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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
| Employer | LCAs | Median salary |
|---|
| Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | 92 | $225,000 |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP | 78 | $225,000 |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | 48 | $225,000 |
| Milbank LLP | 43 | $225,000 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | 37 | $225,000 |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | 36 | $148,678 |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | 35 | $225,000 |
| Clifford Chance US LLP | 30 | $160,000 |
| Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | 25 | $225,000 |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | 24 | $225,000 |
| Linklaters LLP | 24 | $225,000 |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | 23 | $225,000 |
| Grape Law Firm Pllc | 20 | $72,800 |
| Yerezhepova Law, PC | 20 | $67,340 |
| Law Offices of Metin Serbest | 16 | $60,500 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 16 | $225,000 |
| Terkiana, PC | 15 | $68,640 |
| Covington & Burling LLP | 14 | $225,000 |
| Hang & Associates, PLLC | 13 | $70,990 |
| Kevin Kerveng Tung, P.C. | 10 | $52,042 |
| Demidchik Law Firm | 10 | $82,638 |
| Cooley LLP | 10 | $225,000 |
| Baker & McKenzie LLP | 10 | $225,000 |
| Colon Law Firm, LLC | 10 | $70,000 |
| Hogan Lovells US LLP | 9 | $225,000 |
| O'Melveny & Myers LLP | 9 | $85,000 |
| Sun & Ren PLLC | 9 | $73,674 |
| Dechert LLP | 9 | $225,000 |
| Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP | 9 | $225,000 |
| Ropes & Gray LLP | 8 | $215,000 |
| Elvinger SARL PLLC | 8 | $136,118 |
| King & Spalding LLP | 8 | $225,000 |
| Proskauer Rose LLP | 8 | $225,000 |
| Yao Legal Group LLC | 8 | $77,000 |
| Kevin Kerveng Tung PC | 8 | $50,211 |
| Konare Law PLLC | 8 | $55,266 |
| Dalbir Singh & Associates, P.C. | 7 | $49,941 |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC | 7 | $225,000 |
| Geng & Associates, P.C. | 7 | $52,042 |
| The Law Offices of Fuqiang Zhang, P.C. | 7 | $72,446 |
| Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | 6 | $220,000 |
| Pacific Coast Trial Law Firm, APC | 6 | $62,327 |
| Hunter Taubman NY LLP | 6 | $99,563 |
| Kim, Song & Associates, PLLC | 6 | $67,117 |
| Newland Law Firm.P.C. | 6 | $52,047 |
| Sidley Austin (US) LLP | 6 | $57,200 |
| Magstone Law, LLP | 6 | $85,000 |
| Law Offices of Robert B Jobe | 6 | $80,000 |
| Candotti Law Firm, LLC | 6 | — |
| Monir Mehran Law Firm PC | 6 | $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 LLP | 5 | $225,000 |
| Law Office of Xiaomin Hu, P.C. | 5 | $69,181 |
| Law Offices of Taihe Wang | 5 | — |
| Law offices of Melanie M Yang | 5 | $60,320 |
| Shanze Partners PLLC | 5 | $65,500 |
| Ding Babb PLLC | 5 | $52,000 |
| Law Office of Thomas V. Allen, PLLC. | 5 | $61,500 |
By wage level
| Wage level | Median 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 year | LCAs | Median salary |
|---|
| FY2023 | 275 | $95,805 |
| FY2024 | 348 | $72,613 |
| FY2025 | 441 | $85,000 |
| FY2026 | 477 | $100,000 |
Cities
- New York, NY748
- Flushing, NY96
- Chicago, IL50
- Los Angeles, CA48
- Washington, DC47
- San Francisco, CA40
- Brooklyn, NY26
- Irvine, CA26
- San Jose, CA20
- Miami, FL19
- Houston, TX18
- Boston, MA17
- Palo Alto, CA16
- Atlanta, GA14
- Seattle, WA14
- Long Island City, NY14
- Minneapolis, MN13
- San Diego, CA13
- Philadelphia, PA13
- San Gabriel, CA12
- Santa Ana, CA12
- Pasadena, CA12
- Forest Hills, NY11
- Newport Beach, CA11
- Greenville, SC10
- Beverly Hills, CA9
- Kent, WA9
- City of Industry, CA8
- Pleasanton, CA8
- Alexandria, VA8
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).