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by ppoint 3797 days ago
> The DOL approves LCA based on minimum wages

Is this true? I thought that the salary of H1b worker must match an average paid for this kind of position in this area. In fact, I'm fairly certain that the company sponsoring H1B must supply documents showing they did the research, on both wages and the fact that they couldn't find anyone in the US to do this kind of work.
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ones_and_zeros 3797 days ago
The wage for a Level 1 'Computer Programmer' in SF is 66k/yr[0].

The wage for a Level 4 'Software Developers, Applications' in SF is 138k/yr[1]

Which option do you think employers choose?

[0] http://www.flcdatacenter.com/OesQuickResults.aspx?code=15-11...

[1] http://www.flcdatacenter.com/OesQuickResults.aspx?code=15-11...

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ppoint 3797 days ago
Ah, I guess if you do want to game the system there is plenty of room to do so.
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curun1r 3797 days ago
From what I've seen at my employer, H1Bs end up getting paid less simply due having a different set of priorities. We don't discriminate between citizens and H1Bs when crafting an offer for employment, but citizens are far more likely to try to negotiate for more compensation whereas H1Bs are more interested in getting an EB2 and are even willing to sacrifice salary to get that.

It wasn't until I hired a few H1Bs that I understood that the H1B discount isn't just a simple wrong. When looking at H1B compensation, we should probably also include additional legal fees paid on behalf of the worker rather than simply comparing salary to salary if we want an apples-to-apples comparison.

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