Legal Support Worker salary in New York, NY

Based on 27 certified H-1B filings in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Long Island City, Flushing, Jericho, Kew Gardens, Secaucus.

Median salary$68,640
Middle 50%$67.7k–$80k
vs. national median−1%comparison median $69,000
Filings27FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $49,941 and $190,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$49,941
25th$67,706
50th (median)$68,640
75th$80,000
90th$91,200

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $60k $80k FY2020: median $51,979 (13 filings) FY2021: median $45,550 (12 filings) FY2022: median $67,059 (11 filings) FY2023: median $68,280 (16 filings) FY2024: median $55,318 (18 filings) FY2025: median $68,411 (18 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 13 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 11 filings FY22 FY2023: 16 filings FY23 FY2024: 18 filings FY24 FY2025: 18 filings FY25 FY2026: 9 filings FY26 18
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$51,979$42,000$65,25013
FY2021$45,550$40,581$57,12012
FY2022$67,059$61,200$74,94011
FY2023$68,280$58,750$83,43016
FY2024$55,318$46,000$67,55818
FY2025$68,411$54,250$68,91018
FY2026–––9

Cost of living

New York's median Legal Support Worker salary of $68,640 is worth about $61,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Legal Support Workers, All Other in the New York, NY area earned a median of $83,140 in May 2025 (1,560 employed). The H-1B median here is $68,640, 17% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Law Office of Usman B. Ahmad, P.C.too few3
Dalbir Singh & Associates, P.c.too few2
Human Rights Foundationtoo few2
Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein, P.C.too few2
McCarter and Englishtoo few2
Origin Law P.C.too few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 4
Mid-level · Level II $69,000 15
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$68,411$69,00015

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.