[aluminussoma]

I used to think so but I think that is incorrect for the following two reasons: - Stock compensation is not included. This is significant now. - I believe the salary numbers are purposely underreported. The numbers are given to show they are paying a professional wage. I heard (not confirmed) that someone getting paid $200k/year in base salary can be reported as $150k/year, since 150k clears the threshold. I saw salaries in my company that did not reflect what I understand to be the market rate.

[fencepost]

I thought the conventional wisdom these days was to treat stock compensation as nonexistent unless the company already IPOd because in so many cases you end up paying to exercise and pay taxes on options that end up worthless.

[sjg007]

This is a function of how many H1Bs you work with + your stock compensation. Adjust accordingly.

[Judgmentality]

Even if you could underreport wages, why would you want to?