Worker Profile
1=Allied (Canada) · 3=Mid (Mexico) · 5=Low governance
Employer Cost
$52,000
= domestic equivalent
Worker Pay (Year 1)
$18,200
+ full Distributed Healthcare
Wedge (Year 1)
$33,800
→ communities
Worker Pay vs. Wedge Over 9 Years
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Worker pay Wedge (to communities)
Why This Works
No Wage Suppression
Hiring an immigrant costs the employer $52,000 — exactly the same as hiring domestically. Zero arbitrage incentive. Domestic workers are never undercut.
Self-Regulating Volume
When labor demand is high, more Parity visas process. When demand drops, fewer do. No politician sets a quota. Price regulates flow.
Communities Funded
The entire Wedge routes to domestic hosting communities — schools, infrastructure, services. The community that absorbs the immigrant is compensated from Day 1.
COMPASS-Weighted
Apportioning leans toward low-capacity / hollowed-out places that most need internal capacity, and lighter toward high-capacity cities with established immigrant-receiving infrastructure. Refugee-hosting communities qualify even before residents are employed.
vs. Current System
Status Quo: Undocumented worker earns ~$18,200 with no benefits, no path, no community funding. Employer saves on wages. Community bears costs.
Accord: Worker earns $18,200 Year 1 → $48,620 Year 9 with full Distributed Healthcare, path to citizenship. Hosting community receives $33,800/yr. No exploitation.
Calculations per Blueprint Ch 16. Minimum employer cost: $41,000 (prevents exploitation floor). Alliance Incentive governance tier adjusts origin market rate: fully aligned nations have smaller wedge gaps. Unaligned nations have larger gaps. Worker receives full Distributed Healthcare, Skills Wallet accrual, and path to permanent residency/citizenship. payroll tax applies to worker pay at 28% (governor corridor 26.5–29.0%).
Architecture version: v10.2
Scoring version: v10.2 (rerun 2026-04-30)