TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc. H-1B wage filings
San Jose, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc. filed 169 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026, covering 311 positions. The median wage it offered was $200,000, 10.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Software Engineer USDS (32 filings, median $157,183).
- Filings
- 169
- Positions covered
- 311
- Certified
- 95.9%
- Job titles
- 84
- Worksite cities
- 6
- Filings since FY2023
- 712
- Median offer change since FY2023
- +14%
Offered wage since 2023
TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 14%, from $194,680 in fiscal 2023 to $222,800 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 20.1% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 289 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 49 | $222,800 | +18.7% | $187,741 | +20.1% |
| 2025 | 289 | $187,741 | +3.4% | $155,366 | +12.8% |
| 2024 | 132 | $181,650 | −6.7% | $141,107 | +25.2% |
| 2023 | 242 | $194,680 | n/a | $167,149 | +16.5% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer USDS | 32 | $157,183 | at the minimum | −34% since 2023 | |
| Data Scientist - USDS | 9 | $174,304 | at the minimum | −21% since 2023 | |
| Software Engineer | 8 | $149,303 | at the minimum | ||
| Data Engineer USDS | 7 | $190,000 | +25.0% | −10% since 2023 | |
| Machine Learning Engineer - USDS | 6 | $230,000 | +14.6% | −28% since 2023 | |
| Site Reliability Engineer - USDS | 4 | $232,750 | +6.8% | −9% since 2023 | |
| Software Development Engineer in Test - USDS | 4 | $232,000 | +6.9% | ||
| Site Reliability Engineer, Global E-commerce - USDS | 3 | $209,000 | +10.2% | ||
| Software Engineer, Ads ML Infrastructure - USDS | 3 | $180,000 | +13.9% | ||
| Software Engineer, Full Stack - Data E-Commerce, USDS | 3 | $152,000 | +2.2% | ||
| DevOps Engineer - USDS | 2 | $214,500 | +14.3% | ||
| Head of Product and Operations, TikTok Core Business - USDS | 2 | $330,025 | +49.0% | ||
| Machine Learning Engineer, Risk Data Mining - USDS | 2 | $222,300 | +5.7% | ||
| Machine Learning Engineer-Tiktok Search- USDS | 2 | $306,000 | +36.0% | ||
| Moderation Strategy Operations PM - USDS | 2 | n/a | |||
| Product Manager USDS | 2 | $128,176 | at the minimum | ||
| Quality Assurance Analyst - USDS | 2 | n/a | |||
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Ranking - USDS | 2 | $258,500 | +39.1% | ||
| Sr. Operations Associate - USDS | 2 | $110,000 | +22.0% | ||
| Senior Software Engineer, Ads ML Infrastructure - USDS | 2 | $279,267 | +5.6% | ||
| Senior Software Engineer, Ads Serving and Foundation - USDS | 2 | $242,650 | +7.3% | ||
| Site Reliability Engineer - AML Global Recommendation | 2 | $249,000 | +23.7% | ||
| Site Reliability Engineer - AML Global Recommendation - USDS | 2 | $227,500 | +22.7% | ||
| Software Engineer, Ads Serving and Foundation - USDS | 2 | $148,800 | +10.5% | ||
| Software Engineer, Recommendations - USDS | 2 | $287,783 | +51.8% | ||
| Technical Program Manager - USDS | 2 | $190,400 | +18.7% | ||
| Algorithm Engineer, TikTok E-Comm (Conversational AI) USDS | 1 | $320,000 | +21.0% | ||
| Anti-Fraud Data Analyst - USDS | 1 | $155,000 | +25.5% | ||
| Applied Scientist, TikTok E-Commerce -Conversational AI USDS | 1 | $235,000 | +19.3% | ||
| Backend Software Engineer - USDS | 1 | $187,000 | +25.2% | ||
| Cloud System Engineer USDS | 1 | $200,000 | +6.5% | ||
| Data Analyst - USDS | 1 | $142,427 | +2.1% | ||
| Data Defense Operations Analyst USDS | 1 | $145,000 | +20.5% | ||
| Data Engineer, Data Platform - US Tech Services - USDS | 1 | $263,030 | +45.8% | ||
| Data Engineer - Technical Platform USDS | 1 | $250,000 | +10.6% | ||
| Data Loss Prevention Operations Analyst - USDS | 1 | $135,000 | +2.1% | ||
| Data Scientist | 1 | $174,304 | at the minimum | ||
| Data Scientist - Global Payments USDS | 1 | $185,000 | +6.1% | ||
| Data Scientist, Payment Analytics - USDS | 1 | $185,000 | +6.1% | ||
| Data Scientist - TikTok E-commerce Governance - USDS | 1 | $230,000 | +77.3% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 84 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 111 | $200,000 |
| Bellevue, WA | 40 | $182,855 |
| New York, NY | 9 | $229,500 |
| Culver City, CA | 6 | $220,000 |
| Seattle, WA | 2 | n/a |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $110,000 |
By visa type: 167 H-1B, 2 H-1B1 (Singapore). By outcome: 153 certified, 9 certified and later withdrawn, 7 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc. attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- On 98.8% of its filings, TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc. declared itself an H-1B-dependent employer: one where H-1B workers make up a large share of staff, which adds hiring obligations.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.