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Lawyers

Occupation · SOC 2018 23-1011 · United States

SOC 2018 code
23-1011
Share of U.S. applications
0.29%
Applications on record
35,740
FY2025
3,213
Median offered wage
$225,000
Certified (last three years)
97.4%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$225,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Lawyers (SOC 23-1011). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Lawyers

1,6073,213FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,6073,213FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008253
FY2009434
FY20101,709
FY20111,625
FY20121,474
FY20131,239
FY20141,567
FY20151,669
FY20161,870
FY20171,999
FY20182,165
FY20192,211
FY20202,019
FY20212,205
FY20222,366
FY20232,246
FY20242,625
FY20253,213
FY2026*2,851
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*02,458393
FY202502,827386
FY202402,352273
FY202302,017229
FY202202,126240
FY202101,898307
FY202011,783235
FY201901,972239
FY201801,836329
FY201701,757242
FY201601,557313
FY201501,456213
FY201401,313254
FY201301,106133
FY201201,262212
FY201101,370255
FY201001,439270
FY20090291143
FY200800253
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Latham & Watkins LLP803
  2. White & Case LLP798
  3. Kirkland & Ellis LLP694
  4. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP676
  5. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP630
  6. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP624
  7. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP596
  8. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP568
  9. Shearman & Sterling LLP493
  10. Sidley Austin (US) LLP433
  11. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP395
  12. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP370
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Lawyers: applications by worksite state

2+9+25+89+269+
2+9+25+89+269+
Data table
StateApplications
NY17,875
CA6,224
DC1,923
FL1,592
TX1,515
IL1,020
MA849
WA706
NJ705
VA506
GA450
PA269
MI221
MD204
MN171
NC145
AZ121
OH120
CT118
MO117
CO105
NV89
UT80
TN62
DE57
IN50
AL49
OR45
NE38
LA34
SC33
HI31
WI25
OK21
IA18
KS14
MP14
MS14
AR14
ME11
VT11
NM11
PR9
NH8
WV8
RI8
ID7
KY6
GU6
WY4
AK2
ND2
MT2
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ18,331
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,452
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,441
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,048
  5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL1,353
  6. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,254
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN977
  8. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH824
  9. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX798
  10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA671
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

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

Median $225,000; middle half $151,578 to $272,418 · median prevailing wage $153,254 (marker) · 7,294 applications.

$100k$175k$250k$325k$400k
$100k$175k$250k$325k$400k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2,408
  2. Level II2,603
  3. Level III1,500
  4. Level IV897
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Associate6,524
  2. Associate Attorney5,679
  3. Attorney3,201
  4. Law Clerk1,462
  5. Lawyer1,380
  6. Foreign Legal Consultant487
  7. Legal Counsel390
  8. Staff Attorney342
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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