Law Clerk H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Judicial Law Clerks (SOC 23-1012).
Employers filed 652 wage applications for Law Clerk jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 273 employers. The median offered wage was $89,045, 17.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP filed the most (30, median $225,000).
- Filings
- 652
- Positions covered
- 661
- Employers
- 273
- Median offered
- $89,045
- Median prevailing wage
- $76,502
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,711
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +22%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Law Clerk jobs rose 22%, from $72,800 in fiscal 2020 to $89,045 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 17.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 522 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.
Law Clerk by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 611 | $89,045 | +11.3% | $76,502 | +17.3% |
| 2025 | 522 | $80,000 | +10.2% | $72,446 | +15.3% |
| 2024 | 410 | $72,613 | −11.6% | $64,688 | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 316 | $82,100 | −54.4% | $71,552 | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 312 | $180,170 | +114.2% | $77,230 | +37.7% |
| 2021 | 260 | $84,100 | +15.5% | $68,318 | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 280 | $72,800 | n/a | $60,694 | +7.5% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | 30 | $225,000 | +43.5% | |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | 20 | $225,000 | +43.5% | |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP | 19 | $225,000 | +129.3% | |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | 17 | $225,000 | +43.5% | |
| Milbank LLP | 15 | $260,000 | +208.4% | |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | 13 | $215,530 | at the minimum | |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | 13 | $225,000 | +129.3% | |
| Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | 11 | $225,000 | +94.5% | |
| Clifford Chance US LLP | 10 | $215,000 | +98.1% | |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | 10 | $225,000 | +152.7% | |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 9 | $225,000 | +257.7% | |
| Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP | 9 | $225,000 | +173.8% | |
| Grape Law Firm PLLC | 7 | $85,000 | +15.4% | |
| Yao Legal Group LLC | 7 | $72,800 | +12.3% | |
| Hang & Associates, PLLC | 6 | $76,000 | +12.7% | |
| Monteza Law Firm P.C | 6 | $52,500 | +0.7% | |
| Covington & Burling LLP | 6 | $225,000 | +4.4% | |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | 6 | $225,000 | +43.5% | |
| Sun & Ren PLLC | 5 | $74,000 | +17.1% | |
| Brumley Law Firm PLLC | 5 | $60,632 | at the minimum | |
| Konare Law PLLC | 5 | $55,266 | at the minimum | |
| Cooley LLP | 5 | $225,000 | +82.7% | |
| The Jerome Law Firm PLLC | 5 | $68,640 | +2.7% | |
| Law Offices of Metin Serbest PLLC | 5 | $60,000 | +3.3% | |
| O'Melveny & Myers LLP | 5 | $85,000 | +2.9% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 273. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Law Clerk jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 248 | $225,000 | +43.5% | |
| Flushing, NY | 33 | $72,800 | at the minimum | |
| Washington, DC | 24 | $215,000 | +32.0% | |
| Los Angeles, CA | 23 | $90,000 | +21.9% | |
| Chicago, IL | 19 | $75,556 | +1.2% | |
| San Francisco, CA | 14 | $225,000 | +13.2% | |
| Brooklyn, NY | 13 | $66,720 | +1.4% | |
| Irvine, CA | 10 | $76,960 | +2.9% | |
| Miami, FL | 9 | $75,920 | +5.3% | |
| Santa Ana, CA | 9 | $75,000 | +6.2% | |
| Minneapolis, MN | 7 | $134,861 | +99.5% | |
| Atlanta, GA | 6 | $55,578 | at the minimum | |
| Falls Church, VA | 6 | $73,000 | +1.3% | |
| Houston, TX | 6 | $140,500 | +1.8% | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 6 | $125,000 | +74.7% | |
| Kent, WA | 6 | $65,843 | at the minimum | |
| Long Island City, NY | 6 | $225,000 | +129.3% | |
| San Diego, CA | 6 | $70,000 | +14.9% | |
| Diamond Bar, CA | 5 | $71,760 | +2.3% | |
| Newport Beach, CA | 5 | $49,005 | at the minimum | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 5 | $225,000 | +49.1% | |
| San Gabriel, CA | 5 | $70,720 | +1.6% | |
| San Jose, CA | 5 | $84,323 | +28.2% | |
| Beverly Hills, CA | 4 | $79,220 | +34.3% | |
| Boston, MA | 4 | $167,000 | +125.4% | |
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 employers 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.
- 99 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.