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Microsoft Pushes Back on Vance's H-1B Claims
Microsoft denies Trump VP Vance's claim that it replaced U.S. workers with foreign hires.
In brief
Microsoft denies Trump VP Vance's claim that it replaced U.S. workers with foreign hires. Microsoft says 80% of its 2023 H-1B visa applications were for existing U.S. employees, not new hires. Originally reported by Seattletimes.
Microsoft disputes Vance's claim
Microsoft says 80% of its 2023 H-1B visa applications were for existing U.S. employees, not new hires.
“Microsoft said in a statement Thursday that the workers 'are not new arrivals to our country.'”
Vance claims Microsoft replaced workers
Vance said Microsoft replaced 6,000 U.S. laid-off workers with foreign workers using H-1B visas.
“Vance specifically named Microsoft and referenced the company’s 2025 waves of layoffs, then said Microsoft replaced those 6,000 laid-off U.S.-based employees with foreign workers.”
Vance's wage claim
Vance claims H-1B workers earn $20,000 less than U.S. workers in similar roles.
“If you are working as an H-1B visa in the United States of America, you’re earning $20,000 less than an American citizen hired in the same position.”
Microsoft denies wage gap
Microsoft says its H-1B employees earn the same as U.S. workers in comparable roles.
“Microsoft flatly denied that, saying 'Our wages are among the highest of all H-...”
In short
Microsoft says 80% of its 2023 H-1B visa applications were for existing U.S. employees, not new hires.
