Interesting read about H1B Visa salary.
In Bloomington at an apartment I found a group of Indians living next door. I spoke with one of the occupants seen on occasion at State Farm, an IT Analyst. As he spoke in broken English he explained there are four of them living in a one bedroom apartment all working for the same Indian outsourcing firm Satyam. It was out of necessity for them to pool their money in order to afford housing.
The prevailing wages for a typical IT Analyst in Bloomington, Illinois (2002-2004) averaged in the $40-50 per hour range (4) and he stated he was making $18 per hour less than half of what the going rate was for an American worker. Digging deeper I discovered an ugliness where multiple Indian people were living in squalor, in cramped small apartments unable to afford decent affordable housing. One say’s the living conditions were far better with four living in a small apartment when they were back home in India.
Source – Information Security
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