Very interesting, I'm waiting that it comes up again.. in the meanwhile, don't you think that every input fields in the "Find salaries" page should be a dropdown menu?
When the DB is up, you'll see recommendations while typing.
Find salaries paid at companies using foreign worker data
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#42I love these things. Transparency in salary information gives the employees more power. I know the site is down at the moment but it's worth it to bookmark and come back later. Make sure you set the search fields to 2013 or 2012 to 2013 to remove stale salaries. You don't want to negotiate using data from 2009. ;) Here is comparing google to microsoft to amazon in Seattle. The gaps are pretty wide even for college hi…
Let's say you're being underpaid; what is the right strategy to take? I don't want to poison the working relationship with people above me.
Schedule a meeting with supervisor.
At the meeting, bring up how well the company is doing and how well you are doing. Ask for a raise.
You don't need to say where you got your number, or complain that you were underpaid before. Go in knowing your market salary -- which they probably know anyway.
EDIT This isn't a surefire plan; as the sibling comment says, sometimes you have to leave to get paid your market.
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#43Lynn, FYI - these numbers reported to the DoL are not necessarily accurate and thus should only be used as a ballpark estimate. They are likely to be overestimates of actual numbers. Having seen H1B document submitted to the DoL, I know that firms misrepresent these numbers. An H1B is granted to immigrants for positions that ostensibly couldn't be filled by US citizens, this is rarely the case. Firms have to show tha…
As an H1B employee, I can assure you that the amount on my LCA was the same as I was paid. That said, it is important that people understand what these figures are - they are not actual technically salaries.
"That said, it is important that people understand what these figures are - they are not actual technically salaries."
Can you explain?
Re: Find salaries paid at companies using foreign worker data
#44I love these things. Transparency in salary information gives the employees more power. I know the site is down at the moment but it's worth it to bookmark and come back later. Make sure you set the search fields to 2013 or 2012 to 2013 to remove stale salaries. You don't want to negotiate using data from 2009. ;) Here is comparing google to microsoft to amazon in Seattle. The gaps are pretty wide even for college hi…
Let's say you're being underpaid; what is the right strategy to take? I don't want to poison the working relationship with people above me.
(this is assuming a large company)
Raise an issue with them that you feel you're being underpaid. I've done this in 1-on-1 meetings with managers in the past. If they think you're worth keeping, they will do what they can to give you a raise when the time comes. But keep in mind that other people on their team maybe be underpaid more than you, so they might try to correct those people's salaries first.
At least from what I've seen, managers at some level (your direct manager, or their manager) are given some numbers of dollars to increase the salary of the employees. They have to choose how to distribute that between their people.
Depending on the company, it may take you moving to a different company to get what you're worth. Most companies know that transitioning jobs is difficult and a lot of people won't go through the effort. Because of this they will underpay people that they don't think are going to leave. If you want to try, apply around, interview, and get a job offer at another company. Present it to your manager and see what they say. Some companies will counter-offer, while others have policies where they will not counter-offer.
Story: a friend was offered a contracting position with the same company he already worked for (from the contracting firm, the company didn't know yet), that would be paying far more than he was making. He didn't take it and his manager didn't do anything to correct his salary. But it was pretty funny to see.
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#45Some info gleaned from these site:
At Apple, one VP of SW has a salary of approx $400K.
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#46I was so hoping for auto completion!
It has but not working at the moment.
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#47Can anyone post a link to the original data source? I'd like to verify this is in fact DOL data. It's much easier to go to an employer with data from an official government source than it is from some site, even if that site claims it got it's data from the source.
The PERM_FY* excel files seem to include this data: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_...
Note that (if I'm not mistaken), PERM is the program for green card applicants. I would imagine that GC applicants are on average more senior and better paid than H1Bs applicants.
To answer your question below, you can get the H1B data through http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/performancedata.cfm -> disclosure -> LCA.
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#48They seem to be making 500 (server error).
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#49I got a 500 - Server error.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
The PERM_FY* excel files seem to include this data: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_...
Note that (if I'm not mistaken), PERM is the program for green card applicants. I would imagine that GC applicants are on average more senior and better paid than H1Bs applicants. To answer your question below, you can get the H1B data through http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/performancedata.cfm -> disclosure -> LCA.
How did you find the h1b quarterly data you posted below?