SOC 19-4031 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Chemical Technicians 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): Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials for research and development of new products or processes, quality control, maintenance of environmental standards, and other work involving experimental, theoretical, or practical application of chemistry and related sciences.

Level I across metros$25,751 – $71,594Ponce, PR to Baton Rouge, LA

Median Level IV, major metros$69,452Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Chemical Technicians?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Chemical Technicians (SOC 19-4031) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $25,751 in Ponce, PR to $71,594 in Baton Rouge, LA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $69,452. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $61,631, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 11 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	58,989	69,639	80,309	90,959
Anchorage, AK	52,063	64,002	75,962	87,901
Fairbanks-College, AK	58,740	69,431	80,122	90,813
Anniston-Oxford, AL	41,205	50,128	59,052	67,975
Auburn-Opelika, AL	34,674	39,188	43,701	48,215
Birmingham, AL	44,346	52,978	61,631	70,263
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	44,325	54,143	63,960	73,778
Decatur, AL	44,949	57,762	70,554	83,367
Dothan, AL	39,687	57,346	75,005	92,664
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	43,264	50,981	58,698	66,415
Gadsden, AL	41,205	50,128	59,052	67,975
Huntsville, AL	44,949	50,503	56,056	61,610
Mobile, AL	41,746	52,500	63,253	74,007
Montgomery, AL	39,229	47,944	56,660	65,375
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	39,437	48,589	57,720	66,872
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	43,327	53,040	62,775	72,488
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	40,311	51,210	62,130	73,029
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	54,912	60,778	66,664	72,530
Tuscaloosa, AL	47,008	53,082	59,176	65,250
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,231	46,884	55,557	64,210
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	35,256	39,604	43,972	48,319
Fort Smith, AR-OK	35,860	45,053	54,247	63,440
Hot Springs, AR	36,879	41,933	46,988	52,042
Jonesboro, AR	41,413	50,066	58,719	67,372
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	36,733	41,434	46,114	50,815
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,730	49,276	59,821	70,367
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	36,608	46,530	56,472	66,394
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	35,839	43,368	50,898	58,428
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	49,879	59,946	69,992	80,060
Flagstaff, AZ	57,304	64,751	72,176	79,623
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	57,304	64,751	72,176	79,623
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	46,426	57,429	68,453	79,456
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	47,466	58,261	69,056	79,852
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	58,407	65,832	73,237	80,663
Tucson, AZ	50,024	60,133	70,221	80,330
Yuma, AZ	49,962	60,008	70,076	80,122
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	45,906	53,311	60,716	68,120
Chico, CA	43,077	50,066	57,055	64,044
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	44,720	51,772	58,802	65,853
El Centro, CA	45,240	52,583	59,946	67,288
Fresno, CA	43,493	48,818	54,122	59,447
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	43,327	49,816	56,327	62,816
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	45,615	54,476	63,316	72,176
Merced, CA	47,216	56,389	65,541	74,714
Modesto, CA	43,119	49,712	56,285	62,879
Napa, CA	47,029	52,874	58,719	64,564
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	45,823	53,956	62,068	70,200
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	45,448	54,247	63,024	71,823
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	43,826	50,877	57,949	65,000
Redding, CA	39,500	47,279	55,058	62,837
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	44,970	51,501	58,012	64,543
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	46,592	55,828	65,084	74,319
Salinas, CA	43,618	49,463	55,287	61,132
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	45,469	53,144	60,840	68,516
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	52,354	64,605	76,877	89,128
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	51,938	61,714	71,511	81,287
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	41,704	47,591	53,456	59,343
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	45,116	51,647	58,178	64,709
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	43,660	51,896	60,154	68,391
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	44,263	51,439	58,594	65,770
Stockton-Lodi, CA	45,469	50,420	55,349	60,300
Vallejo, CA	45,178	57,783	70,367	82,972
Visalia, CA	40,144	45,989	51,855	57,700
Yuba City, CA	46,156	55,141	64,106	73,092
Boulder, CO	51,356	61,298	71,261	81,204
Colorado Springs, CO	46,260	54,205	62,151	70,096
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	45,885	54,912	63,960	72,988
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	47,154	57,492	67,850	78,188
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	48,901	59,072	69,264	79,436
Grand Junction, CO	47,716	55,786	63,836	71,906
Greeley, CO	46,551	56,015	65,479	74,943
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	46,717	56,202	65,708	75,192
Pueblo, CO	57,429	67,455	77,501	87,527
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	56,951	62,941	68,911	74,901
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	44,616	51,792	58,968	66,144
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	53,228	58,532	63,856	69,160
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	43,410	51,189	58,968	66,748
New Haven, CT	48,527	55,557	62,567	69,597
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	49,712	60,695	71,698	82,680
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	41,746	47,820	53,872	59,946
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	40,623	51,002	61,402	71,781
Dover, DE	48,860	59,405	69,972	80,517
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	53,290	62,650	72,031	81,391
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	42,079	51,023	59,988	68,932
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	43,930	51,480	59,052	66,602
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	39,541	47,362	55,183	63,004
Gainesville, FL	39,104	46,759	54,413	62,068
Homosassa Springs, FL	40,997	47,986	54,954	61,943
Jacksonville, FL	41,247	50,004	58,760	67,517
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	45,220	51,626	58,032	64,439
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	39,500	48,173	56,826	65,500
Naples-Marco Island, FL	39,666	48,340	57,034	65,708
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	41,122	49,608	58,074	66,560
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	42,869	51,210	59,530	67,871
Ocala, FL	39,208	45,490	51,751	58,032
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	39,208	44,200	49,213	54,205
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	44,159	51,855	59,530	67,226
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	43,348	51,543	59,759	67,954
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	44,887	51,480	58,053	64,647
Port St. Lucie, FL	39,666	48,631	57,596	66,560
Punta Gorda, FL	42,204	50,336	58,469	66,602
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	39,895	46,468	53,040	59,613
Sebring, FL	40,103	45,989	51,896	57,783
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	40,311	47,924	55,557	63,170
Tallahassee, FL	48,901	55,640	62,380	69,119
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	41,600	48,277	54,933	61,610
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	40,581	47,071	53,560	60,050
Albany, GA	38,023	51,751	65,458	79,186
Athens-Clarke County, GA	47,445	53,373	59,280	65,208
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	47,279	53,456	59,613	65,791
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	47,674	65,292	82,888	100,506
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	40,581	53,914	67,226	80,559
Columbus, GA-AL	43,472	51,876	60,300	68,703
Dalton, GA	43,535	50,336	57,159	63,960
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	42,079	54,559	67,060	79,540
Gainesville, GA	47,986	54,392	60,778	67,184
Hinesville, GA	39,104	50,274	61,423	72,592
Macon-Bibb County, GA	46,967	53,186	59,384	65,604
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	45,428	53,207	60,986	68,765
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	51,792	53,415	55,016	56,639
Rome, GA	46,031	52,624	59,218	65,812
Savannah, GA	36,608	43,909	51,231	58,532
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	39,541	55,308	71,095	86,861
Valdosta, GA	39,437	54,517	69,576	84,656
Warner Robins, GA	45,365	53,706	62,047	70,388
Guam MSA	44,346	54,080	63,794	73,528
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	49,151	61,194	73,216	85,260
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	49,151	61,194	73,216	85,260
Urban Honolulu, HI	51,543	63,565	75,588	87,610
Ames, IA	45,532	52,084	58,615	65,167
Cedar Rapids, IA	53,997	57,117	60,216	63,336
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	47,008	58,303	69,576	80,871
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	47,528	53,020	58,490	63,981
Dubuque, IA	46,093	52,957	59,821	66,685
Iowa City, IA	46,322	53,228	60,112	67,018
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	47,216	52,604	57,970	63,357
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	49,442	54,226	59,010	63,794
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	43,264	49,047	54,850	60,632
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	43,306	51,938	60,591	69,223
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	44,908	52,292	59,696	67,080
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	46,280	53,061	59,863	66,644
Boise City, ID	44,845	52,084	59,301	66,540
Coeur d'Alene, ID	38,439	46,301	54,164	62,026
Idaho Falls, ID	36,255	41,205	46,176	51,127
Lewiston, ID-WA	47,258	55,120	62,962	70,824
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	42,120	49,816	57,533	65,229
Pocatello, ID	36,692	44,325	51,938	59,572
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	37,898	45,448	53,020	60,570
Twin Falls, ID	41,746	49,255	56,784	64,293
Bloomington, IL	43,244	52,042	60,840	69,639
Champaign-Urbana, IL	43,223	53,456	63,690	73,924
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	44,741	55,391	66,061	76,711
Decatur, IL	45,240	56,285	67,309	78,354
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	48,007	59,676	71,365	83,034
Kankakee, IL	44,616	55,204	65,791	76,378
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	44,679	55,412	66,144	76,877
Peoria, IL	44,658	52,354	60,050	67,746
Rockford, IL	44,741	55,516	66,290	77,064
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	42,703	56,119	69,514	82,930
Springfield, IL	49,484	61,236	72,967	84,719
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	45,365	56,535	67,725	78,895
Bloomington, IN	43,348	51,709	60,092	68,453
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	48,090	55,848	63,628	71,386
Columbus, IN	36,816	42,994	49,151	55,328
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	39,208	46,592	53,956	61,340
Evansville, IN	44,658	60,924	77,189	93,455
Fort Wayne, IN	35,007	42,058	49,130	56,181
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	44,034	52,500	60,986	69,452
Kokomo, IN	43,888	52,520	61,152	69,784
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	49,276	59,759	70,263	80,746
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	43,680	53,914	64,148	74,381
Muncie, IN	43,618	52,188	60,757	69,327
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	41,226	47,778	54,309	60,861
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	36,317	43,826	51,314	58,823
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	43,805	56,764	69,701	82,660
Terre Haute, IN	40,956	52,853	64,772	76,669
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	41,788	54,164	66,540	78,916
Lawrence, KS	54,184	59,197	64,210	69,223
Manhattan, KS	42,245	53,436	64,605	75,796
Topeka, KS	47,424	56,036	64,647	73,258
Wichita, KS	43,722	50,128	56,556	62,962
Bowling Green, KY	46,759	56,077	65,375	74,693
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	44,013	55,391	66,748	78,125
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	40,207	50,565	60,944	71,303
Elizabethtown, KY	43,597	52,624	61,631	70,658
Lexington-Fayette, KY	41,829	52,084	62,359	72,613
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	44,180	52,167	60,154	68,141
Owensboro, KY	49,400	54,392	59,405	64,397
Paducah, KY-IL	41,808	52,604	63,399	74,194
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	42,890	52,645	62,421	72,176
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	42,786	52,479	62,172	71,864
Alexandria, LA	58,095	71,844	85,592	99,341
Baton Rouge, LA	71,594	82,972	94,349	105,727
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	63,607	76,336	89,066	101,796
Hammond, LA	60,674	74,132	87,589	101,047
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	60,300	73,840	87,381	100,922
Lafayette, LA	66,644	78,853	91,063	103,272
Lake Charles, LA	64,335	76,773	89,212	101,650
Monroe, LA	58,095	71,844	85,592	99,341
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	49,567	64,272	78,999	93,704
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	65,791	78,208	90,605	103,023
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	46,655	59,301	71,927	84,573
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	48,776	63,274	77,751	92,248
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	64,751	77,501	90,252	103,002
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	48,693	57,408	66,124	74,839
Barnstable Town, MA	50,399	59,967	69,535	79,103
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	52,188	61,506	70,824	80,143
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	49,920	59,405	68,890	78,375
Pittsfield, MA	50,690	58,511	66,332	74,152
Springfield, MA	47,840	56,847	65,874	74,880
Worcester, MA	48,381	57,221	66,040	74,880
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	33,509	40,436	47,383	54,309
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	52,104	58,823	65,562	72,280
Lexington Park, MD	36,712	46,447	56,181	65,916
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	43,701	54,829	65,936	77,064
Salisbury, MD	32,573	40,436	48,298	56,160
Bangor, ME	42,432	46,072	49,712	53,352
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	45,781	51,106	56,410	61,735
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	42,432	46,072	49,712	53,352
Portland-South Portland, ME	47,549	53,020	58,511	63,981
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	45,303	50,357	55,432	60,487
Ann Arbor, MI	43,327	47,632	51,938	56,244
Battle Creek, MI	46,613	54,538	62,463	70,388
Bay City, MI	57,533	65,229	72,904	80,600
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	45,095	51,792	58,511	65,208
Flint, MI	45,178	52,312	59,426	66,560
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	45,012	50,565	56,119	61,672
Jackson, MI	44,908	52,104	59,301	66,498
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	49,941	58,053	66,144	74,256
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	48,922	55,453	61,964	68,495
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	52,188	61,194	70,200	79,207
Midland, MI	68,162	73,216	78,250	83,304
Monroe, MI	45,012	51,980	58,948	65,916
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	45,261	52,604	59,925	67,268
Niles, MI	43,472	62,588	81,724	100,839
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	49,338	58,012	66,706	75,380
Saginaw, MI	52,375	60,424	68,453	76,503
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	46,592	55,432	64,252	73,092
Traverse City, MI	46,280	54,309	62,359	70,388
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	49,338	58,012	66,706	75,380
Duluth, MN-WI	50,960	59,863	68,765	77,668
Mankato, MN	50,544	59,634	68,744	77,834
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	53,207	61,839	70,492	79,124
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	52,312	61,152	69,972	78,812
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	51,605	60,362	69,098	77,855
Rochester, MN	39,437	48,506	57,554	66,623
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	39,208	48,610	58,012	67,413
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	49,442	58,698	67,954	77,210
St. Cloud, MN	52,250	60,944	69,618	78,312
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	42,890	54,684	66,477	78,271
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	47,695	58,240	68,807	79,352
Columbia, MO	41,184	54,413	67,663	80,892
Jefferson City, MO	43,119	55,578	68,058	80,517
Joplin, MO-KS	43,660	55,245	66,810	78,396
Kansas City, MO-KS	49,983	57,367	64,730	72,114
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	48,277	58,906	69,514	80,143
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	47,799	59,218	70,616	82,036
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	47,653	56,181	64,709	73,237
Springfield, MO	43,805	53,623	63,461	73,279
St. Joseph, MO-KS	46,967	56,202	65,416	74,652
St. Louis, MO-IL	50,087	61,672	73,237	84,823
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	33,384	43,306	53,248	63,170
Hattiesburg, MS	34,965	43,556	52,167	60,757
Jackson, MS	39,396	49,442	59,488	69,535
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	40,332	48,964	57,596	66,228
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	37,336	46,405	55,474	64,543
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	47,300	54,101	60,882	67,684
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	41,684	50,461	59,218	67,996
Billings, MT	42,557	55,204	67,871	80,517
Bozeman, MT	46,863	54,600	62,359	70,096
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	43,119	55,016	66,935	78,832
Great Falls, MT	46,655	58,240	69,847	81,432
Helena, MT	44,388	55,058	65,728	76,399
Missoula, MT	40,269	45,802	51,356	56,888
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	43,639	54,309	65,000	75,671
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	43,181	49,463	55,744	62,026
Asheville, NC	48,028	53,352	58,698	64,023
Burlington, NC	46,468	55,391	64,293	73,216
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	45,823	54,933	64,044	73,154
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	46,301	55,828	65,333	74,860
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	49,338	58,220	67,080	75,962
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	43,805	52,604	61,402	70,200
Fayetteville, NC	46,426	55,016	63,607	72,197
Goldsboro, NC	44,762	53,644	62,504	71,386
Greensboro-High Point, NC	43,348	51,293	59,239	67,184
Greenville, NC	45,469	51,834	58,199	64,564
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	40,831	48,048	55,287	62,504
Jacksonville, NC	43,909	51,876	59,863	67,829
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	46,572	55,370	64,168	72,967
Raleigh-Cary, NC	45,199	54,018	62,816	71,636
Rocky Mount, NC	44,304	52,853	61,381	69,930
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	45,656	48,028	50,420	52,791
Wilmington, NC	45,032	53,519	61,984	70,471
Winston-Salem, NC	44,741	55,100	65,479	75,837
Bismarck, ND	48,714	53,519	58,344	63,149
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	49,692	54,767	59,863	64,938
Fargo, ND-MN	44,408	51,231	58,032	64,855
Grand Forks, ND-MN	48,548	53,540	58,552	63,544
Minot, ND	50,690	55,349	60,029	64,688
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	50,628	55,370	60,112	64,855
Grand Island, NE	48,880	57,970	67,039	76,128
Lincoln, NE	43,514	51,668	59,821	67,975
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	48,548	54,496	60,445	66,394
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	47,861	56,909	65,978	75,026
Omaha, NE-IA	47,424	54,829	62,255	69,660
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	47,986	59,821	71,677	83,512
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	49,546	59,260	68,973	78,687
Manchester-Nashua, NH	37,128	43,452	49,775	56,098
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	50,919	60,424	69,930	79,436
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	36,775	43,493	50,212	56,930
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	47,570	56,493	65,416	74,340
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	47,362	54,268	61,173	68,079
Vineland, NJ	49,026	59,468	69,930	80,372
Albuquerque, NM	48,485	53,436	58,365	63,316
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	45,552	54,559	63,586	72,592
Farmington, NM	48,464	54,725	60,965	67,226
Las Cruces, NM	45,615	55,640	65,645	75,671
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	46,613	54,372	62,130	69,888
Santa Fe, NM	48,007	53,644	59,301	64,938
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	48,568	59,676	70,783	81,890
Carson City, NV	46,988	56,098	65,229	74,340
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	43,992	54,309	64,647	74,964
Reno, NV	46,405	52,999	59,592	66,186
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	51,085	59,052	67,018	74,984
Binghamton, NY	41,247	46,239	51,210	56,202
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	48,880	54,663	60,424	66,207
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	46,884	56,223	65,583	74,922
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	43,764	51,002	58,261	65,500
Elmira, NY	44,200	50,357	56,514	62,671
Glens Falls, NY	50,648	58,552	66,456	74,360
Ithaca, NY	44,013	50,524	57,013	63,524
Kingston, NY	44,783	51,709	58,656	65,583
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	46,655	53,082	59,509	65,936
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	47,175	55,287	63,378	71,490
Rochester, NY	40,664	49,733	58,802	67,871
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	48,464	54,788	61,132	67,455
Syracuse, NY	43,452	56,660	69,888	83,096
Utica-Rome, NY	42,869	53,540	64,210	74,880
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	42,661	55,224	67,767	80,330
Akron, OH	45,677	51,855	58,012	64,189
Canton-Massillon, OH	44,450	52,084	59,696	67,330
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	47,716	56,410	65,084	73,778
Cleveland, OH	45,802	55,973	66,124	76,295
Columbus, OH	47,320	56,056	64,772	73,508
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	41,912	50,045	58,178	66,311
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	43,431	56,909	70,388	83,866
Lima, OH	43,431	52,250	61,069	69,888
Mansfield, OH	44,429	51,647	58,844	66,061
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	43,244	48,298	53,352	58,407
Sandusky, OH	44,180	52,978	61,756	70,554
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	45,844	55,183	64,522	73,861
Springfield, OH	46,093	54,600	63,128	71,636
Toledo, OH	45,573	55,536	65,520	75,484
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	48,090	55,370	62,650	69,930
Youngstown-Warren, OH	44,367	51,543	58,740	65,916
Enid, OK	38,106	50,440	62,754	75,088
Lawton, OK	36,941	49,920	62,920	75,900
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	38,418	51,480	64,564	77,626
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	36,692	46,447	56,223	65,978
Oklahoma City, OK	38,356	51,272	64,168	77,085
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	47,508	57,533	67,559	77,584
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	37,752	50,316	62,858	75,421
Tulsa, OK	41,496	55,079	68,640	82,223
Albany, OR	46,135	53,415	60,674	67,954
Bend, OR	47,903	54,725	61,548	68,370
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	44,804	51,252	57,720	64,168
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	44,221	50,690	57,159	63,628
Corvallis, OR	43,701	51,314	58,948	66,560
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	51,231	56,556	61,880	67,205
Eugene-Springfield, OR	48,069	55,973	63,877	71,781
Grants Pass, OR	40,477	46,384	52,292	58,199
Medford, OR	41,434	47,383	53,332	59,280
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	44,700	50,960	57,221	63,482
Salem, OR	44,637	51,002	57,388	63,752
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	46,426	56,244	66,082	75,900
Altoona, PA	42,079	48,652	55,224	61,797
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	40,831	51,168	61,485	71,823
Chambersburg, PA	41,808	48,381	54,933	61,506
Erie, PA	44,304	51,688	59,052	66,436
Gettysburg, PA	42,640	48,277	53,914	59,551
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	41,808	46,738	51,647	56,576
Johnstown, PA	43,389	50,628	57,845	65,084
Lancaster, PA	45,053	55,204	65,333	75,484
Lebanon, PA	42,370	49,796	57,221	64,647
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	48,256	53,872	59,488	65,104
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	48,839	55,536	62,213	68,911
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	49,234	59,759	70,284	80,808
Pittsburgh, PA	43,535	50,669	57,824	64,959
Reading, PA	42,807	51,522	60,216	68,932
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	43,909	57,845	71,781	85,717
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	43,160	50,503	57,845	65,188
State College, PA	43,576	51,418	59,239	67,080
Williamsport, PA	45,282	52,936	60,591	68,245
York-Hanover, PA	43,597	50,669	57,720	64,792
Aguadilla, PR	30,826	38,314	45,781	53,269
Arecibo, PR	27,436	34,924	42,412	49,900
Guayama, PR	27,290	34,944	42,599	50,253
Mayaguez, PR	28,954	36,879	44,804	52,728
Ponce, PR	25,751	31,034	36,317	41,600
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	35,672	44,928	54,184	63,440
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	26,999	34,508	41,996	49,504
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	43,431	52,999	62,588	72,156
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	50,919	59,780	68,620	77,480
Columbia, SC	49,920	58,116	66,290	74,485
Florence, SC	49,525	57,429	65,312	73,216
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	45,968	53,810	61,652	69,493
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	51,189	63,087	75,005	86,903
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	50,940	59,572	68,224	76,856
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	48,340	57,408	66,477	75,546
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	44,076	56,452	68,807	81,183
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	49,733	59,738	69,764	79,768
Spartanburg, SC	49,130	54,850	60,591	66,311
Sumter, SC	49,525	57,429	65,312	73,216
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,308	46,031	49,733	53,456
Rapid City, SD	41,933	45,823	49,712	53,602
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	41,746	46,821	51,917	56,992
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,432	46,093	49,754	53,415
Chattanooga, TN-GA	41,642	50,399	59,176	67,933
Clarksville, TN-KY	43,098	48,319	53,519	58,740
Cleveland, TN	43,784	48,860	53,914	58,989
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	42,453	51,189	59,946	68,682
Jackson, TN	44,554	51,397	58,261	65,104
Johnson City, TN	41,288	46,988	52,708	58,407
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	43,972	51,980	60,008	68,016
Knoxville, TN	43,743	49,775	55,786	61,818
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	43,618	52,000	60,383	68,765
Morristown, TN	45,303	53,644	61,964	70,304
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	42,224	48,714	55,183	61,672
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	39,312	44,138	48,943	53,768
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	40,976	45,032	49,109	53,165
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	42,453	48,215	53,976	59,738
Abilene, TX	46,696	58,407	70,096	81,807
Amarillo, TX	42,308	45,698	49,068	52,458
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	47,008	54,330	61,672	68,994
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	50,607	65,416	80,205	95,015
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	44,263	57,346	70,450	83,533
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	51,543	67,538	83,533	99,528
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	45,615	58,823	72,052	85,260
College Station-Bryan, TX	28,996	34,944	40,893	46,842
Corpus Christi, TX	44,720	56,493	68,266	80,039
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	49,088	59,260	69,410	79,581
Eagle Pass, TX	45,448	57,908	70,367	82,826
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	47,008	60,695	74,381	88,068
El Paso, TX	46,052	59,322	72,592	85,863
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	47,175	57,616	68,058	78,500
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	46,884	60,591	74,319	88,026
Killeen-Temple, TX	46,468	53,768	61,048	68,349
Laredo, TX	53,831	69,181	84,511	99,861
Longview, TX	41,517	52,645	63,773	74,901
Lubbock, TX	47,612	60,050	72,509	84,948
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	51,543	67,538	83,533	99,528
Midland, TX	47,258	55,391	63,503	71,636
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	44,263	52,978	61,714	70,429
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	50,212	62,796	75,400	87,984
Odessa, TX	50,732	59,280	67,850	76,399
San Angelo, TX	49,109	61,194	73,300	85,384
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	41,372	49,338	57,325	65,292
Sherman-Denison, TX	47,903	58,136	68,349	78,583
Texarkana, TX-AR	37,877	47,612	57,346	67,080
Tyler, TX	43,722	53,602	63,482	73,362
Victoria, TX	50,960	66,685	82,410	98,135
Waco, TX	44,346	49,608	54,850	60,112
Wichita Falls, TX	46,676	58,490	70,304	82,119
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	45,220	54,663	64,085	73,528
Logan, UT-ID	41,746	51,730	61,735	71,719
Ogden, UT	41,892	52,479	63,087	73,674
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	36,525	43,119	49,692	56,285
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	40,893	48,360	55,807	63,274
St. George, UT	39,978	48,631	57,263	65,916
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	40,644	48,860	57,096	65,312
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	45,053	50,648	56,244	61,839
Charlottesville, VA	36,276	45,573	54,850	64,148
Harrisonburg, VA	36,546	46,322	56,119	65,895
Lynchburg, VA	40,727	52,687	64,626	76,586
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,855	48,152	57,450	66,748
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	37,794	47,653	57,492	67,351
Richmond, VA	37,628	46,301	54,975	63,648
Roanoke, VA	39,624	47,300	54,954	62,629
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	37,253	45,781	54,288	62,816
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	37,524	43,244	48,943	54,663
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	36,546	46,322	56,119	65,895
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	38,501	45,927	53,332	60,757
Winchester, VA-WV	40,144	50,253	60,341	70,450
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	44,346	54,080	63,794	73,528
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	50,045	59,468	68,869	78,292
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	50,482	59,301	68,100	76,919
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	51,668	58,927	66,165	73,424
Bellingham, WA	47,570	58,615	69,660	80,704
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	47,112	55,432	63,752	72,072
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	54,642	59,967	65,292	70,616
Kennewick-Richland, WA	50,108	62,380	74,631	86,903
Longview-Kelso, WA	44,720	51,210	57,679	64,168
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	47,383	55,911	64,418	72,946
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	46,884	54,975	63,087	71,178
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	47,320	55,432	63,524	71,636
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	51,896	58,261	64,647	71,012
Walla Walla, WA	51,772	60,778	69,784	78,791
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	47,487	55,516	63,565	71,594
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	45,927	53,581	61,236	68,890
Yakima, WA	46,696	54,621	62,546	70,471
Appleton, WI	44,908	52,728	60,570	68,391
Eau Claire, WI	45,324	51,772	58,199	64,647
Fond du Lac, WI	44,991	53,394	61,797	70,200
Green Bay, WI	41,476	50,170	58,885	67,580
Janesville-Beloit, WI	46,530	53,685	60,820	67,975
Kenosha, WI	46,301	53,332	60,362	67,392
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	42,141	49,588	57,055	64,501
Madison, WI	47,029	54,538	62,068	69,576
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	43,431	52,916	62,400	71,885
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	43,098	51,189	59,260	67,351
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	45,386	53,748	62,088	70,450
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	44,034	50,336	56,660	62,962
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	44,304	53,020	61,714	70,429
Sheboygan, WI	56,264	61,444	66,623	71,802
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	45,428	51,148	56,888	62,608
Wausau, WI	44,242	51,356	58,448	65,562
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	48,652	57,284	65,916	74,548
Beckley, WV	44,055	52,583	61,090	69,618
Charleston, WV	41,080	48,631	56,160	63,711
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	40,456	47,320	54,205	61,069
Morgantown, WV	42,682	50,420	58,136	65,874
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	42,120	49,484	56,868	64,231
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	46,696	55,994	65,271	74,568
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	41,080	48,631	56,160	63,711
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	43,140	51,356	59,572	67,788
Wheeling, WV-OH	44,408	55,516	66,644	77,751
Casper, WY	37,004	42,266	47,528	52,791
Cheyenne, WY	41,746	52,957	64,148	75,359
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	41,496	53,144	64,792	76,440
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	50,066	63,316	76,586	89,836

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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