Should the US bring in more "high skill" immigrants, or grow it's own?

[Kingran]

@dividends20

$75 per hour is about $150k. You were just pounding on the table for $60k.

You have serious reading comprehension problem.

@Kingran

There are many positions in Bay area for which companies pay hourly rate that is like $75 ~ $85 per hour. Now, after the contracting firms profit, overhead, payroll taxes, etc you can figure out how much the individual gets it.

If google pays the contracting firm $75 to $85 per hour, what do you think is the payroll tax, insurance, overhead, contracting firms profit? You are looking at $40 to $50 per hour for the H1-B employee and if the contracting firm guarantees some bench, some paid vacation, god forbids a 401(k) match, you are looking more like $70 to $85 K per year.