Coursera Project Presentation

Salary Explorer tool for Highly-skilled
Immigrant Workers

Author: Anupama Rajaram
Date: April 8, 2016

Weblink for Shiny app - Immi_sal_explorer

Shiny App = immi_sal_explorer

App Screenshot
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Chart Selection Options

Salary by State
Salary by Education
Visa applications by job_title

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Salary Dataset Sample Preview

            Visa Salary               Title
1           H-1B  62171   software engineer
2      greencard  91440 assistant professor
3           H-1B  49470             teacher
4           H-1B  43800             teacher
5 E-3 Australian 170000   software engineer
6           H-1B 114421    business analyst

Salary by Education

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Salary Insights

Maximum no. of applications are H1-B type.
Majority of H1-Bs are for asst. professors, attorneys and software engineers.
DE & NY had the most number of outliers, where applicant salaries were significantly higher than median salary.
Masters' students had the highest median salary.
(Education = 'Other' implies employees with less education but many years of experience.)