Visa Wage Index

Lawyers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Employers filed 19 applications covering 19 positions for this role here, at a median of $173,000 a year. 11 of those state a minimum and no maximum — a Labor Condition Application commits an employer to a floor, not to a salary.

What the government requires here

The prevailing wage for Lawyers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, wage year 2025-26 — the four levels an employer must meet depending on the experience the role demands.

LevelWho it is forA year
Level IEntry: a role needing basic understanding and close supervision$82,139
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$126,922
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$171,683
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$216,466

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
BN&M, P.C. Level I 44 $85,000
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. Level I 22 $82,139
Sterlington PLLC Level III 22 $175,000
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP formerly Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP Level I 22 $242,500
Cipriani & Werner, P.C. Level II 11 $155,000
Greenberg Traurig, LLP Level II 11 $215,000
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. Level IV 11 $275,000
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Level I 11 $225,000
Schafkopf Law, LLC Level I 11 $88,400
Stelmakh & Associates LLC Level I 11 $94,000
Fox Rothschild LLP Level III 11 $173,000
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey not stated 22 $85,588

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Source: OFLC disclosure data and prevailing wage library, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.