https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/10/16/h-1b-visa-pay-boost-historic-win-for-foreign-workers-or-mess-doomed-to-fail/ > Critics of the controversial H-1B foreign-worker program are applauding a new Trump Administration rule significantly boosting required pay, but a Bay Area member of Congress says the change is an unworkable mess and won’t survive a legal challenge. > Under the rule issued and effective last week, H-1B workers in jobs at the lowest of four skills levels must receive at least 45% of the prevailing wage for their job type and location. Previously, they could be paid 17%. Under the new rule, the higher the skills level, the closer the pay must get to the prevailing wage. Workers at the highest skills level must be paid at least 95% of the prevailing wage, up from 67%.