[29athrowaway]

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

https://h1bdata.info/

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

[sratner]

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.

[29athrowaway]

Sure, it does not list total compensation.

But it is still more credible than self reporting.