SOC 21-1014 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Mental Health Counselors 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): Counsel and advise individuals and groups to promote optimum mental and emotional health, with an emphasis on prevention. May help individuals deal with a broad range of mental health issues, such as those associated with addictions and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; stress management; self-esteem; or aging.

Level I across metros$23,754 – $63,274Alexandria, LA to Fairbanks, AK

Median Level IV, major metros$74,922Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Mental Health Counselors?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Mental Health Counselors (SOC 21-1014) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $23,754 in Alexandria, LA to $63,274 in Fairbanks, AK, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $74,922. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $64,189, 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

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	57,180	70,471	83,783	97,074
Anchorage, AK	62,005	74,589	87,194	99,778
Fairbanks-College, AK	63,274	76,440	89,586	102,752
Anniston-Oxford, AL	35,277	44,429	53,602	62,754
Auburn-Opelika, AL	37,752	44,117	50,482	56,847
Birmingham, AL	39,978	49,692	59,384	69,098
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	35,714	44,013	52,292	60,591
Decatur, AL	38,023	48,860	59,717	70,554
Dothan, AL	35,111	42,412	49,692	56,992
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	35,194	43,431	51,647	59,884
Gadsden, AL	33,176	40,103	47,050	53,976
Huntsville, AL	36,712	45,594	54,476	63,357
Mobile, AL	34,487	42,703	50,898	59,114
Montgomery, AL	36,005	44,804	53,602	62,400
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	33,447	39,936	46,405	52,895
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	34,029	40,311	46,613	52,895
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	36,359	46,322	56,264	66,228
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	32,989	38,688	44,388	50,087
Tuscaloosa, AL	37,461	45,157	52,832	60,528
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,570	44,762	54,933	65,125
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	37,170	47,840	58,490	69,160
Fort Smith, AR-OK	40,040	52,042	64,064	76,066
Hot Springs, AR	35,402	46,010	56,618	67,226
Jonesboro, AR	36,733	48,776	60,799	72,842
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	36,255	47,674	59,114	70,533
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	35,173	48,173	61,173	74,173
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	35,381	44,970	54,538	64,127
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	36,400	46,135	55,848	65,583
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	49,172	58,885	68,599	78,312
Flagstaff, AZ	48,028	60,175	72,301	84,448
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	45,448	57,346	69,264	81,162
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	47,716	58,074	68,453	78,812
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	46,072	56,992	67,892	78,812
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	41,288	55,224	69,140	83,076
Tucson, AZ	43,743	54,122	64,480	74,860
Yuma, AZ	45,365	55,599	65,853	76,087
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	44,949	54,975	65,000	75,026
Chico, CA	44,512	53,498	62,484	71,469
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	44,408	56,036	67,684	79,311
El Centro, CA	47,008	59,655	72,301	84,948
Fresno, CA	43,306	55,328	67,330	79,352
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	48,631	59,384	70,117	80,871
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	44,117	53,748	63,357	72,988
Merced, CA	43,597	55,120	66,644	78,167
Modesto, CA	44,512	58,407	72,280	86,175
Napa, CA	47,154	58,864	70,554	82,264
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	43,452	54,143	64,834	75,525
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	43,764	57,159	70,575	83,970
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	44,346	57,263	70,200	83,117
Redding, CA	42,682	53,269	63,836	74,423
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	42,703	54,288	65,895	77,480
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	45,116	59,405	73,695	87,984
Salinas, CA	47,216	60,237	73,258	86,279
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	45,844	56,493	67,122	77,772
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	50,898	66,415	81,952	97,469
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	51,002	64,792	78,562	92,352
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	49,442	64,460	79,477	94,495
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	44,450	55,516	66,602	77,668
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	46,093	59,093	72,114	85,114
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	47,570	62,088	76,628	91,146
Stockton-Lodi, CA	48,776	63,295	77,834	92,352
Vallejo, CA	44,908	61,672	78,437	95,202
Visalia, CA	43,036	56,701	70,346	84,012
Yuba City, CA	45,136	56,805	68,453	80,122
Boulder, CO	48,922	61,568	74,236	86,882
Colorado Springs, CO	42,287	54,205	66,124	78,042
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	48,714	60,216	71,740	83,242
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	44,866	55,661	66,436	77,231
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	45,927	58,448	70,970	83,492
Grand Junction, CO	40,852	51,148	61,423	71,719
Greeley, CO	43,868	53,935	64,002	74,069
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	45,636	60,965	76,274	91,604
Pueblo, CO	41,850	51,522	61,215	70,887
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	44,700	55,204	65,687	76,191
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	49,983	61,464	72,946	84,428
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	50,586	60,424	70,242	80,080
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	44,575	55,474	66,352	77,252
New Haven, CT	46,655	56,514	66,373	76,232
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	48,610	58,344	68,079	77,813
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	45,927	58,844	71,760	84,677
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	48,360	59,800	71,240	82,680
Dover, DE	40,644	51,376	62,109	72,842
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	38,106	46,780	55,453	64,127
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	42,266	51,980	61,714	71,428
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	41,767	51,044	60,320	69,597
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	39,229	48,943	58,677	68,391
Gainesville, FL	42,016	50,919	59,821	68,724
Homosassa Springs, FL	37,045	46,551	56,036	65,541
Jacksonville, FL	43,431	54,330	65,208	76,108
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	38,397	47,986	57,596	67,184
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	41,434	50,815	60,196	69,576
Naples-Marco Island, FL	46,405	56,909	67,392	77,896
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	42,848	51,314	59,780	68,245
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	44,138	53,893	63,669	73,424
Ocala, FL	40,789	49,900	58,989	68,100
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	43,264	52,292	61,319	70,346
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	38,584	48,735	58,885	69,036
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	39,271	47,196	55,100	63,024
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	38,106	46,592	55,058	63,544
Port St. Lucie, FL	40,997	49,608	58,240	66,852
Punta Gorda, FL	45,677	55,640	65,624	75,588
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	43,140	49,671	56,223	62,754
Sebring, FL	32,823	40,976	49,130	57,284
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	42,724	51,751	60,799	69,826
Tallahassee, FL	42,432	51,460	60,487	69,514
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	42,578	52,541	62,484	72,447
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	36,525	45,636	54,746	63,856
Albany, GA	38,668	44,658	50,648	56,639
Athens-Clarke County, GA	31,679	42,599	53,519	64,439
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	43,410	53,789	64,189	74,568
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	41,642	49,920	58,199	66,477
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	37,815	49,359	60,903	72,447
Columbus, GA-AL	38,418	47,840	57,263	66,685
Dalton, GA	39,812	47,612	55,432	63,232
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	39,604	47,341	55,079	62,816
Gainesville, GA	38,127	48,672	59,239	69,784
Hinesville, GA	37,960	47,258	56,556	65,853
Macon-Bibb County, GA	40,852	49,047	57,221	65,416
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	39,104	46,738	54,392	62,026
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	37,461	47,237	56,992	66,768
Rome, GA	42,100	50,274	58,428	66,602
Savannah, GA	41,725	49,858	57,970	66,103
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	39,292	47,029	54,746	62,484
Valdosta, GA	36,796	46,135	55,495	64,834
Warner Robins, GA	39,188	48,215	57,221	66,248
Guam MSA	42,287	53,311	64,335	75,359
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	50,128	62,879	75,629	88,380
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	48,402	62,296	76,191	90,085
Urban Honolulu, HI	47,029	57,304	67,559	77,834
Ames, IA	44,949	62,213	79,498	96,762
Cedar Rapids, IA	44,824	55,224	65,624	76,024
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	43,306	54,538	65,770	77,002
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	41,767	53,394	65,042	76,669
Dubuque, IA	45,511	54,808	64,106	73,404
Iowa City, IA	48,776	59,904	71,053	82,181
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	46,592	56,077	65,541	75,026
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	45,989	57,908	69,805	81,724
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	44,596	55,100	65,583	76,087
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	44,804	54,746	64,688	74,631
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	41,975	50,836	59,676	68,536
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	45,948	56,119	66,311	76,482
Boise City, ID	39,416	52,749	66,061	79,394
Coeur d'Alene, ID	38,917	51,751	64,584	77,418
Idaho Falls, ID	42,120	55,640	69,181	82,701
Lewiston, ID-WA	47,508	58,220	68,952	79,664
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	47,383	58,469	69,535	80,621
Pocatello, ID	41,767	52,396	63,004	73,632
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	41,018	54,392	67,788	81,162
Twin Falls, ID	41,621	52,916	64,231	75,525
Bloomington, IL	40,103	50,108	60,092	70,096
Champaign-Urbana, IL	42,162	57,367	72,551	87,756
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	44,242	57,138	70,055	82,951
Decatur, IL	41,288	49,629	57,970	66,311
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	40,581	49,941	59,322	68,682
Kankakee, IL	40,040	51,501	62,941	74,402
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	44,055	53,352	62,629	71,927
Peoria, IL	42,703	52,770	62,858	72,925
Rockford, IL	42,058	50,108	58,178	66,228
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,663	51,356	61,028	70,720
Springfield, IL	43,368	54,309	65,271	76,212
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,642	52,063	62,484	72,904
Bloomington, IN	46,925	54,600	62,276	69,951
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	39,416	48,277	57,138	65,999
Columbus, IN	38,813	46,031	53,228	60,445
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	42,578	53,165	63,752	74,340
Evansville, IN	36,047	45,116	54,184	63,253
Fort Wayne, IN	38,231	50,794	63,357	75,920
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	40,207	48,464	56,743	65,000
Kokomo, IN	41,684	52,208	62,712	73,237
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	43,514	51,855	60,196	68,536
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	43,722	54,704	65,708	76,690
Muncie, IN	38,813	46,384	53,935	61,506
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	36,588	44,949	53,332	61,693
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	38,272	46,634	54,975	63,336
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	40,477	50,378	60,258	70,159
Terre Haute, IN	36,213	45,677	55,120	64,584
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	39,167	49,775	60,404	71,012
Lawrence, KS	45,636	55,162	64,709	74,236
Manhattan, KS	35,631	41,621	47,591	53,581
Topeka, KS	42,432	52,021	61,589	71,178
Wichita, KS	40,352	49,005	57,637	66,290
Bowling Green, KY	35,943	47,674	59,405	71,136
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	33,676	43,160	52,645	62,130
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	33,239	42,765	52,271	61,797
Elizabethtown, KY	40,373	50,648	60,944	71,220
Lexington-Fayette, KY	39,708	50,212	60,716	71,220
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	38,938	48,652	58,386	68,100
Owensboro, KY	38,231	47,653	57,076	66,498
Paducah, KY-IL	37,524	47,112	56,722	66,311
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,092	44,887	55,703	66,498
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	32,261	43,181	54,080	65,000
Alexandria, LA	23,754	31,991	40,207	48,444
Baton Rouge, LA	32,303	40,997	49,712	58,407
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	29,412	36,629	43,847	51,064
Hammond, LA	31,242	36,400	41,538	46,696
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	34,237	36,796	39,354	41,912
Lafayette, LA	31,616	37,898	44,159	50,440
Lake Charles, LA	25,938	34,279	42,599	50,940
Monroe, LA	30,597	38,584	46,551	54,538
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	33,072	40,082	47,071	54,080
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	27,872	33,072	38,293	43,493
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	34,258	42,100	49,962	57,804
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	29,952	35,028	40,082	45,157
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	31,533	39,978	48,423	56,868
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	44,866	53,872	62,858	71,864
Barnstable Town, MA	45,386	56,140	66,893	77,647
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	45,948	56,431	66,935	77,418
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	46,863	56,431	66,020	75,588
Pittsfield, MA	43,805	51,792	59,800	67,788
Springfield, MA	43,493	54,351	65,188	76,045
Worcester, MA	43,764	52,874	61,984	71,095
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	44,388	53,248	62,109	70,970
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	42,370	51,335	60,300	69,264
Lexington Park, MD	44,013	56,056	68,079	80,122
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	45,074	55,599	66,124	76,648
Salisbury, MD	39,708	49,879	60,071	70,242
Bangor, ME	48,256	55,620	63,004	70,367
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	39,188	49,775	60,362	70,949
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	45,927	53,332	60,757	68,162
Portland-South Portland, ME	47,965	57,284	66,581	75,900
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	43,348	51,792	60,237	68,682
Ann Arbor, MI	46,405	58,948	71,490	84,032
Battle Creek, MI	57,741	64,085	70,450	76,794
Bay City, MI	36,692	43,223	49,775	56,306
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	42,536	53,623	64,709	75,796
Flint, MI	40,602	51,917	63,232	74,548
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	46,447	57,408	68,349	79,311
Jackson, MI	43,202	51,896	60,591	69,285
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	44,720	54,892	65,063	75,234
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	46,052	59,447	72,863	86,258
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	46,488	57,076	67,684	78,271
Midland, MI	46,468	57,200	67,954	78,687
Monroe, MI	46,405	53,872	61,360	68,828
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	50,773	59,135	67,517	75,879
Niles, MI	46,821	59,052	71,282	83,512
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	47,050	54,829	62,588	70,367
Saginaw, MI	37,191	48,943	60,716	72,468
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	41,642	52,541	63,461	74,360
Traverse City, MI	46,551	55,682	64,813	73,944
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	41,184	51,335	61,506	71,656
Duluth, MN-WI	44,117	49,920	55,724	61,527
Mankato, MN	51,772	56,431	61,090	65,749
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	47,528	54,975	62,400	69,847
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	44,762	52,125	59,509	66,872
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	42,932	48,797	54,684	60,549
Rochester, MN	46,343	53,602	60,840	68,100
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	38,335	46,364	54,372	62,400
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	40,872	45,906	50,960	55,994
St. Cloud, MN	43,306	49,650	55,973	62,317
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	36,317	47,008	57,700	68,391
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	38,876	48,152	57,408	66,685
Columbia, MO	38,501	49,151	59,821	70,471
Jefferson City, MO	38,335	46,925	55,495	64,085
Joplin, MO-KS	38,813	47,279	55,765	64,231
Kansas City, MO-KS	41,684	53,124	64,584	76,024
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	40,976	50,503	60,050	69,576
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	39,396	47,736	56,056	64,397
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	37,544	46,530	55,516	64,501
Springfield, MO	38,688	47,029	55,391	63,732
St. Joseph, MO-KS	41,018	48,714	56,410	64,106
St. Louis, MO-IL	41,912	52,541	63,191	73,820
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	36,213	48,048	59,884	71,719
Hattiesburg, MS	31,824	36,816	41,829	46,821
Jackson, MS	37,773	44,804	51,834	58,864
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,493	36,671	42,869	49,047
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	41,039	51,272	61,527	71,760
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	37,544	43,431	49,338	55,224
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,930	42,016	53,082	64,168
Billings, MT	40,852	51,460	62,068	72,676
Bozeman, MT	42,536	54,621	66,727	78,812
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	39,541	48,548	57,575	66,581
Great Falls, MT	39,312	48,464	57,616	66,768
Helena, MT	39,375	51,189	63,004	74,818
Missoula, MT	39,146	49,026	58,927	68,807
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	41,122	50,586	60,050	69,514
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	42,162	50,690	59,197	67,725
Asheville, NC	34,404	44,866	55,328	65,791
Burlington, NC	31,429	41,829	52,208	62,608
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,652	44,242	52,853	61,444
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	39,146	49,026	58,906	68,786
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	45,552	55,682	65,791	75,920
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,629	44,596	52,562	60,528
Fayetteville, NC	37,420	44,866	52,292	59,738
Goldsboro, NC	35,090	45,344	55,599	65,853
Greensboro-High Point, NC	38,876	47,840	56,784	65,749
Greenville, NC	41,351	50,711	60,071	69,431
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	38,439	47,424	56,389	65,375
Jacksonville, NC	38,834	47,549	56,264	64,980
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	41,288	47,196	53,103	59,010
Raleigh-Cary, NC	44,741	54,871	64,980	75,109
Rocky Mount, NC	40,831	49,192	57,533	65,895
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	42,079	50,399	58,698	67,018
Wilmington, NC	37,378	47,279	57,180	67,080
Winston-Salem, NC	38,980	46,946	54,933	62,900
Bismarck, ND	49,296	58,615	67,954	77,272
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	58,116	66,956	75,796	84,636
Fargo, ND-MN	44,471	53,976	63,503	73,008
Grand Forks, ND-MN	45,282	54,788	64,293	73,799
Minot, ND	43,264	52,271	61,298	70,304
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	49,088	58,906	68,703	78,520
Grand Island, NE	35,631	48,048	60,487	72,904
Lincoln, NE	46,717	63,524	80,351	97,157
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	48,340	60,092	71,823	83,575
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	46,405	57,180	67,954	78,728
Omaha, NE-IA	43,826	55,079	66,332	77,584
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	46,176	57,471	68,744	80,039
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	43,036	51,044	59,031	67,039
Manchester-Nashua, NH	40,165	47,861	55,557	63,253
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	42,599	52,042	61,506	70,949
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	43,784	51,044	58,282	65,541
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	38,834	49,463	60,112	70,741
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	46,239	57,055	67,850	78,666
Vineland, NJ	40,269	52,208	64,148	76,087
Albuquerque, NM	53,706	65,853	77,980	90,127
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	57,034	67,725	78,396	89,087
Farmington, NM	52,333	62,255	72,156	82,077
Las Cruces, NM	54,392	63,836	73,300	82,743
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	48,319	57,554	66,789	76,024
Santa Fe, NM	53,040	66,165	79,311	92,436
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	47,445	60,924	74,381	87,860
Carson City, NV	52,895	62,504	72,135	81,744
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	44,159	53,623	63,066	72,530
Reno, NV	41,996	52,978	63,940	74,922
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	42,079	52,229	62,359	72,509
Binghamton, NY	45,552	52,645	59,717	66,810
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	43,140	52,541	61,943	71,344
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	40,685	48,152	55,599	63,066
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	43,909	51,938	59,946	67,975
Elmira, NY	41,538	48,194	54,871	61,527
Glens Falls, NY	43,805	52,021	60,258	68,474
Ithaca, NY	46,904	56,306	65,728	75,130
Kingston, NY	43,472	53,352	63,212	73,092
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	45,636	54,954	64,293	73,612
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	45,199	56,826	68,432	80,060
Rochester, NY	42,349	50,981	59,592	68,224
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	41,767	48,610	55,474	62,317
Syracuse, NY	43,951	51,189	58,448	65,687
Utica-Rome, NY	39,874	48,069	56,244	64,439
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	36,983	44,804	52,645	60,466
Akron, OH	43,743	53,248	62,733	72,239
Canton-Massillon, OH	40,935	49,359	57,762	66,186
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	43,056	51,189	59,322	67,455
Cleveland, OH	43,722	51,855	59,967	68,100
Columbus, OH	44,596	53,477	62,380	71,261
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	43,576	52,292	60,986	69,701
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	41,933	50,357	58,802	67,226
Lima, OH	39,874	47,216	54,580	61,922
Mansfield, OH	40,997	48,527	56,036	63,565
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	40,872	49,068	57,263	65,458
Sandusky, OH	43,472	51,480	59,468	67,476
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	40,644	48,776	56,930	65,063
Springfield, OH	42,016	49,296	56,556	63,836
Toledo, OH	43,410	51,647	59,904	68,141
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	44,533	53,956	63,378	72,800
Youngstown-Warren, OH	40,644	49,546	58,448	67,351
Enid, OK	41,268	52,292	63,336	74,360
Lawton, OK	32,740	43,556	54,372	65,188
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	38,584	50,960	63,357	75,733
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,509	45,074	56,660	68,224
Oklahoma City, OK	37,087	49,588	62,109	74,610
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	39,562	50,732	61,922	73,092
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	39,583	50,045	60,508	70,970
Tulsa, OK	37,191	49,712	62,213	74,735
Albany, OR	53,165	67,642	82,119	96,596
Bend, OR	54,018	66,394	78,791	91,167
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	50,565	59,884	69,202	78,520
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	54,621	63,960	73,320	82,660
Corvallis, OR	53,976	65,624	77,252	88,900
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	47,840	57,804	67,767	77,730
Eugene-Springfield, OR	50,253	60,362	70,492	80,600
Grants Pass, OR	51,792	61,922	72,072	82,202
Medford, OR	52,687	61,548	70,388	79,248
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	54,496	66,020	77,564	89,087
Salem, OR	51,335	64,605	77,876	91,146
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	39,500	48,714	57,928	67,143
Altoona, PA	36,629	43,119	49,588	56,077
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	35,672	43,223	50,752	58,303
Chambersburg, PA	36,359	45,636	54,912	64,189
Erie, PA	36,234	43,701	51,189	58,656
Gettysburg, PA	38,023	47,799	57,575	67,351
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	38,938	48,943	58,927	68,932
Johnstown, PA	37,024	44,741	52,479	60,196
Lancaster, PA	38,210	48,360	58,532	68,682
Lebanon, PA	41,122	51,418	61,714	72,010
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	35,007	45,074	55,141	65,208
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	37,440	46,072	54,725	63,357
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	40,519	50,461	60,404	70,346
Pittsburgh, PA	39,520	48,340	57,138	65,957
Reading, PA	40,186	48,631	57,055	65,500
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	35,423	43,618	51,813	60,008
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	37,565	46,884	56,181	65,500
State College, PA	38,335	46,967	55,578	64,210
Williamsport, PA	34,736	44,388	54,060	63,711
York-Hanover, PA	39,208	47,653	56,077	64,522
Aguadilla, PR	32,324	38,127	43,930	49,733
Arecibo, PR	34,071	39,229	44,408	49,567
Guayama, PR	32,885	38,439	43,992	49,546
Mayaguez, PR	32,324	38,127	43,930	49,733
Ponce, PR	32,053	38,023	44,013	49,983
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	32,074	37,981	43,888	49,796
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	34,424	39,583	44,762	49,920
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	43,098	53,581	64,085	74,568
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	38,564	47,716	56,847	65,999
Columbia, SC	43,181	51,772	60,341	68,932
Florence, SC	42,266	49,068	55,869	62,671
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	41,496	50,836	60,154	69,493
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	36,525	44,346	52,146	59,967
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	45,448	52,333	59,197	66,082
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,735	44,367	53,020	61,652
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,650	45,386	54,101	62,837
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	39,229	47,632	56,056	64,460
Spartanburg, SC	33,738	40,269	46,800	53,332
Sumter, SC	39,749	47,840	55,911	64,002
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	43,306	49,213	55,100	61,007
Rapid City, SD	40,124	46,218	52,292	58,386
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	42,224	49,130	56,036	62,941
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,599	48,381	54,164	59,946
Chattanooga, TN-GA	38,044	48,236	58,448	68,640
Clarksville, TN-KY	31,616	40,477	49,359	58,220
Cleveland, TN	35,194	44,076	52,978	61,860
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	36,296	44,346	52,396	60,445
Jackson, TN	34,466	42,328	50,212	58,074
Johnson City, TN	34,258	42,162	50,066	57,970
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	38,356	45,386	52,416	59,447
Knoxville, TN	35,714	44,325	52,916	61,527
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	36,941	45,032	53,103	61,194
Morristown, TN	40,207	48,839	57,471	66,103
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	38,522	47,383	56,244	65,104
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	33,884	40,602	47,320	54,039
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,490	40,020	47,570	55,100
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,840	42,162	49,504	56,826
Abilene, TX	36,983	46,488	56,015	65,520
Amarillo, TX	39,791	52,749	65,687	78,645
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	41,996	56,493	71,012	85,509
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	40,103	52,021	63,940	75,858
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	45,428	54,372	63,316	72,260
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	44,450	54,621	64,772	74,943
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	44,554	54,309	64,044	73,799
College Station-Bryan, TX	40,852	49,255	57,637	66,040
Corpus Christi, TX	41,808	49,504	57,180	64,876
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	40,893	53,186	65,500	77,792
Eagle Pass, TX	38,418	49,546	60,695	71,823
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	36,816	44,533	52,229	59,946
El Paso, TX	42,744	53,664	64,564	75,484
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	43,285	52,292	61,298	70,304
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	41,808	54,808	67,808	80,808
Killeen-Temple, TX	36,359	48,652	60,944	73,237
Laredo, TX	36,816	48,714	60,612	72,509
Longview, TX	39,167	46,426	53,664	60,924
Lubbock, TX	33,322	43,348	53,352	63,378
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	42,536	53,477	64,397	75,338
Midland, TX	43,410	51,044	58,698	66,332
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	40,581	49,962	59,322	68,703
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	41,808	50,815	59,800	68,807
Odessa, TX	39,084	47,924	56,764	65,604
San Angelo, TX	41,621	51,418	61,236	71,032
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	38,418	49,671	60,944	72,197
Sherman-Denison, TX	41,538	51,356	61,194	71,012
Texarkana, TX-AR	33,322	48,194	63,066	77,938
Tyler, TX	36,400	46,301	56,202	66,103
Victoria, TX	32,594	42,973	53,332	63,711
Waco, TX	37,295	47,757	58,220	68,682
Wichita Falls, TX	36,650	49,380	62,088	74,818
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	44,221	59,572	74,922	90,272
Logan, UT-ID	40,872	56,847	72,821	88,796
Ogden, UT	36,276	52,479	68,703	84,906
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	34,466	49,296	64,148	78,978
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	38,064	54,309	70,554	86,799
St. George, UT	39,895	57,533	75,172	92,810
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	36,900	49,068	61,256	73,424
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	40,664	47,653	54,621	61,610
Charlottesville, VA	44,512	52,125	59,738	67,351
Harrisonburg, VA	44,804	55,141	65,458	75,796
Lynchburg, VA	42,183	54,122	66,061	78,000
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	42,100	52,749	63,378	74,028
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,978	49,213	58,428	67,663
Richmond, VA	40,456	51,397	62,359	73,300
Roanoke, VA	41,704	49,234	56,784	64,314
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	41,143	53,332	65,500	77,688
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,229	48,922	58,615	68,308
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	44,138	51,002	57,887	64,751
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	41,559	52,188	62,816	73,445
Winchester, VA-WV	42,245	50,503	58,781	67,039
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	42,287	53,311	64,335	75,359
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	53,311	60,258	67,184	74,132
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	50,752	57,596	64,418	71,261
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	49,941	56,264	62,588	68,911
Bellingham, WA	51,792	65,167	78,562	91,936
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	47,237	58,157	69,098	80,018
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	52,188	64,168	76,149	88,130
Kennewick-Richland, WA	51,335	63,149	74,943	86,757
Longview-Kelso, WA	47,757	58,781	69,805	80,829
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	49,567	62,380	75,192	88,005
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	50,690	62,130	73,570	85,010
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	53,186	65,292	77,397	89,503
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	46,904	58,324	69,764	81,183
Walla Walla, WA	49,109	60,882	72,634	84,407
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	50,212	63,482	76,752	90,023
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	46,613	58,594	70,575	82,556
Yakima, WA	45,469	55,287	65,104	74,922
Appleton, WI	45,282	54,642	63,981	73,341
Eau Claire, WI	50,856	58,968	67,080	75,192
Fond du Lac, WI	50,253	59,655	69,036	78,437
Green Bay, WI	47,591	55,224	62,879	70,512
Janesville-Beloit, WI	49,400	58,968	68,557	78,125
Kenosha, WI	47,632	56,951	66,248	75,567
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	47,716	58,199	68,682	79,165
Madison, WI	50,024	59,696	69,389	79,061
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	48,048	58,760	69,493	80,205
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	49,151	57,824	66,498	75,172
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	48,194	57,949	67,684	77,439
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	52,853	61,735	70,596	79,477
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	48,215	58,261	68,328	78,375
Sheboygan, WI	52,208	61,236	70,284	79,311
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	45,532	55,828	66,124	76,420
Wausau, WI	48,506	56,410	64,335	72,239
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	49,525	60,736	71,927	83,138
Beckley, WV	40,144	47,258	54,392	61,506
Charleston, WV	35,527	44,180	52,832	61,485
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	39,146	46,509	53,852	61,215
Morgantown, WV	38,376	46,551	54,704	62,879
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,333	45,677	52,042	58,386
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	37,378	44,221	51,044	57,887
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	40,290	46,800	53,290	59,800
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	41,600	49,775	57,928	66,103
Wheeling, WV-OH	37,544	45,844	54,143	62,442
Casper, WY	42,037	53,269	64,522	75,754
Cheyenne, WY	42,786	54,268	65,728	77,210
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	38,813	51,813	64,792	77,792
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	39,084	54,517	69,951	85,384

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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