| My Employer Will Apply for H-1B visa for Me, How Is the Prevailing Wages Determined? |
| My Employer Will Apply for H-1B visa for Me, How Is the Prevailing Wages Determined? |
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William, My potential employer will apply for H-1B visa for me. As the first step and requirement, the employer needs to pay the Prevailing Wage. How is the Prevailing Wage determined? Answer, For H-1B and PERM Labor Certification, the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act requires that the hiring of a foreign worker will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers comparably employed. To comply with the law, the U.S. Department of Labor's regulations require that the wages offered to a foreign worker must be the prevailing wage rate for the occupational classification in the area of employment. The prevailing wage rate is the average wage paid to similarly employed workers in a specific occupation in the area of intended employment. Employers can obtain this wage rate by submitting a request to the National Prevailing Wage Center (NPWC), or by accessing other legitimate sources of information such as the Online Wage Library, available for use in some programs. The requirement to pay prevailing wages as a minimum is true of most employment-based visa programs involving the U.S. Department of Labor. In addition, the H-1B and PERM Labor Certification programs require the employer to pay the prevailing wage or the actual wage paid by the employer to workers with similar skills and qualifications, whichever is higher. The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics has provided wage data collected under the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program for use in the foreign labor certification process. |
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