Legal Assistant H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Paralegals and Legal Assistants (SOC 23-2011).
Employers filed 36 wage applications for Legal Assistant jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 17 employers. The median offered wage was $60,514, 1.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Graves Law Group, LLC filed the most (12, median $70,000).
- Filings
- 36
- Positions covered
- 30
- Employers
- 17
- Median offered
- $60,514
- Median prevailing wage
- $58,459
- Filings since FY2020
- 148
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +33%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Legal Assistant jobs rose 33%, from $46,800 in fiscal 2020 to $62,192 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2023, with 31 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.
Legal Assistant by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 31 | $62,192 | +2.4% | $61,027 | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 29 | $60,757 | +12.3% | $59,904 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 25 | $54,080 | −5.6% | $54,080 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 31 | $57,283 | +0.1% | $57,283 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 7 | $57,200 | −0.1% | $52,458 | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 12 | $57,236 | +22.3% | $56,971 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 13 | $46,800 | n/a | $43,867 | +0.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graves Law Group, LLC | 12 | $70,000 | +1.8% | |
| Charles C.H. Wu & Associates, A Professional Corporation | 2 | $61,027 | at the minimum | |
| Scott Warmuth A Professional Corporation | 2 | $53,040 | +8.2% | |
| Law Offices of Metin Serbest PLLC | 2 | $55,200 | +4.7% | |
| Donoso & Partners, LLC | 1 | $55,474 | at the minimum | |
| International Institute for the Brain, LTD | 1 | $65,000 | +23.3% | |
| Law Offices of Shengjin Yang | 1 | $66,560 | +2.7% | |
| Delphia Distribution Inc | 1 | n/a | ||
Showing the 8 employers with the most filings of 17. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Legal Assistant jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston, MA | 9 | $70,000 | +2.1% | |
| Boston, MA | 3 | $70,000 | +1.5% | |
| Indianapolis, IN | 3 | $58,240 | +5.8% | |
| Irvine, CA | 3 | $61,714 | +1.1% | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 3 | $58,157 | at the minimum | |
| Burlington, VT | 2 | n/a | ||
| City of Industry, CA | 2 | $53,040 | +8.2% | |
| Fort Lee, NJ | 2 | $55,200 | +4.7% | |
| New York, NY | 2 | $64,907 | +11.7% | |
| Bethesda, MD | 1 | $55,474 | at the minimum | |
| Flushing, NY | 1 | $66,560 | +2.7% | |
| Houston, TX | 1 | $54,000 | +0.5% | |
| Madison, WI | 1 | $62,192 | at the minimum | |
| Philadephia, PA | 1 | n/a | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 1 | $76,003 | +24.5% | |
| West Hollywood, CA | 1 | $86,000 | +1.1% | |
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.
- 3 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.