回复：我可以申请H1-B 吗?

I have a similar situation.
Education: Master
Position: Accountant
Pay: a little above 40K

I did some research. Here below is what I found.I am worrying that I will be classified in the two newly added wage level of which my pay would be right below.

Did your lawyer tell you which category you will be fit in by DOL?


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Data reported by U.S. Dept. of Labor - Occupational Employment Statistics Prevailing Wage Rates for 2005 H1-B Estimates have been enhanced with two calculated columns: Level 2 and Level 3. As of March 28, 2005, new ETA 9089 rules call for surveys to provide at least 4 levels of wages. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 amended Section 212(p) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(p), to provide that: (3) The wage required to be paid pursuant shall be 100 percent of the prevailing rates and "4) Where the Secretary of Labor uses, or makes available to employers, a governmental survey to determine prevailing wage, such survey shall provide at least 4 levels of wages commensurate with experience, education, and the level of supervision. Where an existing government survey has only 2 levels, 2 intermediate levels may be created by dividing by 3 the difference between the two levels offered, adding the quotient thus obtained to the first level, and subtracting that quotient from the second level.” SalaryExpert’s calculations are shown below:
For Use In Type Annual Mean Level I Level 2 Level 3 Level II
2003 OES Data 1 59,654 35,006 47,327 59,647 71,968
2004 OES Data 1 56,368 35,381 45,878 56,375 66,872
2005 OES Data 1 58,885 36,837 47,861 58,885 69,909