http://www.nber.org/sewp/SEWPdigestNov/h1b.html
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H-1B Jobs and Wages
The jobs and wages in the LCAs filed by employers attesting to their
need for H-1B workers are available from the US Department of Labor
(www.flcdatacenter.com). DOL classifies the jobs for which H-1B
workers are sought into four levels based on the skills required. Over
half of the LCAs filed in recent years have been for the lowest-skill
level, Level 1, meaning that the job requires a BA degree and the wage
is in the 15th to 20th percentile of all wages in that occupation. The
median wage for new H-1B workers in IT was $50,000 in 2005.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics
(OES) re****ts median wages by occupation. In 2005, over 90 percent of
the prevailing wages specified by employers in LCAs requesting H-1B
workers offered wages below the median US wage in that occupation and
area.
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The above information is not inconsistent with the situation that many
persons born in India and in the USA either on green cards or with
citizen****p might be making excellent wages, above the median US wage.
However, the blanket statement, made often on this NG, that Indians
are making more than US median is misleading.
