1. The Problem: Navigating in the Dark
If you are an international professional navigating the U.S. labor market, you already know the underlying anxiety of the job hunt. It isn't just about passing the technical interview or negotiating a good base salary—your entire residency and future are on the line.
The system is plagued by a massive information asymmetry. Employers and corporate HR departments hold all the cards. When they hand you an offer letter, you are forced to ask yourself questions that are nearly impossible to answer with absolute certainty:
- "Does this company actually have a history of successfully sponsoring H-1B visas, or will my application get denied?"
- "Are they lowballing my salary compared to what they pay their local U.S. talent?"
- "Will they sponsor my Green Card (PERM) immediately, or will they string me along for five years?"
- "Is this consultancy a legitimate firm, or do they have a history of exploiting wage tiers?"
Historically, the only way to find this information was to dig through millions of rows of raw, disorganized government spreadsheets published by the Department of Labor. It was a black box designed for bureaucrats, not for the people whose lives depended on it.
2. Our Mission: Leveling the Playing Field
We built H1BIndex because we believe that data is the ultimate equalizer. You shouldn't have to rely on whispered rumors on internet forums or vague promises from recruiters to make career decisions.
Our mission is simple: To bring radical, uncompromising transparency to the U.S. immigration and tech labor market. We take the millions of complex federal records filed every year, clean them using advanced data engineering, and present them to you in clear, actionable, beautifully designed dashboards.
We want to shift the leverage back to the candidate. When you walk into a salary negotiation or an interview, we want you armed with the exact historical data of what that company has paid, approved, and sponsored in the past.
We do not work for corporate HR. We do not sell your personal data to employers. H1BIndex is built to be your definitive source of truth in a confusing immigration landscape.
3. What You Can Expect from H1BIndex
We don't just dump raw numbers on a screen. We process federal data to give you macro-level intelligence. Here is exactly how our platform helps you navigate your career:
- Ironclad Salary Benchmarks: Never get lowballed again. We show you the exact median salaries, O*NET wage tiers, and historical compensation ledgers for specific jobs at specific companies.
- The "H1BIndex Grade": Stop guessing if an employer is reliable. Our proprietary algorithmic grading system analyzes a company's historical filing velocity, approval rates, and wage competitiveness to give them a straightforward grade from A+ to F.
- Green Card & PERM Tracking: We track the transition from temporary visa to permanent residency. You can see precisely how many Green Card applications an employer files compared to their H-1B volume.
- True Purchasing Power: A $150k salary in New York is very different from $150k in Texas. Our economic metrics adjust salaries for localized cost-of-living and state taxes, showing you the real value of an offer.
4. Who We Are
We are a highly specialized team with deep knowledge of data engineering, developing systems, and labor market analysis. We specialize in the management of large-scale data platforms. We are not a law firm, and we do not offer legal advice. Instead, we offer something equally valuable: the raw, unfiltered truth hidden in the data.
We built this platform to be elite, fast, and entirely focused on your success. Welcome to H1BIndex.