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Associate: H-1B salaries

10,301 labor condition applications used the job title Associate. Median offered base salary $150,000; middle half $110,000–$200,000.

Applications (LCAs)10,301

Median offered salary$150,000

Middle half of salaries$110,000–$200,000

10th–90th percentile$85,000–$260,000

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.	796	$135,000
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	642	$130,000
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	556	$130,000
Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC	417	$175,000
Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services LLC	336	$97,000
Goldman Sachs Services LLC	250	$113,000
Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	197	$110,000
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.	180	$150,000
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP	170	$225,000
Kirkland & Ellis LLP	166	$295,000
Kpmg LLP	165	$78,000
Goldman Sachs Bank USA	164	$111,500
White & Case LLP	152	$280,000
DB Global Technology, Inc.	132	$112,200
Latham & Watkins LLP	124	$225,000
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC	121	$175,000
Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP	118	$82,632
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.	115	$175,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	108	$150,000
DB USA Core Corporation	107	$95,000
Evercore Partners Services East LLC	103	$185,000
Bofa Securities, Inc.	102	$175,000
Analysis Group, Inc.	101	$180,000
Goodwin Procter LLP	98	$260,000
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	96	$295,000
Cornerstone Research, Inc.	93	$230,000
A.T. Kearney, Inc.	93	$157,000
Milbank LLP	91	$295,000
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	90	$215,000
PwC US Tax LLP	85	$90,000
PJT Partners Holdings LP	83	$200,000
LatentView Analytics Corporation	75	$129,976
Cooley LLP	72	$295,000
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	68	$120,000
Apollo Management Holdings, L.P.	67	$175,000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	65	$260,000
Dechert LLP	65	$295,000
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	58	$295,000
Covington & Burling LLP	54	$260,000
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC	52	$277,659
Moelis & Company Group LP	44	$175,000
PwC US Business Advisory LLP	43	$97,000
Citadel Americas Services LLC	42	$150,000
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan	40	$260,000
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.	36	$135,000
Bank of China	36	$73,195
Jefferies LLC	36	$150,000
Paul Hastings LLP	36	$260,000
Credit Suisse Services (USA) LLC	34	$121,250
King & Spalding LLP	34	$310,000
BlackRock Corporation US, Inc.	33	$140,000
Greensky Management Company LLC	32	$117,500
Fenwick & West, LLP	32	$295,000
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.	32	$145,850
BNP Paribas	32	$155,000
DLA Piper LLP (US)	31	$250,000
The Ayco Company, L.P., a Goldman Sachs Company	31	$82,098
Clifford Chance US LLP	31	$225,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	30	$65,000
Willis Towers Watson US LLC	30	$91,514

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$101,816
Level II (qualified)	$145,550
Level III (experienced)	$200,000
Level IV (fully competent)	$200,000

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	2,772	$144,750
FY2024	2,543	$145,000
FY2025	2,434	$150,000
FY2026	2,292	$155,000

Cities

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).