What is your H1b income ?

masala dosa said:
I dont know how you guys make so much money but here is what i make

10 Dollars an hour
Thanks
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Hi All,
My salary is not that bad, but I am surprised that you make such a low salary just like I am surprised that some one in Ohio and "South Texas" makes $118,000 and $150,000. I believe you guys...no doubt about it.

Would you guys (the Ohio guy and "South Texas" guy) mind sharing why you are paid such huge salaries? What kind of value you bring to your employers that make them pay you such high salaries. You guys appear no to have more than 6 years of experience. That is quiet eye-opening and surprising.

I am asking these questions is a positive spirit. Pelase do not mistake me. My intention is to understand why I am not getting paid that much ot more accurately what value should I bring to the employer to get paid that kind of money. I understand that there is "supply and demand" factor that determines salary in most cases.

Thanks for your time and expecting your honest replies as always...
 
gondalguru,

Could you tell us what is your occupation and/or job title ?

My own info:
1. non US- B. Engineering
2. 10 years experience
3. Area : Maryland/DC
4. Job title : Senior Engineer
5. H1B, 2000-current
6. Current state: I-140 approved
7. salary : 100K/yr + benefits + bonus (sometimes)


gondalguru said:
Non IT field
H1b since Aug 2003
Area: South Texas - RGV
Current Salary 150K plus a lots of benefits
Current Status: I140 approved withPD 10/2004 EB2, I 485 RD 11/2004 and waiting
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high paying h-1bs

I think some of the people with the high salaries are non-IT people like Medical doctors. These people have a doctorate degree (more schooling), undergone very rigerous >3 year residency training paying <40K/year for 100 hour weeks and currently work in dingy small towns in rural texas, ohio and minnisota to get stuck in backlogged visa process.
 
jack786 said:
I think some of the people with the high salaries are non-IT people like Medical doctors. These people have a doctorate degree (more schooling), undergone very rigerous >3 year residency training paying <40K/year for 100 hour weeks and currently work in dingy small towns in rural texas, ohio and minnisota to get stuck in backlogged visa process.
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Even IT (especially hardware design) can get such high salary. At the company I worked before, chip designers could get close to 200K w/ or w/o GC. These employers are mostly big foreign companies having offices in the US. They usually do not give employer stock option benefit , therefore they need to pay much more to keep the people.
 
As per the IT jobs, it is mostly the supply and demand. Back in '99 i know some Java programmers are paid even upto $400/hr. The job does not necessarily has to be the toughest. Only time, supply and one's ability to stay top will tell how long one can make that money.

There are always speciality fields that pay high salary in a stable job after doing MS/Phd in US. Doing new things faster always pays higher in my opinion.
 
I think the net present value of a PhD is negative. I am married to one PhD in medical field and I did a small research on their earning potential.....it seems negative. I don't know about other professions.





indian_gc_ocean said:
As per the IT jobs, it is mostly the supply and demand. Back in '99 i know some Java programmers are paid even upto $400/hr. The job does not necessarily has to be the toughest. Only time, supply and one's ability to stay top will tell how long one can make that money.

There are always speciality fields that pay high salary in a stable job after doing MS/Phd in US. Doing new things faster always pays higher in my opinion.
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1. JD from a US law school
2. 5 years experience of practice in corporate law
3. Area: NYC
4. Job title: Senior Associate
5. H1B, 2001-current
6. Current state: RIR soon to be converted to PERM.
7. salary: 210K/yr + bonus (probably around $40K-50K)
8. annual billing to clients: around $1 million.
 
1. MBA from US
2. 7 years experience in field of Retirement / Benefits Consulting.
3. Area: Houston, TX
4. Job title: Project Manager
5. H1B, 1999 ---> current
6. Current state: Labor & I 140 approved. Cnt filr 485 due to retro
7. salary: 58 K plus bonus (5-10%)
8. Anything else : 3 weeks paid vacation. Already Canadian PR ( 3 yr expiry in May 08)
 
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1. MBA and CPA from US
2. Many years experience in field of Accounting.
3. Area: San Francisco,CA
4. Job title: Controller
5. H1B, 2002 ---> current
6. Current state: Yet to file PERM and I-140 (Wife's NIW approved)
7. Other: Canadian Immigration in Final Stage.
7. salary: 120 K plus bonus (20%)
8. Anything else : 18 days of paid time off.
 
1. non US- Bachelors, Major in Finance and College Degree in Programming
2. 12 years of software development in ERP related Software
3. Area : Texas.
4. Job title: Senior programmer analyst
5. REAL tasks to do : maintenance 35% and 65% New development within ERP System for medium size company. The job is pretty good. This is a pure development job in all area’s of Finance and Logistics.
6. On Second H1B: expires May 2008.
7. Current state: 140 approved. Waiting for World EB3
8. Other: Canadian Citizen
9. salary: 95k/yr + bonus (sometimes) Plus 5 Weeks Vacation.
 
retrostuck said:
Hi,

To help the others evaluate the bitter and pratical situation, you would post here your H1B salary.

Me:

1. Non-US Master of Computer Science, CISSP, MCSE , CCNA, CCNP
2. 22 yrs of Computer Experiences
3. Area : Virginia
4. Job title : Network admin
5. REAL tasks to do : HELP Desk, Network admin, Mail Server Admin, PC assembler, Office Eqipment maintenance, furniture mover (sometimes), explain to stupid lazyass on very basic computer, and more than 100 things the citizens do not want to do !!!!
6. H1B since 4 years.
7. Current state: I-140 approved then Retro.
6. salary : 45K/yr :-(((((

What is yours ?
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I donot have any idea about IT peoples salary but I am also in H1b and geting 32K annual plus all expected benefits like medical insurance retirement benifits.presently I am working as a research specialist at Emory University school Of Medicine, Atlanta,GA,
I have a masters degree in Molecular Biology from India.
 
bling bling

Here is my current job:

1. Non US Engg+MBA
2. 4 years software dev experience + 3 year pre MBA sales experience.
3. Chicago
4. Sales Manager
5. REAL tasks: sales, product/service development
6. H1B since 2002
7. Labor RIR 45 day letter received.
8. sal: 75k + commissions.

My most recent sotware development job: sal: 95 K + 0 commissions
An offer I recently rejected: 125K base + 20 K bonus + 401K contribs + 6 weeks vacation.
 
blingdling said:
Here is my current job:

An offer I recently rejected: 125K base + 20 K bonus + 401K contribs + 6 weeks vacation.
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Blingdling,
Why would you rehect such a good offer? Because of H1/GC issues?
 
rejected good offer

pssenthilnath said:
Blingdling,
Why would you rehect such a good offer? Because of H1/GC issues?
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The reason I mentioned it was to suggest that there are a few very good jobs (salaries) out there. I rejected it because I would prefer sales over development.
 
blingdling said:
Here is my current job:

1. Non US Engg+MBA
2. 4 years software dev experience + 3 year pre MBA sales experience.
3. Chicago
4. Sales Manager
5. REAL tasks: sales, product/service development
6. H1B since 2002
7. Labor RIR 45 day letter received.
8. sal: 75k + commissions.

My most recent sotware development job: sal: 95 K + 0 commissions
An offer I recently rejected: 125K base + 20 K bonus + 401K contribs + 6 weeks vacation.
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wow they must be growing money in trees in chicago area to throw that kind of money an developer with only 4 yrs dev experience. either the employer must be real dumb or you must be some salesperson
 
michael_holding said:
wow they must be growing money in trees in chicago area to throw that kind of money an developer with only 4 yrs dev experience. either the employer must be real dumb or you must be some salesperson
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Its odd that you consider this too high a sum. Further, you probably are not aware of the possibilities due to which you are remarking that the employer must be really dumb or that I am a good salesperson. This type of salary is perfectly normal though it may be very rare.
 
blingdling said:
Here is my current job:

1. Non US Engg+MBA
2. 4 years software dev experience + 3 year pre MBA sales experience.
3. Chicago
4. Sales Manager
5. REAL tasks: sales, product/service development
6. H1B since 2002
7. Labor RIR 45 day letter received.
8. sal: 75k + commissions.

My most recent sotware development job: sal: 95 K + 0 commissions
An offer I recently rejected: 125K base + 20 K bonus + 401K contribs + 6 weeks vacation.
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blingdling.....even i find this offer of 125k+20k bonus+6 weeks vacation too high for developer....

if you dont mind can you please elaborate the responsibilities a bit.....
 
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