>The median salary of someone on H1B is higher than someone not on H1B.

Not within the same job in the same location they aren't.

If you're on an H-1B and you get fired or laid off, you have 60 days to find a new job or be deported. That creates an underclass of workers who are willing to put up with much worse working conditions and work longer hours. That drives down working conditions and wages for everyone.

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nojito 13 hours ago | parent [-]

>Not within the same job in the same location they aren't.

The actual data doesn't support this belief. 100% offer market wages and 78% offer higher than market wages.

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sarchertech 13 hours ago | parent [-]

1. I'd need to see the exact data you're citing.

2. It's a common tactic to employ people on H-1Bs in a lower paying job title while having the perform the work of a higher paying title.

3. You'd need to adjust for average number of hours worked.

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nojito 10 hours ago | parent [-]

None of what you said is true.

https://nfap.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Impact-of-H-...

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		“In fiscal 2018, 70% of approved H-1B petitions were for workers 30 years of age and older—a significant indicator that those workers already possess at least six to eight years of experience. Further, H-1B workers’ educational levels, which are an important determinant of skills, indicate they should be filling higher-skilled positions. In fact, 63% of all H-1B workers held an advanced degree (master’s, professional, or doctorate degree),32 meaning one could reasonably conclude that a majority of H-1B workers have the educational attainment and/or years of experience to fill positions at wage levels 3 and 4. These data suggest it is likely that H-1B employers are underpaying workers relative to their skill levels.” https://www.epi.org/publication/h-1b-visas-and-prevailing-wa...
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		Anecdotally, I have seen the h1b under leveling happen multiple times. But not sure it’s common enough to skew the data but it does stand out when it happens because you have a great engineer with 10 years experience and you find out they are an SDE1. For every one of those there are probably 10 that are correctly leveled or over leveled.