Thanks for weighing in, Hussachai. I can understand that today's salaries seem shockingly high if you're old, as I am, or have been working at a low-wage job. But think of the cost of a house in the U.S. Anyway, whatever the H1B salaries are (the page you referred to isn't loading for me), the H1B people are making less than American citizens make; why else would companies hire on H1B when there are qualified employees in country? Meta is facing a lawsuit for this right now. Also see "The top 30 H-1B employers hired 34,000 new H-1B workers in 2022 and laid off at least 85,000 workers in 2022 and early 2023," and Amazon was top on the list of companies abusing H1B. Source: https://www.epi.org/blog/tech-and-outsourcing-companies-continue-to-exploit-the-h-1b-visa-program-at-a-time-of-mass-layoffs-the-top-30-h-1b-employers-hired-34000-new-h-1b-workers-in-2022-and-laid-off-at-least-85000-workers/#:~:text=Amazon%20was%20at%20the%20top,in%202021%20and%202022%20combined.