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Associate Attorney in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Associate Attorney
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
36
Median offered wage
$215,000
Most common occupation
Lawyers
Median wage$215,000certified 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 Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

48FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
48FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20228
FY20235
FY20247
FY20258
FY2026*8
Certified (decided applications)
97.2%
Employers filing
18

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP6
  2. Sidley Austin (US) LLP4
  3. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP4
  4. Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry3
  5. Shearman & Sterling LLP2
  6. Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.2
  7. Polsinelli, PC1
  8. Mayer Brown LLP1

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $215,000; middle half $156,713 to $227,500 · median prevailing wage $116,210 (marker) · 35 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I16
  2. Level II11
  3. Level III8
  4. Level IV1

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 Houston is 16.2% above 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 Houston
1.7%
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

The Houston job market

Houston has 42,380 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 11,789 job titles and 6,486 employers; "Associate Attorney" ranks #134 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Associate Attorney in Houston
134
Median offered wage in Houston, all job titles
$98,500
National median wage, Lawyers (all job titles)
$220,000
Other job titles in Houston
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  2. Software Engineer1,679
  3. Assistant Professor763
  4. Postdoctoral Associate/fellow423
  5. Postdoctoral Fellow395
  6. Data Engineer341
  7. Research Scientist301
  8. Manager301
  9. Data Scientist272
  10. Architect268