My understanding is that the $300,000 person already has a job locked down. An employer has already agreed to hire him for $300,000 as long as his H1B visa is a

My understanding is that the $300,000 person already has a job locked down. An employer has already agreed to hire him for $300,000 as long as his H1B visa is approved. And since $300,000 is super high, it would get approved before any lower paid people. So the process: 1) You have a job locked down with a company for a specific position at a specific salary. You + Company apply for an H1B. 2) All of those H1Bs are sorted by salary and the top N are selected. No random lottery anymore.