SponsorWage

Lawyers visa sponsorship salary

Across 2,721 certified work-visa filings classified under SOC 23-1011, the median wage for Lawyers is $225,000. The middle half falls between $142,730 and $260,000; the top decile begins at $390,000.

This page groups every job title employers filed under this occupation code, so it covers the same work described as Law Clerk, Associate Attorney, Attorney and others.

Median
$225,000
25th pct
$142,730
75th pct
$260,000
90th pct
$390,000
Filings
2,721

Who sponsors Lawyers

Ranked by number of certified filings for this occupation

Employers filing Lawyers, with wage percentiles
EmployerFilings25thMedian75th
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP117$225,000$225,000$225,000
White & Case LLP109$225,000$260,000$365,000
Latham & Watkins LLP76$235,000$277,000$365,000
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP70$235,000$260,000$365,000
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP61$225,000$235,000$310,000
Kirkland & Ellis LLP56$238,750$335,000$397,500
Linklaters LLP47$225,000$260,000$260,000
Sidley Austin (US) LLP46$225,000$235,000$310,000
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP38$225,000$277,500$365,000
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP38$225,000$225,000$225,000
Ropes & Gray LLP36$260,000$355,000$392,500
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP36$118,664$171,018$223,371
Milbank LLP32$232,500$260,000$390,000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP30$225,000$255,000$310,000
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP29$225,000$310,000$420,000
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP29$235,373$310,000$390,000
Dechert LLP28$225,000$277,500$390,000
Goodwin Procter LLP28$253,750$260,000$371,250
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP28$225,000$260,000$371,250
Cooley LLP26$238,750$260,000$390,000
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP25$225,000$260,000$365,000
Amazon.com Services LLC22$167,223$173,400$188,893
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP20$225,000$230,000$310,000
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP18$226,250$280,000$397,500
Covington & Burling LLP18$225,000$260,000$383,750
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP15$165,807$212,826$217,142
Proskauer Rose LLP14$246,250$365,000$390,000
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC14$227,500$260,000$390,000
Paul Hastings LLP14$225,000$225,000$370,000
King & Spalding LLP13$250,000$310,000$390,000
Mayer Brown LLP13$225,000$225,000$390,000
Holland & Knight LLP13$153,254$178,360$240,000
DLA Piper LLP (US)12$207,500$297,500$356,250
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP12$215,000$237,500$262,500
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP11$247,500$310,000$390,000
Freshfields US LLP11$230,000$260,000$365,000
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP11$225,000$235,000$377,500
Morrison & Foerster LLP11$160,000$160,000$170,000
Fenwick & West, LLP10$246,250$310,000$392,500
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.10$225,000$230,000$351,250
Clifford Chance US LLP10$225,000$225,000$225,000
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin and Hachigian, LLP9$235,000$345,000$390,000
Greenberg Traurig, LLP9$260,000$285,000$310,000
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz9$240,000$240,000$395,000
Winston & Strawn LLP9$225,000$225,000$310,000
Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP9$153,254$153,254$153,254
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP8$225,000$285,000$371,250
TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP formerly Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP8$225,000$237,500$256,250
Hunter Taubman NY LLP8$93,662$111,900$123,750
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP7$297,500$365,000$419,180
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP7$267,500$330,554$360,277
Baker & McKenzie LLP7$225,000$260,000$420,000
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP7$217,500$260,000$323,750
Jones Day7$195,655$201,406$252,180
Baker Botts LLP6$225,000$242,500$338,750
Foley Hoag LLP6$225,000$225,000$232,500
Pacston Corporation6$87,000$87,000$104,250
Torys LLP5$272,418$272,418$272,418
Alston & Bird LLP5$265,000$265,000$365,000
Reed Smith LLP5$200,000$235,000$260,000

By state

Where this occupation is filed from

Lawyers filings and median wage by state
StateFilingsMedian
New York1,500$225,000
California468$224,853
District of Columbia112$225,000
Texas102$188,573
Illinois82$165,509
Florida70$122,190
New Jersey55$150,000
Massachusetts51$215,000
Washington41$161,300
Virginia35$123,157
Georgia33$125,320
Pennsylvania21$145,000
Minnesota20$90,000
Michigan13$115,000
Maryland12$118,832

Job titles in this occupation

The exact wording employers used on their filings

Job titles filed under SOC 23-1011
Job titleFilingsMedian
Law Clerk488$80,101
Associate Attorney486$171,018
Attorney237$160,000
Partner107$350,000
Lawyer68$114,400
Law Clerk / Associate54$225,000
Legal Consultant34$120,001
Legal Counsel33$160,000
Us Associate28$260,000
Staff Attorney25$90,182
Counsel23$330,000
International Associate22$235,000
Immigration Attorney21$97,656
Corporate Counsel19$190,000
Foreign Legal Consultant16$72,559
Corporate Associate16$255,000
Associate General Counsel14$237,500
Senior Counsel14$240,000
Legal Counsel III10$162,715
General Counsel10$102,000
Managing Associate9$212,826
Associate (unadmitted)9$220,000
Legal Associate8$96,057
Senior Legal Counsel8$220,000
International Law Clerk / Associate8$285,000
Deputy General Counsel7$200,000
Associate Counsel7$112,070
In-house Counsel7$93,974
Foreign Legal Associate7$260,000
Senior Associate Attorney7$175,000
Litigation Associate7$165,000
Senior Managing Associate Attorney7$420,000
Vice President of Business Development6$165,626
Business Immigration Attorney6$87,000
Managing Associate Attorney6$390,000
Junior Associate Attorney6$105,000
Legal Counsel II6$172,300
Senior Manager, Legal5$264,210
Lawyers5$122,179
Senior Us Associate5$390,000
Corporate Associate II5$153,254
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel4$260,000
Lawyers - Kbgfjg324029-24$132,500
Principal Legal Counsel4$184,335
Senior Corporate Counsel4$142,730
Strategic Business Development Lead4$210,000
International Law Research Scholar4$96,429
Junior Associate4$84,331
Counsel Attorney4$390,000
Senior Associate, Finance4$255,452
Mid-level Associate, Private Capital Transactions (finance)4$377,500
Legal Advisor4$95,888
Head of Legal4$198,131
Foreign Exchange Professional4$225,000
Commercial Counsel4$193,077
Product Counsel4$227,207
Attorney at Law4$95,659
Managing Partner4$205,108
Employment-based Immigration Attorney3$87,000
Attorney (senior Fellow)3$165,630

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SOC 23-1011 is the federal occupation code the employer assigned to these filings. It is chosen by the employer and reviewed by the Department of Labor, so it is more consistent than the free-text job title — but two companies can still classify similar work differently. Where a title looks misplaced, the wage level usually explains more of the gap than the code does.