{"id":991440,"date":"2026-02-11T11:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=991440"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:01:26","slug":"wage-gap-keeps-hiring-h-1b-workers-attractive-despite-100000-visa-fees-says-report-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/02\/11\/wage-gap-keeps-hiring-h-1b-workers-attractive-despite-100000-visa-fees-says-report-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Wage gap keeps hiring H-1B workers attractive despite $100,000 visa fees, says report. Here&#8217;s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The $100,000 fee imposed on H-1B workers may not significantly hinder the hiring of H-1B workers, the National Bureau of Economic Research said in a study by economist George Borjas.<\/p>\n<p>Titled, &#8216;THE H-1B WAGE GAP, VISA FEES, AND EMPLOYER DEMAND&#8217;, the paper highlighted the significant pay disparity between American workers and H-1B workers and investigated whether the new laws are sustainable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $100,000 fee imposed on H-1B workers may not significantly hinder the hiring of H-1B workers, the National Bureau of Economic Research said in a study by economist George Borjas. Titled, &#8216;THE H-1B WAGE GAP, VISA FEES, AND EMPLOYER DEMAND&#8217;, the paper highlighted the significant pay disparity between American workers and H-1B workers and investigated whether the new laws are sustainable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-991440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}