[tucaz]

"Unless dependent employers compensate their H-1B workers above the required wage level, they must make attestations regarding recruitment and non-displacement of U.S. workers"

Does this mean that a company can pay below the 130k if it can prove that it's not possible to hire an American even with higher wages?

[freeone3000]

Yes. That's the point of an H-1B visa - to recruit highly-skilled workers when American workers are not available.

[Retric]

Yes, the 130k figure does nothing in practice.

[fedeoasi]

And yet all the panic portrayed by the press is generated by the 130k figure.

[tn13]

Yes. Imagine a school trying to employ a Sanskrit teacher. It is impossible to expect them to pay $130K.