ByteDance Inc. H-1B salaries

ByteDance Inc. filed 2,976 certified H-1B applications between Mar 2023 and Jun 2026. Half of them paid more than $210,000 a year. The typical offer was 24% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

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Median salary offered: $210,000
Middle half earn: $165,000 to $267,000
Top 10% earn over: $320,000
Certified filings: 2,976

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Pay by job title

Job title	Filings	Median	vs US	Middle half
Software Engineer	290	$190,243	+38%	$155,000 – $250,000
Machine Learning Engineer	103	$235,000	+38%	$175,450 – $273,000
Product Manager	91	$227,680	+43%	$171,911 – $276,000
Research Scientist	82	$255,300	+66%	$214,910 – $340,000
Data Scientist	76	$225,000	+90%	$165,185 – $276,250
Backend Software Engineer	59	$162,000	−2%	$144,000 – $200,000
Software Development Engineer in Test	29	$171,000	+67%	$123,040 – $203,400
Data Engineer	24	$161,652	+53%	$135,901 – $225,077
Senior Software Engineer	23	$276,000	+87%	$245,000 – $289,000
Site Reliability Engineer	20	$162,300	+34%	$145,440 – $191,358
Software Engineer, Global E-commerce Customer Business	19	$195,000	–	$180,000 – $213,000
Frontend Software Engineer	17	$155,000	+3%	$144,000 – $176,000
Talent Acquisition Partner	16	$126,340	–	$112,530 – $128,500
Data Scientist - TikTok Ads	16	$267,500	–	$247,500 – $279,250
Site Reliability Engineer - Data Infrastructure	16	$206,590	–	$169,272 – $245,976
Senior Machine Learning Engineer	15	$295,000	+58%	$197,500 – $317,500
Backend Software Engineer (Global E-Commerce)	15	$170,000	–	$148,200 – $235,000
Marketing Manager	15	$230,000	+93%	$180,000 – $257,863
Product Manager Lead	13	$354,600	+92%	$348,000 – $450,000
Backend Software Engineer, Infrastructure Platform	12	$206,590	–	$165,750 – $229,618
Data Analyst	12	$180,000	+106%	$174,408 – $211,000
Backend Software Engineer - Global E-Commerce Supply Chain	12	$198,000	–	$195,625 – $215,250
Backend Software Engineer Graduate (Global E-Commerce)	11	$144,000	–	$144,000 – $144,000
Software Engineer, Global Payment	10	$207,500	–	$189,500 – $210,000
Network Software Development Engineer	10	$204,000	–	$200,640 – $224,100
Solutions Engineer, Ads	10	$202,500	–	$180,000 – $228,250
Product Designer	10	$205,000	+52%	$172,000 – $276,300
Machine Learning Engineer - Search Ads	10	$235,000	–	$222,300 – $240,000
Software Development Engineer in Test (Global E-commerce)	10	$150,000	–	$123,040 – $150,000
Product Marketing Manager	10	$209,740	+35%	$198,125 – $229,250
Frontend Software Engineer, Global E-commerce	10	$190,000	–	$160,200 – $201,372
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test	9	$229,500	+69%	$228,000 – $243,000
Software Engineer, Backend (Ads Technology)	9	$173,000	–	$167,230 – $193,000
Engineering Manager	9	$366,300	+87%	$330,000 – $422,483
Research Scientist, Generative AI	9	$354,000	–	$280,000 – $356,000
Software Development Engineer	8	$199,000	+33%	$192,750 – $231,750
Backend Software Engineer, Content E-Commerce	8	$215,000	–	$210,000 – $216,250
Senior Product Manager	8	$277,500	+67%	$237,500 – $330,754
Senior Software Engineer, Payment Solution	8	$243,500	–	$203,750 – $269,250
Backend Software Engineer - Global E-Commerce Logistics	8	$221,220	–	$213,750 – $230,350
HR Business Partner	7	$155,680	+25%	$153,738 – $173,750
Software Engineer, CRM	7	$222,680	–	$194,000 – $239,840
Software Engineer Senior	7	$264,514	+94%	$258,757 – $290,000
Research Engineer	7	$200,000	+14%	$174,794 – $272,000
Software Engineer, Cloud Native Infrastructure	7	$267,000	–	$229,000 – $311,500
Software Engineer - Shopping Ads	7	$210,000	–	$196,192 – $267,510
Product Manager, Ads Measurement	7	$240,000	–	$210,000 – $240,000
Machine Learning Engineer Graduate	7	$200,000	–	$164,500 – $220,000
Senior Software Engineer, Ads Measurement Signal	7	$257,500	–	$245,000 – $270,000
Backend Engineer - Ads Platform	7	$190,486	–	$178,500 – $220,000

Where they work

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.

City	Filings	Median	Middle half
San Jose, CA	1,924	$216,340	$172,931 – $275,000
Bellevue, WA	716	$210,000	$164,750 – $267,326
New York, NY	159	$190,000	$156,000 – $215,000
Culver City, CA	81	$137,114	$107,870 – $199,865
Austin, TX	43	$112,819	$92,914 – $128,474
San Francisco, CA	19	$197,500	$172,900 – $215,000
San Diego, CA	10	$227,500	$201,730 – $273,750
Mountain View, CA	7	$195,000	$189,192 – $217,508
Ashburn, VA	6	$119,500	$113,084 – $136,505
Irvine, CA	3	$183,000	$183,000 – $183,000
Herndon, VA	2	$108,825	$107,238 – $110,412
Chicago, IL	1	$130,000	$130,000 – $130,000
Floor 4, NY	1	$200,000	$200,000 – $200,000
Leesburg, VA	1	$93,018	$93,018 – $93,018
Miami, FL	1	$240,000	$240,000 – $240,000
San Jose, CA	1	$120,000	$120,000 – $120,000
Washington, D.C., DC	1	$88,000	$88,000 – $88,000

By year

Year filed	Filings	Median
2023	208	$210,000
2024	1,186	$205,000
2025	1,105	$204,000
2026	477	$247,512

By experience level

Wage level	Filings	Median
Level I	605	$157,000
Level II	891	$200,000
Level III	683	$236,000
Level IV	723	$269,600