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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.


H1b min salary is adjusted based on locale. Mountain View , CA was ~90k around 2011 if I recall correctly


TIL! Still think it should be higher.


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...


Tangential anecdata, but 65k was my starting salary at IBM in San Jose in 2007 as non-H-1B




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