What is Prevailing Wage and can the Employer pay less than the prevailing wage when hiring an H-1B worker?

The minimum salary for an H-1B depends on the prevailing wage in the primary statistical metropolitan area in which you work. The employer sponsoring you must determine the salary in the area of employment and pay accordingly. Very often, employer’s either ignore or skirt this issue not knowing that it could come to haunt them in the event of a Department of Labor audit.