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That's false. The H-1B database is public and you can look at the wages yourself.

Those are real salaries from LCAs, not self reported salaries.

Without any claim to the accuracy of the data, there is no incentive to list a salary on the LCA that is higher than required. You can always pay more, never less, so it only limits future flexibility. I have certainly paid higher salaries to individuals than what's listed on their LCA, not to mention total packages which aren't stated on the LCA.

Sure, it does not list total compensation.

But it is still more credible than self reporting.

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