Experience Benchmarking for H‑1B Wages

Instead of using occupation‑level averages, the Department of Labor should set H‑1B prevailing wages by benchmarking against the pay of American workers with comparable education and experience. This 'experience benchmarking' would close a loophole that lets employers write job descriptions to qualify for lower wage tiers and use H‑1Bs to undercut domestic wages. — Adopting experience‑based wage benchmarks would change who gets H‑1B visas and how employers use them, with direct consequences for U.S. wages, immigration policy, and corporate hiring practices.