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Legal Counsel in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Legal Counsel
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
42
Median offered wage
$156,416
Most common occupation
Lawyers
Median wage$156,416certified 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 "Legal Counsel" and a worksite in New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202212
FY20236
FY20247
FY202510
FY2026*7
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
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. TapTap Send Payments Co.4
  2. JD Capital Advisors USA LLC3
  3. Klarna Inc.2
  4. Swiss Re Management (US) Corporation2
  5. Swiss Re America Holding Corporation2
  6. Alibaba.com US E-commerce Corporation2
  7. Deel US LLC1
  8. Macrobond Financial, Inc.1
  9. Wiz Inc.1
  10. Smart Choice Properties LLC1
  11. Havas Worldwide LLC1
  12. Alibaba Group (U.S.) Inc.1
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 $156,416; middle half $130,000 to $190,699 · median prevailing wage $143,998 (marker) · 40 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I16
  2. Level II11
  3. Level III11
  4. Level IV2
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 "Legal Counsel" appears on 168 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 100 employers for worksites in 54 cities; the median offered wage is $150,000, so the median in New York City is 4.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
168
Employers nationwide
100
Cities with filings
54
National median offered wage
$150,000
Share of national filings in New York City
25.0%
Cities with the most applications for Legal Counsel
  1. New York City, NY42
  2. Cupertino, CA16
  3. San Francisco, CA9
  4. Redmond, WA8
  5. Chicago, IL7
  6. Baltimore, MD6
  7. Los Angeles, CA5
  8. San Mateo, CA4
  9. Hummelstown, PA4
  10. Jersey City, NJ4
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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; "Legal Counsel" ranks #343 by applications, with 0.0% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Legal Counsel in New York City
343
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
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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