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Associate Attorney in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Associate Attorney
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
897
Median offered wage
$225,000
Most common occupation
Lawyers
Median wage$225,000certified 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 New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

109217FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
109217FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022169
FY2023154
FY2024174
FY2025217
FY2026*183
Certified (decided applications)
98.4%
Employers filing
207

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP106
  2. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP83
  3. Sidley Austin (US) LLP73
  4. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP64
  5. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP51
  6. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP42
  7. Shearman & Sterling LLP40
  8. Mayer Brown LLP27
  9. Allen & Overy LLP19
  10. Hunter Taubman NY LLP14
  11. Robinson & Cole LLP11
  12. O'Melveny & Myers LLP11

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $225,000; middle half $165,000 to $295,000 · median prevailing wage $153,254 (marker) · 869 applications.

$100k$170k$240k$310k$380k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I218
  2. Level II325
  3. Level III290
  4. Level IV59

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 New York City is 21.6% 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 New York City
42.9%
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 New York City job market

New York City has 163,518 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 40,783 job titles and 16,582 employers; "Associate Attorney" ranks #14 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Associate Attorney in New York City
14
Median offered wage in New York City, all job titles
$141,523
National median wage, Lawyers (all job titles)
$220,000
Other job titles in New York City
  1. Software Engineer7,682
  2. Associate7,483
  3. Vice President3,993
  4. Analyst3,261
  5. Senior Software Engineer1,919
  6. Software Developer1,600
  7. Data Scientist1,392
  8. Senior Associate1,297
  9. Manager1,055
  10. Software Development Engineer II967