SOC 25-1194 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 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): Teach vocational courses intended to provide occupational training below the baccalaureate level in subjects such as construction, mechanics/repair, manufacturing, transportation, or cosmetology, primarily to students who have graduated from or left high school. Teaching takes place in public or private schools whose primary business is academic or vocational education.

Level I across metros$22,527 – $78,042St. George, UT to Appleton, WI

Median Level IV, major metros$80,871Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary (SOC 25-1194) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $22,527 in St. George, UT to $78,042 in Appleton, WI, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $80,871. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $68,932, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 12 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$96,908
San Francisco, CA$128,420
San Jose, CA$121,348
Seattle, WA$105,124
Dallas, TX$84,053
Houston, TX$88,920
Austin, TX$88,650
Chicago, IL$90,314
Boston, MA$99,175
Washington, DC$83,263
Atlanta, GA$72,218
Los Angeles, CA$110,136

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	67,600	74,714	81,828	88,941
Anchorage, AK	68,932	76,773	84,615	92,456
Fairbanks-College, AK	69,868	76,336	82,826	89,295
Anniston-Oxford, AL	43,077	52,125	61,194	70,242
Auburn-Opelika, AL	49,962	59,010	68,037	77,085
Birmingham, AL	44,346	53,581	62,796	72,031
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	41,996	51,335	60,695	70,034
Decatur, AL	43,285	52,063	60,840	69,618
Dothan, AL	70,263	89,919	109,554	129,210
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	42,162	48,714	55,245	61,797
Gadsden, AL	37,794	46,135	54,476	62,816
Huntsville, AL	41,871	52,292	62,712	73,133
Mobile, AL	46,384	52,687	58,968	65,271
Montgomery, AL	47,154	56,368	65,583	74,797
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	45,261	54,018	62,796	71,552
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	45,448	52,978	60,528	68,058
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	45,282	59,176	73,092	86,986
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	46,260	55,287	64,335	73,362
Tuscaloosa, AL	45,428	54,413	63,399	72,384
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	37,024	47,008	57,013	66,997
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	38,044	47,778	57,533	67,268
Fort Smith, AR-OK	35,548	44,928	54,309	63,690
Hot Springs, AR	38,106	49,005	59,925	70,824
Jonesboro, AR	36,588	46,592	56,597	66,602
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	38,376	48,506	58,636	68,765
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,445	40,872	47,320	53,748
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	36,421	45,948	55,453	64,980
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,418	51,605	64,792	77,980
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	49,130	56,077	63,004	69,951
Flagstaff, AZ	53,373	64,917	76,482	88,026
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	58,220	65,791	73,383	80,954
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	48,028	62,692	77,335	91,999
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	47,861	61,464	75,068	88,671
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	46,655	56,784	66,914	77,044
Tucson, AZ	44,034	55,328	66,623	77,917
Yuma, AZ	47,050	60,341	73,632	86,924
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	45,594	64,896	84,178	103,480
Chico, CA	52,541	90,605	128,690	166,754
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	45,573	64,730	83,908	103,064
El Centro, CA	51,272	75,484	99,695	123,906
Fresno, CA	44,346	63,628	82,930	102,212
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	44,783	63,856	82,930	102,004
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	47,570	68,432	89,274	110,136
Merced, CA	43,202	56,576	69,972	83,346
Modesto, CA	43,306	56,181	69,077	81,952
Napa, CA	48,090	66,810	85,509	104,229
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	47,112	68,828	90,543	112,258
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	58,906	80,975	103,064	125,133
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	47,320	67,850	88,380	108,909
Redding, CA	47,320	70,471	93,600	116,751
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	46,343	67,247	88,172	109,076
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	48,714	68,349	88,005	107,640
Salinas, CA	51,626	70,949	90,272	109,596
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	52,936	72,800	92,644	112,508
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	54,039	78,832	103,626	128,420
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	55,786	77,647	99,487	121,348
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	49,255	74,672	100,069	125,487
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	54,143	78,520	102,919	127,296
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	51,522	67,829	84,157	100,464
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	52,167	75,754	99,341	122,928
Stockton-Lodi, CA	47,383	61,256	75,109	88,983
Vallejo, CA	45,989	58,989	72,010	85,010
Visalia, CA	41,268	51,397	61,548	71,677
Yuba City, CA	49,192	69,992	90,792	111,592
Boulder, CO	57,554	65,853	74,173	82,472
Colorado Springs, CO	41,850	49,463	57,055	64,668
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	42,578	55,349	68,100	80,871
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	47,050	58,199	69,368	80,517
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	48,298	57,741	67,164	76,607
Grand Junction, CO	30,805	39,645	48,506	57,346
Greeley, CO	56,056	67,684	79,311	90,938
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	44,679	58,178	71,656	85,156
Pueblo, CO	46,676	56,244	65,812	75,380
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	50,024	60,986	71,948	82,909
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	50,711	62,546	74,381	86,216
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	46,197	56,743	67,268	77,813
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	44,741	53,165	61,568	69,992
New Haven, CT	46,592	63,274	79,976	96,658
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	53,706	69,472	85,260	101,026
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	46,488	55,391	64,293	73,196
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	44,533	57,450	70,346	83,263
Dover, DE	58,469	60,112	61,735	63,378
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	57,408	60,944	64,501	68,037
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	31,887	41,288	50,711	60,112
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	42,786	54,954	67,122	79,290
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	44,242	52,624	61,007	69,389
Gainesville, FL	47,570	53,498	59,447	65,375
Homosassa Springs, FL	42,786	59,364	75,920	92,498
Jacksonville, FL	42,162	51,543	60,903	70,284
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	44,096	54,080	64,064	74,048
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	44,242	57,616	70,991	84,365
Naples-Marco Island, FL	42,661	56,015	69,389	82,743
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	33,904	40,269	46,655	53,020
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	46,322	53,352	60,383	67,413
Ocala, FL	42,349	47,861	53,394	58,906
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	40,935	52,500	64,044	75,608
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	42,620	53,456	64,272	75,109
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	35,880	45,136	54,392	63,648
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	42,204	57,325	72,426	87,548
Port St. Lucie, FL	43,181	57,367	71,532	85,717
Punta Gorda, FL	35,111	45,740	56,389	67,018
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	41,351	53,124	64,917	76,690
Sebring, FL	41,039	52,666	64,314	75,941
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	42,245	56,202	70,138	84,095
Tallahassee, FL	38,792	44,429	50,087	55,724
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	43,722	63,357	83,013	102,648
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	41,392	55,828	70,263	84,698
Albany, GA	37,128	47,757	58,365	68,994
Athens-Clarke County, GA	45,469	52,458	59,468	66,456
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	45,532	54,434	63,316	72,218
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	50,877	57,887	64,917	71,927
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	44,013	50,628	57,242	63,856
Columbus, GA-AL	45,636	53,852	62,068	70,284
Dalton, GA	47,487	53,831	60,154	66,498
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	49,920	56,285	62,650	69,015
Gainesville, GA	47,466	53,623	59,780	65,936
Hinesville, GA	45,324	52,458	59,572	66,706
Macon-Bibb County, GA	48,693	53,623	58,552	63,482
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	33,010	42,578	52,146	61,714
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	47,258	52,687	58,116	63,544
Rome, GA	54,268	63,877	73,508	83,117
Savannah, GA	44,388	52,957	61,548	70,117
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	44,159	50,711	57,263	63,815
Valdosta, GA	44,700	52,458	60,196	67,954
Warner Robins, GA	38,064	46,509	54,954	63,399
Guam MSA	44,783	58,344	71,927	85,488
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	40,415	46,072	51,730	57,388
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	40,415	46,072	51,730	57,388
Urban Honolulu, HI	39,084	45,844	52,604	59,364
Ames, IA	48,256	57,637	67,018	76,399
Cedar Rapids, IA	41,330	47,279	53,207	59,156
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	41,850	53,477	65,084	76,711
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	49,317	59,800	70,304	80,788
Dubuque, IA	44,471	53,061	61,652	70,242
Iowa City, IA	45,220	53,560	61,922	70,263
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	50,087	57,887	65,666	73,466
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	46,634	55,869	65,084	74,319
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	51,480	61,007	70,512	80,039
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	50,482	58,927	67,351	75,796
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	50,336	57,304	64,293	71,261
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	48,880	61,111	73,362	85,592
Boise City, ID	43,181	54,184	65,167	76,170
Coeur d'Alene, ID	36,400	51,605	66,789	81,994
Idaho Falls, ID	42,266	51,813	61,360	70,908
Lewiston, ID-WA	40,456	52,000	63,524	75,068
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	39,999	51,605	63,212	74,818
Pocatello, ID	39,063	49,359	59,634	69,930
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	29,848	40,623	51,418	62,192
Twin Falls, ID	45,511	53,040	60,570	68,100
Bloomington, IL	49,151	61,672	74,173	86,695
Champaign-Urbana, IL	58,573	69,847	81,141	92,415
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	46,364	61,007	75,671	90,314
Decatur, IL	43,951	56,680	69,431	82,160
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	45,282	51,023	56,764	62,504
Kankakee, IL	43,244	57,866	72,488	87,111
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	33,572	42,848	52,125	61,402
Peoria, IL	46,884	60,591	74,319	88,026
Rockford, IL	33,925	49,712	65,479	81,266
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	40,893	51,855	62,796	73,757
Springfield, IL	39,292	49,525	59,738	69,972
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	46,218	54,663	63,108	71,552
Bloomington, IN	28,725	41,413	54,122	66,810
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	42,682	51,335	59,967	68,620
Columbus, IN	44,263	53,332	62,400	71,469
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	47,674	58,220	68,765	79,311
Evansville, IN	47,549	58,885	70,221	81,557
Fort Wayne, IN	45,615	54,226	62,816	71,428
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	43,576	53,477	63,399	73,300
Kokomo, IN	45,490	54,288	63,087	71,885
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	28,808	43,202	57,575	71,968
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	46,426	60,820	75,213	89,607
Muncie, IN	43,660	53,477	63,274	73,092
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	44,637	58,948	73,258	87,568
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	45,573	56,680	67,808	78,916
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	46,738	53,602	60,487	67,351
Terre Haute, IN	46,114	58,927	71,719	84,532
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	42,911	50,690	58,490	66,269
Lawrence, KS	38,605	48,423	58,240	68,058
Manhattan, KS	41,996	50,066	58,116	66,186
Topeka, KS	38,272	48,007	57,762	67,496
Wichita, KS	40,061	50,316	60,549	70,804
Bowling Green, KY	38,002	46,176	54,351	62,525
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	46,010	52,479	58,948	65,416
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	51,002	55,640	60,300	64,938
Elizabethtown, KY	42,141	49,234	56,327	63,420
Lexington-Fayette, KY	43,680	51,959	60,258	68,536
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	36,588	45,698	54,829	63,940
Owensboro, KY	53,623	57,304	60,986	64,668
Paducah, KY-IL	54,538	63,960	73,404	82,826
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	48,236	53,332	58,448	63,544
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	43,992	49,920	55,828	61,756
Alexandria, LA	42,765	49,525	56,264	63,024
Baton Rouge, LA	46,780	53,040	59,322	65,583
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	44,221	50,440	56,639	62,858
Hammond, LA	43,764	50,836	57,887	64,959
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	44,450	51,210	57,949	64,709
Lafayette, LA	42,058	48,631	55,183	61,756
Lake Charles, LA	42,204	48,880	55,536	62,213
Monroe, LA	43,576	49,733	55,890	62,047
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	43,202	50,877	58,532	66,207
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	45,157	51,252	57,325	63,420
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	42,765	49,525	56,264	63,024
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	41,725	49,296	56,847	64,418
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	46,260	51,772	57,263	62,775
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	33,197	47,341	61,506	75,650
Barnstable Town, MA	57,096	67,684	78,271	88,858
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	58,573	72,114	85,634	99,175
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	52,333	66,186	80,039	93,892
Pittsfield, MA	39,167	53,956	68,765	83,554
Springfield, MA	52,874	65,583	78,312	91,021
Worcester, MA	58,636	74,485	90,356	106,205
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	37,440	49,504	61,568	73,632
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	41,538	52,208	62,858	73,528
Lexington Park, MD	42,578	55,432	68,287	81,141
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	46,364	59,072	71,802	84,511
Salisbury, MD	47,154	61,464	75,754	90,064
Bangor, ME	51,938	61,818	71,719	81,599
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	52,084	64,460	76,856	89,232
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	52,895	61,485	70,076	78,666
Portland-South Portland, ME	54,559	60,508	66,436	72,384
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	48,693	59,613	70,512	81,432
Ann Arbor, MI	45,760	70,824	95,909	120,973
Battle Creek, MI	46,800	60,341	73,882	87,423
Bay City, MI	35,360	48,672	61,964	75,276
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	48,631	60,882	73,112	85,364
Flint, MI	43,077	55,661	68,224	80,808
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	46,322	56,140	65,936	75,754
Jackson, MI	46,884	60,986	75,088	89,191
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	57,304	67,746	78,167	88,608
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	41,788	54,808	67,829	80,850
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	42,744	55,162	67,559	79,976
Midland, MI	35,360	48,672	61,964	75,276
Monroe, MI	47,944	61,860	75,754	89,669
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	45,864	56,618	67,351	78,104
Niles, MI	44,762	55,557	66,373	77,168
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	54,143	69,868	85,613	101,338
Saginaw, MI	47,736	56,868	65,978	75,109
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	45,199	61,111	77,002	92,914
Traverse City, MI	50,253	66,831	83,388	99,965
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	60,216	76,898	93,600	110,282
Duluth, MN-WI	55,058	66,956	78,874	90,772
Mankato, MN	52,312	66,061	79,810	93,559
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	53,893	67,996	82,098	96,200
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	54,247	67,704	81,183	94,640
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	56,410	66,290	76,191	86,071
Rochester, MN	42,578	61,964	81,328	100,714
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	50,960	61,319	71,698	82,056
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	52,957	65,832	78,708	91,583
St. Cloud, MN	53,103	64,064	75,005	85,967
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	39,500	49,692	59,904	70,096
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	45,157	53,186	61,236	69,264
Columbia, MO	43,680	53,706	63,752	73,778
Jefferson City, MO	40,706	54,600	68,495	82,389
Joplin, MO-KS	42,890	50,336	57,762	65,208
Kansas City, MO-KS	35,610	46,655	57,700	68,744
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	45,698	54,663	63,628	72,592
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	40,228	52,208	64,168	76,149
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	37,232	47,300	57,346	67,413
Springfield, MO	38,543	46,572	54,580	62,608
St. Joseph, MO-KS	38,709	48,464	58,240	67,996
St. Louis, MO-IL	40,789	53,852	66,914	79,976
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	40,144	48,631	57,096	65,583
Hattiesburg, MS	38,272	48,922	59,592	70,242
Jackson, MS	35,173	43,036	50,919	58,781
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	38,730	45,532	52,354	59,156
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	37,108	44,887	52,645	60,424
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	31,928	44,284	56,639	68,994
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	35,194	47,362	59,509	71,677
Billings, MT	35,964	48,277	60,591	72,904
Bozeman, MT	50,149	56,327	62,504	68,682
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	35,256	46,280	57,304	68,328
Great Falls, MT	35,943	47,882	59,821	71,760
Helena, MT	41,268	50,940	60,591	70,263
Missoula, MT	33,946	47,008	60,071	73,133
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	32,594	48,173	63,732	79,311
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	44,263	52,167	60,092	67,996
Asheville, NC	48,860	56,098	63,316	70,554
Burlington, NC	45,573	54,226	62,858	71,511
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	45,344	52,042	58,740	65,437
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	41,309	50,919	60,528	70,138
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	49,463	59,863	70,242	80,642
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	48,735	54,933	61,152	67,351
Fayetteville, NC	55,224	64,668	74,132	83,575
Goldsboro, NC	45,324	54,455	63,586	72,717
Greensboro-High Point, NC	44,679	54,143	63,607	73,071
Greenville, NC	48,797	58,511	68,224	77,938
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	48,007	53,748	59,488	65,229
Jacksonville, NC	40,706	49,442	58,199	66,935
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	48,007	57,533	67,080	76,607
Raleigh-Cary, NC	45,864	55,828	65,791	75,754
Rocky Mount, NC	48,444	52,874	57,325	61,756
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	46,072	52,562	59,052	65,541
Wilmington, NC	44,512	50,940	57,388	63,815
Winston-Salem, NC	47,175	54,954	62,733	70,512
Bismarck, ND	54,101	66,914	79,706	92,519
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	58,324	66,519	74,714	82,909
Fargo, ND-MN	42,162	52,229	62,317	72,384
Grand Forks, ND-MN	54,663	67,309	79,935	92,581
Minot, ND	42,848	54,996	67,143	79,290
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	53,706	65,000	76,274	87,568
Grand Island, NE	51,730	64,106	76,503	88,879
Lincoln, NE	50,836	56,140	61,423	66,727
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	53,124	72,010	90,896	109,783
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	51,813	63,794	75,775	87,756
Omaha, NE-IA	51,938	66,872	81,807	96,741
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	53,020	59,468	65,936	72,384
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	54,538	64,855	75,151	85,468
Manchester-Nashua, NH	50,815	67,912	84,989	102,087
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	57,408	71,074	84,760	98,426
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	52,146	66,415	80,684	94,952
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	53,685	63,815	73,965	84,095
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	53,332	63,316	73,320	83,304
Vineland, NJ	64,626	71,365	78,104	84,844
Albuquerque, NM	43,784	58,615	73,466	88,296
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	43,680	68,786	93,912	119,018
Farmington, NM	44,596	59,592	74,610	89,607
Las Cruces, NM	43,472	57,991	72,488	87,007
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	45,220	60,112	75,026	89,919
Santa Fe, NM	50,378	65,541	80,704	95,868
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	40,997	51,189	61,381	71,573
Carson City, NV	41,808	53,290	64,792	76,274
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	40,852	50,794	60,736	70,679
Reno, NV	40,664	50,877	61,069	71,282
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	47,320	57,866	68,391	78,936
Binghamton, NY	52,084	60,653	69,202	77,772
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	48,818	58,740	68,640	78,562
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	52,583	59,988	67,413	74,818
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	50,232	56,909	63,565	70,242
Elmira, NY	51,231	60,216	69,202	78,188
Glens Falls, NY	49,380	58,615	67,850	77,085
Ithaca, NY	52,479	62,567	72,676	82,764
Kingston, NY	54,392	65,812	77,252	88,671
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	57,700	73,778	89,856	105,935
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	55,412	69,244	83,076	96,908
Rochester, NY	48,631	61,215	73,778	86,362
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	48,943	56,722	64,522	72,301
Syracuse, NY	51,148	62,421	73,716	84,989
Utica-Rome, NY	52,687	61,943	71,199	80,455
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	51,792	61,194	70,596	79,997
Akron, OH	46,156	55,932	65,728	75,504
Canton-Massillon, OH	47,175	61,568	75,983	90,376
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	35,922	48,152	60,362	72,592
Cleveland, OH	44,637	55,058	65,479	75,900
Columbus, OH	43,181	56,431	69,680	82,930
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	44,159	55,162	66,144	77,148
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	44,908	52,042	59,176	66,311
Lima, OH	44,180	63,232	82,264	101,317
Mansfield, OH	42,952	55,661	68,349	81,058
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	39,687	54,268	68,848	83,429
Sandusky, OH	44,346	57,034	69,722	82,410
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	42,578	54,392	66,186	78,000
Springfield, OH	43,805	56,930	70,055	83,180
Toledo, OH	45,178	60,341	75,504	90,668
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	46,717	59,072	71,448	83,804
Youngstown-Warren, OH	40,290	50,149	60,008	69,868
Enid, OK	45,948	54,060	62,192	70,304
Lawton, OK	34,008	45,989	57,949	69,930
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	56,410	62,941	69,493	76,024
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	54,372	63,461	72,572	81,661
Oklahoma City, OK	51,730	64,813	77,876	90,959
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	48,319	55,620	62,941	70,242
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	52,791	61,568	70,325	79,103
Tulsa, OK	44,658	56,722	68,807	80,871
Albany, OR	46,863	60,508	74,152	87,797
Bend, OR	48,028	56,909	65,791	74,672
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	64,044	68,058	72,052	76,066
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	49,775	68,141	86,508	104,874
Corvallis, OR	47,300	64,148	80,975	97,823
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	50,940	60,237	69,556	78,853
Eugene-Springfield, OR	54,122	67,954	81,786	95,618
Grants Pass, OR	48,194	65,500	82,805	100,111
Medford, OR	45,823	63,420	81,037	98,634
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	48,132	64,480	80,850	97,199
Salem, OR	43,223	59,280	75,338	91,396
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	40,727	50,690	60,632	70,596
Altoona, PA	52,999	65,853	78,708	91,562
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	53,976	61,735	69,493	77,252
Chambersburg, PA	46,821	56,077	65,354	74,610
Erie, PA	42,100	52,063	62,005	71,968
Gettysburg, PA	44,263	52,583	60,903	69,223
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	43,951	52,416	60,882	69,348
Johnstown, PA	46,946	61,631	76,295	90,980
Lancaster, PA	42,599	52,562	62,525	72,488
Lebanon, PA	67,143	79,810	92,477	105,144
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	44,388	52,208	60,029	67,850
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	48,880	61,132	73,362	85,613
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	48,402	60,986	73,570	86,154
Pittsburgh, PA	43,056	54,184	65,312	76,440
Reading, PA	47,924	60,175	72,447	84,698
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	45,199	55,016	64,855	74,672
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	49,754	61,360	72,988	84,594
State College, PA	53,540	65,063	76,565	88,088
Williamsport, PA	66,415	76,087	85,780	95,452
York-Hanover, PA	48,381	54,725	61,090	67,434
Aguadilla, PR	28,642	42,640	56,639	70,637
Arecibo, PR	26,125	36,130	46,156	56,160
Guayama, PR	30,036	42,079	54,101	66,144
Mayaguez, PR	31,637	45,615	59,592	73,570
Ponce, PR	29,890	45,698	61,506	77,314
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	29,744	42,682	55,599	68,536
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	30,119	42,141	54,164	66,186
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	50,565	60,778	70,970	81,183
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	41,101	53,893	66,664	79,456
Columbia, SC	37,066	52,042	66,997	81,973
Florence, SC	30,701	45,490	60,258	75,047
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	47,549	61,485	75,421	89,357
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	70,991	80,684	90,356	100,048
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	67,226	73,279	79,311	85,364
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	18,180	27,748	37,316	46,884
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	43,847	55,911	67,996	80,060
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,296	51,106	65,936	80,746
Spartanburg, SC	63,295	76,004	88,712	101,421
Sumter, SC	30,701	45,490	60,258	75,047
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	54,496	62,837	71,157	79,498
Rapid City, SD	40,352	49,588	58,823	68,058
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	54,392	62,754	71,136	79,498
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	50,170	59,031	67,871	76,732
Chattanooga, TN-GA	48,173	54,767	61,360	67,954
Clarksville, TN-KY	43,805	54,351	64,876	75,421
Cleveland, TN	44,845	53,124	61,423	69,701
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	37,877	49,151	60,424	71,698
Jackson, TN	45,864	54,268	62,671	71,074
Johnson City, TN	59,301	68,183	77,064	85,946
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	38,148	46,114	54,060	62,026
Knoxville, TN	43,972	54,060	64,148	74,236
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	42,100	52,188	62,255	72,343
Morristown, TN	40,540	51,148	61,756	72,364
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	44,367	56,202	68,037	79,872
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	39,604	50,170	60,716	71,282
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	41,517	50,544	59,551	68,578
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	46,592	55,412	64,210	73,029
Abilene, TX	54,184	62,296	70,408	78,520
Amarillo, TX	43,826	53,228	62,650	72,052
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	43,556	58,594	73,612	88,650
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	50,544	61,173	71,802	82,431
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	44,741	56,826	68,932	81,016
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	42,266	51,876	61,464	71,074
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	48,360	62,525	76,669	90,834
College Station-Bryan, TX	51,335	67,600	83,845	100,111
Corpus Christi, TX	49,463	62,546	75,650	88,733
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	42,765	56,535	70,284	84,053
Eagle Pass, TX	43,722	52,396	61,090	69,764
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	45,282	58,968	72,655	86,341
El Paso, TX	40,082	54,517	68,932	83,367
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	46,884	56,327	65,749	75,192
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	46,052	60,341	74,631	88,920
Killeen-Temple, TX	39,479	51,876	64,293	76,690
Laredo, TX	44,242	53,040	61,818	70,616
Longview, TX	42,682	52,624	62,546	72,488
Lubbock, TX	40,436	52,125	63,794	75,484
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	35,922	47,029	58,157	69,264
Midland, TX	51,668	61,714	71,740	81,786
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	38,314	48,756	59,176	69,618
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	52,084	62,296	72,509	82,722
Odessa, TX	51,668	61,714	71,740	81,786
San Angelo, TX	49,296	60,362	71,407	82,472
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	42,952	55,016	67,060	79,124
Sherman-Denison, TX	42,620	56,181	69,722	83,284
Texarkana, TX-AR	36,983	46,904	56,826	66,748
Tyler, TX	42,828	54,621	66,436	78,229
Victoria, TX	49,338	57,720	66,103	74,485
Waco, TX	60,237	65,666	71,116	76,544
Wichita Falls, TX	44,055	55,432	66,831	78,208
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	39,437	47,965	56,514	65,042
Logan, UT-ID	44,596	52,853	61,090	69,348
Ogden, UT	45,157	53,373	61,610	69,826
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	30,264	42,952	55,640	68,328
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	41,850	50,752	59,676	68,578
St. George, UT	22,527	28,829	35,111	41,413
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	38,917	48,776	58,656	68,516
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	41,164	49,525	57,866	66,228
Charlottesville, VA	41,288	50,045	58,823	67,580
Harrisonburg, VA	40,727	49,962	59,197	68,432
Lynchburg, VA	38,751	48,152	57,533	66,935
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	42,432	52,541	62,650	72,759
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	41,455	46,135	50,836	55,516
Richmond, VA	41,309	49,130	56,951	64,772
Roanoke, VA	40,394	46,280	52,167	58,053
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	46,696	56,389	66,082	75,775
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	45,573	53,685	61,797	69,909
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	45,823	54,892	63,940	73,008
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	41,247	48,631	55,994	63,378
Winchester, VA-WV	43,535	55,932	68,308	80,704
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	44,783	58,344	71,927	85,488
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	52,624	68,100	83,575	99,050
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	48,319	55,120	61,901	68,703
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	49,338	56,868	64,418	71,948
Bellingham, WA	55,016	66,020	77,002	88,005
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	54,122	72,613	91,125	109,616
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	51,335	66,852	82,348	97,864
Kennewick-Richland, WA	49,109	65,292	81,453	97,636
Longview-Kelso, WA	46,738	54,746	62,775	70,783
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	55,391	68,682	81,973	95,264
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	47,820	59,405	70,970	82,556
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	58,220	73,861	89,482	105,124
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	51,543	60,424	69,306	78,188
Walla Walla, WA	50,128	65,812	81,516	97,199
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	57,762	73,237	88,733	104,208
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	50,690	60,445	70,200	79,956
Yakima, WA	49,005	55,807	62,629	69,431
Appleton, WI	78,042	92,727	107,391	122,076
Eau Claire, WI	63,191	73,570	83,970	94,349
Fond du Lac, WI	64,272	79,144	93,996	108,868
Green Bay, WI	62,608	76,378	90,168	103,938
Janesville-Beloit, WI	47,820	59,967	72,114	84,261
Kenosha, WI	58,927	69,930	80,933	91,936
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	53,373	66,810	80,226	93,663
Madison, WI	63,108	78,916	94,724	110,532
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	62,380	77,460	92,540	107,620
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	62,900	70,720	78,541	86,362
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	60,591	71,157	81,724	92,290
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	75,796	86,237	96,700	107,141
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	61,319	75,504	89,669	103,855
Sheboygan, WI	65,021	79,207	93,413	107,599
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	57,887	69,743	81,578	93,434
Wausau, WI	66,228	75,837	85,426	95,036
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	65,271	72,364	79,456	86,549
Beckley, WV	42,370	52,666	62,983	73,279
Charleston, WV	42,183	51,480	60,778	70,076
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	42,079	50,503	58,906	67,330
Morgantown, WV	41,621	53,644	65,645	77,668
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	42,432	52,021	61,631	71,220
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	45,823	55,848	65,853	75,879
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	43,992	53,228	62,463	71,698
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	43,119	52,604	62,109	71,594
Wheeling, WV-OH	43,951	52,396	60,820	69,264
Casper, WY	52,416	63,856	75,317	86,757
Cheyenne, WY	51,189	67,205	83,242	99,258
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	51,522	67,808	84,074	100,360
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	46,114	58,906	71,698	84,490

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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