Associate, H-1B salary
What 29,558 H-1B filings report for “Associate” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Associate?
$126k median H-1B base salary for an Associate, typically $73k to $220k, across 29,558 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in District of Columbia at $190k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1District of Columbia594$190k+$64k
- 2New York16,208$140k+$14k
- 3Massachusetts721$140k+$14k
- 4Connecticut214$133k+$7k
- 5California3,496$127k+$1k
- 6Georgia987$115k−$11k
- 7Illinois843$115k−$11k
- 8Texas1,626$110k−$16k
- 9Tennessee33$110k−$16k
- 10New Jersey1,151$105k−$21k
- 11North Carolina429$98k−$28k
- 12Washington321$95k−$31k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $126kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for an Associate?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Associate roles are Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, KPMG, and PwC, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Associate filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Goldman Sachs4,617 filings$123k
- 2Morgan Stanley3,665 filings$131k
- 3BlackRock2,561 filings$101k
- 4KPMG1,254 filings$62k
- 5PwC908 filings$89k
- 6JPMorgan Chase694 filings$120k
- 7Deutsche Bank619 filings$140k
- 8Credit Suisse578 filings$150k
- 9BCG496 filings$90k
- 10Kirkland & Ellis471 filings$225k
- 11BofA Securities431 filings$160k
- 12DB Global Technology351 filings$99k
- 13DB USA Core315 filings$87k
- 14Bank of China310 filings$62k
- 15Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison276 filings$225k
- 16BNP Paribas272 filings$150k
- 17LatentView Analytics261 filings$102k
- 18Weil, Gotshal & Manges244 filings$240k
- 19Latham & Watkins240 filings$215k
- 20Analysis Group237 filings$165k
- 21White & Case235 filings$260k
- 22Cornerstone Research213 filings$175k
- 23Goodwin Procter199 filings$225k
- 24Sullivan & Cromwell185 filings$215k
- 25Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom182 filings$251k
- 26Merrill177 filings$150k
- 27Jefferies168 filings$102k
- 28A.T. Kearney165 filings$157k
- 29Macquarie Group152 filings$150k
- 30Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati148 filings$225k
- 31Bank of America145 filings$150k
- 32Cooley133 filings$260k
- 33Milbank130 filings$280k
- 34Albert Einstein College of Medicine127 filings$60k
- 35Houlihan Lokey119 filings$130k
- 36Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton118 filings$250k
- 37Dechert118 filings$235k
- 38Citadel115 filings$150k
- 39KKR114 filings$150k
- 40Freshfields US113 filings$225k
- 41PJT Partners108 filings$200k
- 42Evercore Partners104 filings$185k
- 43Alvarez & Marsal97 filings$100k
- 44AQR Capital96 filings$150k
- 45Fenwick & West94 filings$229k
- 46Apollo Global Management91 filings$175k
- 47Lazard91 filings$150k
- 48Mu Sigma91 filings$73k
- 49Paul Hastings89 filings$255k
- 50Moelis & Company86 filings$175k
Related titles in this family
250,600 filings carry “Associate” in the title, across 32,418 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Research Associate13,811 filings$62k
- 2Postdoctoral Research Associate9,105 filings$55k
- 3Postdoctoral Associate8,516 filings$58k
- 4Senior Associate7,991 filings$112k
- 5Senior Associate Jc60 -Computer Systems Engineers/Architects7,233 filings$81k
- 6Associate, Software Engineer5,105 filings$111k
- 7Associate Attorney3,727 filings$166k
- 8Advisory Senior Associate3,131 filings$106k
- 9Associate Professor2,976 filings$118k
- 10Associate Director2,963 filings$125k
- 11Associate Research Scientist2,743 filings$71k
- 12Senior Research Associate1,965 filings$75k
Figures are for the exact title “Associate”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.