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Associate in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Associate
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
182
Median offered wage
$150,000
Most common occupation
Lawyers
Median wage$150,000certified 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" and a worksite in Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

2549FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2549FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202249
FY202335
FY202437
FY202530
FY2026*31
Certified (decided applications)
98.9%
Employers filing
62
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. White & Case LLP14
  2. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.12
  3. Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services LLC12
  4. Alvarez & Marsal Taxand LLC9
  5. Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP9
  6. Kirkland & Ellis LLP8
  7. Macquarie Global Services (USA) LLC7
  8. Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP6
  9. King & Spalding LLP5
  10. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP5
  11. Reed Smith LLP5
  12. Latham & Watkins LLP5
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 $150,000; middle half $100,000 to $225,000 · median prevailing wage $89,981 (marker) · 174 applications.

$60k$125k$190k$255k$320k
$60k$125k$190k$255k$320k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I60
  2. Level II60
  3. Level III17
  4. Level IV42
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" appears on 14,479 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,192 employers for worksites in 326 cities; the median offered wage is $145,000, so the median in Houston is 3.4% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
14,479
Employers nationwide
1,192
Cities with filings
326
National median offered wage
$145,000
Share of national filings in Houston
1.3%
Cities with the most applications for Associate
  1. New York City, NY7,483
  2. San Francisco, CA727
  3. Dallas, TX580
  4. Chicago, IL441
  5. Salt Lake City, UT393
  6. Alpharetta, GA373
  7. Washington, DC363
  8. Boston, MA357
  9. Atlanta, GA338
  10. Los Angeles, CA319
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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" ranks #16 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Associate in Houston
16
Median offered wage in Houston, all job titles
$98,500
National median wage, Lawyers (all job titles)
$220,000
Other job titles in Houston
  1. Software Developer3,067
  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
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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