https://www.mercurynews.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 legal challenge.

Under the rule issued and effective last week, H-1B workers in jobs at the lowest of four skills levels must receive the 45th percentile of the wages for their job type and location. Previously, they could be paid 17th percentile. Under the new rule, the higher the skills level, the higher the wage point is on the wage distribution. Workers at the highest skills level must be paid at the 95th percentile on the wage distribution, up from 67th percentile.