Role Filing Pattern
Patent Agent appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 8 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Patent Agent H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 23-1011.00
SOC Category: Lawyers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Patent Agent (SOC 23-1011.00, Lawyers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 8 filing records. Filed base wages span $122,720 to $185,040 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $167,250. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Median Salary
$167,250
H-1B LCA Filings
8LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$185,040
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Employer Concentration
The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Foley Hoag LLP, and SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP. Use this as a filing-volume signal, not as a guarantee of current hiring or petition outcomes.
Location Pattern
Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as Houston, TX, Boston, MA, Salt Lake City, UT, Palo Alto, CA, and San Jose, CA. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
Salary Caveat
The median shown here is a filed base wage signal from public LCA records. It generally excludes equity, bonus, benefits, and compensation changes after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$122,720
P25$125,000
Median$167,250
P75$184,500
Max$185,040
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP$185,0401
- Foley Hoag LLP$150,0001
- SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP$147,0001
Filed Wage by City
- San Jose, CA$216,0701
- Salt Lake City, UT$184,5001
- Palo Alto, CA$147,0001
- Boston, MA$136,3602
- Houston, TXN/A2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Patent Agent?
The median filed base salary for Patent Agent H-1B LCA records is $167,250 per year.
How many Patent Agent H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 8 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Patent Agent role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Patent Agent?
Top employers filing LCAs for Patent Agent include: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Foley Hoag LLP, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP.
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