Entry-level Law Clerk salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 42 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I 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$63,960
Middle 50%$58.5k–$67k
vs. all levels here−9%comparison median $70,000
Filings42FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $47,840 and $145,900.
PercentileSalary
10th$47,840
25th$58,500
50th (median)$63,960
75th$66,950
90th$82,587

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2020: median $60,320 (11 filings) FY2023: median $55,286 (15 filings) FY2024: median $54,912 (14 filings) FY2025: median $59,800 (22 filings) FY2026: median $64,480 (20 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 5 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 22 filings FY25 FY2026: 20 filings FY26 22
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$60,320$60,299$60,75011
FY2021–––8
FY2022–––5
FY2023$55,286$54,912$58,56915
FY2024$54,912$54,912$55,06814
FY2025$59,800$47,840$66,56022
FY2026$64,480$62,928$70,38220

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median entry-level Law Clerk salary of $63,960 is worth about $56,300 at national average prices.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Premium Legal Partners, APCtoo few4
Innovative Legal Service, P.c.too few2
Kaisheng Yangtoo few2
Valley & Summit Law P.C.too few2
Zhou Lawtoo few2

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.