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H-1B Workers Earn More Than U.S. Workers

By LIFS June 6, 2010 at 4:29 PM

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A University of Maryland study reports that contrary to widespread belief foreign workers earned more than U.S. tech professionals.

The study “Are Foreign IT Workers Cheaper? U.S. Visa Policies and Compensation of Information Technology Professionals,” by Sunil Mithas

and Henry Lucas, found: “IT professionals without U.S. citizenship earn approximately 8.1% more than those with U.S. citizenship; IT professionals on an H-1B or other work visa earn approximately 7.9% more than those with U.S. citizenship; and IT professionals with a green card earn approximately 13.6% more than those with U.S. citizenship or work visa holders.”

The report says foreign workers earn more than U.S. IT professionals “because of their intangible human capital, rigorous screening and selection processes, and willingness to work across borders.”

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Auth November 21, 2012 at 3:46 AM

It doesn't always jttieson the US tax issue straightaway, but for the folks who want to renounce perhaps a section on countries that offer easy second passports via family ancestry they'll still need a good quality visa waiver passport for travel.For example in Ireland you need only one grandparent born in Ireland for an Irish passport, a UK grandparent will get you a lifetime work permit for a (check for any age limits) and then you can get a UK passport after 5 years (3 if you're married to a British citizen) and if you have a UK born parent there's a good chance you'll get a UK passport as well, it's suprising how many Americans do not realise they're eligible for second passports based on past 20th century immigration into the US this figure must be easily in the tens of millions for EU passports.If you check there's a number of EU countries that haven't abandoned the children of their emigrates. Also for those who don't know when you've got an EU passport from one country it allows you to live / work visa free in the other EU 26 plus Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway.Don