Kirkland & Ellis LLP H-1B wage filings
New York, NY. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP filed 58 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026, covering 80 positions. The median wage it offered was $310,000, 69.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Associate (41 filings, median $260,000).
- Filings
- 58
- Positions covered
- 80
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 3
- Worksite cities
- 9
- Filings since FY2020
- 398
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +41%
Offered wage since 2020
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's median H-1B wage offer rose 41%, from $220,000 in fiscal 2020 to $310,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 68.1% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2021, with 74 filings.
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.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 52 | $310,000 | no change | $198,765 | +68.1% |
| 2025 | 58 | $310,000 | no change | $212,826 | +58.6% |
| 2024 | 68 | $310,000 | +5.1% | $192,795 | +69.7% |
| 2023 | 45 | $295,000 | +22.9% | $161,325 | +86.1% |
| 2022 | 70 | $240,000 | +9.1% | $159,016 | +66.5% |
| 2021 | 74 | $220,000 | no change | $141,918 | +55.5% |
| 2020 | 31 | $220,000 | n/a | $172,016 | +50.8% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate | 41 | $260,000 | +69.3% | +18% since 2020 | |
| Partner | 16 | $427,500 | +55.9% | +16% since 2022 | |
| AI Development & Innovation Manager | 1 | $259,000 | +82.1% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 34 | $337,500 |
| San Francisco, CA | 10 | $310,000 |
| Houston, TX | 4 | $340,000 |
| Chicago, IL | 3 | $310,000 |
| Boston, MA | 2 | $247,500 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $377,500 |
| Dallas, TX | 1 | $235,000 |
| Miami, FL | 1 | $235,000 |
| Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $390,000 |
By visa type: 46 H-1B, 12 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 58 certified.
Filings by quarter
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
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 Kirkland & Ellis 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.
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