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Counsel H-1B salaries

Employers filed 59 certified H-1B applications for Counsel roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $390,000.

Median salary offered
$390,000
Middle half earn
$193,348 to $445,000
Top 10% earn over
$451,000
Certified filings
59

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP6$420,000$420,000 – $431,250
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP6$345,000$255,000 – $412,500
Linklaters LLP4$445,000$445,000 – $445,000
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP3$420,000$420,000 – $510,000
Magstone Law, LLP2$216,250$208,125 – $224,375
Rimon, P.C.2$126,000$117,000 – $135,000
Reed Smith LLP2$450,000$450,000 – $450,000
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP2$427,500$423,750 – $431,250
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP2$445,000$440,000 – $450,000
Coefficient Giving LLC1$218,000$218,000 – $218,000
Coatue Management LLC1$300,000$300,000 – $300,000
Balyasny Asset Management, L.P.1$160,000$160,000 – $160,000
Appleton Luff Trade Consulting LLC1$68,640$68,640 – $68,640
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP1$700,000$700,000 – $700,000
Bermudez Law Firm P.A.1$218,400$218,400 – $218,400
LinkedIn Corporation1$180,487$180,487 – $180,487
King & Wood Mallesons LLP1$330,000$330,000 – $330,000
Crowell & Moring LLP1$186,695$186,695 – $186,695
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP1$575,000$575,000 – $575,000
Health Care Service Corporation1$136,677$136,677 – $136,677
Hogan Lovells US LLP1$445,000$445,000 – $445,000
DLP Real Estate Capital Inc.1$168,000$168,000 – $168,000
Goodwin Procter LLP1$450,000$450,000 – $450,000
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP1$420,000$420,000 – $420,000
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.1$158,000$158,000 – $158,000
Ojai Tax Law LLP1$230,000$230,000 – $230,000
Muratbekov Law Firm, P.A.1$75,000$75,000 – $75,000
Miller & Chevalier Chartered1$310,000$310,000 – $310,000
LYFT, Inc.1$144,000$144,000 – $144,000
Sidley Austin (US) LLP1$470,000$470,000 – $470,000
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP1$435,000$435,000 – $435,000
RO Law PLLC1$160,000$160,000 – $160,000
Societe Generale1$285,000$285,000 – $285,000
Venture Partner, LLC1$125,008$125,008 – $125,008
Venable LLP1$360,000$360,000 – $360,000
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP1$445,000$445,000 – $445,000
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC1$435,000$435,000 – $435,000
World Insurance Associates LLC1$185,000$185,000 – $185,000
Yk Law LLP1$95,222$95,222 – $95,222

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
New York, NY40$427,500$322,500 – $445,000
San Francisco, CA5$180,487$144,000 – $218,000
Washington, DC4$335,000$279,174 – $375,000
Chicago, IL3$136,677$130,842 – $148,338
Dallas, TX1$445,000$445,000 – $445,000
Hallandale Beach, FL1$75,000$75,000 – $75,000
Houston, TX1$435,000$435,000 – $435,000
Oakland, CA1$68,640$68,640 – $68,640
Livingston, NJ1$200,000$200,000 – $200,000
St. Augustine, FL1$168,000$168,000 – $168,000
St. Louis, MO1$108,000$108,000 – $108,000

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I5$95,222
Level II16$192,500
Level III6$420,000
Level IV30$445,000

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

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
20234$297,500
202420$420,000
202514$337,500
202621$360,000