I've floated an idea previously here on HN: any company that applies for an H1B must make all salaries public the way public employees' salaries are public. By this, I mean total pay by name and position.
I feel that if I private firm is applying for the power to bestow a public good - the right to live and work in the United States - on the grounds that a qualified worker can't be hired otherwise, it's reasonable for the public to want to evaluate the truth of this claim, which requires information not just about wages for that one position but for all wages paid in that company.
They’re also only for the position that is being proposed to be filled. The way companies write those LCAs is nuts. I’ve seen LCAs that don’t match the technology in use, or that paid tens of thousands more or less than I was making in ostensibly the same position.
I feel that if I private firm is applying for the power to bestow a public good - the right to live and work in the United States - on the grounds that a qualified worker can't be hired otherwise, it's reasonable for the public to want to evaluate the truth of this claim, which requires information not just about wages for that one position but for all wages paid in that company.