WASHINGTON: Language, familiarity with western culture and a willingness to move are the key reasons Indians are getting more top jobs in the U.S. than the Chinese, who see more opportunity and good pay at home.

So suggests a Wall Street Journal report citing the success of chief executives such as PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi, Deutsche Bank's Anshu Jain and MasterCard's Ajay Banga and the recent appointment of India-born Satya Nadella as Microsoft CEO.

While "language and familiarity with Western culture are the obvious reasons" for their successes in the U.S. the Indians are also "more willing to move than Chinese", it says citing headhunters.

"Salaries for management positions at the director level in China are already $131,000 a year, almost the same as in Japan, and four times as much as in India, where executives at that level earn $35,000 on average," the journal says analysing "Why China Doesn't Export World-Class CEOs".

Chinese pay is just one-fifth lower than the average level in the U.S. according to a survey of technology companies by Aon Hewitt, a human resource consulting company cited by the newspaper.
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