Visa Wage Index

Paralegals and Legal Assistants in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Employers filed 120 applications covering 131 positions for this role here, at a median of $76,939 a year. 67 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 Paralegals and Legal Assistants in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 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$52,707
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$64,813
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$76,939
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$89,045

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
Gendelberg Law, PLLC Level IV 1212 $86,133
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Level IV 99 $225,000
Reid and Wise LLC Level II 66 $64,854
Acme Tricycles Inc. Level IV 44 $100,000
Clifford Chance US LLP Level IV 44 $215,000
INMIGRACION AL DIA LLC Level III 33 $79,997
Law Offices of Chen & Associates, P.C. Level II 33 $64,813
YAO LEGAL GROUP LLC Level II 33 $72,800
Zhong Lun Law Firm LLP Level IV 33 $119,995
Ahmuty, Demers & McManus LLP Level III 22 $76,939
Glacier Law LLP Level II 22 $65,021
GRAPE LAW FIRM PLLC Level IV 22 $208,000
Kirby, Aisner & Curley, LLP Level IV 22 $90,000
Law Offices of Metin Serbest PLLC Level I 22 $55,200
Liu Law Group PC Level I 22 $55,000
REID & WISE, LLC Level IV 22 $89,045
Silver Law Group, P.C. Level IV 22 $90,000
TARASOV AND ASSOCIATES Level II 22 $64,813
Yao Legal Group LLC Level III 22 $78,498
AMERICAN CHENGYI INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP INC Level II 11 $64,920
American Chengyi Investment Management Group Inc. Level III 11 $87,000
American Chengyi Investment Management Group Inc. Level IV 11 $100,000
BALLON STOLL P.C. Level II 12 $65,000
Bangel, Cohen & Falconetti, LLP Level II 11 $64,813
Barst & Mukamal LLP Level II 11 $65,000
Barst & Mukamal LLP Level III 11 $89,440
Barst & Mukamal LLP Level IV 11 $89,440
Baughman Kroup Bosse PLLC Level IV 11 $90,000
Brain Injury Rights Group Level III 11 $76,939
Brain Injury Rights Group Level IV 11 $89,045
Celine & Partners PLLC Level II 11 $64,813
Celine & Partners PLLC Level IV 11 $89,045
Corner Capital Management Llc Level IV 11 $130,000
Dalbir Singh & Associates, P.C. Level III 11 $76,939
Elvinger SARL PLLC Level IV 11 $244,195
Fooksman Law Firm P.C. Level II 11 $75,000
Fooksman Law Firm P.C. Level III 11 $80,000
GARCIA PANTALEON & ASSOCIATES, PC Level II 11 $65,520
Hansheng Law Corporation Level IV 11 $89,045
INMMIGRACION AL DIA LLC Level III 11 $79,997
International Institute for the Brain, LTD Level I 11 $65,000
International Refugee Assistance Project, Inc. Level II 11 $67,850
The Kasen and Liu Law Firm PLLC Level III 11 $76,939
Klee Woolf Goldman & Filpi, LLP Level IV 11 $89,045
KLEINBERG, KAPLAN, WOLFF AND COHEN, P.C. Level II 11 $65,000
Law Offices of Chen & Associates, P.C. Level I 11 $52,915
Law Offices of Mike P. Gao, P.C. Level IV 11 $89,045
Law Offices of Shengjin Yang Level II 11 $66,560
LELEU & GOMEZ ALFARO LLC Level II 11 $65,000
Lepore and Associates, P.C. Level IV 11 $89,045
London Fischer LLP Level III 12 $82,867
Mayer Brown LLP Level IV 110 $89,045
Morelli Law Firm Level II 11 $65,000
Nova Law Group LLC Level II 11 $64,900
Nova Law Group LLC Level III 11 $76,939
Nova Law Group LLC Level IV 11 $89,045
Ozisik, PLLC Level II 11 $67,000
Pantheon Ventures (US) LP Level II 11 $100,000
Pena & Kahn PLLC Level I 11 $52,707
Prado & Tuy, LLP Level IV 11 $89,100
Reid Wise LLC Level II 11 $65,000
Reid Wise LLC Level III 11 $77,000
Robert J. Hantman and Associates, P.C. Level I 11 $52,707
ROCHE LEGAL, PLLC Level I 11 $52,707
Ryan Law Firm, PLLC Level IV 11 $90,000
Sabaj Law Professional Corporation Level I 11 $52,707
Seelig Dressler Ochani, LLC Level II 11 $64,813
White & Wolnerman PLLC Level III 11 $76,939
Pure Anatolia LLC Level II 11 $67,000
LAW OFFICES OF RUMA JUNNATUL PLLC not stated 33 $76,939

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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.