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Associate Attorney in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Associate Attorney
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
62
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 San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

815FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
815FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202215
FY20239
FY202415
FY202512
FY2026*11
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
31

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP11
  2. Sidley Austin (US) LLP4
  3. Inventus Law PC3
  4. Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP3
  5. McGuireWoods LLP2
  6. Allen & Overy LLP2
  7. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP2
  8. BraunHagey & Borden LLP2
  9. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP2
  10. Withers Bergman LLP2

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $215,000; middle half $168,500 to $295,000 · median prevailing wage $155,522 (marker) · 61 applications.

$120k$185k$250k$315k$380k
$120k$185k$250k$315k$380k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I25
  2. Level II19
  3. Level III16
  4. Level IV2

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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco
3.0%
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 San Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Associate Attorney" ranks #88 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Associate Attorney in San Francisco
88
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Lawyers (all job titles)
$220,000
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517