SOC 13-1071 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Human Resources Specialists prevailing wage by city

Level I–IV H-1B prevailing wages in all 530 U.S. wage areas, from official DOL data.

What this job covers (DOL definition): Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.

Level I across metros$26,708 – $74,714Aguadilla, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$92,207Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Human Resources Specialists?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Human Resources Specialists (SOC 13-1071) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $26,708 in Aguadilla, PR to $74,714 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $92,207. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $78,437, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 5 of 100 major metros but only Level II or below in 49. DHS projects selection odds of about 15%, 31%, 46% and 61% for Levels I to IV. The table below lists all four levels for every area, straight from the DOL OFLC wage file.

Salary bands in major H-1B metros

Where each wage level starts, on one salary scale. Further right means you need a bigger salary for the same entries.

Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV

New York, NY$115,981
San Francisco, CA$135,325
San Jose, CA$145,725
Seattle, WA$116,688
Dallas, TX$89,524
Houston, TX$90,584
Austin, TX$94,932
Chicago, IL$97,469
Boston, MA$114,172
Washington, DC$125,133
Atlanta, GA$96,325
Los Angeles, CA$105,997

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	58,303	70,263	82,244	94,204
Anchorage, AK	52,188	65,749	79,332	92,893
Fairbanks-College, AK	60,154	70,928	81,703	92,477
Anniston-Oxford, AL	44,970	58,344	71,719	85,093
Auburn-Opelika, AL	43,556	55,744	67,912	80,101
Birmingham, AL	48,360	61,444	74,506	87,589
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	44,200	56,909	69,639	82,348
Decatur, AL	44,180	57,554	70,928	84,303
Dothan, AL	40,664	53,498	66,352	79,186
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	42,037	54,122	66,186	78,271
Gadsden, AL	40,020	51,210	62,421	73,612
Huntsville, AL	51,772	67,829	83,908	99,965
Mobile, AL	44,325	57,304	70,263	83,242
Montgomery, AL	43,618	56,493	69,368	82,244
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	41,538	52,791	64,064	75,317
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	41,351	53,124	64,896	76,669
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	44,991	58,261	71,511	84,781
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	43,368	54,580	65,812	77,023
Tuscaloosa, AL	46,197	58,948	71,677	84,428
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,439	48,402	58,344	68,308
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	38,501	53,685	68,890	84,074
Fort Smith, AR-OK	40,831	49,983	59,135	68,287
Hot Springs, AR	39,084	49,296	59,530	69,743
Jonesboro, AR	40,748	50,711	60,653	70,616
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	39,895	52,208	64,543	76,856
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,397	47,820	57,242	66,664
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,002	48,693	59,384	70,076
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,792	49,400	59,988	70,596
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	44,471	55,661	66,852	78,042
Flagstaff, AZ	48,173	59,384	70,575	81,786
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	43,722	54,912	66,103	77,293
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	51,730	64,980	78,208	91,458
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	44,658	55,724	66,789	77,855
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	52,084	67,850	83,596	99,362
Tucson, AZ	47,133	59,072	71,012	82,951
Yuma, AZ	46,072	57,034	67,975	78,936
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	52,728	67,164	81,578	96,013
Chico, CA	52,292	65,271	78,271	91,250
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	55,162	68,141	81,141	94,120
El Centro, CA	50,108	62,920	75,712	88,525
Fresno, CA	52,167	65,271	78,354	91,458
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	55,703	67,871	80,039	92,207
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	56,868	73,237	89,628	105,997
Merced, CA	55,204	68,516	81,848	95,160
Modesto, CA	53,311	66,831	80,330	93,850
Napa, CA	60,071	75,588	91,104	106,621
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	56,223	68,224	80,226	92,228
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	54,039	67,372	80,684	94,016
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	57,471	73,944	90,418	106,892
Redding, CA	51,543	64,460	77,356	90,272
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	52,895	67,330	81,786	96,221
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	57,346	73,320	89,274	105,248
Salinas, CA	57,242	72,676	88,130	103,564
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	58,282	74,943	91,583	108,244
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	69,285	91,292	113,319	135,325
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	74,714	98,384	122,055	145,725
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	62,775	74,152	85,530	96,908
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	63,045	78,042	93,039	108,036
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	60,029	75,879	91,708	107,557
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	56,972	72,239	87,506	102,773
Stockton-Lodi, CA	54,476	68,620	82,784	96,928
Vallejo, CA	64,480	78,416	92,332	106,268
Visalia, CA	52,375	65,541	78,728	91,895
Yuba City, CA	53,768	66,228	78,708	91,167
Boulder, CO	59,925	79,581	99,216	118,872
Colorado Springs, CO	54,080	69,119	84,157	99,196
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	57,492	73,861	90,231	106,600
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	50,607	63,170	75,754	88,317
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	52,895	68,183	83,471	98,759
Grand Junction, CO	47,404	60,362	73,320	86,279
Greeley, CO	50,232	65,312	80,413	95,493
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	54,642	66,228	77,834	89,420
Pueblo, CO	48,548	61,735	74,901	88,088
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	48,922	61,069	73,196	85,343
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	59,884	78,188	96,492	114,796
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	51,127	65,375	79,623	93,871
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	56,264	72,592	88,920	105,248
New Haven, CT	56,556	72,468	88,359	104,271
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	53,893	67,912	81,911	95,930
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	55,391	70,700	86,029	101,338
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	65,895	85,634	105,394	125,133
Dover, DE	48,797	59,988	71,157	82,348
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	53,373	68,578	83,804	99,008
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	45,823	58,719	71,594	84,490
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	49,026	64,709	80,392	96,076
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	45,760	58,386	71,032	83,658
Gainesville, FL	44,970	56,181	67,392	78,604
Homosassa Springs, FL	43,368	55,869	68,391	80,892
Jacksonville, FL	48,048	61,984	75,920	89,856
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	45,552	57,991	70,450	82,888
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	47,924	61,464	75,026	88,567
Naples-Marco Island, FL	48,693	62,400	76,087	89,794
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	42,994	55,453	67,892	80,351
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	48,402	62,172	75,941	89,711
Ocala, FL	46,676	59,780	72,863	85,967
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	46,280	59,946	73,612	87,277
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	49,255	62,650	76,066	89,461
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	43,514	56,576	69,639	82,701
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	45,781	58,948	72,093	85,260
Port St. Lucie, FL	45,303	57,575	69,847	82,119
Punta Gorda, FL	44,928	57,346	69,784	82,202
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	43,472	56,181	68,890	81,599
Sebring, FL	45,303	55,224	65,146	75,068
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	43,743	57,928	72,135	86,320
Tallahassee, FL	43,181	54,517	65,853	77,189
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	45,927	60,092	74,236	88,400
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	48,319	61,818	75,338	88,837
Albany, GA	43,015	55,932	68,848	81,765
Athens-Clarke County, GA	38,876	50,440	62,026	73,591
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	50,836	65,999	81,162	96,325
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	46,821	61,028	75,255	89,461
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	43,098	58,989	74,901	90,792
Columbus, GA-AL	44,637	58,344	72,072	85,780
Dalton, GA	41,850	51,834	61,839	71,823
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	40,394	52,250	64,106	75,962
Gainesville, GA	44,908	57,471	70,055	82,618
Hinesville, GA	52,957	66,436	79,935	93,413
Macon-Bibb County, GA	41,268	53,935	66,602	79,269
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	42,932	55,994	69,077	82,140
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	44,512	56,805	69,098	81,391
Rome, GA	44,679	56,181	67,704	79,207
Savannah, GA	45,365	57,824	70,263	82,722
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	43,015	55,453	67,871	80,309
Valdosta, GA	40,061	51,522	62,983	74,444
Warner Robins, GA	47,986	64,439	80,912	97,365
Guam MSA	42,204	51,605	60,986	70,388
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	50,773	61,007	71,261	81,495
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	52,333	63,752	75,172	86,591
Urban Honolulu, HI	52,916	65,645	78,354	91,084
Ames, IA	52,208	63,648	75,088	86,528
Cedar Rapids, IA	45,677	57,034	68,370	79,727
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	53,935	68,724	83,533	98,322
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	49,629	63,898	78,188	92,456
Dubuque, IA	48,464	59,884	71,303	82,722
Iowa City, IA	52,645	64,522	76,378	88,255
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	45,282	57,242	69,181	81,141
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	45,012	58,032	71,053	84,074
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	47,570	58,698	69,847	80,975
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	48,215	60,653	73,112	85,551
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	47,404	58,698	70,013	81,308
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	44,741	56,306	67,871	79,436
Boise City, ID	45,927	58,407	70,908	83,388
Coeur d'Alene, ID	45,989	57,679	69,389	81,079
Idaho Falls, ID	42,952	57,263	71,552	85,863
Lewiston, ID-WA	47,757	59,572	71,386	83,200
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	44,991	56,306	67,642	78,957
Pocatello, ID	43,160	53,498	63,856	74,194
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	44,367	56,036	67,704	79,373
Twin Falls, ID	41,871	53,768	65,666	77,564
Bloomington, IL	52,624	65,229	77,855	90,460
Champaign-Urbana, IL	52,104	62,754	73,383	84,032
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	54,205	68,620	83,055	97,469
Decatur, IL	46,239	57,637	69,056	80,455
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	49,047	60,404	71,781	83,138
Kankakee, IL	46,967	57,200	67,455	77,688
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	50,524	62,380	74,215	86,071
Peoria, IL	51,127	64,668	78,229	91,770
Rockford, IL	49,608	59,800	70,013	80,205
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	46,655	58,303	69,951	81,599
Springfield, IL	57,013	68,557	80,101	91,645
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	48,693	59,072	69,452	79,831
Bloomington, IN	47,903	60,008	72,135	84,240
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	43,223	55,058	66,872	78,708
Columbus, IN	45,552	56,909	68,266	79,623
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	48,485	60,237	72,010	83,762
Evansville, IN	44,824	56,743	68,640	80,559
Fort Wayne, IN	46,842	59,176	71,490	83,824
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	48,340	61,797	75,255	88,712
Kokomo, IN	50,316	61,360	72,405	83,450
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	46,551	56,972	67,413	77,834
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	44,658	57,700	70,741	83,783
Muncie, IN	43,036	54,621	66,186	77,772
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	47,133	57,367	67,621	77,855
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	48,048	58,823	69,576	80,351
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	44,492	56,493	68,516	80,517
Terre Haute, IN	44,200	54,975	65,749	76,524
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	46,509	57,492	68,474	79,456
Lawrence, KS	48,880	59,426	69,972	80,517
Manhattan, KS	52,666	66,165	79,685	93,184
Topeka, KS	52,728	66,810	80,892	94,973
Wichita, KS	47,591	60,549	73,487	86,445
Bowling Green, KY	44,429	56,285	68,162	80,018
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	45,136	55,786	66,456	77,106
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	41,018	50,503	60,008	69,493
Elizabethtown, KY	59,031	71,781	84,532	97,282
Lexington-Fayette, KY	49,484	61,444	73,424	85,384
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	49,109	61,839	74,589	87,319
Owensboro, KY	39,583	52,770	65,936	79,124
Paducah, KY-IL	44,159	58,303	72,468	86,612
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	41,704	52,396	63,066	73,757
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	42,391	53,311	64,231	75,151
Alexandria, LA	42,183	54,892	67,621	80,330
Baton Rouge, LA	43,306	54,434	65,583	76,711
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	43,077	53,436	63,794	74,152
Hammond, LA	41,392	51,127	60,882	70,616
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	41,767	51,626	61,506	71,365
Lafayette, LA	40,207	50,503	60,820	71,116
Lake Charles, LA	45,365	55,308	65,250	75,192
Monroe, LA	40,311	50,191	60,050	69,930
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	46,468	58,948	71,448	83,928
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	40,477	50,669	60,861	71,053
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	43,348	56,306	69,244	82,202
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	44,117	57,450	70,783	84,116
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	40,519	50,461	60,424	70,367
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	57,159	72,031	86,924	101,796
Barnstable Town, MA	55,952	70,700	85,447	100,194
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	61,693	79,186	96,679	114,172
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	58,448	73,175	87,922	102,648
Pittsfield, MA	54,247	67,226	80,184	93,164
Springfield, MA	55,432	68,724	82,036	95,327
Worcester, MA	55,807	70,908	86,029	101,130
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	57,575	73,653	89,732	105,810
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	51,709	68,578	85,447	102,316
Lexington Park, MD	63,856	83,949	104,021	124,114
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	51,522	64,168	76,815	89,461
Salisbury, MD	51,709	62,567	73,404	84,261
Bangor, ME	49,255	59,239	69,244	79,228
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	41,205	53,602	66,020	78,416
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	50,732	61,964	73,196	84,428
Portland-South Portland, ME	54,164	67,080	79,997	92,914
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	51,085	62,276	73,445	84,636
Ann Arbor, MI	52,791	67,205	81,599	96,013
Battle Creek, MI	48,048	60,466	72,884	85,301
Bay City, MI	45,407	56,909	68,432	79,935
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	51,439	65,229	79,040	92,831
Flint, MI	47,591	59,426	71,240	83,076
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	48,111	60,133	72,156	84,178
Jackson, MI	48,298	60,383	72,488	84,573
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	46,842	58,074	69,285	80,517
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	52,312	63,919	75,546	87,152
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	47,924	58,698	69,493	80,268
Midland, MI	50,773	62,338	73,924	85,488
Monroe, MI	49,088	62,650	76,232	89,794
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	48,111	59,759	71,428	83,076
Niles, MI	49,463	61,984	74,506	87,028
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	46,176	55,952	65,749	75,525
Saginaw, MI	47,154	59,031	70,887	82,764
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	48,860	60,508	72,176	83,824
Traverse City, MI	49,983	59,800	69,597	79,415
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	48,048	59,488	70,908	82,348
Duluth, MN-WI	51,335	61,256	71,157	81,079
Mankato, MN	54,101	64,688	75,255	85,842
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	56,410	71,469	86,508	101,567
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	53,456	64,709	75,941	87,194
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	55,557	65,874	76,212	86,528
Rochester, MN	61,610	75,172	88,712	102,274
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	54,996	65,936	76,856	87,797
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	54,060	65,312	76,544	87,797
St. Cloud, MN	54,788	67,226	79,644	92,082
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	44,284	54,330	64,376	74,423
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	44,575	57,284	69,972	82,680
Columbia, MO	45,157	57,471	69,764	82,077
Jefferson City, MO	48,173	58,178	68,183	78,188
Joplin, MO-KS	41,808	53,456	65,084	76,732
Kansas City, MO-KS	51,480	65,375	79,269	93,164
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	43,701	54,996	66,311	77,605
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	41,975	53,394	64,834	76,253
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	43,140	53,124	63,128	73,112
Springfield, MO	44,200	56,036	67,892	79,727
St. Joseph, MO-KS	46,114	58,220	70,304	82,410
St. Louis, MO-IL	49,546	63,295	77,044	90,792
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	46,072	60,695	75,296	89,919
Hattiesburg, MS	38,252	48,672	59,072	69,493
Jackson, MS	44,616	57,533	70,450	83,367
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	40,436	53,165	65,916	78,645
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	42,911	54,476	66,040	77,605
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	39,708	51,376	63,066	74,735
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	36,109	47,341	58,594	69,826
Billings, MT	49,504	62,567	75,650	88,712
Bozeman, MT	52,770	63,316	73,882	84,428
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	47,757	56,639	65,541	74,423
Great Falls, MT	45,760	56,930	68,079	79,248
Helena, MT	53,269	65,042	76,794	88,567
Missoula, MT	46,280	56,514	66,727	76,960
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	50,024	60,008	69,972	79,956
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	46,218	56,576	66,914	77,272
Asheville, NC	49,068	64,335	79,623	94,890
Burlington, NC	49,733	63,773	77,813	91,853
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	44,429	56,327	68,245	80,143
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	51,834	68,037	84,220	100,423
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	56,202	72,156	88,109	104,063
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	45,448	58,240	71,053	83,845
Fayetteville, NC	46,946	63,440	79,935	96,429
Goldsboro, NC	47,736	60,612	73,508	86,383
Greensboro-High Point, NC	48,444	60,674	72,904	85,135
Greenville, NC	49,338	60,736	72,114	83,512
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	47,778	58,948	70,117	81,287
Jacksonville, NC	43,597	57,616	71,636	85,655
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	45,511	56,576	67,642	78,708
Raleigh-Cary, NC	51,876	66,269	80,684	95,077
Rocky Mount, NC	44,138	55,204	66,290	77,356
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	46,655	58,136	69,618	81,100
Wilmington, NC	43,368	56,576	69,764	82,972
Winston-Salem, NC	48,485	62,213	75,941	89,669
Bismarck, ND	53,914	66,373	78,812	91,271
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	52,271	64,148	76,045	87,922
Fargo, ND-MN	53,893	66,852	79,810	92,768
Grand Forks, ND-MN	51,876	62,900	73,924	84,948
Minot, ND	51,896	65,146	78,375	91,624
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	55,557	68,037	80,496	92,976
Grand Island, NE	45,594	54,642	63,669	72,717
Lincoln, NE	47,944	58,053	68,183	78,292
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	46,280	56,015	65,749	75,484
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	44,637	54,288	63,940	73,591
Omaha, NE-IA	44,824	56,015	67,205	78,396
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	46,072	55,578	65,104	74,610
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	49,525	61,340	73,175	84,989
Manchester-Nashua, NH	52,666	66,456	80,226	94,016
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	48,298	62,088	75,858	89,648
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	45,844	57,616	69,389	81,162
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	55,516	67,746	79,956	92,186
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	57,637	72,135	86,612	101,109
Vineland, NJ	53,664	64,938	76,232	87,506
Albuquerque, NM	52,208	65,541	78,874	92,207
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	45,927	55,536	65,146	74,756
Farmington, NM	48,444	57,949	67,455	76,960
Las Cruces, NM	41,538	51,543	61,568	71,573
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	49,650	65,375	81,120	96,845
Santa Fe, NM	54,580	64,189	73,820	83,429
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	50,378	62,983	75,588	88,192
Carson City, NV	55,453	66,456	77,439	88,442
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	50,212	64,439	78,666	92,893
Reno, NV	54,018	67,975	81,911	95,868
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	55,557	68,848	82,160	95,452
Binghamton, NY	52,708	66,623	80,517	94,432
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	52,874	65,957	79,061	92,144
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	53,144	65,104	77,085	89,045
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	53,082	66,352	79,623	92,893
Elmira, NY	51,876	63,794	75,692	87,610
Glens Falls, NY	49,525	63,711	77,876	92,061
Ithaca, NY	57,554	70,845	84,136	97,428
Kingston, NY	52,708	65,583	78,479	91,354
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	55,016	69,680	84,324	98,988
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	61,797	79,852	97,927	115,981
Rochester, NY	54,975	68,120	81,287	94,432
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	52,063	64,917	77,792	90,647
Syracuse, NY	55,682	69,119	82,576	96,013
Utica-Rome, NY	51,252	64,106	76,981	89,836
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	51,480	64,023	76,586	89,128
Akron, OH	48,298	62,712	77,106	91,520
Canton-Massillon, OH	45,511	56,140	66,768	77,397
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	49,151	63,440	77,709	91,999
Cleveland, OH	48,818	62,317	75,796	89,295
Columbus, OH	50,732	65,208	79,706	94,183
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	48,693	62,588	76,503	90,397
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	45,719	57,970	70,221	82,472
Lima, OH	47,320	58,261	69,223	80,164
Mansfield, OH	42,224	52,853	63,503	74,132
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	46,218	57,949	69,660	81,391
Sandusky, OH	44,096	56,285	68,495	80,684
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	45,656	56,722	67,808	78,874
Springfield, OH	45,303	55,349	65,396	75,442
Toledo, OH	47,840	60,279	72,717	85,156
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	49,359	61,485	73,632	85,759
Youngstown-Warren, OH	43,452	54,413	65,354	76,316
Enid, OK	38,148	50,690	63,253	75,796
Lawton, OK	43,348	55,370	67,413	79,436
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	41,704	55,162	68,620	82,077
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	40,664	51,480	62,317	73,133
Oklahoma City, OK	45,407	57,887	70,388	82,868
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	40,373	50,836	61,277	71,740
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	41,351	54,496	67,621	80,767
Tulsa, OK	44,138	56,285	68,453	80,600
Albany, OR	52,666	65,271	77,876	90,480
Bend, OR	54,684	68,224	81,786	95,327
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	50,066	60,861	71,656	82,452
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	52,895	65,125	77,376	89,607
Corvallis, OR	50,524	63,357	76,212	89,045
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	50,024	61,964	73,882	85,821
Eugene-Springfield, OR	51,668	62,650	73,632	84,615
Grants Pass, OR	51,938	61,069	70,180	79,311
Medford, OR	52,208	63,815	75,421	87,028
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	58,594	73,362	88,130	102,898
Salem, OR	57,076	69,764	82,431	95,119
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	49,733	62,463	75,192	87,922
Altoona, PA	46,925	58,677	70,429	82,181
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	45,053	56,722	68,412	80,080
Chambersburg, PA	50,378	62,650	74,901	87,173
Erie, PA	44,679	56,202	67,725	79,248
Gettysburg, PA	49,255	58,864	68,453	78,063
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	50,274	61,672	73,050	84,448
Johnstown, PA	41,933	53,332	64,751	76,149
Lancaster, PA	49,546	60,778	72,031	83,263
Lebanon, PA	53,228	65,687	78,146	90,605
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	46,426	59,800	73,196	86,570
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	45,885	57,242	68,599	79,956
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	53,415	68,786	84,136	99,508
Pittsburgh, PA	49,068	61,007	72,967	84,906
Reading, PA	49,484	61,901	74,319	86,736
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	48,818	60,341	71,885	83,408
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	44,471	56,743	69,015	81,287
State College, PA	47,570	58,324	69,098	79,852
Williamsport, PA	46,343	56,306	66,290	76,253
York-Hanover, PA	51,044	65,416	79,810	94,183
Aguadilla, PR	26,708	35,714	44,720	53,727
Arecibo, PR	26,936	32,989	39,063	45,116
Guayama, PR	30,597	36,463	42,349	48,215
Mayaguez, PR	27,872	34,778	41,684	48,589
Ponce, PR	27,352	35,984	44,616	53,248
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	27,976	38,314	48,631	58,968
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	30,472	39,000	47,528	56,056
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	55,162	68,495	81,807	95,140
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	50,544	64,397	78,250	92,103
Columbia, SC	48,111	61,173	74,236	87,298
Florence, SC	43,680	55,765	67,871	79,956
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	47,674	61,776	75,858	89,960
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	50,628	62,692	74,756	86,820
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	46,551	58,927	71,324	83,700
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	45,303	57,492	69,701	81,890
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	46,156	60,549	74,943	89,336
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	44,928	57,741	70,554	83,367
Spartanburg, SC	47,050	60,674	74,319	87,943
Sumter, SC	45,823	60,695	75,567	90,439
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	51,064	61,069	71,095	81,100
Rapid City, SD	54,580	66,519	78,437	90,376
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	51,605	63,128	74,652	86,175
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	49,172	58,989	68,807	78,624
Chattanooga, TN-GA	43,680	56,285	68,890	81,495
Clarksville, TN-KY	47,861	60,383	72,884	85,405
Cleveland, TN	43,597	56,327	69,036	81,765
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	42,328	54,559	66,789	79,020
Jackson, TN	45,240	57,096	68,932	80,788
Johnson City, TN	43,535	56,306	69,077	81,848
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	43,784	57,575	71,386	85,176
Knoxville, TN	50,045	62,234	74,444	86,632
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	48,485	61,340	74,215	87,069
Morristown, TN	44,346	55,994	67,621	79,269
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	50,898	63,378	75,837	88,317
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	49,192	57,596	65,999	74,402
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	47,674	60,466	73,237	86,029
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	46,156	57,720	69,285	80,850
Abilene, TX	44,887	55,620	66,332	77,064
Amarillo, TX	44,658	56,368	68,058	79,768
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	52,250	66,477	80,704	94,932
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	46,405	58,178	69,930	81,703
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	43,805	56,160	68,495	80,850
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	39,583	50,108	60,632	71,157
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	45,157	57,783	70,388	83,013
College Station-Bryan, TX	44,866	54,725	64,584	74,444
Corpus Christi, TX	42,661	54,642	66,602	78,583
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	46,197	60,632	75,088	89,524
Eagle Pass, TX	34,175	42,640	51,085	59,551
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	41,850	53,852	65,853	77,855
El Paso, TX	41,122	52,167	63,212	74,256
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	42,828	53,186	63,565	73,924
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	49,775	63,378	76,981	90,584
Killeen-Temple, TX	47,695	61,360	75,005	88,671
Laredo, TX	38,272	47,965	57,637	67,330
Longview, TX	45,240	56,868	68,516	80,143
Lubbock, TX	43,576	54,496	65,416	76,336
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	38,626	48,652	58,677	68,703
Midland, TX	52,063	66,789	81,516	96,242
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	43,868	55,578	67,288	78,999
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	46,218	59,551	72,884	86,216
Odessa, TX	46,551	58,615	70,700	82,764
San Angelo, TX	44,512	56,680	68,828	80,996
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	49,442	63,399	77,356	91,312
Sherman-Denison, TX	44,554	57,180	69,784	82,410
Texarkana, TX-AR	42,370	54,621	66,872	79,124
Tyler, TX	42,807	52,916	63,024	73,133
Victoria, TX	41,080	52,874	64,668	76,461
Waco, TX	45,053	57,658	70,284	82,888
Wichita Falls, TX	41,205	53,248	65,271	77,314
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	45,116	57,450	69,805	82,140
Logan, UT-ID	44,263	57,117	69,951	82,805
Ogden, UT	48,319	61,922	75,525	89,128
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	48,776	63,316	77,855	92,394
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	52,084	65,936	79,789	93,642
St. George, UT	38,231	49,879	61,527	73,175
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	48,402	60,383	72,364	84,344
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	50,316	62,671	75,005	87,360
Charlottesville, VA	54,892	70,138	85,364	100,610
Harrisonburg, VA	43,951	55,245	66,540	77,834
Lynchburg, VA	48,818	61,901	74,984	88,068
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	44,928	65,520	86,112	106,704
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	47,237	61,506	75,775	90,044
Richmond, VA	52,292	67,621	82,972	98,301
Roanoke, VA	47,903	60,986	74,090	87,173
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	48,423	61,173	73,924	86,674
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	44,263	57,741	71,240	84,719
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	48,277	60,716	73,175	85,613
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	51,106	65,416	79,706	94,016
Winchester, VA-WV	52,749	68,599	84,448	100,298
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	48,319	56,285	64,231	72,197
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	60,716	71,573	82,410	93,268
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	56,992	67,268	77,543	87,818
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	56,056	68,828	81,599	94,370
Bellingham, WA	57,824	70,741	83,658	96,575
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	64,376	80,018	95,680	111,322
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	58,948	70,824	82,722	94,599
Kennewick-Richland, WA	58,136	73,549	88,962	104,375
Longview-Kelso, WA	51,730	65,167	78,624	92,061
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	58,428	71,261	84,095	96,928
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	63,732	76,045	88,380	100,693
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	63,752	81,391	99,050	116,688
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	53,976	66,789	79,581	92,394
Walla Walla, WA	60,882	73,570	86,258	98,946
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	55,620	68,308	81,016	93,704
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	57,013	68,724	80,455	92,165
Yakima, WA	53,727	64,688	75,671	86,632
Appleton, WI	50,045	60,341	70,616	80,912
Eau Claire, WI	50,940	61,028	71,095	81,183
Fond du Lac, WI	50,794	62,234	73,695	85,135
Green Bay, WI	50,856	62,442	74,028	85,613
Janesville-Beloit, WI	54,871	63,295	71,740	80,164
Kenosha, WI	51,772	61,568	71,344	81,141
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	48,735	59,904	71,074	82,244
Madison, WI	55,100	66,768	78,437	90,106
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	52,479	64,751	77,023	89,295
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	47,695	58,885	70,076	81,266
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	45,656	56,805	67,975	79,124
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	51,439	62,442	73,424	84,428
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	49,983	61,860	73,757	85,634
Sheboygan, WI	52,188	63,669	75,172	86,653
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	49,172	59,800	70,408	81,037
Wausau, WI	49,733	60,216	70,679	81,162
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	52,229	65,000	77,792	90,564
Beckley, WV	42,661	56,764	70,887	84,989
Charleston, WV	46,093	56,909	67,704	78,520
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	43,368	55,204	67,039	78,874
Morgantown, WV	45,989	58,324	70,679	83,013
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	46,551	57,304	68,058	78,812
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	60,008	76,440	92,893	109,325
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	43,992	55,453	66,893	78,354
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	44,783	57,616	70,471	83,304
Wheeling, WV-OH	45,303	55,453	65,624	75,775
Casper, WY	43,868	55,162	66,436	77,730
Cheyenne, WY	50,045	64,730	79,394	94,079
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	48,173	62,546	76,898	91,271
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	46,613	60,383	74,173	87,943

Annual salary in U.S. dollars, rounded up. Source: DOL OFLC prevailing wage data, effective July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027, computed directly from the DOL file (methodology). Page updated 2026-10-14.

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