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Re:H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of v... by gok on Monday July 06, 2020 @08:16PM (#23754278)
Increase the count and also the minimum salary. It's bonkers that the $65k minimum from 1989 has never been updated, especially given which cities many H1B immigrants need to live.
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Re:H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of v... by dilyevsky on Monday July 06, 2020 @08:58PM (#23754514)
H1b min salary is adjusted based on locale. Mountain View , CA was ~90k around 2011 if I recall correctly
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Re:H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of v... by gok on Monday July 06, 2020 @09:45PM (#23754764)
TIL! Still think it should be higher.
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Re:H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of v... by dilyevsky on Monday July 06, 2020 @11:26PM (#23755395)
It’s already calculated based on median income for the same job title in the area. What they should do is include all compensation (stock, bonus healthcare, food, etc) in the calculations. I doubt it’s been a significant depressing factor though...
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Re:H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of v... by derwiki on Monday July 06, 2020 @08:42PM (#23754419)
Tangential anecdata, but 65k was my starting salary at IBM in San Jose in 2007 as non-H-1B
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