SOC 13-2082 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Tax Preparers 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): Prepare tax returns for individuals or small businesses.

Level I across metros$20,384 – $57,824Owensboro, KY to San Francisco, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$69,618Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Tax Preparers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Tax Preparers (SOC 13-2082) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $20,384 in Owensboro, KY to $57,824 in San Francisco, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $69,618. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $58,240, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 16 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

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	42,120	59,800	77,460	95,140
Anchorage, AK	40,872	59,156	77,439	95,722
Fairbanks-College, AK	42,058	59,676	77,314	94,932
Anniston-Oxford, AL	24,212	28,746	33,301	37,836
Auburn-Opelika, AL	26,292	31,866	37,440	43,015
Birmingham, AL	23,858	28,309	32,760	37,212
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	23,525	28,996	34,445	39,916
Decatur, AL	26,021	30,930	35,839	40,748
Dothan, AL	23,941	28,975	34,029	39,063
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	23,941	28,975	34,029	39,063
Gadsden, AL	24,212	28,746	33,301	37,836
Huntsville, AL	26,479	31,325	36,151	40,997
Mobile, AL	23,525	28,996	34,445	39,916
Montgomery, AL	24,212	28,892	33,592	38,272
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,253	29,245	34,258	39,250
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,316	29,328	34,341	39,354
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,836	31,596	38,376	45,136
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	23,962	28,559	33,176	37,773
Tuscaloosa, AL	23,941	28,975	34,029	39,063
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	27,415	35,464	43,514	51,564
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	29,100	38,730	48,340	57,970
Fort Smith, AR-OK	27,831	34,487	41,122	47,778
Hot Springs, AR	28,538	37,565	46,572	55,599
Jonesboro, AR	26,687	34,154	41,642	49,109
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	29,807	40,540	51,293	62,026
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,413	32,677	36,962	41,226
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,474	32,573	35,672	38,772
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,829	32,469	36,109	39,749
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	35,340	43,264	51,189	59,114
Flagstaff, AZ	35,048	44,492	53,956	63,399
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	34,861	42,724	50,607	58,469
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	40,727	52,978	65,250	77,501
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	35,631	47,300	58,948	70,616
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	36,172	47,029	57,887	68,744
Tucson, AZ	36,338	47,861	59,384	70,908
Yuma, AZ	32,303	38,543	44,783	51,023
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	41,912	52,957	64,002	75,047
Chico, CA	37,648	44,221	50,794	57,367
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	42,807	55,557	68,308	81,058
El Centro, CA	42,308	56,701	71,116	85,509
Fresno, CA	38,834	48,444	58,053	67,663
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	39,936	50,669	61,423	72,156
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	38,605	53,311	67,996	82,701
Merced, CA	47,112	61,256	75,400	89,544
Modesto, CA	42,952	54,912	66,852	78,812
Napa, CA	46,821	56,972	67,101	77,252
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	41,600	53,456	65,312	77,168
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	50,045	57,700	65,375	73,029
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	44,221	53,748	63,253	72,780
Redding, CA	42,432	52,167	61,922	71,656
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	39,708	54,372	69,036	83,700
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	46,280	56,514	66,748	76,981
Salinas, CA	42,349	55,204	68,079	80,933
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	42,890	56,223	69,576	82,909
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	57,824	70,991	84,178	97,344
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	54,559	68,994	83,408	97,844
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	43,327	53,519	63,732	73,924
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	44,845	55,516	66,186	76,856
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	42,703	52,936	63,191	73,424
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	52,520	61,880	71,261	80,621
Stockton-Lodi, CA	46,176	56,764	67,330	77,917
Vallejo, CA	44,949	54,101	63,232	72,384
Visalia, CA	39,458	49,941	60,404	70,887
Yuba City, CA	44,492	54,975	65,479	75,962
Boulder, CO	41,767	53,623	65,479	77,335
Colorado Springs, CO	35,360	45,178	54,996	64,813
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	42,620	57,304	72,010	86,695
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	39,687	53,810	67,954	82,077
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	39,479	51,210	62,941	74,672
Grand Junction, CO	36,463	47,008	57,533	68,079
Greeley, CO	37,191	49,192	61,194	73,196
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	40,914	55,183	69,431	83,700
Pueblo, CO	35,756	45,324	54,871	64,439
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	36,879	45,136	53,415	61,672
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	38,085	49,421	60,778	72,114
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	36,068	44,367	52,645	60,944
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	36,400	41,538	46,676	51,813
New Haven, CT	36,109	44,284	52,437	60,612
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	36,359	41,996	47,632	53,269
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	35,340	40,269	45,178	50,108
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	41,559	52,458	63,357	74,256
Dover, DE	35,860	42,328	48,818	55,287
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	40,477	46,946	53,415	59,884
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	33,696	45,781	57,866	69,951
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	32,428	42,058	51,668	61,298
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	31,991	43,015	54,060	65,084
Gainesville, FL	33,551	44,949	56,327	67,725
Homosassa Springs, FL	36,504	46,759	57,034	67,288
Jacksonville, FL	34,112	45,365	56,618	67,871
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	31,949	43,244	54,517	65,812
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	29,328	39,208	49,088	58,968
Naples-Marco Island, FL	35,568	48,173	60,757	73,362
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	33,072	44,180	55,287	66,394
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	34,341	46,925	59,488	72,072
Ocala, FL	32,012	44,429	56,826	69,244
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	30,868	42,100	53,311	64,543
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	32,948	42,162	51,376	60,591
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	32,240	43,410	54,559	65,728
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	32,240	43,410	54,559	65,728
Port St. Lucie, FL	31,055	41,621	52,188	62,754
Punta Gorda, FL	33,592	46,176	58,781	71,365
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	34,695	49,858	65,021	80,184
Sebring, FL	31,055	43,056	55,079	67,080
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	32,032	43,015	53,976	64,959
Tallahassee, FL	31,596	42,453	53,311	64,168
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	37,898	47,716	57,512	67,330
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	34,071	45,136	56,202	67,268
Albany, GA	32,303	42,474	52,624	62,796
Athens-Clarke County, GA	34,445	45,885	57,346	68,786
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	34,674	46,239	57,804	69,368
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	28,476	37,773	47,092	56,389
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	30,660	40,394	50,149	59,884
Columbus, GA-AL	33,967	45,386	56,784	68,204
Dalton, GA	30,160	38,064	45,948	53,852
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	31,138	40,976	50,794	60,632
Gainesville, GA	34,612	46,010	57,388	68,786
Hinesville, GA	32,116	42,495	52,874	63,253
Macon-Bibb County, GA	34,362	45,885	57,388	68,911
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	34,029	45,324	56,639	67,933
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	33,072	41,746	50,399	59,072
Rome, GA	33,988	45,178	56,368	67,559
Savannah, GA	33,114	43,597	54,080	64,564
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	33,197	43,431	53,664	63,898
Valdosta, GA	33,634	43,576	53,519	63,461
Warner Robins, GA	29,952	39,416	48,860	58,324
Guam MSA	35,381	48,090	60,820	73,528
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	29,120	33,343	37,565	41,788
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	29,370	35,090	40,831	46,551
Urban Honolulu, HI	29,536	35,423	41,330	47,216
Ames, IA	35,298	47,050	58,802	70,554
Cedar Rapids, IA	35,880	46,135	56,389	66,644
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	35,776	49,172	62,567	75,962
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	42,245	54,538	66,852	79,144
Dubuque, IA	40,186	51,293	62,400	73,508
Iowa City, IA	34,320	44,616	54,912	65,208
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	33,530	43,784	54,018	64,272
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	33,322	43,847	54,351	64,876
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	35,860	46,592	57,346	68,079
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	33,322	41,018	48,693	56,389
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	35,797	45,511	55,224	64,938
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	34,320	44,138	53,976	63,794
Boise City, ID	31,117	47,112	63,108	79,103
Coeur d'Alene, ID	32,136	40,082	48,048	55,994
Idaho Falls, ID	31,450	44,887	58,303	71,740
Lewiston, ID-WA	35,381	48,090	60,820	73,528
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	35,381	48,090	60,820	73,528
Pocatello, ID	34,466	47,008	59,530	72,072
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	32,261	47,778	63,295	78,812
Twin Falls, ID	35,381	48,090	60,820	73,528
Bloomington, IL	33,946	43,514	53,103	62,671
Champaign-Urbana, IL	32,490	41,954	51,439	60,903
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	37,232	46,156	55,079	64,002
Decatur, IL	32,948	42,016	51,085	60,154
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,444	52,042	68,640	85,239
Kankakee, IL	36,588	45,615	54,663	63,690
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,588	45,948	55,328	64,688
Peoria, IL	34,528	45,989	57,450	68,911
Rockford, IL	37,087	46,052	55,037	64,002
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,320	51,896	69,472	87,048
Springfield, IL	36,026	53,456	70,887	88,317
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,679	40,997	50,336	59,655
Bloomington, IN	31,741	41,039	50,357	59,655
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	28,788	36,962	45,136	53,311
Columbus, IN	31,720	41,060	50,378	59,717
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	32,594	42,973	53,332	63,711
Evansville, IN	31,096	39,354	47,632	55,890
Fort Wayne, IN	33,821	43,701	53,560	63,440
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	32,407	42,120	51,813	61,527
Kokomo, IN	31,908	41,704	51,522	61,319
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	32,303	44,741	57,180	69,618
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	36,047	45,365	54,663	63,981
Muncie, IN	31,804	41,455	51,085	60,736
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	32,095	42,204	52,333	62,442
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	32,948	42,620	52,312	61,984
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	32,157	38,272	44,408	50,524
Terre Haute, IN	29,890	37,024	44,138	51,272
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	28,850	36,712	44,575	52,437
Lawrence, KS	36,359	55,599	74,860	94,100
Manhattan, KS	30,056	37,856	45,677	53,477
Topeka, KS	36,047	55,204	74,381	93,538
Wichita, KS	36,712	47,944	59,156	70,388
Bowling Green, KY	25,356	32,781	40,207	47,632
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	21,487	31,034	40,602	50,149
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	22,111	30,452	38,813	47,154
Elizabethtown, KY	24,336	37,128	49,920	62,712
Lexington-Fayette, KY	28,330	39,812	51,272	62,754
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	30,493	44,408	58,324	72,239
Owensboro, KY	20,384	29,724	39,063	48,402
Paducah, KY-IL	21,591	31,429	41,288	51,127
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	23,317	29,557	35,818	42,058
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	19,989	28,954	37,919	46,884
Alexandria, LA	26,125	35,194	44,242	53,311
Baton Rouge, LA	26,104	35,298	44,492	53,685
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,312	35,215	44,096	52,999
Hammond, LA	26,416	36,005	45,615	55,204
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	26,791	36,359	45,906	55,474
Lafayette, LA	26,167	35,132	44,117	53,082
Lake Charles, LA	24,440	32,864	41,309	49,733
Monroe, LA	26,125	35,194	44,242	53,311
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	26,437	35,818	45,178	54,559
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,812	35,818	44,804	53,810
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	27,914	36,546	45,178	53,810
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	25,917	35,735	45,532	55,349
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	25,792	34,736	43,680	52,624
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	35,901	44,866	53,810	62,775
Barnstable Town, MA	38,522	46,780	55,037	63,295
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	40,248	50,544	60,840	71,136
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	41,018	49,879	58,760	67,621
Pittsfield, MA	35,714	44,471	53,228	61,984
Springfield, MA	36,088	45,012	53,956	62,879
Worcester, MA	39,479	49,671	59,863	70,055
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	40,186	48,132	56,077	64,023
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	40,956	52,271	63,565	74,880
Lexington Park, MD	40,727	50,399	60,071	69,743
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	42,266	48,527	54,808	61,069
Salisbury, MD	36,442	42,620	48,818	54,996
Bangor, ME	40,519	43,618	46,717	49,816
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	42,100	46,239	50,357	54,496
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	40,519	43,618	46,717	49,816
Portland-South Portland, ME	42,869	47,612	52,354	57,096
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	41,455	45,386	49,296	53,228
Ann Arbor, MI	34,778	45,074	55,349	65,645
Battle Creek, MI	36,088	45,781	55,453	65,146
Bay City, MI	33,863	43,077	52,292	61,506
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	34,716	45,199	55,661	66,144
Flint, MI	34,612	44,991	55,370	65,749
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	37,378	47,820	58,240	68,682
Jackson, MI	34,924	45,136	55,370	65,583
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	35,236	45,157	55,058	64,980
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	37,128	48,215	59,280	70,367
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	34,653	44,866	55,100	65,312
Midland, MI	33,863	43,077	52,292	61,506
Monroe, MI	34,674	44,991	55,328	65,645
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	35,984	46,405	56,826	67,247
Niles, MI	33,052	42,412	51,792	61,152
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	32,240	39,416	46,592	53,768
Saginaw, MI	34,924	44,762	54,600	64,439
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,842	42,162	50,482	58,802
Traverse City, MI	33,717	42,037	50,378	58,698
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	34,944	41,143	47,320	53,519
Duluth, MN-WI	35,527	45,636	55,724	65,832
Mankato, MN	39,895	51,938	63,981	76,024
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	40,207	51,792	63,378	74,964
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	39,437	50,565	61,672	72,800
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	37,815	45,927	54,018	62,130
Rochester, MN	33,884	45,760	57,637	69,514
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	33,842	48,506	63,149	77,813
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	38,376	53,290	68,204	83,117
St. Cloud, MN	37,149	48,880	60,612	72,343
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	33,967	52,936	71,927	90,896
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	30,493	41,268	52,021	62,796
Columbia, MO	31,908	45,116	58,344	71,552
Jefferson City, MO	45,740	61,381	77,023	92,664
Joplin, MO-KS	28,996	37,191	45,386	53,581
Kansas City, MO-KS	41,039	61,693	82,327	102,981
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	31,575	39,916	48,256	56,597
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,239	49,775	66,311	82,847
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	30,056	37,752	45,428	53,124
Springfield, MO	32,469	48,464	64,480	80,476
St. Joseph, MO-KS	35,194	54,351	73,487	92,644
St. Louis, MO-IL	37,004	55,848	74,693	93,538
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	30,223	40,727	51,252	61,756
Hattiesburg, MS	30,472	43,181	55,869	68,578
Jackson, MS	31,159	43,847	56,514	69,202
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	31,367	43,639	55,890	68,162
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	36,255	47,112	57,970	68,828
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	40,124	50,004	59,904	69,784
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	28,600	40,228	51,834	63,461
Billings, MT	48,256	59,176	70,117	81,037
Bozeman, MT	48,402	59,447	70,492	81,536
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	44,367	55,848	67,330	78,812
Great Falls, MT	43,660	55,266	66,872	78,479
Helena, MT	48,735	58,032	67,309	76,607
Missoula, MT	44,242	55,349	66,456	77,564
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	45,428	57,284	69,119	80,975
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	43,701	54,351	65,021	75,671
Asheville, NC	36,213	46,780	57,325	67,892
Burlington, NC	37,420	47,820	58,220	68,620
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,274	48,277	59,280	70,284
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	38,834	51,189	63,524	75,879
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	39,396	50,440	61,464	72,509
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,941	45,386	53,831	62,276
Fayetteville, NC	37,045	46,135	55,224	64,314
Goldsboro, NC	38,813	47,258	55,724	64,168
Greensboro-High Point, NC	36,234	45,615	54,975	64,356
Greenville, NC	33,925	43,472	52,999	62,546
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	37,066	45,095	53,124	61,152
Jacksonville, NC	34,944	42,287	49,650	56,992
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	37,274	47,487	57,679	67,892
Raleigh-Cary, NC	39,791	47,591	55,370	63,170
Rocky Mount, NC	38,564	47,029	55,516	63,981
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,197	41,829	50,440	59,072
Wilmington, NC	37,877	46,946	56,036	65,104
Winston-Salem, NC	36,276	44,616	52,957	61,298
Bismarck, ND	37,690	47,591	57,492	67,392
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	40,332	51,938	63,544	75,151
Fargo, ND-MN	42,432	54,434	66,456	78,458
Grand Forks, ND-MN	38,272	47,300	56,327	65,354
Minot, ND	39,874	50,919	61,943	72,988
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,023	48,132	58,220	68,328
Grand Island, NE	30,888	37,087	43,306	49,504
Lincoln, NE	36,858	45,552	54,247	62,941
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	33,863	40,560	47,237	53,935
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	30,244	37,212	44,180	51,148
Omaha, NE-IA	36,088	40,914	45,719	50,544
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	30,410	35,132	39,853	44,575
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	42,391	54,642	66,914	79,165
Manchester-Nashua, NH	36,317	47,445	58,552	69,680
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	39,458	51,772	64,106	76,420
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	35,880	45,885	55,890	65,895
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	33,800	39,645	45,511	51,356
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	42,266	58,261	74,236	90,231
Vineland, NJ	33,655	37,773	41,892	46,010
Albuquerque, NM	28,559	35,069	41,559	48,069
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	27,477	33,946	40,436	46,904
Farmington, NM	28,517	34,924	41,351	47,757
Las Cruces, NM	26,458	32,448	38,460	44,450
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	28,496	34,736	40,997	47,237
Santa Fe, NM	28,288	34,570	40,852	47,133
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	42,474	55,994	69,514	83,034
Carson City, NV	44,221	54,621	65,042	75,442
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	42,100	56,306	70,492	84,698
Reno, NV	48,152	56,327	64,480	72,655
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	41,684	52,916	64,148	75,380
Binghamton, NY	35,319	46,426	57,554	68,661
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	39,978	52,583	65,188	77,792
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	41,621	52,208	62,796	73,383
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	38,397	53,061	67,746	82,410
Elmira, NY	36,920	48,485	60,029	71,594
Glens Falls, NY	41,122	52,354	63,586	74,818
Ithaca, NY	37,336	49,816	62,317	74,797
Kingston, NY	38,605	51,314	64,002	76,711
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	39,479	51,813	64,127	76,461
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	43,888	59,676	75,463	91,250
Rochester, NY	35,568	50,898	66,248	81,578
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	37,648	48,069	58,490	68,911
Syracuse, NY	42,079	54,580	67,060	79,560
Utica-Rome, NY	39,604	51,896	64,168	76,461
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	40,290	52,583	64,855	77,148
Akron, OH	33,863	42,120	50,399	58,656
Canton-Massillon, OH	31,013	39,000	46,967	54,954
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	32,677	40,477	48,298	56,098
Cleveland, OH	33,780	42,016	50,253	58,490
Columbus, OH	33,738	42,391	51,044	59,696
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	36,546	45,927	55,328	64,709
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	33,135	41,476	49,837	58,178
Lima, OH	30,327	39,333	48,319	57,325
Mansfield, OH	34,071	42,786	51,501	60,216
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	25,148	34,695	44,221	53,768
Sandusky, OH	33,904	42,391	50,877	59,364
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	33,447	41,642	49,816	58,012
Springfield, OH	36,192	44,554	52,895	61,256
Toledo, OH	29,640	38,855	48,069	57,284
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	29,162	38,148	47,133	56,119
Youngstown-Warren, OH	33,863	42,120	50,399	58,656
Enid, OK	28,600	37,773	46,946	56,119
Lawton, OK	28,746	37,898	47,029	56,181
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	23,733	31,117	38,480	45,864
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,245	39,479	49,733	59,967
Oklahoma City, OK	29,703	38,522	47,341	56,160
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	25,189	37,440	49,712	61,964
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	25,168	35,610	46,072	56,514
Tulsa, OK	31,991	44,304	56,639	68,952
Albany, OR	42,890	52,271	61,672	71,053
Bend, OR	47,487	56,327	65,167	74,007
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	44,367	54,600	64,834	75,068
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	43,556	50,316	57,055	63,815
Corvallis, OR	43,722	52,229	60,736	69,244
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	43,368	51,605	59,821	68,058
Eugene-Springfield, OR	42,744	52,333	61,943	71,532
Grants Pass, OR	37,024	43,618	50,191	56,784
Medford, OR	45,740	55,245	64,751	74,256
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	44,928	56,056	67,184	78,312
Salem, OR	45,074	53,394	61,735	70,055
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	41,788	57,866	73,924	90,002
Altoona, PA	29,536	38,876	48,236	57,575
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	29,869	39,541	49,192	58,864
Chambersburg, PA	32,116	42,765	53,394	64,044
Erie, PA	37,336	49,816	62,317	74,797
Gettysburg, PA	34,404	45,844	57,284	68,724
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	35,984	48,236	60,466	72,717
Johnstown, PA	32,365	47,612	62,837	78,084
Lancaster, PA	39,562	50,482	61,402	72,322
Lebanon, PA	34,216	45,989	57,741	69,514
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	31,055	41,496	51,917	62,359
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	29,724	38,189	46,655	55,120
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	36,255	52,416	68,578	84,740
Pittsburgh, PA	33,280	49,858	66,456	83,034
Reading, PA	35,672	51,044	66,415	81,786
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	31,700	39,895	48,111	56,306
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	32,053	46,468	60,861	75,276
State College, PA	29,620	38,855	48,069	57,304
Williamsport, PA	29,744	39,500	49,234	58,989
York-Hanover, PA	36,400	48,360	60,341	72,301
Aguadilla, PR	30,036	41,101	52,188	63,253
Arecibo, PR	30,764	42,349	53,956	65,541
Guayama, PR	30,930	42,620	54,288	65,978
Mayaguez, PR	30,036	41,101	52,188	63,253
Ponce, PR	30,056	41,247	52,458	63,648
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	30,036	41,101	52,188	63,253
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	30,930	42,620	54,288	65,978
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	45,615	50,544	55,495	60,424
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	34,674	47,528	60,383	73,237
Columbia, SC	27,685	35,735	43,805	51,855
Florence, SC	31,700	48,672	65,624	82,597
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	32,074	47,653	63,212	78,791
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	29,412	40,269	51,106	61,964
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	28,621	33,176	37,711	42,266
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,116	44,741	57,346	69,972
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,909	40,602	50,316	60,008
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	29,911	40,664	51,439	62,192
Spartanburg, SC	27,664	33,197	38,751	44,284
Sumter, SC	29,724	31,616	33,509	35,402
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	36,941	43,930	50,940	57,928
Rapid City, SD	44,991	51,189	57,408	63,607
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	42,016	50,544	59,093	67,621
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,543	45,157	51,792	58,407
Chattanooga, TN-GA	29,536	36,900	44,263	51,626
Clarksville, TN-KY	24,212	31,949	39,687	47,424
Cleveland, TN	24,544	31,720	38,896	46,072
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	26,188	34,445	42,724	50,981
Jackson, TN	24,815	31,263	37,711	44,159
Johnson City, TN	27,040	36,338	45,656	54,954
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	27,394	35,943	44,492	53,040
Knoxville, TN	28,580	38,376	48,152	57,949
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	25,896	34,612	43,348	52,063
Morristown, TN	25,272	34,736	44,180	53,644
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	32,136	43,264	54,392	65,520
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,392	38,231	48,090	57,928
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	29,516	39,084	48,631	58,199
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	27,935	37,856	47,778	57,700
Abilene, TX	30,597	43,888	57,200	70,492
Amarillo, TX	39,957	53,228	66,519	79,789
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	36,525	47,986	59,426	70,887
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	34,300	46,031	57,783	69,514
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,263	44,221	57,200	70,159
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	28,184	37,399	46,592	55,807
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	28,580	34,424	40,269	46,114
College Station-Bryan, TX	32,199	44,096	55,973	67,871
Corpus Christi, TX	29,640	40,602	51,564	62,525
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	34,528	46,093	57,658	69,223
Eagle Pass, TX	29,412	37,461	45,532	53,581
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,972	41,559	52,146	62,733
El Paso, TX	45,906	51,751	57,596	63,440
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,904	45,719	57,533	69,348
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	34,674	46,301	57,928	69,556
Killeen-Temple, TX	32,282	37,191	42,100	47,008
Laredo, TX	28,476	35,672	42,848	50,045
Longview, TX	30,098	41,517	52,916	64,335
Lubbock, TX	30,556	39,229	47,924	56,597
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	28,309	37,607	46,904	56,202
Midland, TX	35,589	46,135	56,701	67,247
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	29,620	39,479	49,317	59,176
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,220	44,408	56,618	68,807
Odessa, TX	32,906	44,429	55,973	67,496
San Angelo, TX	31,554	46,509	61,485	76,440
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	33,738	46,364	58,968	71,594
Sherman-Denison, TX	27,685	38,688	49,712	60,716
Texarkana, TX-AR	29,453	37,503	45,552	53,602
Tyler, TX	31,096	42,245	53,373	64,522
Victoria, TX	33,135	44,845	56,556	68,266
Waco, TX	51,959	64,127	76,316	88,484
Wichita Falls, TX	30,056	40,914	51,772	62,629
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	40,165	51,730	63,274	74,839
Logan, UT-ID	40,914	50,274	59,655	69,015
Ogden, UT	37,357	46,904	56,452	65,999
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	43,036	55,370	67,684	80,018
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	49,525	60,820	72,114	83,408
St. George, UT	38,023	43,701	49,400	55,079
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	43,680	55,848	68,016	80,184
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	33,572	40,831	48,069	55,328
Charlottesville, VA	35,984	47,695	59,426	71,136
Harrisonburg, VA	33,717	42,744	51,751	60,778
Lynchburg, VA	34,050	42,495	50,919	59,364
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,312	50,399	61,485	72,572
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,687	51,418	63,128	74,860
Richmond, VA	38,460	51,543	64,647	77,730
Roanoke, VA	35,568	45,968	56,389	66,789
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,672	45,948	56,202	66,477
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,095	37,087	42,100	47,092
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	33,717	42,744	51,751	60,778
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	36,296	45,282	54,247	63,232
Winchester, VA-WV	38,876	50,440	61,984	73,549
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	35,381	48,090	60,820	73,528
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	35,381	48,090	60,820	73,528
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	35,381	48,090	60,820	73,528
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	35,381	48,090	60,820	73,528
Bellingham, WA	38,917	42,370	45,823	49,276
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	42,058	46,717	51,356	56,015
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	41,351	49,484	57,616	65,749
Kennewick-Richland, WA	40,332	44,679	49,005	53,352
Longview-Kelso, WA	43,576	54,684	65,770	76,877
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	41,621	46,280	50,940	55,599
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	41,871	46,530	51,168	55,828
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	42,308	47,071	51,813	56,576
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	37,212	41,684	46,156	50,628
Walla Walla, WA	39,312	43,972	48,652	53,311
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	42,016	46,800	51,564	56,348
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	41,975	50,024	58,095	66,144
Yakima, WA	42,162	50,399	58,615	66,852
Appleton, WI	33,364	39,978	46,572	53,186
Eau Claire, WI	31,492	38,023	44,554	51,085
Fond du Lac, WI	34,487	42,640	50,815	58,968
Green Bay, WI	35,381	42,204	49,005	55,828
Janesville-Beloit, WI	31,367	39,167	46,988	54,788
Kenosha, WI	32,719	39,645	46,592	53,519
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	32,948	41,101	49,234	57,388
Madison, WI	35,381	42,869	50,378	57,866
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	35,360	44,284	53,228	62,151
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	33,592	40,560	47,549	54,517
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	33,613	41,039	48,444	55,869
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	32,760	38,980	45,220	51,439
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	32,552	40,352	48,173	55,973
Sheboygan, WI	34,840	43,264	51,709	60,133
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	32,532	38,709	44,866	51,044
Wausau, WI	33,093	39,645	46,218	52,770
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	33,135	40,020	46,904	53,789
Beckley, WV	26,354	34,632	42,911	51,189
Charleston, WV	30,368	42,807	55,245	67,684
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	22,714	30,556	38,418	46,260
Morgantown, WV	26,104	31,034	35,943	40,872
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	26,250	37,024	47,799	58,573
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	26,562	33,405	40,269	47,112
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	24,669	28,226	31,804	35,360
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	28,247	36,213	44,180	52,146
Wheeling, WV-OH	26,916	32,490	38,085	43,660
Casper, WY	41,496	54,080	66,685	79,269
Cheyenne, WY	43,264	54,871	66,498	78,104
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	41,496	53,976	66,456	78,936
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	41,496	54,080	66,685	79,269

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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