To: zeestephen
Hira comes to these comparisons (on page 10 of his article) by quoting the Labor Department’s own statistics (from the Office of Foreign Labor Certification) which show, for 2017, that the Level One wage for computer systems analysts in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA was $76,918, while the mean wage in the same occupation was $116,522 per year, a difference of $39,604 per year.
To: zeestephen
It is because of the fundamental law of economics,....supply & demand.
Computer programmers are in abundant supply worldwide.
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01/21/2019 3:06:01 PM PST by
entropy12
(One million LEGAL immigrants/year is too many, without vetting for skills, Wealth or English skills.)
To: zeestephen
Ah, thanks for the article and source!
The notion that H1Bs receive the same salary is often brought up.
So now this information about “wage scales” explains it all.
To: zeestephen
Overuse of H-1Bs has had a very bad effect on US science.
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