SOC 21-1012 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 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): Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.

Level I across metros$29,266 – $76,482Ponce, PR to El Centro, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$77,543Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors (SOC 21-1012) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $29,266 in Ponce, PR to $76,482 in El Centro, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $77,543. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $67,080, 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

New York, NY$97,490
San Francisco, CA$115,004
San Jose, CA$118,228
Seattle, WA$103,335
Dallas, TX$87,444
Houston, TX$86,778
Austin, TX$73,632
Chicago, IL$86,757
Boston, MA$100,340
Washington, DC$96,408
Atlanta, GA$85,759
Los Angeles, CA$107,412

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	52,666	65,749	78,853	91,936
Anchorage, AK	55,100	67,538	79,997	92,436
Fairbanks-College, AK	60,508	72,488	84,469	96,450
Anniston-Oxford, AL	45,386	52,021	58,636	65,271
Auburn-Opelika, AL	45,282	53,311	61,319	69,348
Birmingham, AL	42,516	52,624	62,733	72,842
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	42,536	52,125	61,693	71,282
Decatur, AL	60,175	65,749	71,344	76,919
Dothan, AL	39,624	49,317	59,010	68,703
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	40,248	49,837	59,405	68,994
Gadsden, AL	40,436	48,964	57,512	66,040
Huntsville, AL	42,661	52,167	61,672	71,178
Mobile, AL	40,831	49,234	57,658	66,061
Montgomery, AL	38,564	48,007	57,471	66,914
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	45,178	53,956	62,712	71,490
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	42,474	51,148	59,842	68,516
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	36,421	46,447	56,472	66,498
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	37,565	46,904	56,223	65,562
Tuscaloosa, AL	40,352	47,404	54,476	61,527
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	42,120	50,108	58,116	66,103
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	43,868	52,770	61,693	70,596
Fort Smith, AR-OK	46,343	55,391	64,460	73,508
Hot Springs, AR	49,213	56,972	64,709	72,468
Jonesboro, AR	37,149	45,407	53,644	61,901
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	44,180	52,583	60,986	69,389
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	40,831	49,005	57,180	65,354
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	41,080	48,714	56,368	64,002
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	41,996	49,442	56,909	64,356
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	41,330	48,464	55,578	62,712
Flagstaff, AZ	47,528	51,314	55,100	58,885
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	39,104	45,240	51,397	57,533
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	48,028	56,514	65,000	73,487
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	47,570	52,999	58,448	63,877
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	35,943	44,284	52,604	60,944
Tucson, AZ	45,428	50,316	55,224	60,112
Yuma, AZ	41,850	47,799	53,727	59,676
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	58,989	76,295	93,600	110,906
Chico, CA	54,996	73,133	91,292	109,429
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	46,301	64,314	82,348	100,360
El Centro, CA	76,482	103,522	130,541	157,581
Fresno, CA	59,052	78,708	98,343	117,999
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	67,580	83,741	99,882	116,044
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	54,600	72,197	89,815	107,412
Merced, CA	58,032	72,696	87,381	102,045
Modesto, CA	58,116	75,816	93,496	111,197
Napa, CA	60,071	81,828	103,584	125,341
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	58,220	75,816	93,392	110,989
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	51,252	68,204	85,156	102,108
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	62,151	82,077	102,024	121,951
Redding, CA	45,303	60,549	75,796	91,042
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	58,012	78,125	98,260	118,373
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	62,900	81,453	100,007	118,560
Salinas, CA	63,024	81,245	99,445	117,666
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	56,576	74,402	92,228	110,053
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	62,317	79,872	97,448	115,004
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	66,040	83,429	100,839	118,228
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	62,504	78,999	95,493	111,988
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	64,335	74,964	85,613	96,242
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	62,088	76,066	90,044	104,021
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	65,000	82,722	100,423	118,144
Stockton-Lodi, CA	52,541	70,304	88,088	105,852
Vallejo, CA	59,156	76,524	93,912	111,280
Visalia, CA	53,373	74,527	95,660	116,813
Yuba City, CA	66,768	83,034	99,320	115,586
Boulder, CO	55,162	66,810	78,479	90,127
Colorado Springs, CO	50,420	58,386	66,352	74,319
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	54,288	63,170	72,031	80,912
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	39,749	46,696	53,664	60,612
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	55,037	61,714	68,370	75,047
Grand Junction, CO	49,109	56,410	63,711	71,012
Greeley, CO	51,626	58,469	65,292	72,135
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	51,626	61,132	70,616	80,122
Pueblo, CO	49,109	57,055	64,980	72,925
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	46,904	54,288	61,693	69,077
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	53,914	68,016	82,098	96,200
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	45,157	57,055	68,952	80,850
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	50,773	63,232	75,671	88,130
New Haven, CT	51,709	63,669	75,608	87,568
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	48,277	60,466	72,655	84,844
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	42,890	55,973	69,036	82,119
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	55,703	69,264	82,847	96,408
Dover, DE	47,549	58,240	68,952	79,644
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	57,055	67,143	77,210	87,298
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	45,303	55,432	65,583	75,712
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	46,405	55,807	65,229	74,631
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	42,765	50,628	58,490	66,352
Gainesville, FL	42,016	45,885	49,775	53,644
Homosassa Springs, FL	42,828	50,336	57,866	65,375
Jacksonville, FL	43,930	51,543	59,156	66,768
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	43,472	50,045	56,597	63,170
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	40,124	50,253	60,362	70,492
Naples-Marco Island, FL	45,906	63,524	81,120	98,738
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	42,786	51,397	60,029	68,640
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	43,868	53,685	63,503	73,320
Ocala, FL	43,119	52,520	61,943	71,344
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	39,437	46,176	52,916	59,655
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	41,496	52,416	63,357	74,277
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	45,968	55,578	65,188	74,797
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	39,853	47,154	54,434	61,735
Port St. Lucie, FL	43,368	53,269	63,149	73,050
Punta Gorda, FL	44,429	54,767	65,104	75,442
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	50,628	62,608	74,568	86,549
Sebring, FL	42,016	50,420	58,823	67,226
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	43,930	57,117	70,325	83,512
Tallahassee, FL	40,269	43,888	47,528	51,148
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	43,452	52,271	61,090	69,909
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	41,496	49,276	57,076	64,855
Albany, GA	41,725	50,565	59,405	68,245
Athens-Clarke County, GA	40,436	53,373	66,311	79,248
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	46,343	59,488	72,613	85,759
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	45,324	54,850	64,356	73,882
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	49,629	62,920	76,191	89,482
Columbus, GA-AL	40,976	51,917	62,879	73,820
Dalton, GA	47,487	58,199	68,911	79,623
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	43,805	51,709	59,634	67,538
Gainesville, GA	41,060	51,231	61,423	71,594
Hinesville, GA	48,444	59,863	71,261	82,680
Macon-Bibb County, GA	42,453	50,960	59,447	67,954
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	41,372	50,752	60,112	69,493
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	41,725	55,412	69,077	82,764
Rome, GA	40,789	49,608	58,448	67,268
Savannah, GA	46,114	54,226	62,359	70,471
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	45,448	56,036	66,602	77,189
Valdosta, GA	39,812	49,879	59,967	70,034
Warner Robins, GA	43,160	54,912	66,685	78,437
Guam MSA	46,696	59,010	71,303	83,616
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	50,794	60,029	69,244	78,479
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	52,832	64,085	75,359	86,612
Urban Honolulu, HI	47,965	57,804	67,663	77,501
Ames, IA	48,090	52,375	56,639	60,924
Cedar Rapids, IA	40,748	50,420	60,092	69,764
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	42,079	51,023	59,988	68,932
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	47,612	54,517	61,444	68,349
Dubuque, IA	39,146	45,656	52,188	58,698
Iowa City, IA	48,236	55,100	61,964	68,828
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	44,304	51,085	57,845	64,626
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	41,517	47,466	53,415	59,364
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	47,757	54,808	61,839	68,890
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	43,556	48,589	53,644	58,677
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	42,765	49,525	56,285	63,045
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	42,911	49,754	56,597	63,440
Boise City, ID	47,903	55,640	63,357	71,095
Coeur d'Alene, ID	47,008	55,058	63,087	71,136
Idaho Falls, ID	47,092	54,330	61,589	68,828
Lewiston, ID-WA	46,509	55,308	64,085	72,884
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	48,090	53,436	58,802	64,148
Pocatello, ID	48,797	57,284	65,770	74,256
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	54,476	62,026	69,597	77,148
Twin Falls, ID	44,845	52,832	60,799	68,786
Bloomington, IL	43,701	50,024	56,327	62,650
Champaign-Urbana, IL	47,008	54,288	61,548	68,828
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	48,610	61,319	74,048	86,757
Decatur, IL	43,015	50,565	58,136	65,687
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,496	52,541	63,586	74,631
Kankakee, IL	39,957	49,005	58,053	67,101
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	45,116	56,202	67,288	78,375
Peoria, IL	44,845	53,581	62,338	71,074
Rockford, IL	39,624	51,938	64,231	76,544
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	40,290	47,383	54,496	61,589
Springfield, IL	43,348	52,874	62,400	71,927
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,122	49,608	58,074	66,560
Bloomington, IN	57,949	70,117	82,306	94,474
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	40,893	50,461	60,029	69,597
Columbus, IN	43,597	52,437	61,277	70,117
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	36,192	45,989	55,765	65,562
Evansville, IN	40,082	48,756	57,450	66,124
Fort Wayne, IN	44,720	52,791	60,882	68,952
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	45,261	54,060	62,837	71,636
Kokomo, IN	42,308	48,423	54,538	60,653
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	52,416	59,072	65,749	72,405
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	38,439	44,492	50,544	56,597
Muncie, IN	44,408	47,820	51,210	54,621
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	45,386	52,437	59,468	66,519
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	42,245	49,858	57,450	65,063
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	41,559	49,192	56,826	64,460
Terre Haute, IN	42,328	50,170	57,991	65,832
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	42,453	48,319	54,164	60,029
Lawrence, KS	48,506	52,999	57,492	61,984
Manhattan, KS	44,700	49,983	55,287	60,570
Topeka, KS	46,530	53,290	60,071	66,831
Wichita, KS	43,639	51,023	58,386	65,770
Bowling Green, KY	41,580	51,189	60,820	70,429
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	44,679	51,813	58,968	66,103
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	37,607	46,509	55,412	64,314
Elizabethtown, KY	46,842	60,175	73,487	86,820
Lexington-Fayette, KY	47,965	56,826	65,687	74,548
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	45,781	60,071	74,360	88,650
Owensboro, KY	40,061	51,064	62,047	73,050
Paducah, KY-IL	41,767	51,751	61,714	71,698
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	38,002	47,071	56,119	65,188
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	44,575	53,789	62,983	72,197
Alexandria, LA	46,925	51,085	55,266	59,426
Baton Rouge, LA	44,304	50,732	57,138	63,565
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	45,864	52,437	59,031	65,604
Hammond, LA	43,888	49,962	56,015	62,088
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	48,818	55,058	61,298	67,538
Lafayette, LA	47,175	52,250	57,346	62,421
Lake Charles, LA	72,842	77,876	82,909	87,943
Monroe, LA	51,252	62,109	72,946	83,804
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	46,156	52,999	59,842	66,685
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	38,335	46,280	54,226	62,172
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	48,943	55,932	62,900	69,888
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	44,471	51,730	58,968	66,228
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	51,002	57,076	63,149	69,223
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	58,469	68,640	78,812	88,983
Barnstable Town, MA	66,040	76,191	86,341	96,492
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	60,861	74,028	87,173	100,340
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	60,383	71,677	82,951	94,245
Pittsfield, MA	56,660	66,748	76,836	86,924
Springfield, MA	58,781	68,744	78,728	88,692
Worcester, MA	57,492	69,285	81,058	92,852
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	52,936	65,188	77,439	89,690
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	46,988	56,992	66,997	77,002
Lexington Park, MD	47,591	61,111	74,631	88,151
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	49,858	60,404	70,928	81,474
Salisbury, MD	49,567	59,988	70,429	80,850
Bangor, ME	45,032	50,940	56,868	62,775
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	46,322	53,290	60,237	67,205
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	43,868	50,773	57,679	64,584
Portland-South Portland, ME	48,236	56,576	64,896	73,237
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	45,490	52,666	59,842	67,018
Ann Arbor, MI	48,111	55,724	63,316	70,928
Battle Creek, MI	49,380	57,180	64,980	72,780
Bay City, MI	42,432	50,836	59,239	67,642
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	44,533	55,536	66,540	77,543
Flint, MI	40,082	48,360	56,639	64,917
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	42,037	49,296	56,556	63,815
Jackson, MI	40,997	48,548	56,098	63,648
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	45,157	53,415	61,672	69,930
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	44,616	55,848	67,080	78,312
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	45,552	53,810	62,047	70,304
Midland, MI	39,708	48,485	57,242	66,020
Monroe, MI	45,594	54,080	62,567	71,053
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	44,076	53,040	61,984	70,949
Niles, MI	38,460	46,988	55,536	64,064
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	42,079	51,792	61,485	71,199
Saginaw, MI	47,237	55,724	64,210	72,696
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	42,911	52,146	61,402	70,637
Traverse City, MI	43,888	52,333	60,757	69,202
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	46,551	54,226	61,901	69,576
Duluth, MN-WI	47,216	54,912	62,588	70,284
Mankato, MN	46,405	54,309	62,192	70,096
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	53,332	62,234	71,136	80,039
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	51,189	58,719	66,248	73,778
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	46,655	54,538	62,421	70,304
Rochester, MN	52,375	61,132	69,868	78,624
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	50,274	58,844	67,413	75,983
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	50,420	57,471	64,522	71,573
St. Cloud, MN	50,024	57,970	65,916	73,861
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	41,725	48,506	55,266	62,047
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,712	44,200	51,709	59,197
Columbia, MO	44,076	49,837	55,599	61,360
Jefferson City, MO	42,890	49,546	56,181	62,837
Joplin, MO-KS	43,327	49,026	54,704	60,404
Kansas City, MO-KS	46,863	54,434	62,026	69,597
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	41,684	47,466	53,248	59,031
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	42,765	48,568	54,351	60,154
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	46,239	51,709	57,200	62,671
Springfield, MO	43,181	50,794	58,386	65,999
St. Joseph, MO-KS	44,845	51,148	57,429	63,732
St. Louis, MO-IL	45,719	54,746	63,773	72,800
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	44,866	52,895	60,944	68,973
Hattiesburg, MS	38,397	46,468	54,559	62,629
Jackson, MS	40,685	48,818	56,972	65,104
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	42,079	49,629	57,159	64,709
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	43,535	51,293	59,072	66,831
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	40,706	47,778	54,829	61,901
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	40,040	48,901	57,741	66,602
Billings, MT	41,018	56,202	71,386	86,570
Bozeman, MT	48,298	55,349	62,421	69,472
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	40,997	50,940	60,861	70,804
Great Falls, MT	40,186	50,856	61,548	72,218
Helena, MT	38,564	51,522	64,460	77,418
Missoula, MT	44,824	51,959	59,072	66,207
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	41,871	52,354	62,816	73,300
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	43,077	51,272	59,447	67,642
Asheville, NC	42,911	49,047	55,162	61,298
Burlington, NC	44,138	51,002	57,866	64,730
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	41,143	46,592	52,042	57,492
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	43,805	51,876	59,967	68,037
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	42,224	50,191	58,136	66,103
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	41,164	47,695	54,205	60,736
Fayetteville, NC	43,244	49,650	56,036	62,442
Goldsboro, NC	41,018	47,736	54,455	61,173
Greensboro-High Point, NC	44,076	50,128	56,202	62,255
Greenville, NC	49,338	53,352	57,346	61,360
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	45,344	50,378	55,391	60,424
Jacksonville, NC	40,248	46,384	52,541	58,677
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	44,700	50,357	56,036	61,693
Raleigh-Cary, NC	46,863	54,746	62,629	70,512
Rocky Mount, NC	42,266	47,820	53,373	58,927
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	41,767	47,840	53,914	59,988
Wilmington, NC	42,016	48,132	54,226	60,341
Winston-Salem, NC	41,226	48,444	55,682	62,900
Bismarck, ND	48,485	55,162	61,818	68,495
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	47,716	56,160	64,584	73,029
Fargo, ND-MN	48,132	54,164	60,196	66,228
Grand Forks, ND-MN	45,802	51,480	57,159	62,837
Minot, ND	48,423	57,304	66,165	75,047
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	48,860	56,618	64,376	72,135
Grand Island, NE	59,447	77,314	95,181	113,048
Lincoln, NE	45,573	55,474	65,354	75,255
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	47,112	55,079	63,066	71,032
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	47,924	57,970	67,996	78,042
Omaha, NE-IA	46,426	58,573	70,700	82,847
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	45,927	54,372	62,796	71,240
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	51,272	59,925	68,599	77,252
Manchester-Nashua, NH	51,688	60,424	69,160	77,896
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	49,047	59,738	70,429	81,120
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	49,816	58,719	67,600	76,503
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	57,575	68,724	79,893	91,042
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	54,392	66,269	78,146	90,023
Vineland, NJ	58,032	66,207	74,360	82,535
Albuquerque, NM	51,605	64,189	76,752	89,336
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	50,232	63,232	76,212	89,212
Farmington, NM	51,460	62,504	73,570	84,615
Las Cruces, NM	44,180	54,205	64,210	74,236
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	52,229	65,728	79,248	92,748
Santa Fe, NM	51,751	63,732	75,712	87,693
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	49,255	59,634	70,034	80,413
Carson City, NV	53,935	61,756	69,556	77,376
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	47,112	57,991	68,890	79,768
Reno, NV	50,544	59,280	67,996	76,732
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	50,773	60,424	70,096	79,748
Binghamton, NY	50,336	58,823	67,330	75,816
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	46,364	56,992	67,600	78,229
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	46,800	55,703	64,626	73,528
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	43,556	53,456	63,357	73,258
Elmira, NY	40,935	49,692	58,448	67,205
Glens Falls, NY	48,215	58,303	68,412	78,500
Ithaca, NY	54,600	60,092	65,604	71,095
Kingston, NY	55,058	68,349	81,661	94,952
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	54,413	67,725	81,037	94,349
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	54,767	69,015	83,242	97,490
Rochester, NY	46,821	55,058	63,316	71,552
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	43,160	51,876	60,591	69,306
Syracuse, NY	46,156	57,741	69,306	80,892
Utica-Rome, NY	43,306	54,600	65,916	77,210
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	43,847	54,351	64,834	75,338
Akron, OH	45,781	57,429	69,056	80,704
Canton-Massillon, OH	43,285	55,682	68,079	80,476
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	46,260	56,493	66,727	76,960
Cleveland, OH	43,992	55,744	67,476	79,228
Columbus, OH	46,551	58,594	70,637	82,680
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	45,282	56,056	66,810	77,584
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	43,056	54,600	66,124	77,668
Lima, OH	42,141	53,020	63,919	74,797
Mansfield, OH	42,599	52,957	63,336	73,695
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	43,701	56,036	68,391	80,725
Sandusky, OH	44,679	57,284	69,909	82,514
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	46,967	57,096	67,226	77,356
Springfield, OH	40,914	50,940	60,944	70,970
Toledo, OH	42,578	53,124	63,648	74,194
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	42,890	54,746	66,602	78,458
Youngstown-Warren, OH	44,096	54,330	64,584	74,818
Enid, OK	38,044	44,429	50,836	57,221
Lawton, OK	42,204	53,831	65,458	77,085
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	37,856	45,365	52,853	60,362
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	40,540	47,050	53,581	60,092
Oklahoma City, OK	41,101	50,128	59,176	68,204
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	38,876	46,572	54,288	61,984
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,696	43,202	52,687	62,192
Tulsa, OK	41,975	49,192	56,431	63,648
Albany, OR	51,876	64,044	76,232	88,400
Bend, OR	59,572	73,300	87,028	100,756
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	49,671	59,634	69,618	79,581
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	46,322	55,994	65,666	75,338
Corvallis, OR	57,679	61,360	65,021	68,703
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	50,253	60,612	70,991	81,349
Eugene-Springfield, OR	49,484	60,362	71,220	82,098
Grants Pass, OR	47,944	59,738	71,552	83,346
Medford, OR	51,460	64,501	77,522	90,564
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	56,556	69,202	81,828	94,474
Salem, OR	52,770	66,332	79,872	93,434
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	48,922	59,280	69,639	79,997
Altoona, PA	45,344	54,392	63,461	72,509
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	45,968	54,808	63,669	72,509
Chambersburg, PA	52,541	62,484	72,447	82,389
Erie, PA	44,117	52,104	60,071	68,058
Gettysburg, PA	50,794	62,650	74,506	86,362
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	49,900	58,282	66,644	75,026
Johnstown, PA	42,245	49,026	55,807	62,588
Lancaster, PA	45,573	56,764	67,954	79,144
Lebanon, PA	47,591	57,242	66,872	76,524
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	46,759	57,388	68,016	78,645
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	48,610	56,660	64,688	72,738
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	51,085	61,589	72,072	82,576
Pittsburgh, PA	45,844	55,536	65,208	74,901
Reading, PA	46,156	55,058	63,940	72,842
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	43,493	52,000	60,508	69,015
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	49,588	58,511	67,413	76,336
State College, PA	52,000	57,242	62,484	67,725
Williamsport, PA	51,647	58,864	66,103	73,320
York-Hanover, PA	52,104	63,773	75,442	87,111
Aguadilla, PR	31,887	43,181	54,455	65,749
Arecibo, PR	33,093	43,223	53,332	63,461
Guayama, PR	31,263	41,226	51,168	61,132
Mayaguez, PR	31,346	42,266	53,207	64,127
Ponce, PR	29,266	38,772	48,298	57,804
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	49,234	53,290	57,367	61,423
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	30,535	40,644	50,732	60,840
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	54,538	66,415	78,271	90,148
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	46,842	56,909	66,976	77,044
Columbia, SC	43,368	51,813	60,279	68,724
Florence, SC	36,754	46,468	56,181	65,895
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	42,973	52,167	61,360	70,554
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	44,034	54,767	65,479	76,212
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	44,492	54,663	64,813	74,984
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	40,082	51,106	62,130	73,154
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	39,687	48,735	57,804	66,852
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	39,104	48,943	58,781	68,620
Spartanburg, SC	44,471	53,394	62,338	71,261
Sumter, SC	39,770	49,151	58,511	67,892
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	43,930	48,444	52,936	57,450
Rapid City, SD	43,868	51,959	60,029	68,120
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	44,200	48,797	53,373	57,970
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,744	47,820	52,916	57,991
Chattanooga, TN-GA	38,917	49,671	60,404	71,157
Clarksville, TN-KY	43,285	50,981	58,677	66,373
Cleveland, TN	37,378	47,695	57,991	68,308
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	41,871	49,546	57,242	64,917
Jackson, TN	37,940	46,364	54,788	63,212
Johnson City, TN	42,973	48,527	54,060	59,613
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	44,783	52,645	60,487	68,349
Knoxville, TN	46,072	52,812	59,530	66,269
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	46,863	55,911	64,938	73,986
Morristown, TN	36,650	43,680	50,690	57,720
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	47,175	55,848	64,522	73,196
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	44,700	50,981	57,284	63,565
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	46,447	53,186	59,925	66,664
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	42,932	49,380	55,848	62,296
Abilene, TX	40,789	49,796	58,781	67,788
Amarillo, TX	43,264	53,581	63,898	74,215
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	44,866	54,455	64,044	73,632
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	40,228	51,917	63,628	75,317
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	46,634	57,970	69,285	80,621
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	45,240	60,196	75,130	90,085
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	50,004	61,340	72,696	84,032
College Station-Bryan, TX	31,741	41,247	50,752	60,258
Corpus Christi, TX	42,037	52,250	62,484	72,696
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	49,068	61,860	74,652	87,444
Eagle Pass, TX	66,956	76,108	85,280	94,432
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	43,597	55,079	66,560	78,042
El Paso, TX	40,082	53,976	67,850	81,744
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	43,015	56,306	69,576	82,868
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	49,026	61,610	74,194	86,778
Killeen-Temple, TX	44,034	58,511	72,988	87,464
Laredo, TX	39,416	52,146	64,896	77,626
Longview, TX	43,556	54,476	65,396	76,316
Lubbock, TX	55,120	62,296	69,472	76,648
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	50,253	64,480	78,708	92,935
Midland, TX	46,800	60,258	73,736	87,194
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	45,615	57,263	68,890	80,538
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	50,544	62,567	74,589	86,612
Odessa, TX	50,461	68,932	87,423	105,893
San Angelo, TX	43,015	51,730	60,445	69,160
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	42,474	52,458	62,442	72,426
Sherman-Denison, TX	45,927	58,948	71,968	84,989
Texarkana, TX-AR	41,954	52,770	63,607	74,423
Tyler, TX	43,119	55,516	67,892	80,288
Victoria, TX	41,912	57,055	72,176	87,319
Waco, TX	46,946	57,034	67,101	77,189
Wichita Falls, TX	41,704	55,994	70,284	84,573
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	39,042	52,084	65,125	78,167
Logan, UT-ID	47,736	56,784	65,812	74,860
Ogden, UT	42,952	54,767	66,602	78,416
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	41,455	51,917	62,380	72,842
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	43,556	56,784	70,013	83,242
St. George, UT	43,119	53,207	63,316	73,404
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	48,652	63,212	77,751	92,311
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	49,900	56,410	62,920	69,431
Charlottesville, VA	48,340	57,284	66,207	75,151
Harrisonburg, VA	43,264	51,668	60,092	68,495
Lynchburg, VA	43,285	51,044	58,781	66,540
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	48,527	56,930	65,354	73,757
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	44,492	52,583	60,674	68,765
Richmond, VA	49,983	59,988	70,013	80,018
Roanoke, VA	46,780	55,724	64,668	73,612
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	44,013	53,352	62,712	72,052
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	42,432	50,524	58,636	66,727
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	44,596	54,871	65,125	75,400
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	49,338	60,487	71,636	82,784
Winchester, VA-WV	47,029	58,781	70,554	82,306
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	43,826	51,792	59,738	67,704
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	53,997	61,340	68,682	76,024
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	50,836	58,927	66,997	75,088
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	53,186	60,903	68,599	76,316
Bellingham, WA	58,448	69,576	80,684	91,812
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	74,194	88,879	103,584	118,269
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	54,580	63,856	73,154	82,431
Kennewick-Richland, WA	65,104	78,624	92,165	105,685
Longview-Kelso, WA	63,794	73,674	83,554	93,434
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	60,924	77,376	93,829	110,282
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	55,848	69,202	82,535	95,888
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	64,189	77,231	90,293	103,335
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	54,309	65,978	77,668	89,336
Walla Walla, WA	55,703	63,357	70,991	78,645
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	63,253	73,882	84,532	95,160
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	62,005	76,149	90,293	104,437
Yakima, WA	61,048	76,586	92,144	107,682
Appleton, WI	45,324	54,247	63,149	72,072
Eau Claire, WI	48,028	55,349	62,650	69,972
Fond du Lac, WI	46,176	52,312	58,469	64,605
Green Bay, WI	51,064	59,031	66,997	74,964
Janesville-Beloit, WI	51,044	60,237	69,452	78,645
Kenosha, WI	52,687	60,820	68,973	77,106
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	46,842	54,268	61,672	69,098
Madison, WI	54,538	63,690	72,842	81,994
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	48,069	57,138	66,207	75,276
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	50,399	57,284	64,189	71,074
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	48,652	55,432	62,213	68,994
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	47,341	54,164	61,007	67,829
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	53,020	61,776	70,533	79,290
Sheboygan, WI	50,024	56,805	63,565	70,346
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	49,567	57,138	64,709	72,280
Wausau, WI	34,258	44,804	55,328	65,874
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	50,524	57,221	63,898	70,596
Beckley, WV	41,871	48,735	55,578	62,442
Charleston, WV	38,522	44,887	51,272	57,637
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	41,455	50,336	59,239	68,120
Morgantown, WV	44,845	50,108	55,349	60,612
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,916	47,237	54,580	61,901
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	43,535	49,775	56,015	62,255
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	42,786	48,984	55,162	61,360
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	37,108	46,509	55,890	65,292
Wheeling, WV-OH	38,023	47,653	57,284	66,914
Casper, WY	64,917	79,685	94,432	109,200
Cheyenne, WY	56,077	61,256	66,456	71,636
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	46,884	55,370	63,836	72,322
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	53,415	59,946	66,477	73,008

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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