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Unstable trying with 10 iterations on 348x348 on iPad 9th Gen https://support.apple.com/kb/SP849?locale=en_US. Looks cool tho!

Comment · 6 years ago

For anyone still interested, the actual levels came out. They're much higher than predicted (as expected).

For NYC: (I II III IV) = (116,251 150,010 183,768 217,526)

https://www.flcdatacenter.com/OesQuickResults.aspx?code=15-1...

For SF: (I II III IV) = Not provided. Some notice seems to imply that any level must be >208k.

https://www.flcdatacenter.com/OesQuickResults.aspx?code=15-1...

For SEA: (I II III IV) = (139,880 167,918 195,936 223,974)

https://www.flcdatacenter.com/OesQuickResults.aspx?area=4266...

Comment · 6 years ago

I believe thats quite an overestimate. Both Amazon and Google exceed the minimum required wage in each level on average by 93% and 73% respectively.

Separately, that is precisely what the article is doing. Conflating the minimum with wages actually paid to infer that H1B workers at large tech companies are underpaid.

Source: p52 on https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/oflc/pdfs/DOL-Int...

Comment · 6 years ago

Its prohibited for employers to provide benefits to H-1B at a lower level than other workers. Stock/bonus compensation counts in that category.

Comment · 6 years ago

Yup.

What makes this even more of an underestimate is that the actual numbers that will be used are not point percentile but mean of a decile range. That is Level IV wage will be mean of [p90-p100] salaries.

The departments methodology in setting these levels is quite amusing for anyone with a basic grasp on stats. https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/oflc/pdfs/DOL-Int...

Comment · 6 years ago

From another comment -

> Unfortunately, the levels dont map neatly to those categories. Someone with a Bachelor's and 1yoe can be filed as Level II. Anyone who is doing supervision with a couple of years of experience is likely to be 3 or 4.

Comment · 6 years ago

Two points: 1. Unfortunately, the levels dont map neatly to those categories. Someone with a Bachelor's and 1yoe can be filed as Level II. Anyone who is doing supervision with a couple of years of experience is likely to be 3 or 4.

2. Some people will certainly meet and exceed and this bar. But this is the _minimum_ required salary. For anyone other than new grads, there is likely to be significant variation in base pay and so there are those who will fall under.

Comment · 6 years ago

One does not pay a couple thousand $ get into an eternal line. You need to have an approved I-140 i.e. an approved green card application to remain in line.

To do this a company must (1) hire you; (2) decide to sponsor you for a long, expensive process; (3) interview broadly and prove it couldn't not find an American to fill the role. Not to speak of a number of hoops an applicant has to go through.

Comment · 6 years ago

I estimated the new prevailing wages for NYC/SF/SEA using z-scores and the new %-iles.

For NYC: (I II III IV) = (116,003 137,323 160,321 203,405)

For SF: (I II III IV) = (138,283 162,157 187,910 236,155)

For SEA: (I II III IV) = (128,082 148,708 170,957 212,639)

The level for an applicant is determined by their education + experience. Level I is supposed to correspond to an entry-level role requiring specialized skills in the field. These set the minimum base salary an applicant in the category must be paid.

N.b. They reflect _only_ base salary and not stock or bonus compensation. These levels will be unreachable for most; even those at FAANG.

More details - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vSeeTD1O...