True. The wage metric to use in the hiring of an H1B worker should be the top end of the salary range of that job description for the city or area PLUS a 10-20% premium. This ensures that the company really needs to bring someone in and raises the bar on the quality of H1B workers getting hired. If companies are paying a premium, they're going to make sure they're not getting low quality or inexperienced workers with degrees from diploma mills.