> employers can't lowball my salary, because they have no such leverage like they do in US with H1-B visa They have to pay you at least the average wage for yo

> employers can't lowball my salary, because they have no such leverage like they do in US with H1-B visa They have to pay you at least the average wage for your position, experience and area. At least from the other H1B folks I know, all of them get above average salary. There is a lot of indian body shops doing consulting (infosys, ...) that are super shady, but if you work at a 'regular' US company, you should be fine from what I've seen.