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by boca 4131 days ago
I don't understand why they would compare the average wage of all H1B workers spread throughout the US against that of a particular job title (Computer Systems Analyst) in Los Angeles CA. Wages obviously vary by job title and location. No surprises that wages in CA are higher.

I searched to see what Infosys (1) and TCS (2) actually pay a "Computer Systems Analyst" and found:

- For Infosys, there's only one result for Houston where the salary came out to be ~105K.

- For TCS, it's around 85K-87K for San Franscisco area. Didn't find anything for Los Angeles.

I can't vouch for the correctness of data but the site says they get it from the Department of Labor. Infosys and TCS would probably be using different job titles on their H1B petitions to try and get a lower wage determination.

(1) http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=INFOSYS+LIMITED&job=COMPUTE...

(2) http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=TATA+CONSULTANCY+SERVICES+L...

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This company on the HN "Who's hiring" thread is paying $60k-$80k: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9127461

Or how about this company paying $70k-$90k https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9128292

Or this one at $70-$100k https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9128067

InfoSys and Tata actually seem to be paying more than these US Companies.