Latham & Watkins LLP

H-1B & green card sponsor · Headquarters New York, NY · Industry: Professional and IT services

Short answer

Yes, Latham & Watkins LLP sponsors H-1B visas. It had 75 certified H-1B filings in FY2026 so far, with a median salary of $260,000.

H-1B filings · FY2026 so far

75

#537 of 50,637 sponsors

Median salary

$260,000

+106% vs all H-1B ($126,372)

Green cards (PERM) · FY2026 so far

16

certified labor certifications

Most common level

Level II

61% of filings with a level

By fiscal year

H-1B filings

*FY2026 covers Oct 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026 (9 months).

By fiscal year

Green card (PERM) certifications

Certified PERM cases by decision year, FY2023 onward.

FY2026 so far · all roles · 75 filings

What Latham & Watkins LLP pays H-1B workers

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10th pct
$225,000
25th pct
$225,000
Median
$260,000
75th pct
$365,000
90th pct
$390,000

DOL wage level of filings

  • Level I · entry · 28%
  • Level II · qualified · 61%
  • Level III · experienced · 8%
  • Level IV · fully competent · 3%

Of 75 filings that state a level. Level matters in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

FY2026 so far

Top roles Latham & Watkins LLP sponsors

Job titleDOL occupationFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Attorney Lawyers 54 $310,000 $241,250 – $365,000
Associate Lawyers 16 $225,000 $225,000 – $235,000
Master File Maintenance Team Lead Document Management Specialists 1 $145,246 $145,246 – $145,246
Practice Support Engineer Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1 $110,000 $110,000 – $110,000
Senior Analyst Workplace Data Analytics Operations Research Analysts 1 $94,910 $94,910 – $94,910
Global Technology Finance Manager Financial Managers 1 $160,000 $160,000 – $160,000
Business Development Project Finance Energy Industry Senio Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 1 $122,824 $122,824 – $122,824

FY2026 so far worksites

Where they work

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY48$285,000
Houston, TX5$225,000
Los Angeles, CA5$160,000
San Francisco, CA4$312,500
Washington, DC3$235,000
Chicago, IL3$225,000
San Diego, CA2$267,500
Menlo Park, CA2$242,500

Worker positions on FY2026 so far filings

Who Latham & Watkins LLP files for

New hires59%

61 — Includes new graduates moving from OPT

Transfers from other employers19%

20 — People switching to Latham & Watkins LLP from another H-1B employer

Extensions of current workers17%

18 — Continuing H-1B employment with Latham & Watkins LLP

Amended petitions5%

5 — Usually a new location or role

Already on an H-1B elsewhere? 19% of positions are transfers from other employers, so Latham & Watkins LLP does hire people mid-H-1B.

PERM labor certification

Green card sponsorship

Fiscal yearCertifiedDeniedWithdrawnMedian days to decision
FY20231401315
FY20241400387
FY20252400480
FY2026 so far1600482

PERM is the first government step for most EB-2 and EB-3 green cards. Nationally, PERM decisions take a median of 398 days right now — see live PERM times.

Not H-1B dependent

H-1B workers are below DOL's dependency threshold.

No willful-violator flag

No DOL finding of willful wage violations on its filings.

Not debarred

Not on DOL's PERM / H-2A / H-2B debarment list.

Immigration law firms used

Miller Immigration Law LLP · Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP · Miller Seid LLP

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Questions about Latham & Watkins LLP H-1B sponsorship

Does Latham & Watkins LLP sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Latham & Watkins LLP had 75 certified H-1B labor condition applications in FY2026 so far, ranking #537 among all U.S. sponsors.

What is the H-1B salary at Latham & Watkins LLP?

The median is $260,000; the middle half of filings fall between $225,000 and $365,000. The most-filed title, Attorney, has a median of $310,000.

Does Latham & Watkins LLP sponsor green cards?

Latham & Watkins LLP had 16 certified PERM labor certifications in FY2026 so far. PERM is the first government step for most employment-based green cards.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification LCA and PERM disclosure data, decisions through Jun 30, 2026. Salaries are annualized base wages from the filing and exclude bonus and stock. A certified LCA is not an approved H-1B petition. Updated Oct 4, 2026.