There's no reason that you cannot do both.. I'm only suggesting that any salary should be at LEAST n times the minimum wage or poverty level for where the job is located. As a baseline, it would be just that... something that is no lower.

For the most part, H1-Bs shouldn't be for positions under 100k/year although they consistently are, and that's a fixed number, I simply feel that n times minimum wage for a location would be a better starting point.