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Judicial Law Clerks: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 23-1012. 1,523 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $68,640, middle half $57,200–$85,000.

Applications (LCAs)1,523

Median offered salary$68,640

Middle half of salaries$57,200–$85,000

10th–90th percentile$50,211–$215,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	391	$55,000
Level II (qualified)	361	$64,813
Level III (experienced)	181	$73,000
Level IV (fully competent)	257	$110,000

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Milbank LLP	43	$225,000
Terkiana, PC	40	$75,000
Somireddy Law Group PLLC	24	$60,000
Chugh, LLP	21	$73,000
Sidley Austin (US) LLP	21	$225,000
Yerezhepova Law, PC	20	$67,340
Ropes & Gray LLP	19	$230,000
Grape Law Firm Pllc	19	$72,900
System Soft Technologies, LLC	17	$66,560
Law Offices of Metin Serbest	16	$60,500
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	16	$225,000
Hang & Associates, PLLC	13	$70,990
Kevin Kerveng Tung, P.C.	11	$52,042
O'Melveny & Myers LLP	9	$85,000
Demidchik Law Firm	9	$82,919
Sun & Ren PLLC	9	$73,674
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP	9	$225,000
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	8	$225,000
Law Offices of Rakesh Mehrotra	8	$65,586
Kevin Kerveng Tung PC	8	$50,211
Konare Law PLLC	8	$55,266
Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), Inc.	8	$59,426
Geng & Associates, P.C.	7	$52,042
The Law Offices of Fuqiang Zhang, P.C.	7	$72,446
Elvinger SARL PLLC	7	$147,940
Newland Law Firm.P.C.	7	$52,047
Enhesa, Inc.	6	$65,000
Pacific Coast Trial Law Firm, APC	6	$62,327
Phillips Lytle LLP	6	$120,000
Hunter Taubman NY LLP	6	$99,563
Law Offices of Taihe Wang	6	—
Berdyev Law, P.C.	6	$61,422
Kim, Song & Associates, PLLC	6	$67,117
Magstone Law, LLP	6	$85,000
Candotti Law Firm, LLC	6	—
Monir Mehran Law Firm PC	6	$55,000
Help Law Offices LLC	5	$65,541
Anderson and Associates Law, P.C.	5	$48,328
Law Office of Xiaomin Hu, P.C.	5	$69,181
Law offices of Melanie M Yang	5	$60,320
Proskauer Rose LLP	5	$225,000
Ding Babb PLLC	5	$52,000
Law Office of Thomas V. Allen, PLLC.	5	$61,500
Alpha Law LLC	5	$69,337
Kern Segal & Murray, A Law Corporation	5	$87,500
DLA Piper LLP (US)	5	$225,000
Law Office of Dharmik Barot, PLLC	5	$85,000
Premium Legal Partners, APC	5	$66,560
Contreras Edin & Associates PLLC	5	$52,458
Miao & Associates, PLLC	5	$73,680

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	281	$65,000
FY2024	354	$61,422
FY2025	426	$68,640
FY2026	462	$73,680

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).