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Lawyers: green card (PERM) sponsors

779 PERM labor certification applications for this occupation (SOC 23-1011). Median offered salary $225,000; median time to certification 486 days.

PERM applications779
Median offered salary$225,000
Middle half of salaries$140,000–$310,000
10th–90th percentile$95,000–$390,000

Top green card sponsors

EmployerPERM applicationsMedian salary
Latham & Watkins LLP40$310,000
Kirkland & Ellis LLP22$345,000
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP15$365,000
Sidley Austin (US) LLP14$295,000
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP13$260,000
Cooley LLP12$355,000
Goodwin Procter LLP12$345,000
Mayer Brown LLP11$225,000
Milbank LLP10$345,000
White & Case LLP10$310,000
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP10$365,000
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP9$345,000
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP8$380,000
King & Spalding LLP8$285,000
Fenwick & West, LLP7$302,500
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP7$260,000
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP7$310,000
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP7$310,000
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC7$249,600
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP6$225,000
Covington & Burling, LLP6$390,000
Linklaters LLP5$252,500
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP5$365,000
Proskauer Rose LLP5$225,000
Dechert LLP5$310,000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP5$247,500
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP5$365,000
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP4$405,000
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP4$302,500
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP4$392,500
Ropes & Gray LLP4$310,000
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP3$96,262
Baker & McKenzie LLP3$225,850
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP3$217,500
Alston & Bird LLP3$235,000
Winston & Strawn LLP3$295,000
Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry3$142,750
O'Melveny & Myers LLP3$390,000
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP3$153,254
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP3$340,000
Demidchik Law Firm, P.C.3$112,070
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP3$158,000
DLA Piper LLP (US)3$310,000
Greenberg Traurig, LLP2$150,426
Jun He Law Offices LLC2$95,222
Microsoft Corporation2$194,040
Withers Bergman LLP2$220,000
Allen & Overy LLP2$237,500
Loigica, P.A.2$90,282
Reed Smith LLP2$152,340

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Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications. PERM certification is one step toward a green card; USCIS decides the petition. Not legal advice. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC PERM Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2024–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).