Associate H-1B salaries

Employers filed 6,603 certified H-1B applications for Associate roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $147,389.

Median salary offered: $147,389
Middle half earn: $110,000 to $200,000
Top 10% earn over: $260,000
Certified filings: 6,603

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Pay by employer

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle half
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.	527	$135,000	$121,500 – $146,000
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	501	$132,600	$118,100 – $145,000
Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC	312	$175,000	$168,500 – $200,000
Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services LLC	288	$97,000	$85,000 – $102,000
Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	146	$110,000	$110,000 – $110,000
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	131	$100,800	$82,500 – $124,000
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP	127	$225,000	$225,000 – $225,000
KPMG LLP	120	$81,500	$74,520 – $89,850
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.	107	$155,000	$150,000 – $175,000
Kirkland & Ellis LLP	105	$260,000	$235,000 – $310,000
White & Case LLP	90	$310,000	$260,000 – $370,000
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.	89	$175,000	$150,000 – $200,000
Evercore Partners Services East LLC	89	$185,000	$185,000 – $185,000
Goldman Sachs Bank USA	85	$97,500	$82,000 – $114,000
DB Global Technology, Inc.	84	$113,750	$105,000 – $116,780
Goldman Sachs Services LLC	83	$96,000	$81,250 – $109,500
Analysis Group, Inc.	80	$180,000	$180,000 – $180,000
PwC US Tax LLP	78	$89,500	$84,000 – $127,750
Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP	71	$82,000	$78,000 – $86,500
Cornerstone Research, Inc.	70	$235,000	$220,000 – $240,000
A.T. Kearney, Inc.	67	$157,000	$157,000 – $188,000
Goodwin Procter LLP	66	$260,000	$235,000 – $351,250
LatentView Analytics Corporation	64	$130,000	$119,648 – $134,463
DB USA Core Corporation	63	$100,000	$90,000 – $115,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	58	$175,000	$146,250 – $175,000
PJT Partners Holdings LP	58	$200,000	$200,000 – $225,000
Apollo Management Holdings, L.P.	57	$175,000	$152,000 – $200,000
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	56	$120,000	$105,000 – $137,800
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	55	$215,000	$215,000 – $225,000
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	52	$260,000	$235,000 – $390,000
Milbank LLP	50	$260,000	$235,000 – $383,750
Bofa Securities, Inc.	45	$175,000	$175,000 – $175,000
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	45	$310,000	$260,000 – $365,000
Cooley LLP	43	$310,000	$260,000 – $390,000
Latham & Watkins LLP	43	$225,000	$225,000 – $235,000
PwC US Business Advisory LLP	41	$97,000	$85,000 – $100,000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	41	$260,000	$235,000 – $310,000
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC	40	$175,000	$175,000 – $176,250
Dechert LLP	38	$310,000	$235,000 – $385,000
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC	37	$365,000	$260,000 – $370,000
Covington & Burling LLP	37	$260,000	$225,000 – $390,000
Moelis & Company Group LP	31	$175,000	$175,000 – $200,000
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.	31	$145,800	$135,100 – $149,900
Bank of China	31	$73,195	$67,456 – $79,684
BlackRock Corporation US, Inc.	30	$140,400	$127,625 – $147,500
Citadel Americas Services LLC	28	$125,000	$100,410 – $150,000
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.	27	$133,000	$123,500 – $150,000
Clifford Chance US LLP	27	$225,000	$225,000 – $237,500
Jefferies LLC	27	$165,000	$140,000 – $175,000
Paul Hastings LLP	25	$295,000	$225,000 – $390,000

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.

City	Filings	Median	Middle half
New York, NY	3,446	$161,317	$129,000 – $225,000
San Francisco, CA	333	$155,600	$135,000 – $220,000
Chicago, IL	210	$132,000	$98,000 – $185,636
Boston, MA	190	$158,500	$110,000 – $200,000
Los Angeles, CA	184	$115,000	$83,691 – $205,000
Dallas, TX	178	$95,000	$83,350 – $113,000
Atlanta, GA	176	$122,350	$93,000 – $137,625
Washington, DC	159	$215,000	$110,000 – $240,000
Alpharetta, GA	156	$135,500	$125,000 – $145,250
Salt Lake City, UT	92	$80,500	$74,984 – $96,000
Menlo Park, CA	90	$175,000	$149,000 – $185,000
Cary, NC	86	$113,750	$105,000 – $116,890
Wilmington, DE	85	$105,000	$95,000 – $120,000
Houston, TX	81	$175,000	$110,000 – $225,000
Seattle, WA	81	$112,700	$102,800 – $135,000
Palo Alto, CA	54	$242,500	$194,746 – $310,000
San Jose, CA	46	$128,468	$100,500 – $135,488
Baltimore, MD	40	$102,000	$82,750 – $116,500
Jersey City, NJ	40	$137,500	$99,528 – $168,100
Miami, FL	39	$120,000	$98,450 – $190,000

By experience level

Wage level	Filings	Median
Level I	1,467	$103,500
Level II	3,725	$145,000
Level III	764	$200,000
Level IV	453	$200,000

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filed	Filings	Median
2023	483	$140,000
2024	2,182	$143,000
2025	2,074	$146,928
2026	1,864	$150,000