The H-1B Swindle

An anonymous reader writes "A new study shows that companies hire foreign workers for cheap labor, not skill." From the article:"When you look at computer job titles by state, California has one of the biggest differentials between OES salaries and H-1B salaries. The average salary for a programmer in California is $73,960, according to the OES. The average salary paid to an H-1B visa worker for the same job is $53,387; a difference of $20,573 ... H-1B visa workers were also concentrated at the bottom end of the wage scale, with the majority of H-1B visa workers in the 10-24 percentile range. 'That means the largest concentration of H-1B workers make less than [the] highest 75 percent of the U.S. wage earners,' the report notes. "

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[Anonymous Coward]

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That's why we need to promote labor laws overseas

[Safe Sex Goddess]

If we worked to promote comparable labor protections in other countries, it wouldn't be cheaper for companies to outsource jobs from the US. It also wouldn't be cost-effective to bring in visa holders.