I got to be friends with a few of the H1-Bs when I was working at a large company that hired a lot of H1-Bs (mostly Indian, always knew the best places to eat,

I got to be friends with a few of the H1-Bs when I was working at a large company that hired a lot of H1-Bs (mostly Indian, always knew the best places to eat, and since I'd studied Sanskrit in grad. school, knew a bit about Indian culture, and read some Devanagari I always liked getting to hang out). At a point when I was ready to move to another job we talked about salaries. They were generally getting paid 40% less than I was, the best case was one guy (a really scary sharp guy who was a complete workaholic who worked through most weekends) getting 20% less, and they didn't know of anyone getting paid more. Just an anecdote, but it's something to keep in mind. Laws are only relevant if they're enforced.