A few months ago regarding the H-1B kerfuffle I made the claim that Indian software engineers *in India* make a very good salary to the extent that the idea they are coming to the US to be cheap labor is ridiculous.*
*Excluding Infosys / Wipro / body shops
A $100K engineer in Bangalore is only moving for a $200K job in the US
Interesting updated data from the Pragmatic Engineer on SWE comp in US / UK / India / elsewhere