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Lawyers in Washington, DC: H-1B salaries

340 labor condition applications for this occupation with a work site in Washington, DC. Median offered base salary $225,000; middle half $214,092–$295,000.

Applications (LCAs)340

Median offered salary$225,000

Middle half of salaries$214,092–$295,000

10th–90th percentile$155,190–$388,250

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$215,000
Level II (qualified)	$225,000
Level III (experienced)	$260,000
Level IV (fully competent)	$365,000

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
Covington & Burling LLP	16	$260,000
Latham & Watkins LLP	16	$255,000
White & Case LLP	13	$220,000
Three Crowns US LLP	10	$275,362
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	9	$225,000
Foley Hoag LLP	9	$225,000
Mayer Brown LLP	9	$260,000
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	9	$215,000
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP	8	$295,000
Kirkland & Ellis LLP	8	$247,500
Williams & Connolly LLP	8	$367,500
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP	8	$225,000
Holland & Knight LLP	8	$275,725
Crowell & Moring LLP	6	$186,490
Jones Day	6	$215,145
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP	6	$225,000
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	5	$225,000
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP	5	$235,000
Goodwin Procter LLP	5	$400,000
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP	5	$255,000
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP	5	$337,500
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	4	$272,500
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	4	$152,500
Hogan Lovells US LLP	4	$265,000
Linklaters LLP	4	$240,344
Miller & Chevalier Chartered	4	$267,500
Blank Rome LLP	4	$260,000
King & Spalding LLP	4	$300,000
Public Citizen	3	$101,734
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP	3	$295,000
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan	3	$225,000
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Inc.	3	$110,888
Paul Hastings LLP	3	$225,000
Baker Botts LLP	3	$225,000
Thompson Hine LLP	3	$175,000
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP	3	$225,000
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	3	$245,000
Curtis Mallet Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP	3	$120,000
Steptoe LLP	3	$450,000
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.	3	$223,371

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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 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).