H-1B Filings
298
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 (298 LCAs) with WARN history (1 notice) and has no employer OSHA injury log here.
TikTok Inc. (CA): · 298 H-1B LCAs at a $213,000 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 298 H-1B wage filings on record, a $213,000 median wage across 216 disclosed-wage positions (above the $120,000 national median) and 1 WARN layoff notice on file. H-1B filing volume ranks #58 of 36,919 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile). Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
- 298 H-1B LCAs
- $213,000 median wage
- 1 WARN
Layoff & federal record
According to U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA, and state WARN Act filings, TikTok Inc. carries 298 H-1B wage filings on record, a $213,000 median wage across 216 disclosed-wage positions (above the $120,000 national median) and 1 WARN layoff notice on file. In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #58 of 36,919 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 93rd percentile of 178,031 credible H-1B wage rows.
- 298
- H-1B filings
- $213,000
- median H-1B wage
- 1
- WARN notices
Figures above come from DOL H-1B LCAs and state WARN notices; no employer OSHA injury log is on file here.
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
$213,000
Across 216 disclosed positions
WARN Workforce Impact
58 workers
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
$213,000 Top 7% higher than 93% of 178,031 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 | 298 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $213,000 | 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 #58 of 36,919 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 93rd percentile of 178,031 credible H-1B wage rows; WARN notice count sits below 3% of 290,575 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 |
| 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 |
| Data Engineer - Data Platform | $322,571 |
| Senior Backend Software Engineer, Loki Platform | $322,560 |
| Sr Software Engineer - Infrastructure, TikTok Search Engine | $320,000 |
| Senior ML Eng., NLP / LLM Product in Rec. & Algorithm | $319,600 |
| Sr. Backend SWE - User Experience, Trust and Safety, TikTok | $314,500 |
| Senior Software Engineer (Android), Mobile Infrastructure | $309,120 |
| Data Scientist | $308,000 |
| Full Stack Engineer, TikTok Privacy | $306,000 |
| Senior Backend Software Engineer | $300,800 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Account Integrity | $300,000 |
| TikTok Shop - Data Scientist - US Logistics | $300,000 |
| Sr Software Engineer (Backend/Fullstack) - Trust & Safety | $295,000 |
| Experienced Content Product Manager- TikTok Shop | $294,000 |
| Sr. Data Scientist | $294,000 |
| Process Engineering & Design, Supply Chain & Logistics | $290,000 |
| Software Engineer, Infrastructure - TikTok Search Engine | $290,000 |
| 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 |
| Software Engineer - E-commerce Recommendation Infrastructure | $280,160 |
| E-Commerce AML Compliance Counsel | $280,000 |
| Senior Product Manager, Creator Monetization | $280,000 |
| Android Software Engineer | $278,680 |
| Software Engineer - E-commerce Recommendation Infrastructure | $276,500 |
| Tech Lead Manager, Software Engineer | $276,000 |
| Senior Backend Engineer - TikTok Privacy Product | $275,560 |
| Senior Software Engineer, SRE | $275,000 |
| Sr Backend Software Engineer, TikTok Privacy | $275,000 |
| Lead Access Assurance Analyst | $270,000 |
| Data Engineer, Global Live | $268,000 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $268,000 |
| TikTok Shop - Strategy Product Manager Anti-Fraud Solutions | $268,000 |
| Data Engineer, E-Commerce | $265,000 |
| Senior Data Scientist, Privacy - TikTok | $265,000 |
What the Data Says About TikTok Inc.
TikTok Inc. operating in CA within the Information & Media sector: the company has filed 298 H-1B labor condition applications, of which 216 disclose a usable wage figure with a median of $213,000. Records here combine U.S. Department of Labor disclosures and state workforce agency filings.
1 WARN Act notice affecting 58 workers has been filed against TikTok Inc. in CA. Multiple notices can mean consolidations or broader restructuring; weigh them next to this employer's pay and safety signals, and the employer's own disclosures, when judging an offer.
TikTok Inc. is one of the rarer profiles that carries both sponsorship volume (298 H-1B LCAs) and WARN history (1 notice) in the same public record for Information & Media in CA. Weigh those two signals separately before treating either as the whole story.
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.
298 H-1B filings
Microsoft Corporation
4,726 H-1B filings
Meta Platforms, Inc
2,467 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 (298 filings here).
- Barclays Services LLC (NY) · 298 filings
- AT&T SERVICES, INC. (TX) · 297 filings
- KFORCE INC. (FL) · 296 filings
- BANK OF AMERICA N.A. (NC) · 294 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 (298 LCAs), safety, and WARN history (1 notice); none of those alone is the rating.
- H-1B median is $213,000 across 216 disclosed-wage positions (of 298 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) - 4,726 H-1B filings in the same Information & Media roster
- Meta Platforms, Inc (CA) - 2,467 H-1B filings in the same Information & Media roster
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (WA) - 1,256 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.
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