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A company hiring H1-B workers must show that they're paying average+ wages for the position [1]. They need not disclose actual salaries paid to individuals, nor
by jonburs 16y ago
A company hiring H1-B workers must show that they're paying average+ wages for the position [1]. They need not disclose actual salaries paid to individuals, nor are they precluded from paying above market rate.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1b http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1b
Employers must attest that wages offered are at least equal to the actual wage paid by the employer to other workers with similar experience and qualifications for the job in question, or alternatively, pay the prevailing wage for the occupation in the area of intended employment, whichever is greater.
- ig1 16y agoLooking at the H1B dataset it includes two fields "proposed wage rate" (what the company proposes to pay the candidate) and a "prevailing wage rate" (the market rate). I believe companies are also required to disclose to this information to other employees on request (to provide a check that H1Bs aren't being used to replace employees with lower salary staff)
- groby_b 16y agoSince the real data (link above) disagrees with wikipedia, I prefer to believe the real data :)