings or fewer than 10 reported injuries are excluded from the comparison corpus.
WARN Act Layoff History
| Notice Date | Workers |
|---|---|
| 2024-05-24 | 58 |
What to check before working with TikTok Inc.
TikTok Inc. needs a three-way read: H-1B pay (406 LCAs), safety, and WARN history (1 notice); none of those alone is the rating.
- H-1B median is $210,000 across 304 disclosed-wage positions (of 406 total filings), benchmark any offer against it and the metro prevailing wage. Compare with peers
- 1 WARN layoff notice on file, review the timing before counting on job stability. Reading WARN notices
TikTok Inc.'s figures are legally filed public records (DOL, OSHA, state WARN), not reviews or vendor estimates; a missing row is not proof the underlying activity never happened.
Read with this employer
- Microsoft Corporation (WA) - 7,641 H-1B filings in the same Information & Media roster
- Meta Platforms, Inc (CA) - 5,097 H-1B filings in the same Information & Media roster
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (WA) - 2,512 H-1B filings in the same Information & Media roster
- Reading WARN notices - what TikTok Inc.'s layoff filings do and do not prove.
- H-1B salary negotiation - using disclosed wages like TikTok Inc.'s when you negotiate.
- Compare employers - put TikTok Inc. next to peers on pay, safety, and WARN.
- National H-1B & safety statistics - where TikTok Inc.'s #89 placement sits in the full federal roster.
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Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from OSHA and the DOL Wage and Hour Division. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does TikTok Inc.'s H-1B wage sit nationally?
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, TikTok Inc.'s disclosed median of $210,000 sits at the 91st percentile (above the $124,488 national median). The chart above uses a COUNT-exact percentile (rows below this wage ÷ total), not an interpolated estimate.
How does TikTok Inc.'s H-1B filing volume compare to other sponsors?
TikTok Inc. has 406 H-1B filings on record, ranking #89 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile by volume). Filing volume is a sponsorship signal, not a headcount or hiring-quality score.
Does TikTok Inc. have WARN layoff notices on file?
Yes - 1 WARN Act notice affecting about 58 workers appear in the state-agency corpus for this employer. WARN covers mass layoffs and plant closings that meet statutory thresholds; absence of notices is not a guarantee of stability.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
This profile is rendered directly from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.