<p><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5fc7b49550e71a001155864f-2142/addisonrae_grammys.jpg" border="0" alt="TikTok star Addison Rae at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards" data-mce-source="Andrew Gombert / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images." data-mce-caption="TikTok star Addison Rae presents at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA."></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>TikTok has continued to hire at a healthy clip this year despite political pressure from the Trump administration.</p><p>The ByteDance-owned company has already tripled its US headcount in 2020. It's <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/14/tiktok-us-headquarters-oracle/">promising</a> to add tens of thousands of more roles in the country going forward (a jobs pledge that Trump <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/'475837-1/president-trump-announce-nominee-supreme-court-next-week">touted</a> during a campaign rally in September). </p><p>And while the steady stream of political threats and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/7/22160239/tiktok-ban-judge-trump-administration-us-commerce-department">court injunctions</a> have left some current TikTok employees feeling <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-employees-react-to-drama-surrounding-their-company-2020-9">uneasy</a>, it doesn't appear to be scaring off new applicants. TikTok continues to drawn in thousands of job seekers for roles in the US, according to applicant counts <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search'keywords=TikTok&location=United%2BStates&geoId=103644278&trk=public_jobs_jobs-search-bar_search-submit&currentJobId=2311464493&position=10&pageNum=0">listed</a> on LinkedIn. </p><p>"We're growing really quickly," Kate Barney, the company's head of HR in the Americas who focuses on hiring for TikTok's sales and marketing organization, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-get-a-tiktok-job-career-hr-exec-interview-2020-6">told Business Insider</a> in June. "There's a ton to do, and we're looking for people who are going to dive in headfirst like the rest of us have."</p><p>Business Insider analyzed disclosures released by the <a href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="20" data-uri="8f7e4d95156f1e5911bd681d5a163d3e">US Office of Foreign Labor Certification</a> on work visas to shed light on what TikTok and parent company ByteDance pay for certain roles.</p><p>The public data show how much the company offered to pay foreign staffers its sought to hire in the US for jobs including product, engineering, and data-science roles.</p><p>It included wages from 145 foreign-labor-certification applications that were submitted by TikTok and ByteDance and certified during the US government's 2020 fiscal year, which ended in September.</p><p>The majority of the applications were for roles based at the companies' Mountain View, California offices, but there were also positions based out of Bellevue, Washington; New York, New York; Culver City, California; Austin, Texas; and Alpharetta, Georgia.</p><p>The ByteDance staffers included employees who focus on corporate-support functions like finance that could apply to any division or product within the company (which operates <a href="https://bytedance.com/en/products" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="40" data-uri="45bd85731266e3b1ac5753a32154767b">seven apps</a> globally), while TikTok employees focus on TikTok-specific roles in areas like product development and growth marketing.</p><p>According to US Department of Labor documentation, the wages in the disclosure data are the minimum amounts the company declared in foreign-labor-certification applications to pay specific workers. The salaries are based on the average compensation that similar employees with comparable qualifications in each job and industry are paid, which is known as the prevailing wage.</p><p>Companies may choose to pay employees more than the figures reflected in this data or compensate them in additional ways, like through stock options and grants. TikTok, for example, also offers stock options to some of its US-based employees as another source of compensation.</p><p>The data also excludes pending cases. </p><p>Based on the data, TikTok and ByteDance offered in 2020 annual base salaries ranging from $59,700 to $480,000 for various roles.</p><p>TikTok did not respond to requests for comment.</p><p>Here's a breakdown of the key jobs:</p><h2><strong>Product and engineering $108,000 to $480,000 base salary</strong></h2><p>TikTok and ByteDance offered staffers on US work visas in product and engineering roles annual base salaries ranging $108,000 to $480,000.</p><p>The positions included:</p><ul><li><strong>Product Marketing Manager</strong>: $126,000 median; ranging from $108,000 to $144,000</li><li><strong>Research Engineer</strong>: $138,000 median; ranging from $126,000 to $150,000</li><li><strong>Technical Program Manager</strong>: $155,000 median; ranging from $140,000 to $170,000</li><li><strong>Data Engineer</strong>: $157,500 median; ranging from $145,000 to $170,000</li><li><strong>Backend Engineer</strong>: $159,000 median; ranging from $145,000 to $190,000</li><li><strong>Frontend Engineer</strong>: $160,000 median; ranging from $147,000 to $220,000</li><li><strong>Solutions Engineer</strong>, Ads: $167,500 median; ranging from $130,000 to $185,000</li><li><strong>Security Engineer</strong> - Penetration Testing: $168,000</li><li><strong>Product/UX Designer:</strong> $180,000</li><li><strong>Software Engineer: </strong>$180,000 median; ranging from $145,000 to $280,000</li><li><strong>Product Manager:</strong> $190,000 median; ranging from $162,000 to $228,000</li><li><strong>Machine Learning Engineer: </strong>$192,000 median; ranging from $175,000 to $225,000</li><li><strong>Senior Product Manager: </strong>$192,000</li><li><strong>Senior Backend Software Engineer: </strong>$210,000 median; ranging from $200,000 to $220,000</li><li><strong>Mobile Software Engineer, iOS: </strong>$215,000</li><li><strong>Interactive Engineer: </strong>$235,000 median; ranging from $125,000 to $235,000</li><li><strong>Senior Interactive Engineer: </strong>$240,000</li><li><strong>Senior Product Manager - Core Ads: </strong>$240,000</li><li><strong>Applied Machine Learning Engineer: </strong>$250,000 median; ranging from $150,000 to $250,000</li><li><strong>Senior Frontend Engineer:</strong> $250,000</li><li><strong>Senior Engineering Director: </strong>$460,000 median; ranging from $440,000 to $480,000</li></ul><h2><strong>Data science and research$96,000 to $230,000 base salary</strong></h2><p>TikTok and ByteDance offered staffers on US work visas in data science and research roles annual base salaries ranging $96,000 to $230,000.</p><p>The positions included:</p><ul><li><strong>Ad Integrity Data Analyst: </strong>$95,888</li><li><strong>Data Scientist: </strong>$156,000 median; ranging from $155,000 to $210,000 </li><li><strong>Senior Data Analyst: </strong>$160,000</li><li><strong>Research Scientist: </strong>$230,000</li></ul><h2><strong>Monetization-focused roles$70,000 to $224,000 base salary</strong></h2><p>TikTok and ByteDance offered staffers on US work visas in monetization-focused roles annual base salaries ranging $70,000 and $224,000.</p><p>The positions included:</p><ul><li><strong>Commercial Product Public Relations Specialist: </strong>$70,000</li><li><strong>Growth Marketing Manager: </strong>$130,000</li><li><strong>Partnerships Global Project Manager: </strong>$165,000</li><li><strong>Head of Global Agency Relations: </strong>$167,241</li><li><strong>Monetization Strategy and Operations Manager:</strong> $168,000</li><li><strong>Measurement Partner: </strong>$205,000</li><li><strong>Monetization Product Strategy Manager: </strong>$224,000</li></ul><h2><strong>Overall$59,700 to $480,000 base salary</strong></h2><p>Overall, TikTok and ByteDance offered staffers on US work visas annual base salaries ranging from $59,700 to $480,000.</p><p>The median salary was similar across the company. TikTok's median annual base salary was roughly $185,000 per year, based on data from 36 foreign-labor certification applications. ByteDance's median annual base salary was $170,000, based on data from 109 applications.</p><p>Other key roles included: </p><ul><li><strong>Staff accountant: </strong>$59,700</li><li><strong>HR Generalist: </strong>$68,408</li><li><strong>HR Specialist: </strong>$85,000 median; ranging from $73,800 to $210,000</li><li><strong>Simultaneous Interpreter: </strong>$107,500 median; ranging from $74,000 to $141,000</li><li><strong>3D Artist:</strong> $120,000 </li><li><strong>HR Business Partner: </strong>$168,000</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-bytedance-us-salaries-for-jobs-careers-in-product-engineering-2020-12#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-most-expensive-liquid-thoroughbred-horse-semen-2020-3">Why thoroughbred horse semen is the world's most expensive liquid</a></p>
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