Law Clerk, H-1B salary
What 3,904 H-1B filings report for “Law Clerk” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Law Clerk?
$77k median H-1B base salary for a Law Clerk, typically $47k to $223k, across 3,904 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in District of Columbia at $160k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1District of Columbia150$160k+$83k
- 2New York2,048$155k+$78k
- 3Massachusetts103$72k−$5k
- 4California723$70k−$7k
- 5New Jersey102$62k−$15k
- 6Minnesota23$61k−$16k
- 7Washington47$61k−$16k
- 8Florida91$60k−$17k
- 9Illinois125$60k−$17k
- 10Maryland40$56k−$21k
- 11Virginia59$56k−$21k
- 12Georgia60$55k−$22k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $77kfor 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 a Law Clerk?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Law Clerk roles are Sullivan & Cromwell; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; and Debevoise & Plimpton, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Law Clerk filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Sullivan & Cromwell205 filings$205k
- 2Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom115 filings$190k
- 3Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison103 filings$225k
- 4Simpson Thacher & Bartlett94 filings$215k
- 5Debevoise & Plimpton75 filings$200k
- 6Linklaters67 filings$180k
- 7Clifford Chance64 filings$160k
- 8Weil, Gotshal & Manges64 filings$198k
- 9Milbank60 filings$225k
- 10DLA Piper58 filings$160k
- 11Cravath, Swaine & Moore54 filings$185k
- 12Willkie Farr & Gallagher52 filings$225k
- 13Kevin Kerveng Tung51 filings$48k
- 14Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan42 filings$215k
- 15Covington & Burling36 filings$215k
- 16Dechert33 filings$190k
- 17Baker McKenzie31 filings$199k
- 18O'Melveny & Myers30 filings$190k
- 19Dalbir Singh & Associates27 filings$45k
- 20Goodwin Procter23 filings$190k
- 21Ropes & Gray23 filings$215k
- 22Grape Law Firm22 filings$73k
- 23Hang & Associates22 filings$61k
- 24Zhang & Associates21 filings$42k
- 25Demidchik Law Firm, PC21 filings$58k
- 26Yerezhepova Law20 filings$67k
- 27Cooley20 filings$215k
- 28Terkiana, PC.20 filings$69k
- 29King & Spalding18 filings$215k
- 30Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher16 filings$225k
- 31Law Offices of Metin Serbest16 filings$73k
- 32Norton Rose Fulbright15 filings$225k
- 33Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati15 filings$215k
- 34Wu Law Group15 filings$49k
- 35Schulte Roth & Zabel14 filings$190k
- 36American Immigration Law Group14 filings$36k
- 37Hogan Lovells Cadwalader13 filings$225k
- 38Hunter Taubman NY13 filings$90k
- 39Emandi Law Firm PC12 filings$53k
- 40Zeng Law Group12 filings$52k
- 41MagStone Law12 filings$81k
- 42Law Offices of Taihe Wang11 filings$67k
- 43Proskauer Rose11 filings$225k
- 44Pacific Coast Trial Law Firm, APC11 filings$64k
- 45Yang & Associates11 filings$58k
- 46Colon Law Firm10 filings$61k
- 47Elvinger SARL10 filings$132k
- 48Sun & Ren10 filings$67k
- 49Kim, Song & Associates10 filings$56k
- 50Law Offices of Jiali Pan & Assoc10 filings$52k
Related titles in this family
4,891 filings carry “Law Clerk” in the title, across 182 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Law Clerk/Associate206 filings$225k
- 2Pre-Admitted Law Clerk / Associate93 filings$190k
- 3Senior Law Clerk54 filings$90k
- 4Immigration Law Clerk50 filings$52k
- 5Judicial Law Clerk50 filings$54k
- 6Law Clerk/ Legal Research Analyst36 filings$58k
- 7Judicial Law Clerks26 filings$52k
- 8Foreign Law Clerk24 filings$155k
- 9Associate Law Clerk21 filings$63k
- 10International Law Clerk20 filings$158k
- 11Sr. Law Clerk18 filings$110k
- 12Law Clerk II16 filings$70k
Figures are for the exact title “Law Clerk”; 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.