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Law Clerk in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Law Clerk
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
61
Median offered wage
$60,000
Most common occupation
Judicial Law Clerks
Median wage$60,000certified 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 "Law Clerk" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

1019FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1019FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY20237
FY202412
FY202514
FY2026*19
Certified (decided applications)
93.4%
Employers filing
33
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. Law Offices of Metin Serbest5
  2. Mandarich Law Group, LLP4
  3. Gerald Cipolla & Associates4
  4. Childrens Legal Center3
  5. Sidley Austin (US) LLP3
  6. Elman Law Group, LLC3
  7. Baker & McKenzie LLP2
  8. Yellow Law Group2
  9. Illinois Institute of Technology2
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 $60,000; middle half $55,000 to $84,053 · median prevailing wage $57,429 (marker) · 57 applications.

$40k$80k$120k$160k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I23
  2. Level II16
  3. Level III15
  4. Level IV7
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 "Law Clerk" appears on 2,224 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 684 employers for worksites in 266 cities; the median offered wage is $85,000, so the median in Chicago is 29.4% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,224
Employers nationwide
684
Cities with filings
266
National median offered wage
$85,000
Share of national filings in Chicago
2.7%
Cities with the most applications for Law Clerk
  1. New York City, NY954
  2. Flushing, NY105
  3. Washington, DC70
  4. Chicago, IL61
  5. Los Angeles, CA54
  6. San Francisco, CA52
  7. Brooklyn, NY29
  8. Irvine, CA29
  9. San Jose, CA25
  10. Boston, MA23
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Chicago job market

Chicago has 49,084 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 14,589 job titles and 6,191 employers; "Law Clerk" ranks #88 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Law Clerk in Chicago
88
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Judicial Law Clerks (all job titles)
$67,912
Other job titles in Chicago
  1. Software Engineer1,459
  2. Software Developer1,234
  3. Senior Software Engineer627
  4. Manager624
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar584
  6. Associate441
  7. Consultant409
  8. Assistant Professor375
  9. Senior Associate363
  10. Analyst343
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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