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by nepalvibes 1111 days ago
I created a site similar to this few weeks ago https://h1binfo.org/ It has 5M+ records containing H1B salary data from 2014 - 2023 and uses Meilisearch.
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Hey your website looks great, I started looking around and unfortunately hit a HTTP 500 within 2 clicks :( For e.g. https://h1binfo.org/jobs/Assistant%20Professor/2023 shows a SQL query error.

Btw, very cool to see a 2023 website powered by PHP Symfony :) it's been a LONG time since I worked with PHP frameworks but good to see them still in use in newer sites.

My employers data seems to be accurate. Great work, fast search too.

For the uninformed - what is the point of these sites? Do they serve as proxy for a more general wage database? I’m guessing there’s some disclosure law for h1b

> Do they serve as proxy for a more general wage database? I’m guessing there’s some disclosure law for h1b

That’s the idea. At least in theory, H1B salaries are meant to be in line with what native workers are paid.

Search is very fast and also found my employer name on the list. easy to use as well.
I'm seeing salaries of $17M/year ..
https://h1binfo.org/visa/464448 Looks like the application was "Withdrawn". Most probably a typo when filing?

Most of these high salaries $1M+ are either "Withdrawn" or "Denied". But there are other applications "Certified" at around $1M/Year. https://h1binfo.org/visa/469433