Immigration Law Attorney Fees by State

Visas, green cards, citizenship, asylum, deportation defense. Fee ranges below are based on Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024 wage data for lawyers (SOC 23-1011), adjusted by practice area market data.

$1,500-$5,000
Typical retainer band
$53/hr
National median
$1,500+
Flat fee floor

Immigration Law retainer vs matter schedule

Flat fees standard for most visa and petition work. Published retainers for immigration law counsel typically open at $1,500 and top out near $5,000 (trust deposit billed as work posts). Matter flats below are ABA-survey norms; state pages scale them by each jurisdiction's BLS lawyer wage index.

Matter
Visa
$1,500-$4,000
National flat quote band
Matter
Green Card
$3,000-$8,000
National flat quote band

Employment-based visa petition; green card (family or employment-based)

All immigration law state hubs

Full jurisdiction index, retainer and matter bands above stay national; each hub scales by that state's BLS lawyer wage index.

DC $77/hr NY $67/hr CA $64/hr NJ $60/hr MA $59/hr MD $57/hr CT $56/hr VA $56/hr WA $56/hr DE $54/hr IL $54/hr CO $53/hr HI $53/hr AK $51/hr OR $51/hr PA $51/hr TX $51/hr MN $50/hr NH $50/hr RI $50/hr NV $49/hr AZ $48/hr GA $47/hr MI $47/hr UT $47/hr NC $46/hr OH $46/hr FL $45/hr ME $45/hr MO $45/hr VT $45/hr WI $45/hr ID $44/hr IN $44/hr KS $44/hr LA $44/hr NE $44/hr ND $44/hr TN $44/hr IA $43/hr MT $43/hr NM $43/hr OK $43/hr SC $43/hr AL $42/hr WY $42/hr KY $41/hr SD $41/hr AR $39/hr WV $39/hr MS $38/hr

Related practice areas

Immigration Law fee figures use BLS OES 2024 (SOC 23-1011) plus ABA fee-survey matter norms. Estimates only, not quotes or legal advice. Source: BLS OES Lawyers (SOC 23-1011) Matter norms: ABA Law Practice Division publications; see methodology.