If a company declares they can't find talent here in the states and want to hire from outside this information helps:
- Makes sure the company doesn't just go hunting for cheaper labor overseas and bring people here for 40k
- Allows the international employee to view salaries to see if they're getting a fair offer
- Helps U.S. Citizens keep there job/pay because the company can't go higher other people for 40k.
2) International employee does not normally know something like this exists, and I assure you the Government website is not made with such a goal in mind. Not to mention that even in that case the salaries provided here have all kinds of inexact data (because it doesnt show stock compensation)
3) Any country can make the immigration policy they desire. Having this information public denotes a second-class citizen measure. This would not be acceptable if, for example, employees from other states in the US had to do this to "protect the state's jobs and make sure everyone gets a fair salary".
Actually it denotes "not being a citizen at all"? It's got nothing to do with being second class. If you are here on an H1B, you're not a citizen.
A google search shows: "The H1B visa classification permits a foreign national to work in the United States for a temporary period".
You can debate whether the information on this site should be public or not, but it is not reasonable to think that a foreign national should have all the same rights as a citizen.
I would not expect to have all the rights of a citizen if I went to work in a foreign country either.
Your expectations are accurate.