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Associate Attorney: H-1B salaries
1,710 labor condition applications used the job title Associate Attorney. Median offered base salary $190,000; middle half $117,998–$250,000.
Applications (LCAs)1,710
Median offered salary$190,000
Middle half of salaries$117,998–$250,000
10th–90th percentile$94,203–$365,000
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Employers
| Employer | LCAs | Median salary |
|---|
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | 125 | $295,000 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 95 | $250,000 |
| Sidley Austin (US) LLP | 65 | $225,000 |
| Mayer Brown LLP | 48 | $242,437 |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | 46 | $218,920 |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | 43 | $365,000 |
| Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP | 32 | $300,000 |
| Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP | 23 | $345,000 |
| Jones Day | 19 | $218,920 |
| O'Melveny & Myers LLP | 16 | $225,000 |
| Hunter Taubman NY LLP | 15 | $99,000 |
| Allen & Overy LLP | 14 | $295,000 |
| Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | 13 | $260,000 |
| Shearman & Sterling LLP | 13 | $252,500 |
| Baker & McKenzie LLP | 13 | $315,000 |
| Hogan Lovells US LLP | 11 | $260,000 |
| Withers Bergman LLP | 10 | $190,000 |
| Robinson & Cole LLP | 10 | $190,000 |
| Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | 9 | $130,000 |
| Haynes and Boone, LLP | 9 | $255,000 |
| Sidley Austin LLP | 8 | $225,000 |
| Winston & Strawn LLP | 8 | $237,500 |
| Magstone Law, LLP | 8 | $147,000 |
| Hueston Hennigan, LLP | 8 | $250,000 |
| Jethmalani & Nallaseth Pllc | 7 | $96,262 |
| Polsinelli, PC | 7 | $225,000 |
| Shanze Partners PLLC | 7 | $86,154 |
| Quill & Arrow LLP | 7 | $125,000 |
| Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP | 7 | $211,000 |
| Greenberg Traurig, LLP | 7 | $285,000 |
| Xyz Law Pllc | 7 | — |
| Law Office of Chen and Associates | 7 | — |
| Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP | 6 | $140,000 |
| Law Office of N.M. Gehi, P.C. | 6 | $120,000 |
| Law Office of Anil Jethmalani PLLC | 6 | — |
| Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | 6 | $390,000 |
| Strategic Legal Practices, APC. | 6 | $137,500 |
| Kim, Song & Associates, PLLC | 6 | $100,000 |
| TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP formerly Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP | 6 | $237,500 |
| Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP | 6 | $132,200 |
| Brown Immigration Law P.C., L.L.O. | 5 | $70,000 |
| Loeb & Loeb LLP | 5 | $285,000 |
| Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP | 5 | $127,962 |
| Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | 5 | $265,000 |
| Becker New York, P.C. | 4 | $155,000 |
| Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. | 4 | $150,000 |
| Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | 4 | $200,000 |
| Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP | 4 | $81,474 |
| Goel and Anderson, LLC | 4 | $140,839 |
| Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP | 4 | $190,000 |
| Vedder Price P.C. | 4 | $242,500 |
| Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP | 4 | $215,000 |
| Barakat Bossa, PLLC. | 4 | $76,783 |
| Wilkinson Stekloff LLP | 4 | $335,000 |
| Law Office of Ify Ononogbu, PLLC | 4 | $130,686 |
| Kean Miller LLP | 4 | $175,000 |
| Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP | 4 | $252,500 |
| Oguz Law | 4 | $88,000 |
| Law Office of Usman B. Ahmad PC | 4 | $96,668 |
| Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. | 4 | $96,792 |
By wage level
| Wage level | Median salary |
|---|
| Level I (entry) | $112,070 |
| Level II (qualified) | $210,000 |
| Level III (experienced) | $280,000 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | $285,000 |
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.
By fiscal year
| Fiscal year | LCAs | Median salary |
|---|
| FY2023 | 287 | $193,000 |
| FY2024 | 355 | $190,000 |
| FY2025 | 451 | $180,000 |
| FY2026 | 404 | $195,000 |
Cities
- New York, NY719
- Los Angeles, CA97
- Chicago, IL64
- Washington, DC44
- San Francisco, CA44
- Palo Alto, CA42
- Houston, TX29
- Dallas, TX27
- Atlanta, GA26
- Brooklyn, NY21
- Irvine, CA20
- Miami, FL19
- Seattle, WA17
- Boston, MA11
- Coral Gables, FL11
- Flushing, NY10
- San Diego, CA9
- Pasadena, CA9
- Menlo Park, CA8
- Phoenix, AZ7
- Wilmington, DE7
- Nashville, TN7
- White Plains, NY6
- St. Louis, MO6
- Long Island City, NY6
- Washington D.C, DC6
- San Jose, CA6
- Reston, VA5
- El Segundo, CA5
- Pittsburgh, PA5
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).