That's ridiculous. 20% is already enough from top of band.

The ranges are way too low then. I checked H1B salaries and I found the following in San Jose (median rent approx $2200 for 1BR):

FLEXON TECHNOLOGIES INC Database analyst: $60k

DATA TRACE INFORMATION SERVICES LLC Software engineer: $65k

PRIMARIUS TECHNOLOGIES US LLC DATA ANALYST $72k

ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS INC AI SCIENTIST $74k

HBI SOLUTIONS INC DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR $75k

BEACONFIRE STAFFING SOLUTIONS INC COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEER $88k

https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=&job=&city=san+jose&year=2...

Sort by salary ascending and you will see what I mean.

These are blatant violations. We know how much software engineers should make. Do the immigrants know they are moving to one of the most expensive cities in the US?

Require employers of each H1-B to submit (along with the hire's w-4 that they send to Uncle Sam that already includes the job's wages and benefits), the position description in the job ad, the candidate's resume, and the matching wage band the job purportedly falls into and exceeds by 20% (or whatever the required margin is). It should be trivial to automate the validation process. Then do random checks to confirm those purported facts, especially of employers who hire large numbers of H1-Bs and have past violations.

Random audits, like the IRS does.