Yes, and they will all make 150K / yr right off the boat and buy $800K homes…..ahahahaha right……
Actually, a good portion of them with PHD's that joined say qualcomm recently started around 90k. And since most of them on h1-b also have a spouse on h1-b working in similar fields… I would say its not uncommon for a couple on h1-b to be above 100k.
It's also interesting that one person here associated immigrant to Mexican and Phillipino. I think a few are sort of disillusioned in thinking that companies hire H1-B's to pick strawberries, and pay them shitty wages. Hello, what planet are you from?
Their wages are lower than what a comparably skilled domestic person would get. But, the hires I've seen have been to fill a void in skills that apparently local folks don't have. It's a pain in the ass for a company to recruit an H1-B. The upside, is once there, you got them for about 5-6 yrs.
I think a lot of local boys and girls don't like to admit that they lack the skills that some of these fresh overseas hires are bringing to the table, and are in denial that their incomes are pretty decent, if not above what average joe without the skills are getting. Of course their not raking in $200k+, but it's still respectable.
….Though, I seriously doubt they'll be buying a $800k+ home to really help support a declining home market.
