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Lawyers salaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 157 certified H-1B applications for lawyers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 114 employers.
The middle half of offers were $120,000 to $235,000 a year, with a median of $168,000: 25% below the national median for this job ($225,000).
The most common wage level was Level I (63% of filings).
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 63% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 23% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 10% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 5% | — |
We don't carry prevailing wages for this occupation yet; the DOL wage search has them.
Who sponsors lawyers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quill & Arrow LLP | 6 | $132,500 | — |
| Hueston Hennigan, LLP | 4 | $265,000 | — |
| Innovative Legal Service, P.C. | 4 | $230,000 | — |
| Strategic Legal Practices, APC. | 4 | $170,000 | 1 |
| Lexint Law Inc. | 3 | $116,000 | — |
| Miniso Depot CA, Inc. | 3 | $141,000 | 2 |
| Mino Law Group, A Professional Corporation | 3 | $116,500 | 1 |
| Milbank Llp | 2 | $412,500 | 7 |
| Veatch Carlson, LLP | 2 | $135,000 | — |
| King & Spalding LLP | 2 | $292,500 | 8 |
| Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. | 2 | $120,500 | — |
| Quinn & Dworakowski, Llp | 2 | $125,000 | — |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | 2 | $337,500 | 6 |
| Bowman & Brooke, LLP | 2 | $175,000 | — |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 2 | $282,500 | 7 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Associate, Associate Attorney, Attorney, Law Clerk, Lawyer, Partner, Senior Associate, Law Clerk/Associate.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.