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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by giantg2 on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:28PM (#45306859)
We would have to look at that by industry. For example, if median developer pay is $130k, then both of your numbers are below that and would bring the median down. $118k for highly skilled workers (purpose of H1B) seems low to me. Additionally, the upper bound for the middle class in all 50 states is above $100k.
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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by shagie on Friday September 19, 2025 @08:46PM (#45308625)
The H-1B also includes professions like teacher and medical technician where the average wage is closer to $60k / year. Doing a broad "all professions" for H-1B misses out on the various areas where they work and appears to assume that they are all professions that regularly pay in the 90th percentile of American overall wages.
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