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Associate in Washington, DC

Job title · Washington, District of Columbia

Job title as filed
Associate
City
Washington, District of Columbia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
363
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" and a worksite in Washington.

Applications by fiscal year

4181FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4181FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202276
FY202368
FY202473
FY202581
FY2026*65
Certified (decided applications)
98.6%
Employers filing
95

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services LLC30
  2. Cornerstone Research, Inc.14
  3. Kirkland & Ellis LLP13
  4. Analysis Group, Inc.13
  5. Covington & Burling LLP12
  6. The Brattle Group12
  7. Rocky Mountain Institute, Inc.12
  8. Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP11
  9. Latham & Watkins LLP11
  10. Three Crowns US LLP10
  11. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP9
  12. White & Case LLP9

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $215,000; middle half $111,676 to $250,000 · median prevailing wage $142,563 (marker) · 347 applications.

$80k$150k$220k$290k$360k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I114
  2. Level II133
  3. Level III82
  4. Level IV31

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 Washington is 48.3% 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 Washington
2.5%
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

The Washington job market

Washington has 13,260 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,796 job titles and 2,716 employers; "Associate" ranks #2 by applications, with 2.7% of them.

Applications in Washington, all job titles
13,260
Job titles filed
4,796
Rank of Associate in Washington
2
Median offered wage in Washington, all job titles
$108,000
National median wage, Lawyers (all job titles)
$220,000
Other job titles in Washington
  1. Software Developer519
  2. Software Engineer257
  3. Secondary Teacher205
  4. Senior Associate199
  5. Elementary Teacher155
  6. Teacher151
  7. Assistant Professor149
  8. Manager133
  9. Economist100
  10. Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects97