[sp_]

It's the actual wage data. Actually it's the maximum number of the range that an employer can report to the DoL.

Source: I am one of the two people behind the site and for my two H-1B visas the maximum salary that was reported for my visa was what I got paid.

[refurb]

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.

[sp_]

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.

[tvirot]

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!

[bearmf]

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

[refurb]

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