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1. H1-B's have to make at least $65K (and usually a good deal more). By definition

Reply to IronLionZion (Original post)

Mon Feb 11, 2019, 09:29 AM

Feb 2019

they are competing with the richest 15% of the American workforce. That's fine with me. The requirement for a Master's degree means their required wage will go up (the Labor Department has a big table that says "software engineer, master's degree, Santa Clara County: $175K minimum" or whatever).

Somehow, ordinary Americans have been persuaded that H1-Bs are working for $10 an hour in basic IT jobs, which is not what's happening here.

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Trump's H-1B work visa plan cuts employers' costs, not criticism [View all] IronLionZion Feb 2019 OP

H1-B's have to make at least $65K (and usually a good deal more). By definition Recursion Feb 2019 #1

Corporate executives promote the myth of the low-paid H-1B stealing jobs from Americans IronLionZion Feb 2019 #2

Mitt Romney said exactly one correct thing in the 2012 campaign Recursion Feb 2019 #3

I agree, plus he was right about Russia IronLionZion Feb 2019 #5

It is not a myth. I saw and an entire floor of Sprint...thousands of workers ...replaced by HIB Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #4

I'm sure the Sprint executives did just fine IronLionZion Feb 2019 #6

Of course they did...and I would add that a friend who works for HP told me there were quotas...so Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #8

Trump has reduced the number of entry level H-1Bs IronLionZion Feb 2019 #9

In IT , often it is Indian workers. We are entering a job crisis in this country and something will Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #10

$60K is not "low paid", and it would need to be higher than that in most metro areas (nt) Recursion Feb 2019 #7