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Associate Attorney salary in New York

A real-employer view of Associate Attorney pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Associate Attorney in New York: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 276 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $225,000. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry83$120,000
Level II — qualified88$230,000
Level III — experienced56$330,000
Level IV — fully competent10$310,000

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Associate Attorney in New York. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPAttorney34$260,000
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPAssociate Attorney26$260,000
Latham & Watkins LLPAttorney26$310,000
Sidley Austin (US) LLPAssociate Attorney17$225,000
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLPAssociate Attorney13$310,000
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPAssociate Attorney12$377,500
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLPAssociate Attorney10$325,000
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPAssociate Attorney9$171,018
Mayer Brown LLPAssociate Attorney5$225,000
Winston & Strawn LLPAssociate Attorney4$225,000

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Associate Attorney at Sheeley LLP
    $145,000
    New YorkDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-501826
  • Associate Attorney at Hunter Taubman NY LLP
    $98,200
    New YorkDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25346-479074
  • Associate Attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
    $365,000
    New YorkDecided Dec 18, 2025I-200-25345-475966
  • Associate Attorney at Law Office of Anil Jethmalani PLLC
    $98,114
    New YorkDecided Dec 15, 2025I-200-25342-466642
  • Attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
    $235,000
    New YorkDecided Dec 10, 2025I-200-25337-454891
  • Attorney at Latham & Watkins LLP
    $365,000
    New YorkDecided Dec 9, 2025I-200-25336-451457
  • Attorney at Kambo Law
    $99,840
    JerichoDecided Dec 8, 2025I-200-25335-446267
  • Attorney at Latham & Watkins LLP
    $182,000
    New YorkDecided Dec 4, 2025I-200-25330-441735

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.