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Associate Attorney in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Associate Attorney
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
74
Median offered wage
$160,000
Most common occupation
Lawyers
Median wage$160,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Associate Attorney" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

1428FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1428FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202210
FY20236
FY202415
FY202515
FY2026*28
Certified (decided applications)
97.3%
Employers filing
37
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Sidley Austin (US) LLP12
  2. Mayer Brown LLP11
  3. Arch & Lake LLP3
  4. Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.3
  5. Gerald Cipolla & Associates3
  6. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP2
  7. Ziliak Law, LLC2
  8. Mandarich Law Group, LLP2
  9. Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP2
  10. Perkins Coie LLP2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $160,000; middle half $92,500 to $225,000 · median prevailing wage $87,589 (marker) · 71 applications.

$80k$125k$170k$215k$260k
$80k$125k$170k$215k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I39
  2. Level II15
  3. Level III10
  4. Level IV10
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Associate Attorney" appears on 2,090 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 706 employers for worksites in 262 cities; the median offered wage is $185,000, so the median in Chicago is 13.5% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,090
Employers nationwide
706
Cities with filings
262
National median offered wage
$185,000
Share of national filings in Chicago
3.5%
Cities with the most applications for Associate Attorney
  1. New York City, NY897
  2. Los Angeles, CA115
  3. Chicago, IL74
  4. Washington, DC71
  5. San Francisco, CA62
  6. Palo Alto, CA51
  7. Houston, TX36
  8. Dallas, TX34
  9. Atlanta, GA29
  10. Miami, FL26
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Chicago job market

Chicago has 49,084 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 14,589 job titles and 6,191 employers; "Associate Attorney" ranks #68 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Associate Attorney in Chicago
68
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Lawyers (all job titles)
$220,000
Other job titles in Chicago
  1. Software Engineer1,459
  2. Software Developer1,234
  3. Senior Software Engineer627
  4. Manager624
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar584
  6. Associate441
  7. Consultant409
  8. Assistant Professor375
  9. Senior Associate363
  10. Analyst343
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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