The new H-1B map: Where America pays global talent and where it quietly doesn’t

A year after Donald Trump’s return to office, the H-1B visa is no longer a uniform national pathway. Using US Department of Labor data analysed by Manifest Law, this story maps how sharply H-1B wages now diverge by city—turning geography into destiny, reshaping leverage for workers, and creating unequal outcomes, especially for Indian professionals navigating America’s talent economy.