Over $19.5 Billion paid to foreign worker on H-1B visas
Of the 150 plus job titles in the most are IT related
Of over 95% (156K plus job titles) of the job titles associated with H-1b visas are directly related to IT. If you take the top 35 H-1B sponsoring companies, you have salaries paid to foreign visa holders of over $19.5 billion.
Granted not all of these positions are IT related. When we look the job titles it is clear that vast majority are positions that qualified US IT Pros should be able to fill.
Data extracted H-1b visa data base
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