H1B Salaries in the US

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Post by smokinn » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 12:36 AM UTC

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Post by smokinn » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 1:04 AM UTC

If there's anything else you'd like to know I can post a follow-up or you can download the mdb database here: http://www.flcdatacenter.com/CaseH1B.aspx and the visualization software I used here: http://www.tableausoftware.com/products/desktop/download to check it out yourself.

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Post by Maven911 » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 1:33 AM UTC

would you be able to provide the average programmer salary for the biggest visa spenders

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Post by Cherian_Abraham » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 1:36 AM UTC

Upvote for not only interesting data analysis, but also for being objective about it. I clicked on the story, expecting a rant for one or the other, but found numbers speaking loudly than opinion ever could. Thanks.

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Post by dmix » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 1:45 AM UTC

Its interesting how the top H1B companies are IT consultancy companies.

There are far too many enterprise I.T. consultants and I'm all for B2B adoption of software. I question how much value these consultants add sometimes. I hear so many stories of failed deployments and spending millions on projects a few competent individuals could of accomplished.

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Post by georgieporgie » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 1:52 AM UTC

It must really suck to be a senior software engineer making less than 95k knowing that there are probably some new grads that get an initial offer of more than that.

Wait, really? By "some" we're talking "very, very few" right? Surely salaries haven't come that far since when I graduated.

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Post by ImprovedSilence » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 1:53 AM UTC

Interesting stuff. I've got a few buddies working finance in NYC on visas, the're still making good bank. I would guess you're a west coaster though? Just things like being in NJ for a tax break, unlikely. NJ has tons and TONS of people(and taxes), don't let the 'little' town of Edison fool you, it's really still one huge suburb of NY. With a huge population from surrounding areas to pull talent from. Also, believe or not, most middle age people (HB1 peeps too) don't want to have to deal with NYC. Also, there is plenty of B2B and consulting work to be done outside the Oracles and IBM's of the world, don't think the big names do all the work, or even pay the best. Often times the smaller company will pay much much more, as their overhead is often a smaller percentage of revenues.

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Post by smokinn » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 1:55 AM UTC

georgieporgie wrote: post #6

It must really suck to be a senior software engineer making less than 95k knowing that there are probably some new grads that get an initial offer of more than that. Wait, really? By "some" we're talking "very, very few" right? Surely salaries haven't come that far since when I graduated.

Well anecdotally people can get near 90 at Microsoft it seems. So it's not that far off.

Of course the offer depends on previous experience such a internships and your job position (I imagine SDEs probably make more than SDETs and some teams pay better than others) but it's not unheard of.

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Post by smokinn » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 1:58 AM UTC

ImprovedSilence wrote: post #7

Interesting stuff. I've got a few buddies working finance in NYC on visas, the're still making good bank. I would guess you're a west coaster though? Just things like being in NJ for a tax break, unlikely. NJ has tons and TONS of people(and taxes), don't let the 'little' town of Edison fool you, it's really still one huge suburb of NY. With a huge population from surrounding areas to pull talent from. Also, believe o…

Actually, I'm from Canada which is why I don't know much about US cities outside the brand-name ones.

Thanks for the clarification though.

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Post by ImprovedSilence » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 1:58 AM UTC

georgieporgie wrote: post #6

It must really suck to be a senior software engineer making less than 95k knowing that there are probably some new grads that get an initial offer of more than that. Wait, really? By "some" we're talking "very, very few" right? Surely salaries haven't come that far since when I graduated.

Yeah, I agree here. I think that kind of offer is way above the norm, but don't forget, college kids often think they are going to make a killing right after school, and it usually doesn't pan out that way. But still, I think 95k for a senior software engineer at msft is pretty lowball, unless something is left out, like bonuses or something.