No, these figures are figures supplied to the government on the H1-B visa supposedly saying "we're paying more then market rate and can't find anyone able to th

No, these figures are figures supplied to the government on the H1-B visa supposedly saying "we're paying more then market rate and can't find anyone able to the job in this country". In practice some companies do pay below the market rate by comparing the rate to that offered to a lower skill level - for example for a "senior" job hire a foreign senior developer as a "junior" thus be able to compare their salary to the average salary for a junior and underpay them. Also the majority of market rate comparisions are done using the Bureau of Labor Statistics "Occupational Employment Survey" which people have argued undervalues certain jobs due to jobs with different requirements being lumped into a single category.