No 115K is not insane. H1B workers ought to get higher wages because of the below - 1. Spouses of H1B workers (H4) cannot work. Most spouses of H1B are well qu

No 115K is not insane. H1B workers ought to get higher wages because of the below - 1. Spouses of H1B workers (H4) cannot work. Most spouses of H1B are well qualified advanced degree holders. Currently they idle their productive ages sitting at home. The H1B worker has to look after his/her home with a single source of income. How will you feel as a citizen if someone restricts your spouse from having a job, though he/she is well qualified with advanced degrees ? How will the spouses feel when they are restricted by this 'out of the world' rule that spouse of an H1B cannot work ? How is this different from the Saudis that women can't drive cars ? 2. H1B workers cannot have a secondary source of income. So he/she has to do with a single income source unlike others who can work multiple jobs. 3. H1B workers pay social security and medicare for nothing. H1B is a 6 year visa. Why should H1B workers pay social security & medicare tax when they are allowed to work only for 6 years ? They do not have any use of these taxes. They will not be present in US at the age of 65 to reap the benefits of these taxes that they pay. So a higher salary will compensate this unnecessary loss for an H1B worker. 4. H1B workers cannot make a job change very easily, nor can they switch jobs if they are fired. They should immediately leave the country (imagine vacating the apartment,selling car,taking kids out of their school) else face deportation. So 115K is not insane, it's a minimum. H1B workers ought to get paid more because they are losing a lot by these draconian restrictions imposed upon them by the H1B system.