# 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.
- Title: Microsoft Pushes Back on Vance's H-1B Claims · Seattletimes
- Summary: 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…
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## 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-...
## Key takeaway

Microsoft says 80% of its 2023 H-1B visa applications were for existing U.S. employees, not new hires.