Visa Wage Index

Lawyers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Employers filed 73 applications covering 73 positions for this role here, at a median of $232,253 a year. 44 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 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$150,883
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$232,253
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$313,622
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$394,992

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC Level II 44 $260,000
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Level I 33 $150,883
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Level II 33 $260,000
Cooley LLP Level I 22 $225,000
Cooley LLP Level II 22 $365,000
Fenwick & West, LLP Level I 22 $225,000
Luxshare Technologies International, Inc. Level II 22 $232,253
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Level II 22 $310,000
White & Case LLP Level II 22 $300,000
White & Case LLP Level IV 22 $420,000
Alibaba.com US E-commerce Corporation Level I 11 $150,883
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP Level I 11 $220,000
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated Level I 11 $150,883
Altamont Capital Management, L.P. Level III 11 $320,000
ANUTTACON LLC Level II 11 $289,680
Apple Inc. Level II 11 $232,253
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP Level I 11 $225,000
Beyer Law Group LLP Level I 11 $156,000
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Level I 11 $260,000
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Level II 11 $310,000
Cooley LLP Level IV 11 $450,000
Fellow, Professional Legal Corporation Level I 11 $160,000
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Level I 11 $225,000
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Level II 11 $232,253
INNOVATIVE LEGAL SERVICE, P.C. Level I 11 $150,883
INVENTUS LAW, PC Level II 11 $232,253
Jerry Services, Inc. Level I 11 $150,883
Juris Path Law Firm, PC Level I 11 $150,883
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Level III 11 $390,000
Luxshare Technologies International, Inc. Level I 11 $150,883
Magstone Law, LLP Level I 11 $151,000
MagStone Law, LLP Level II 11 $232,500
Paul Hastings LLP Level I 11 $225,000
PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP Level I 11 $235,000
PROCEPT BioRobotics Level II 11 $232,253
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP Level II 11 $235,000
Ropes & Gray LLP Level I 11 $225,000
Rubrik, Inc. Level I 11 $185,000
Schwegman Lundberg and Woessner, P.A. Level I 11 $150,883
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Level III 11 $435,000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Level I 11 $225,000
TsingLaw NY LLP Level I 11 $166,400
Ventura Hersey & Muller, LLP Level I 11 $150,883
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Level III 11 $435,000
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC Level IV 11 $420,000
Workato Inc. Level I 11 $190,000
XINQUAN TEXAS AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS LLC Level I 11 $160,000
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Level III 11 $331,500
Morrison & Foerster LLP Level N/A 22 $240,000
Fenwick & West, LLP Level N/A 11 $239,200
Guardant Health, Inc. Level N/A 11 $239,200
Apple Inc. not stated 33 $259,043
AESC US LLC not stated 11 $291,500
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC not stated 11 $195,454
NVIDIA Corporation not stated 11 $257,545
Tesla, Inc. not stated 11 $230,000

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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.