H-1B IT Staffing Junkies — The Body Shop Exposé

The Matloff Finding — Proven in FY2026 Data

$66,016 per year — stolen from American workers

At Prevailing Wage Level II — the tier outsourcing firms cluster in — Indian IT body shops pay an average of $91,758/year while direct tech employers at the same level pay $157,774/year. Same job. Same government-designated wage level. 42% less pay. That gap goes into the profit margin of the outsourcing firm and into the pockets of their executives — not into the paychecks of the workers they import, and certainly not to the American workers they displaced.

Prevailing Wage Level I

Body shops$87,949

Direct employers$123,433

Gap-$35,484 (29%)

LCAs26 vs 2,077

Prevailing Wage Level II

Body shops$91,758

Direct employers$157,774

Gap-$66,016 (42%)

LCAs8,358 vs 11,250

Prevailing Wage Level III

Body shops$119,603

Direct employers$176,606

Gap-$57,003 (32%)

LCAs6,045 vs 7,655

Prevailing Wage Level IV

Body shops$151,910

Direct employers$212,661

Gap-$60,751 (29%)

LCAs2,341 vs 5,522

"The 'Infosys bad, Intel good' framing misses the point. Even the 'good' firms use H-1B to hire workers at below-market wages — just at a higher level than the body shops. The entire program is a wage suppression mechanism."

— Professor Norm Matloff, UC Davis — decades of H-1B research

⚠ FY2026 data confirms this: Amazon Development Center U.S. files 17.3% of its LCAs at Level I — worse than Infosys, Tata, or Wipro, all of whom file 0% at Level I. The "good guys" are gaming a different tier of the same broken system.

🏭 Tier 1 — The Body Shops Ranked by LCA count · "Clients" = distinct companies they place workers at

#	Body Shop / Outsourcer	LCAs	Workers	Client Cos.	States	Wage Levels I·II·III·IV	Level I %	Cert.
1	COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP Major body shop	9,664	9,664	539 client companies	43 states	I·II·III·IV	0%	9,652
2	INFOSYS LIMITED Major body shop	6,390	18,038	241 client companies	37 states	I·II·III·IV	0%	6,358
3	ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP Major body shop	5,890	5,890	403 client companies	44 states	I·II·III·IV	6.4%	5,632
4	TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED Major body shop	5,270	5,270	485 client companies	37 states	I·II·III·IV	0%	5,230
5	WIPRO LIMITED Major body shop	3,290	4,388	230 client companies	35 states	I·II·III·IV	0%	2,264
6	CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC Staffing firm	2,932	2,932	139 client companies	37 states	I·II·III·IV	0%	2,478
7	DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP Staffing firm	2,611	5,353	83 client companies	40 states	I·II·III·IV	9.2%	2,602
8	ACCENTURE LLP Major body shop	2,300	2,300	260 client companies	36 states	I·II·III·IV	0%	2,272
9	MPHASIS CORPORATION Staffing firm	2,196	2,196	76 client companies	30 states	I·II·III·IV	7.5%	1,902
10	LTIMINDTREE LIMITED Staffing firm	2,000	2,428	164 client companies	37 states	I·II·III·IV	0%	1,980
11	HCL AMERICA INC Major body shop	1,882	1,882	259 client companies	35 states	I·II·III·IV	0.4%	1,818
12	COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC Major body shop	1,656	1,702	486 client companies	42 states	⚠ No wage data	0%	1,654
13	PEOPLE TECH GROUP, INC	819	819	14 client companies	3 states	I·II·III·IV	36%	769
14	TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS), INC Staffing firm	812	812	78 client companies	29 states	I·II·III·IV	0%	742
15	UST GLOBAL INC Staffing firm	800	800	64 client companies	21 states	I·II·III·IV	0.3%	800
16	VIRTUSA CORPORATION	734	734	44 client companies	24 states	I·II·III·IV	6.8%	594
17	HEXAWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Staffing firm	644	644	56 client companies	20 states	I·II·III·IV	0%	592
18	RANDSTAD DIGITAL, LLC	485	1,454	41 client companies	27 states	⚠ No wage data	0%	485
19	KFORCE INC. Staffing firm	418	4,180	102 client companies	29 states	⚠ No wage data	0%	416
20	CGI TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS INC.	415	13,351	35 client companies	29 states	I·II·III·IV	1.4%	412

⚠ Who is Compunnel?

1,656 LCAs. 486 client companies. 42 states. And zero wage level data on any filing — not Level I, II, III, or IV. Complete opacity. They are the 5th largest H-1B filer in the entire IT sector and most Americans have never heard of them.

⚠ People Tech Group

36% of all their LCAs are at Level I — entry wages. 819 filings across only 3 states, 14 client companies. A classic small body shop placing cheap labor at a handful of corporate clients. Nobody is watching them.

⚠ E&Y — A Big 4 Body Shop

Ernst & Young files 5,890 LCAs placed at 403 different client companies across 44 states. 377 at Level I. The Big 4 accounting firms are running the same body shop operation as Cognizant — just with better PR.

⚡ The Amazon Problem — Worse Than Infosys on Level I

Amazon operates at least four separate H-1B filing entities. Combined, they are the single largest Level I filer in the tech sector — filing more entry-wage H-1B petitions than Infosys, Tata, Wipro, and Cognizant combined. Amazon Development Center U.S. files 17.3% of LCAs at Level I. Amazon Data Services files 17.1%. This is Norm Matloff's core point made concrete: the "good guy" American tech companies are abusing the program just as badly — just at a different level, with a better marketing department.

Amazon.com Services: 887 Level I LCAs Amazon Web Services: 404 Level I LCAs Amazon Dev Center: 348 Level I (17.3%) Amazon Data Services: 194 Level I (17.1%) Total Amazon Level I: 1,833+ LCAs

💻 Tier 2 — Direct Tech Employers ("The Good Guys Who Aren't") Matloff: even direct employers suppress wages — just at higher levels

#	Employer	LCAs	Workers	Avg Wage	Lvl I%	Lvl II%	Lvl III%	Lvl IV%	Wage Distribution	States
1	Amazon.com Services LLC	7,657	44,081	$157,349	14%	55.7%	26.6%	3.8%	I·II·III·IV	26
2	Apple Inc.	5,633	11,616	$175,679	2.4%	23.7%	24%	50%	I·II·III·IV	11
3	Microsoft Corporation	4,253	4,421	$180,451	3.6%	35.1%	45.8%	15.5%	I·II·III·IV	35
4	Google LLC	3,864	5,151	$199,134	0.8%	58.4%	25.7%	15.1%	I·II·III·IV	20
5	Amazon Web Services, Inc.	3,579	21,177	$154,824	22.5%	46.2%	28%	3.2%	I·II·III·IV	26
6	Meta Platforms, Inc	3,488	15,520	$216,746	8.9%	20.7%	20.7%	49.7%	I·II·III·IV	25
7	Amazon Development Center U.S.	2,016	10,112	$161,965	32.1%	54.6%	10.9%	2.4%	I·II·III·IV	14
8	NVIDIA Corporation	1,733	10,441	$191,413	4.1%	10.6%	20.9%	64.4%	I·II·III·IV	24
9	Intel Corporation	1,412	2,441	$140,349	0.3%	33.7%	55.5%	10.5%	I·II·III·IV	17
10	Salesforce, Inc.	1,241	2,968	$195,490	0.3%	23%	51.8%	24.8%	I·II·III·IV	25
11	LinkedIn Corporation	1,160	16,216	$180,587	0.3%	25.2%	38.4%	36%	I·II·III·IV	14
12	PayPal, Inc.	1,128	1,128	$178,313	4.6%	32.9%	39.3%	23.2%	I·II·III·IV	21
13	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	983	170,668	$155,075	0%	45.4%	28.9%	25.7%	I·II·III·IV	12
14	Adobe Inc.	927	1,854	$184,887	30.6%	38.6%	14.1%	16.7%	I·II·III·IV	15
15	IBM Corporation	880	1,760	$144,728	0%	34.4%	35.4%	30.2%	I·II·III·IV	31
16	Cisco Systems, Inc.	813	29,546	$153,433	0%	29.8%	65.8%	4.5%	I·II·III·IV	25
17	Oracle America, Inc.	583	6,302	$148,299	0%	13.3%	29.6%	57.1%	I·II·III·IV	18
18	Amazon Data Services, Inc.	567	6,426	$140,915	33%	45.4%	20.4%	1.2%	I·II·III·IV	20
19	Intuit Inc.	512	2,968	$186,306	0%	12.5%	33.3%	54.2%	I·II·III·IV	11
20	Uber Technologies, Inc.	484	968	$201,779	0.5%	29.3%	33.1%	37.1%	I·II·III·IV	7

📊 The Wage Gap at Every Level Outsourcers vs. Direct Employers — same DOL wage level, radically different pay

Lvl I

Body shops

$87,949

26 LCAs

Direct employers

$123,433

-$35,484 (29%)

Lvl II

Body shops

$91,758

8,358 LCAs

Direct employers

$157,774

-$66,016 (42%)

Lvl III

Body shops

$119,603

6,045 LCAs

Direct employers

$176,606

-$57,003 (32%)

Lvl IV

Body shops

$151,910

2,341 LCAs

Direct employers

$212,661

-$60,751 (29%)

Source: FY2026 Q1&Q2 DOL LCA data. Body shops: Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, Capgemini, HCL, Tech Mahindra, LTIMindtree, Accenture & others. Direct employers: Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, Intel, Salesforce & others. Wages are employer-reported prevailing wage floor — actual wages may vary.

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Employer / Client	Job Title	Workers	Wage	PW Level	Status	Qtr	Case No.
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Software Engineering Systems Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$204,901 – $264,200 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760856
Apple Inc. Santa Clara, CA	IC Packaging Engineering Materials Engineers	1	$144,664 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760902
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	R&D Instructional Design Graphic Designers	1	$140,700 – $234,700 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760846
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	System Product Design Engineer Mechanical Engineers	1	$155,043 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760766
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	Mechanical Design Engineering Mechanical Engineers	1	$181,397 – $227,600 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760658
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Manufacturing Quality Industrial Engineers	1	$142,293 – $184,600 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-762440
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Operations Engineering Project Manager Industrial Engineers	1	$142,293 – $184,600 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-762585
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Software Engineering Systems Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$204,901 – $264,200 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760721
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Reliability Engineering Mechanical Engineers	1	$155,043 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760672
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	System Product Design Engineer Mechanical Engineers	1	$207,800 – $312,200 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761202
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	ASIC Design Engineering Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$204,901 – $248,700 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760749
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Graphic Arts Graphic Designers	1	$115,100 – $173,300 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761039
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Sensor System Architect Mechanical Engineers	1	$155,043 – $205,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760794
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	Mechanical Design Engineering Mechanical Engineers	1	$181,397 – $227,600 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760613
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	Software Development Engineer - Firmware Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$204,901 – $264,200 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760906
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Manufacturing Quality Industrial Engineers	1	$142,293 – $184,600 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761655
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Product Management Art Directors	1	$161,366 – $205,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761867
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Product Design Engineering Mechanical Engineers	1	$155,043 – $205,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761156
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Hardware Development Mechanical Engineers	1	$128,690 – $167,222 /year	Lvl II	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760707
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Modeling & Simulation Engineer Materials Engineers	1	$144,664 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760888
Apple Inc. Santa Clara, CA	Implementation Engineering Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$204,901 – $264,200 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760881
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Human Factors Engineering Mechanical Engineers	1	$155,043 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760688
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	ACD Design Graphic Designers	1	$179,000 – $269,100 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760880
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	System Product Design Engineer Mechanical Engineers	1	$155,043 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760700
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Machine Learning Research Mechanical Engineers	1	$155,043 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760739
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	Wireless Systems Engineering Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$204,901 – $264,200 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761546
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	System Product Design Engineer Mechanical Engineers	1	$181,397 – $264,200 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760601
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	Marcom Writer Graphic Designers	1	$143,900 – $216,900 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761406
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Human Interface Designer Graphic Designers	1	$175,800 – $264,200 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761993
Apple Inc. Santa Clara, CA	Hardware Development Materials Engineers	1	$169,853 – $248,700 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760878
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Hardware Development Materials Engineers	1	$169,853 – $248,700 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760836
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Strategic Sourcing Manager Industrial Engineers	1	$142,293 – $184,600 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-762074
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Acoustics Engineering Mechanical Engineers	1	$181,397 – $264,200 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760649
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Noise and Vibration Engineering Mechanical Engineers	1	$181,397 – $264,200 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761456
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Supply Chain Program Manager Industrial Engineers	1	$142,293 – $184,600 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761881
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Product Design Engineering Mechanical Engineers	1	$181,397 – $248,700 /year	Lvl IV	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-761418
Apple Inc. Santa Clara, CA	IC Packaging Engineering Materials Engineers	1	$144,664 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760859
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	System Product Design Engineer Mechanical Engineers	1	$155,043 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760664
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	RF/Analog/Mixed Signal Engineering Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$151,433 – $214,500 /year	—	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760624
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	RF/Wireless Engineering Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$167,512 – $205,500 /year	—	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760593
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Software Engineering Systems Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$151,433 – $214,500 /year	—	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760504
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Software Engineering Systems Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$178,006 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760579
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	Software Engineering Applications Software Developers	1	$199,107 – $264,200 /year	—	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760860
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	Machine Learning Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$178,006 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760567
Apple Inc. Santa Clara, CA	Hardware Development Electrical Engineers	1	$186,285 – $248,700 /year	—	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760854
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	FE Engineer Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$140,805 – $172,639 /year	—	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760663
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Software Engineering Applications Software Developers	1	$199,107 – $264,200 /year	—	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760615
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Product Safety Engineering Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1	$178,006 – $214,500 /year	Lvl III	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760494
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	Software Development Engineering Software Developers	1	$206,122 – $264,200 /year	—	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760738
Apple Inc. Sunnyvale, CA	Software Development Engineering Software Developers	1	$206,122 – $264,200 /year	—	Withdrawn	Q2	I-200-25069-760747

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Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC — FY2026 Q1 & Q2 H-1B LCA disclosure data (293,507 total records). Body shops identified by employer name. "Clients" column counts distinct SECONDARY_ENTITY_BUSINESS_NAME values — the actual worksite employer when the H-1B sponsor is a staffing middleman. Wage data is employer-reported. Wage gap analysis compares firms at the same DOL Prevailing Wage Level. Professor Matloff's research: heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/h1b.html | Search all H-1B years → | Education Junkies → | Government Junkies →

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