They do save. Its not in salary that you see the money. The savings are in training and legal costs. The average tenure of an HB1 is much longer than a US cit

They do save. Its not in salary that you see the money. The savings are in training and legal costs. The average tenure of an HB1 is much longer than a US citizen. Turnover is lower for obvious reasons. Threats of litigation , etc are much lower too. I havent seen a single HB1 sue their employer. Similarly, i have seen multiple US citizens sue employers, and almost always without merit (often it was to stave off termination, retaliate, etc). There is alson some risk in a US worker. There is a lot of entitlement even at the high end. I have seen many native engineers and even PMs hit bars every other afternoon...on a 3pm weekday. These were people close to 200k year. The HB1 is a shield against that risk (or poor hiring), and thats savings too