If you think there are H1-B's out there rejecting positions by the droves because of low salaries, you are mistaken. Every H1-B visa comes with a few thousand

If you think there are H1-B's out there rejecting positions by the droves because of low salaries, you are mistaken. Every H1-B visa comes with a few thousand dollars of legal expenses to file the visa, front loaded and then 10-20K more if they insist that you file a residency application for them, which most good programmers will. Additionally, any company that accepted TARP funds is legally prohibited from hiring H1Bs (actually it's theoretically possible, but so hard that they just don't). Separately, it is one thing if you want SAP code monkeys but if you want people who really know how to code an/or have a degree in CS from a decent school in the U.S., paying them less just because they need an H1-B just doesn't work. Source: personal experience, at least 20 batch mates from grad school.