> Why would you think this? Because that's been the pattern for most businesses. I doubt Microsoft is any different - why do you think it would be? > It doesn

> Why would you think this? Because that's been the pattern for most businesses. I doubt Microsoft is any different - why do you think it would be? > It doesn't look that different. The two pages you present compare "all MS salaries, globally" to "all MS H1B salaries, globally" - that's a meaningless comparison. A software engineer H1B is going to make more than a non-H1B tester. Note again, I'm not trying to indict MS for anything here: I'm simply betting that MS is enjoying lower worker costs by employing H1B workers, just like many IT companies do. I hope that's not the case, both for the H1B worker AND non-H1B workers.