> The Midwest is full of them and they command high salaries. Yes, they do, but that does not mean they will beat out what FAANG is able to pay an engineer if

> The Midwest is full of them and they command high salaries. Yes, they do, but that does not mean they will beat out what FAANG is able to pay an engineer if H1-Bs are granted based solely on salary. > At any rate, different job categories can have different requirements. I'm not sure what you mean by this, but if you mean different salary requirements, then that effectively goes away if you start granting H1-Bs based solely on salary. > Musicians, theatre all works the same way. This is... kind of my point? I seriously doubt that these musicians and artists are being paid comparably to a SF-based FAANG engineer. If they are, they are more-likely-than-not qualified for an O-1 anyways, so the point is kind of moot.