[bdavisx]

So let's say the minimum is $130k. That means you could hire an American for $90k (or even less depending on experience) and spend $20k training them and still come out ahead. For a lot of jobs that I've seen H1B's doing at the company I work for, you could find someone from the U.S. willing and capable of doing it - they might not be a perfect fit, but $20k worth of on the job training is a lot. I'm talking CRUD apps and basic infrastructure kinds of stuff, and that's what I've seen a lot of H1B's doing.

Now I realize that there are real specialties that you can't train someone for that easily, and if that's the case, then those people should be making a lot of money no matter where they are located.