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Law Clerk: H-1B salaries

1,866 labor condition applications used the job title Law Clerk. Median offered base salary $85,000; middle half $62,400–$225,000.

Applications (LCAs)1,866
Median offered salary$85,000
Middle half of salaries$62,400–$225,000
10th–90th percentile$52,000–$225,000

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Employers

EmployerLCAsMedian salary
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP92$225,000
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP78$225,000
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP48$225,000
Milbank LLP43$225,000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP37$225,000
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP36$148,678
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP35$225,000
Clifford Chance US LLP30$160,000
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan25$225,000
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP24$225,000
Linklaters LLP24$225,000
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP23$225,000
Grape Law Firm Pllc20$72,800
Yerezhepova Law, PC20$67,340
Law Offices of Metin Serbest16$60,500
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP16$225,000
Terkiana, PC15$68,640
Covington & Burling LLP14$225,000
Hang & Associates, PLLC13$70,990
Kevin Kerveng Tung, P.C.10$52,042
Demidchik Law Firm10$82,638
Cooley LLP10$225,000
Baker & McKenzie LLP10$225,000
Colon Law Firm, LLC10$70,000
Hogan Lovells US LLP9$225,000
O'Melveny & Myers LLP9$85,000
Sun & Ren PLLC9$73,674
Dechert LLP9$225,000
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP9$225,000
Ropes & Gray LLP8$215,000
Elvinger SARL PLLC8$136,118
King & Spalding LLP8$225,000
Proskauer Rose LLP8$225,000
Yao Legal Group LLC8$77,000
Kevin Kerveng Tung PC8$50,211
Konare Law PLLC8$55,266
Dalbir Singh & Associates, P.C.7$49,941
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC7$225,000
Geng & Associates, P.C.7$52,042
The Law Offices of Fuqiang Zhang, P.C.7$72,446
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP6$220,000
Pacific Coast Trial Law Firm, APC6$62,327
Hunter Taubman NY LLP6$99,563
Kim, Song & Associates, PLLC6$67,117
Newland Law Firm.P.C.6$52,047
Sidley Austin (US) LLP6$57,200
Magstone Law, LLP6$85,000
Law Offices of Robert B Jobe6$80,000
Candotti Law Firm, LLC6—
Monir Mehran Law Firm PC6$55,000
Zhang & Associates, P.C.5$50,960
Anderson and Associates Law, P.C.5$48,328
Immigration Project, Inc.5$56,181
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP5$225,000
Law Office of Xiaomin Hu, P.C.5$69,181
Law Offices of Taihe Wang5—
Law offices of Melanie M Yang5$60,320
Shanze Partners PLLC5$65,500
Ding Babb PLLC5$52,000
Law Office of Thomas V. Allen, PLLC.5$61,500

By wage level

Wage levelMedian salary
Level I (entry)$65,000
Level II (qualified)$190,000
Level III (experienced)$80,000
Level IV (fully competent)$160,000

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 yearLCAsMedian salary
FY2023275$95,805
FY2024348$72,613
FY2025441$85,000
FY2026477$100,000

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).