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The last time I looked at DOL data they also reported the actual wage.

Do they still do that? I'm guessing no since you didn't use it.

They do report the actual wage. Except that's the employer can choose to specify it as a range between a minimum and a maximum. This is optional, it's also possible to specify just one number.

The range can be huge though.

http://www.h1bwage.com/item.php?q=3277027

In this example, the wage rate is $106,600, while your site report, I believe, the max rate of $193,400. I was shocked for a moment to see a data scientist making almost $200K!

200k would be reasonable for a senior guy in one of the best data science teams. Actually 106k seems low.

Employers can do that? I guess it makes sense as long as the bottom of the range is higher than the prevailing wage.

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