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Spot on. The only catch is that there may be industries who genuinely need H1Bs but cannot match the pay grade; a corner case may be added for them.

Wages aren't fixed though. But H1b visas are fixed to the employer.

What about professions that just pay lower? If 100k is well above market for a profession it's still not particularly high for a software dev.

But H1Bs are not meant to get _cheap_ labor; they're meant for _impossible to find_ labor.

No, they aren't. They are meant for skilled labour. The bar is a degree.

No, they're meant for jobs that cannot be filled by an American; not just any "skilled labor".