Law Clerk salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 113 certified H-1B filings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irvine, San Gabriel, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Santa Ana.

Also listed as: Judicial Law Clerk

Median salary$70,000
Middle 50%$62.7k–$83.2k
vs. national median+0%comparison median $70,000
Filings113FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $47,840 and $222,600.
PercentileSalary
10th$60,174
25th$62,712
50th (median)$70,000
75th$83,200
90th$90,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2020: median $64,854 (27 filings) FY2021: median $66,560 (26 filings) FY2022: median $67,956 (24 filings) FY2023: median $66,560 (39 filings) FY2024: median $62,400 (35 filings) FY2025: median $66,560 (60 filings) FY2026: median $70,720 (53 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 27 filings FY20 FY2021: 26 filings FY21 FY2022: 24 filings FY22 FY2023: 39 filings FY23 FY2024: 35 filings FY24 FY2025: 60 filings FY25 FY2026: 53 filings FY26 60
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$64,854$60,410$66,56027
FY2021$66,560$66,394$72,30626
FY2022$67,956$67,912$72,80024
FY2023$66,560$56,649$73,60039
FY2024$62,400$54,912$69,31635
FY2025$66,560$60,174$77,60060
FY2026$70,720$67,080$83,42953

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median Law Clerk salary of $70,000 is worth about $61,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Los Angeles = 113.6).

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Premium Legal Partners, APCtoo few5
Law Offices Of Taihe Wangtoo few4
Mino Law Group, A Professionaltoo few4
Adamantium Legal APCtoo few3
Chou Law Grouptoo few3
Chughtoo few3
Innovative Legal Service, P.c.too few3
Kaisheng Yangtoo few3
Law offices of Melanie M Yangtoo few3
Valley & Summit Law P.C.too few3

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $63,960 42
Mid-level · Level II $69,588 38
Senior · Level III $76,800 17
Expert · Level IV $90,000 16

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$47,840$63,96042
Mid-level · Level II$69,576$69,58838
Senior · Level III$72,488$76,80017
Expert · Level IV$83,429$90,00016

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.