LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026
Tiktok H-1B filings for data scientists
Short answer
Tiktok filed 17 H-1B labor condition applications for data scientists (LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026), 24% of its 70 IT filings. The most common state is California (12) and the most common city is San Jose, CA.
Job titles on the filings
| Job title | Filings |
|---|---|
| Senior Data Scientist | 2 |
| Sr. Data Scientist | 2 |
| Data Engineer , E-Commerce | 1 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Tiktok Search Algorithm | 1 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Tiktok Recommendation | 1 |
| State | Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 12 |
| Washington | 5 |
| City | Filings |
|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 11 |
| Bellevue, WA | 5 |
| Culver City, CA | 1 |
Wage levels and offered wage
| Wage level | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 1 | 6% |
| Level II | 6 | 35% |
| Level III | 8 | 47% |
| Level IV | 2 | 12% |
Median offered wage for data scientists: $250,000 a year, against a median prevailing wage of $174,304 on the same filings. See prevailing wages by occupation and area.
Tiktok in other occupations
| Occupation | Filings |
|---|---|
| All IT occupations | 70 |
| Software Developers | 37 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 6 |
Other employers filing for data scientists
| Employer | Filings |
|---|---|
| Caremark | 17 |
| Compunnel Software | 17 |
| Aetna Resources | 17 |
| Bytedance | 17 |
| Ebay | 17 |
| Mpg Operations | 18 |
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