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Re:USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B ap... by wmil on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @04:19PM (#15647750)
> He joins Chevron and is turning a profit for them within the year, pumping out research and getting taxed on his 100k/year salary, spending his money in-country and oh well, maybe he sends a bit (already taxed) home.

But that's not the typical H1B. There are "Manager Trainees" at slaughterhouses making 35k.

http://h1bdata.info/index.php?job=MANAGER+TRAINEE

Developers making between 30k - 70k are quite common.

Putting in an 80k or so wage floor would be a huge improvement to the current system.

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Re:USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B ap... by screye on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:24PM (#15648250)
I think there should be some scaling wrt. to COL (From what I know 80k takes you a long way in some states). But, apart from that I totally agree.

If someone is living on sub 60k in the US, their job is certainly not one that requires an H1B.

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