Thanks for the explanation. This description is easy to grasp and makes sense. I tried to look for some numbers following your description and it seems like that the H1B wages are not lower than local market in average according to this Glassdoor study [0]. After reading it I was curious to see what’s the ratio of H1B for tech jobs (which is probably dominating the Glassdoor study) and apparently it’s the majority according to this Pew Research study [1].

[0] https://www.glassdoor.com/research/h1b-workers/

[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/27/key-facts-a...