New H1-B Visa bill doubles the salary requirements to $130K/yr

Re:New H1-B Visa bill doubles the salary requirements to $13... by readhn on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:47AM (#13532297)

Yes, there is a problem paying 130k. For a masters or even phd straight out of school that's a lot. (I'm excluding you living in bubbles like SF).

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Re:New H1-B Visa bill doubles the salary requirements to $13... by smsm42 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:47PM (#13535558)

Even in SF not exactly everybody makes that much. And note that SF is in California, which is a high-tax state. So the cost of $130k salary is much higher than that (and you get to actually keep quite less than that). And SF specifically has long been gunning for levying additional payroll tax on top of that.

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Re:New H1-B Visa bill doubles the salary requirements to $13... by sfifs on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @03:44AM (#13539329)

Relative to what? There's no such thing as an absolute "that's a lot".

If you poke into it, you'll probably find that the "lot" assumption is typically "relative to what other masters and PhDs from universities are paid". So why not hire them instead?

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