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Immigration Compliance Group is a consultancy specializing in PERM Labor Certification and complex US business visas for high-skilled professionals
04/09/2026
The Cost of Doing H-1Bs in today's immigration paradigm
The DOL’s proposed prevailing wage rule is one to watch. The full rule is now published in the Federal Register and the numbers are striking. If finalized, entry-level H-1B salary floors would jump by more than 30% as estimated by many practitioners.
This is a further disruption to the (F1) student to (OPT) worker pathway to (an H1-B Professional) and the pathway to a Green Card and ultimately citizenship.
The Level I (entry-level) wage floor would move to where Level II sits today. It is estimated that the Level IV would jump approximately 24%. DOL estimates the average impact at roughly $14,000 per worker per year.
For a business sponsoring multiple H-1B employees, this is serious systematic repricing of the program and its feasibility.
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