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I thought this too, until it was pointed out to me that not every H1-B is an engineer. For example, if you want to bring in someone to teach a rare foreign language at a University, they have a qualifying special skill but they certainly aren’t making the six figure engineer salary.
Maybe they should get paid more to teach the rare language. Supply and demand.
I don't think you understand. Their wage is high for what they do, but there is not as much demand for a language teacher as there is for an engineer. So even their above average salary is still low compared to an engineer. It's not fair to put them in the same ranking system.