So a total of over 5 lakh direct and indirect jobs. In 2018, Indian IT employed nearly 1.8 lakh people in America and supported an additional 3.4 lakh jobs across the US economy. The Indian IT story is also compelling from the US job-creation standpoint. This is data from US research firm IHS Markit Research. ![]() Indian IT firms are estimated to have paid an average compensation of $96,300 to its US employees in 2018, higher than the average wage of $94,800 that IT professionals get in the US. And one data point seems to be particularly powerful. ![]() So when the US president comes visiting later this month, IT industry body Nasscom intends to disprove that. That has influenced the country’s immigration policy, especially under Donald Trump. MUMBAI: Some in the United States project Indian IT as sweatshops exporting armies of low-wage tech workers.
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