Show HN: A histogram of salaries given to H1B workers in the software industry
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Re: Show HN: A histogram of salaries given to H1B workers in the software industry
#2It'd be interesting to see how H1B salaries compare to normal salaries, but that data probably isn't publicly available, right?
Re: Show HN: A histogram of salaries given to H1B workers in the software industry
#3This is not relevant:
> The best city for software engineers was Menlo Park with an average salary of $130,640
The best city for software engineers should not determined on salary only.
If the cost of living is 10X cheaper in Huntington Beach and the average salary is $125k then the best city by far is Huntington Beach. Then again there is a lot more than salary to consider before moving to a city...
Re: Show HN: A histogram of salaries given to H1B workers in the software industry
#4It'd be interesting to see how H1B salaries compare to normal salaries, but that data probably isn't publicly available, right?
Exactly, I was kind of surprised that the H1B data was public in the first place.
But private companies usually don't release their salary info. I don't even think public companies do.
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#5I would like to see the 'value' taken from the point of view of the employer; how much is an H1B visa worth in terms of cost savings over a local employee?
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#6OP: the 'administrator' button doesn't load new data, leaves previously rendered data in place.
Re: Show HN: A histogram of salaries given to H1B workers in the software industry
#7This is not relevant: > The best city for software engineers was Menlo Park with an average salary of $130,640 The best city for software engineers should not determined on salary only. If the cost of living is 10X cheaper in Huntington Beach and the average salary is $125k then the best city by far is Huntington Beach. Then again there is a lot more than salary to consider before moving to a city...
You're right. But I had to use some metric and I thought it was interesting to show some data about cities.
As an interesting point, engineers in Menlo Park earn $30k more than in San Francisco. I'm not sure Menlo is that much more expensive to live in.
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#8I am an unabashed infographic fanatic, but one thing that really throws me off here is the changing scale between graphs. I think it'd be a lot easier to flip through these tabs if a) the pay scale was the same for each graphic, and b) the pixel count on the y-axis remained the same.
Re: Show HN: A histogram of salaries given to H1B workers in the software industry
#9This is not relevant: > The best city for software engineers was Menlo Park with an average salary of $130,640 The best city for software engineers should not determined on salary only. If the cost of living is 10X cheaper in Huntington Beach and the average salary is $125k then the best city by far is Huntington Beach. Then again there is a lot more than salary to consider before moving to a city...
Good point, would be interesting to see a comparison with cost of living included.
Re: Show HN: A histogram of salaries given to H1B workers in the software industry
#10I would like to see the 'value' taken from the point of view of the employer; how much is an H1B visa worth in terms of cost savings over a local employee?
If you can find me the data, I can make something work :D