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Same, I’ve seen postings for Fortune 500 cobol principal engineers paying 130k wanting 10+ years of domain specific experience

• rhizome 6y ago
  Funnily enough, from a few years ago until about a month ago, 130K was the bottom salary to avoid having to prove that an H1B hire didn't take a US worker's job. Or something along those lines. Point being, it was a statutory number. Perhaps coincidentally in your example, but... https://www.quora.com/Does-the-new-H1B-130K-salary-requirement-bill-also-impact-non-IT-jobs https://www.quora.com/Does-the-new-H1B-130K-salary-requireme...
  • Guest42 6y ago
    That explains it. I’d say given the difficulty, importance, and rarity of the skill set the pay should be quite a bit higher.