Freshfields US LLP H-1B wage filings

New York, NY. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.

Freshfields US LLP filed 14 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026, covering 27 positions. The median wage it offered was $260,000, 48.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Associate (7 filings, median $235,000).

Filings: 14
Positions covered: 27
Certified: 100.0%
Job titles: 4
Worksite cities: 2
Filings since FY2025: 24
Median offer change since FY2025: 0%

Offered wage since 2025

Freshfields US LLP's median H-1B wage offer held steady, from $260,000 in fiscal 2025 to $260,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 46.2% above the prevailing wage.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Freshfields US LLP by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	13	$260,000	no change	$215,530	+46.2%
2025	11	$260,000	n/a	$156,832	+49.8%

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job title	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing	Median since 2020
Associate	7	$235,000	+43.5%	−7% since 2025
Senior Associate	4	$412,500	+69.8%
International Associate	2	$225,000	+23.9%
Partner	1	$650,000	+137.0%

Where the jobs are

Worksite	Filings	Median offered
New York, NY	13	$260,000
Washington, DC	1	$390,000

By visa type: 11 H-1B, 2 E-3 (Australia), 1 H-1B1 (Chile). By outcome: 14 certified.

Filings by quarter

Jul to Sep 20251

Jan to Mar 20263

Apr to Jun 202610

Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified43%

Level III, experienced36%

Level IV, fully competent21%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages Freshfields US LLP attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.