530 wage areas · 2026–27
Prevailing wages by city and area
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Alabama
- Anniston-Oxford, AL
- Auburn-Opelika, AL
- Birmingham, AL
- Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
- Decatur, AL
- Dothan, AL
- Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
- Gadsden, AL
- Huntsville, AL
- Mobile, AL
- Montgomery, AL
- Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
- Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
- Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
- Tuscaloosa, AL
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA
- Chico, CA
- Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
- El Centro, CA
- Fresno, CA
- Hanford-Corcoran, CA
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Merced, CA
- Modesto, CA
- Napa, CA
- North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
- North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
- Redding, CA
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
- Salinas, CA
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
- Stockton-Lodi, CA
- Vallejo, CA
- Visalia, CA
- Yuba City, CA
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Gainesville, FL
- Homosassa Springs, FL
- Jacksonville, FL
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Naples-Marco Island, FL
- North Florida nonmetropolitan area
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
- Ocala, FL
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
- Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
- Port St. Lucie, FL
- Punta Gorda, FL
- Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL
- Sebring, FL
- South Florida nonmetropolitan area
- Tallahassee, FL
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
- Wildwood-The Villages, FL
GUAM
Georgia
- Albany, GA
- Athens-Clarke County, GA
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Brunswick-St. Simons, GA
- Columbus, GA-AL
- Dalton, GA
- East Georgia nonmetropolitan area
- Gainesville, GA
- Hinesville, GA
- Macon-Bibb County, GA
- Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area
- North Georgia nonmetropolitan area
- Rome, GA
- Savannah, GA
- South Georgia nonmetropolitan area
- Valdosta, GA
- Warner Robins, GA
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
- Bloomington, IN
- Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area
- Columbus, IN
- Elkhart-Goshen, IN
- Evansville, IN
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
- Kokomo, IN
- Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
- Michigan City-La Porte, IN
- Muncie, IN
- Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
- South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
- Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
- Terre Haute, IN
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
- Alexandria, LA
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
- Hammond, LA
- Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
- Lafayette, LA
- Lake Charles, LA
- Monroe, LA
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA
- Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
- Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
- Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Battle Creek, MI
- Bay City, MI
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Flint, MI
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
- Jackson, MI
- Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
- Lansing-East Lansing, MI
- Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area
- Midland, MI
- Monroe, MI
- Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
- Niles, MI
- Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area
- Saginaw, MI
- Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area
- Traverse City, MI
- Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
- Binghamton, NY
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
- Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
- Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
- Elmira, NY
- Glens Falls, NY
- Ithaca, NY
- Kingston, NY
- Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Rochester, NY
- Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
- Syracuse, NY
- Utica-Rome, NY
- Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
North Carolina
- Asheville, NC
- Burlington, NC
- Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
- Fayetteville, NC
- Goldsboro, NC
- Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Greenville, NC
- Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
- Jacksonville, NC
- Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
- Raleigh-Cary, NC
- Rocky Mount, NC
- Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
- Wilmington, NC
- Winston-Salem, NC
North Dakota
Ohio
- Akron, OH
- Canton-Massillon, OH
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Cleveland, OH
- Columbus, OH
- Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
- Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
- Lima, OH
- Mansfield, OH
- North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)
- Sandusky, OH
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
- Springfield, OH
- Toledo, OH
- West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
- Youngstown-Warren, OH
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
- Altoona, PA
- Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
- Chambersburg, PA
- Erie, PA
- Gettysburg, PA
- Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
- Johnstown, PA
- Lancaster, PA
- Lebanon, PA
- Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
- Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Reading, PA
- Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
- State College, PA
- Williamsport, PA
- York-Hanover, PA
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC
- Columbia, SC
- Florence, SC
- Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
- Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
- Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
- Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
- Spartanburg, SC
- Sumter, SC
South Dakota
Tennessee
- Chattanooga, TN-GA
- Clarksville, TN-KY
- Cleveland, TN
- East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area
- Jackson, TN
- Johnson City, TN
- Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
- Knoxville, TN
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Morristown, TN
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
- North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area
- South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area
- West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area
Texas
- Abilene, TX
- Amarillo, TX
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
- Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
- Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
- Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
- College Station-Bryan, TX
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Eagle Pass, TX
- Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
- El Paso, TX
- Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- Killeen-Temple, TX
- Laredo, TX
- Longview, TX
- Lubbock, TX
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
- Midland, TX
- North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
- Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
- Odessa, TX
- San Angelo, TX
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Sherman-Denison, TX
- Texarkana, TX-AR
- Tyler, TX
- Victoria, TX
- Waco, TX
- Wichita Falls, TX
Utah
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Vermont
Virginia
- Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Charlottesville, VA
- Harrisonburg, VA
- Lynchburg, VA
- Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area
- Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
- Richmond, VA
- Roanoke, VA
- Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area
- Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
- Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
- Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
- Winchester, VA-WV
Washington
- Bellingham, WA
- Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
- Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area
- Kennewick-Richland, WA
- Longview-Kelso, WA
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Walla Walla, WA
- Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
- Western Washington nonmetropolitan area
- Yakima, WA
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- Appleton, WI
- Eau Claire, WI
- Fond du Lac, WI
- Green Bay, WI
- Janesville-Beloit, WI
- Kenosha, WI
- La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
- Madison, WI
- Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
- Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
- Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
- Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
- Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI
- Sheboygan, WI
- South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
- Wausau, WI
- Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area