ByteDance Inc.

1,023 Green card sponsorships · 4,753 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2017–FY2026
2,724 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
1,023 Green-card filings PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record
4,753 Work-visa filings LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record
$184,662 Median offered wage FY2025 n=134 PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings · Software Developers (15-1252.00)

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  • Information Technology · est. 2,724 U.S. employees
  • Work-visa filings, FY2025 vs FY2024⁠Work-visa filings, FY2025 vs FY2024ByteDance Inc. = +20%: its work-visa filings, FY2025 (1,385) against FY2024 (1,151).Information Technology = +9%: all Information Technology employers' work-visa filings, FY2025 against FY2024 (pooled). Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = +8%: every U.S. employer's work-visa filings, FY2025 against FY2024 (pooled).Rank and percentile: its change among employers with 20+ work-visa filings in both FY2024 and FY2025, in its industry and in the U.S. — #57 of 141 in Information Technology · #1,026 of 2,839 in U.S.Source: DOL disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ +20%ByteDance Inc. +9%Information Technology +8%All U.S. #57 of 141 in Information Technology #1,026 of 2,839 in U.S. Rank Top 41% of Information Technology Top 37% of U.S. Percentile 1,385 vs 1,151 filings · FY2025 vs FY2024
    Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024⁠Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024ByteDance Inc. = +78%: its green-card filings, FY2025 (249) against FY2024 (140).Information Technology = +62%: all Information Technology employers' green-card filings, FY2025 against FY2024 (pooled). Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = +60%: every U.S. employer's green-card filings, FY2025 against FY2024 (pooled).Rank and percentile: its change among employers with 20+ green-card filings in both FY2024 and FY2025, in its industry and in the U.S. — #16 of 32 in Information Technology · #90 of 280 in U.S.Source: DOL disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ +78%ByteDance Inc. +62%Information Technology +60%All U.S. #16 of 32 in Information Technology #90 of 280 in U.S. Rank Top 50% of Information Technology Top 33% of U.S. Percentile 249 vs 140 filings · FY2025 vs FY2024
    Work-visa filings per 100 employees⁠Work-visa filings per 100 employeesByteDance Inc. = 32: each year's work-visa filings over that year's reported headcount, per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25; FY2025 alone: 51.Information Technology = 4.0: the median of 314 ranked Information Technology employers' rates, per 100 employees. Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = 4.8: the median of 5,111 ranked U.S. employers' rates, per 100 employees.Rank and percentile: its rate among employers with 20+ filings and a reported headcount, in its industry and in the U.S. — #20 of 314 in Information Technology · #1,319 of 5,111 in U.S.Source: DOL filings vs self-reported headcountOfficial source ↗ 32ByteDance Inc. 4.0Information Technology 4.8All U.S. #20 of 314 in Information Technology #1,319 of 5,111 in U.S. Rank Top 7% of Information Technology Top 26% of U.S. Percentile 3,338 filings · mean FY2023-25 · last filing FY2026
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0.0% Work visas denied⁠Work visas deniedByteDance Inc. = 0.0%: 1 of its 3,338 work-visa filings denied, FY2023-25.Information Technology = 0.2%: all Information Technology employers' work-visa filings denied, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled). Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = 0.7%: every U.S. employer's work-visa filings denied, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank and percentile: its share among employers with 20+ work-visa filings in FY2023-25, in its industry and in the U.S. — #356 of 435 in Information Technology · Tied #8,470 with 6 others of 9,738 in U.S.Source: DOL LCA disclosure data, case statusOfficial source ↗ 1 of 3,338 filings · FY2023-25
0.2% Green cards denied⁠Green cards deniedByteDance Inc. = 0.2%: 1 of its 507 green-card filings denied, FY2023-25.Information Technology = 2.1%: all Information Technology employers' green-card filings denied, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled). Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = 4.1%: every U.S. employer's green-card filings denied, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank and percentile: its share among employers with 20+ green-card filings in FY2023-25, in its industry and in the U.S. — #67 of 109 in Information Technology · Tied #1,386 with 1 other of 2,091 in U.S.Source: DOL PERM disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ 1 of 507 filings · FY2023-25
94.2% Work visas certified⁠Work visas certifiedByteDance Inc. = 94.2%: 3,145 of its 3,338 work-visa filings certified, FY2023-25.Information Technology = 94.3%: all Information Technology employers' work-visa filings certified, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled). Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = 91.9%: every U.S. employer's work-visa filings certified, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank and percentile: its share among employers with 20+ work-visa filings in FY2023-25, in its industry and in the U.S. — #220 of 435 in Information Technology · #5,636 of 9,738 in U.S.Source: DOL LCA disclosure data, case statusOfficial source ↗ 3,145 of 3,338 filings · FY2023-25
81.1% Green cards certified⁠Green cards certifiedByteDance Inc. = 81.1%: 411 of its 507 green-card filings certified, FY2023-25.Information Technology = 91.5%: all Information Technology employers' green-card filings certified, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled). Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = 91.6%: every U.S. employer's green-card filings certified, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank and percentile: its share among employers with 20+ green-card filings in FY2023-25, in its industry and in the U.S. — #100 of 109 in Information Technology · #1,881 of 2,091 in U.S.Source: DOL PERM disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ 411 of 507 filings · FY2023-25
4.2% Work visas certified, then withdrawn⁠Work visas certified, then withdrawnByteDance Inc. = 4.2%: 139 of its 3,338 work-visa filings certified, then withdrawn, FY2023-25.Information Technology = 4.6%: all Information Technology employers' work-visa filings certified, then withdrawn, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled). Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = 5.8%: every U.S. employer's work-visa filings certified, then withdrawn, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank and percentile: its share among employers with 20+ work-visa filings in FY2023-25, in its industry and in the U.S. — Not ranked for this question.Source: DOL LCA disclosure data, case statusOfficial source ↗ 139 of 3,338 filings · FY2023-25
1.6% Work visas withdrawn⁠Work visas withdrawnByteDance Inc. = 1.6%: 53 of its 3,338 work-visa filings withdrawn, FY2023-25.Information Technology = 0.9%: all Information Technology employers' work-visa filings withdrawn, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled). Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = 1.7%: every U.S. employer's work-visa filings withdrawn, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank and percentile: its share among employers with 20+ work-visa filings in FY2023-25, in its industry and in the U.S. — Not ranked for this question.Source: DOL LCA disclosure data, case statusOfficial source ↗ 53 of 3,338 filings · FY2023-25
18.7% Green cards withdrawn⁠Green cards withdrawnByteDance Inc. = 18.7%: 95 of its 507 green-card filings withdrawn, FY2023-25.Information Technology = 6.5%: all Information Technology employers' green-card filings withdrawn, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled). Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = 4.3%: every U.S. employer's green-card filings withdrawn, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank and percentile: its share among employers with 20+ green-card filings in FY2023-25, in its industry and in the U.S. — Not ranked for this question.Source: DOL PERM disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ 95 of 507 filings · FY2023-25
5,776 Green-card + work-visa filings⁠Green-card + work-visa filingsNo percentile or rank — we rank green-card and work-visa filings per employee separatelyNo share — the combined total is all of this employer's filings, so it is not a share of themSource: DOL disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ FY2017–FY2026 filings
+20% Work-visa filings, FY2025 vs FY2024⁠Work-visa filings, FY2025 vs FY2024ByteDance Inc. = +20%: its work-visa filings, FY2025 (1,385) against FY2024 (1,151).Information Technology = +9%: all Information Technology employers' work-visa filings, FY2025 against FY2024 (pooled). Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = +8%: every U.S. employer's work-visa filings, FY2025 against FY2024 (pooled).Rank and percentile: its change among employers with 20+ work-visa filings in both FY2024 and FY2025, in its industry and in the U.S. — #57 of 141 in Information Technology · #1,026 of 2,839 in U.S.Source: DOL disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ 1,385 vs 1,151 filings · FY2025 vs FY2024
32 Work-visa filings per 100 employees⁠Work-visa filings per 100 employeesByteDance Inc. = 32: each year's work-visa filings over that year's reported headcount, per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25; FY2025 alone: 51.Information Technology = 4.0: the median of 314 ranked Information Technology employers' rates, per 100 employees. Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = 4.8: the median of 5,111 ranked U.S. employers' rates, per 100 employees.Rank and percentile: its rate among employers with 20+ filings and a reported headcount, in its industry and in the U.S. — #20 of 314 in Information Technology · #1,319 of 5,111 in U.S.Source: DOL filings vs self-reported headcountOfficial source ↗ 3,338 filings · mean FY2023-25 · last filing FY2026
+78% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024⁠Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's sizeNo count — the two yearly counts behind the change are printed on the card itselfSource: DOL PERM disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ 249 vs 140 · FY2026 to date: 392
5.1 Green-card filings per 100 employees⁠Green-card filings per 100 employeesByteDance Inc. = 5.1: each year's green-card filings over that year's reported headcount, per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25; FY2025 alone: 9.1.Information Technology = 1.5: the median of 100 ranked Information Technology employers' rates, per 100 employees. Information Technology: the industry code ByteDance Inc. put on its own DOL filings (NAICS 51321, 581 of 1,023 green-card filings; its filings carry 5 codes and this is the most common).All U.S. = 1.9: the median of 1,693 ranked U.S. employers' rates, per 100 employees.Rank and percentile: its rate among employers with 20+ filings and a reported headcount, in its industry and in the U.S. — #8 of 100 in Information Technology · #576 of 1,693 in U.S.Source: DOL filings vs self-reported headcountOfficial source ↗ 507 filings · mean FY2023-25 · last filing FY2026

Public record data. PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →

873 Certified green-card filings certified · FY2017–FY2026
1 Denied 0.1% rate · FY2017–FY2026
149 Withdrawn 14.6% rate · FY2017–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green-card filings ByteDance Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2017 to today.

090181FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Data through FY2026

What this means

ByteDance Inc. applied to sponsor 1,023 workers for green cards between 2017 and 2026. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.

Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.

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