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Isn't there a salary threshold requirement for H-1Bs? I thought it was a common practice to have a minimum threshold salary for high-skilled visas in developed
by piva00 4y ago
Isn't there a salary threshold requirement for H-1Bs? I thought it was a common practice to have a minimum threshold salary for high-skilled visas in developed countries, I know that at least Germany, Sweden, Netherlands and Denmark have such in place exactly to avoid the practice of depressing salaries in the local labour market.
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- blululu 4y agoYes but it was set in ~1990 and never adjusted for inflation. It is still about $60,000 a year which was a lot of money 30 years ago. The program was intended to enable companies to hire people with unique skills that are unavailable anywhere else. A salary that is below bottom quartile of entry level CS grads does not reflect that reality.
- hwbehrens 4y agoThis is misleading, because the Prevailing Wage also applies based on the average wage by geographic area. This means that Bay Area H1B workers have a minimum wage of something north of $125K/yr depending on their area of expertise. It's still a bit low, but it's not laughably low like the $60K absolute minimum. You can search the database here: https://flcdatacenter.com/OESWizardStart.aspx https://flcdatacenter.com/OESWizardStart.aspx