SOC 25-3031 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 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 students on a short-term basis as a temporary replacement for a regular classroom teacher, typically using the regular teacher's lesson plan.

Level I across metros$15,767 – $58,240Gulfport, MS to Napa, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$45,282Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Substitute Teachers, Short-Term?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Substitute Teachers, Short-Term (SOC 25-3031) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $15,767 in Gulfport, MS to $58,240 in Napa, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $45,282. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $40,935, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 32 of 100 major metros but only Level II or below in 48. 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	36,629	48,776	60,924	73,071
Anchorage, AK	55,952	70,492	85,010	99,549
Fairbanks-College, AK	39,728	54,538	69,327	84,136
Anniston-Oxford, AL	20,821	24,045	27,290	30,514
Auburn-Opelika, AL	15,892	18,700	21,487	24,295
Birmingham, AL	20,738	23,775	26,812	29,848
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	23,671	24,253	24,856	25,439
Decatur, AL	17,680	19,719	21,736	23,775
Dothan, AL	19,032	23,005	26,999	30,972
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	No Leveled Wage: no levels published
Gadsden, AL	22,776	23,567	24,336	25,127
Huntsville, AL	18,242	20,488	22,714	24,960
Mobile, AL	17,701	20,468	23,234	26,000
Montgomery, AL	16,744	19,615	22,464	25,335
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	17,452	19,532	21,591	23,671
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	20,364	23,463	26,541	29,640
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	18,720	20,780	22,818	24,877
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	22,090	23,733	25,376	27,020
Tuscaloosa, AL	23,692	24,316	24,940	25,564
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,439	32,199	38,938	45,698
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	28,018	29,640	31,242	32,864
Fort Smith, AR-OK	19,428	23,879	28,309	32,760
Hot Springs, AR	26,791	28,517	30,264	31,991
Jonesboro, AR	24,648	34,820	44,991	55,162
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	26,812	28,538	30,264	31,991
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,376	27,727	30,077	32,428
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	26,167	27,124	28,101	29,058
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,668	27,935	30,202	32,469
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	32,864	36,754	40,644	44,533
Flagstaff, AZ	33,800	36,754	39,708	42,661
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	30,909	34,840	38,772	42,703
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	33,488	38,335	43,202	48,048
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	32,407	35,298	38,168	41,060
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	30,972	34,341	37,711	41,080
Tucson, AZ	31,658	35,007	38,376	41,725
Yuma, AZ	30,576	33,239	35,922	38,584
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	52,541	58,760	64,959	71,178
Chico, CA	52,770	59,052	65,333	71,615
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	49,130	56,348	63,586	70,804
El Centro, CA	42,952	48,610	54,247	59,904
Fresno, CA	43,389	57,741	72,072	86,424
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	45,989	53,082	60,196	67,288
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	40,581	50,773	60,965	71,157
Merced, CA	46,634	53,394	60,175	66,935
Modesto, CA	57,055	63,981	70,928	77,855
Napa, CA	58,240	65,479	72,696	79,935
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	49,047	59,759	70,492	81,204
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	45,885	52,770	59,634	66,519
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	46,946	55,557	64,148	72,759
Redding, CA	45,573	50,690	55,786	60,903
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	49,837	55,391	60,944	66,498
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	45,511	53,228	60,944	68,661
Salinas, CA	44,908	54,184	63,461	72,738
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	45,594	53,477	61,360	69,244
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	45,012	54,205	63,378	72,572
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	55,495	62,421	69,368	76,295
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	46,655	52,229	57,783	63,357
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	50,669	54,725	58,760	62,816
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	44,325	51,834	59,343	66,852
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	54,996	59,405	63,815	68,224
Stockton-Lodi, CA	51,980	59,156	66,352	73,528
Vallejo, CA	54,621	61,090	67,559	74,028
Visalia, CA	38,252	46,322	54,413	62,484
Yuba City, CA	46,759	53,852	60,944	68,037
Boulder, CO	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Colorado Springs, CO	37,815	43,805	49,796	55,786
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	37,336	43,514	49,692	55,869
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	34,362	40,290	46,239	52,167
Grand Junction, CO	33,010	38,210	43,410	48,610
Greeley, CO	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Pueblo, CO	32,261	35,215	38,148	41,101
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	37,357	43,472	49,588	55,703
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	36,629	43,660	50,711	57,741
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	35,880	42,100	48,298	54,517
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	35,693	40,914	46,156	51,376
New Haven, CT	35,048	37,981	40,935	43,868
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	36,255	39,832	43,431	47,008
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	35,319	38,626	41,954	45,261
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	37,149	41,268	45,386	49,504
Dover, DE	31,200	34,653	38,106	41,559
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	32,698	36,588	40,477	44,367
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	29,224	35,152	41,080	47,008
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	31,159	31,596	32,032	32,469
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	30,368	32,885	35,423	37,940
Gainesville, FL	28,372	30,098	31,804	33,530
Homosassa Springs, FL	29,703	33,197	36,671	40,165
Jacksonville, FL	30,722	34,383	38,023	41,684
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	30,327	34,570	38,834	43,077
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	34,071	41,975	49,879	57,783
Naples-Marco Island, FL	36,192	38,647	41,122	43,576
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	29,932	31,471	33,010	34,549
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	32,677	36,088	39,520	42,932
Ocala, FL	33,488	34,840	36,192	37,544
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	30,951	35,506	40,040	44,596
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	32,012	34,695	37,378	40,061
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	30,909	31,637	32,386	33,114
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	28,892	32,261	35,631	39,000
Port St. Lucie, FL	31,970	36,900	41,808	46,738
Punta Gorda, FL	29,952	34,258	38,543	42,848
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	30,077	35,610	41,164	46,696
Sebring, FL	30,493	38,855	47,196	55,557
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	27,040	30,431	33,842	37,232
Tallahassee, FL	29,183	30,160	31,159	32,136
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	29,848	33,447	37,024	40,623
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	30,431	34,570	38,709	42,848
Albany, GA	20,176	26,271	32,344	38,439
Athens-Clarke County, GA	28,871	31,159	33,468	35,756
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	28,933	33,364	37,815	42,245
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	19,282	23,588	27,872	32,178
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	27,893	31,991	36,068	40,165
Columbus, GA-AL	17,639	22,880	28,101	33,343
Dalton, GA	21,716	25,730	29,765	33,780
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	17,472	24,732	31,991	39,250
Gainesville, GA	25,647	30,431	35,215	39,999
Hinesville, GA	21,154	28,288	35,423	42,557
Macon-Bibb County, GA	18,512	24,586	30,660	36,733
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	19,573	22,922	26,271	29,620
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	21,133	25,522	29,911	34,300
Rome, GA	28,330	32,948	37,544	42,162
Savannah, GA	23,504	28,871	34,216	39,583
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	17,160	23,692	30,244	36,775
Valdosta, GA	17,992	22,007	26,021	30,036
Warner Robins, GA	36,026	38,480	40,956	43,410
Guam MSA	27,186	29,079	30,992	32,885
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	46,322	50,690	55,079	59,447
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	49,504	54,392	59,280	64,168
Urban Honolulu, HI	44,928	49,463	53,976	58,511
Ames, IA	29,973	33,572	37,170	40,768
Cedar Rapids, IA	35,111	38,168	41,226	44,284
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	34,404	36,504	38,626	40,727
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	36,213	38,293	40,352	42,432
Dubuque, IA	32,386	35,028	37,669	40,311
Iowa City, IA	34,653	36,629	38,584	40,560
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	31,159	33,863	36,546	39,250
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	32,552	35,548	38,522	41,517
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	32,927	39,853	46,780	53,706
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	29,349	32,012	34,695	37,357
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	33,156	35,714	38,252	40,810
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	32,864	35,360	37,836	40,332
Boise City, ID	31,117	33,967	36,796	39,645
Coeur d'Alene, ID	30,868	34,029	37,191	40,352
Idaho Falls, ID	29,058	33,218	37,399	41,559
Lewiston, ID-WA	32,344	39,104	45,864	52,624
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	28,559	30,701	32,844	34,986
Pocatello, ID	28,580	34,570	40,560	46,551
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	28,975	34,279	39,562	44,866
Twin Falls, ID	27,706	31,741	35,756	39,791
Bloomington, IL	31,325	39,312	47,300	55,287
Champaign-Urbana, IL	34,133	43,452	52,749	62,068
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	34,237	39,458	44,700	49,920
Decatur, IL	36,359	39,791	43,202	46,634
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,346	40,332	49,338	58,324
Kankakee, IL	31,575	35,402	39,250	43,077
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	32,407	35,901	39,396	42,890
Peoria, IL	31,200	33,156	35,090	37,045
Rockford, IL	34,175	37,732	41,309	44,866
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	32,136	34,653	37,191	39,708
Springfield, IL	31,221	35,735	40,248	44,762
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,700	36,504	41,309	46,114
Bloomington, IN	28,392	32,719	37,024	41,351
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	27,976	33,780	39,562	45,365
Columbus, IN	28,434	34,008	39,604	45,178
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	31,866	34,840	37,836	40,810
Evansville, IN	26,812	32,906	39,021	45,116
Fort Wayne, IN	28,413	33,634	38,855	44,076
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	29,058	34,424	39,770	45,136
Kokomo, IN	31,263	36,983	42,682	48,402
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	24,711	29,744	34,757	39,791
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	29,869	33,218	36,588	39,936
Muncie, IN	28,164	34,237	40,332	46,405
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	27,664	33,676	39,708	45,719
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	26,749	32,386	38,044	43,680
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	28,164	33,572	38,959	44,367
Terre Haute, IN	27,352	35,548	43,764	51,959
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	27,664	30,805	33,967	37,108
Lawrence, KS	32,760	36,692	40,623	44,554
Manhattan, KS	33,114	34,591	36,068	37,544
Topeka, KS	30,826	33,655	36,484	39,312
Wichita, KS	31,388	33,218	35,069	36,900
Bowling Green, KY	21,154	25,189	29,204	33,239
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	23,192	32,136	41,080	50,024
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	38,023	44,034	50,045	56,056
Elizabethtown, KY	26,541	32,906	39,292	45,656
Lexington-Fayette, KY	27,893	32,199	36,525	40,831
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	28,538	34,799	41,080	47,341
Owensboro, KY	24,295	30,826	37,378	43,909
Paducah, KY-IL	31,679	34,300	36,920	39,541
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	19,511	22,631	25,730	28,850
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	27,477	32,324	37,170	42,016
Alexandria, LA	22,693	27,644	32,573	37,524
Baton Rouge, LA	23,858	27,269	30,701	34,112
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	22,860	27,852	32,864	37,856
Hammond, LA	23,754	27,685	31,616	35,548
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	23,754	27,685	31,596	35,527
Lafayette, LA	23,692	27,560	31,450	35,319
Lake Charles, LA	24,856	28,663	32,469	36,276
Monroe, LA	16,412	25,792	35,152	44,533
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	24,440	28,434	32,448	36,442
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	17,764	37,461	57,180	76,877
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	22,236	26,604	30,951	35,319
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	23,796	28,268	32,719	37,191
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	23,359	27,165	30,972	34,778
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	34,237	38,044	41,829	45,636
Barnstable Town, MA	33,780	38,564	43,348	48,132
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	34,986	40,768	46,572	52,354
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	35,194	43,930	52,666	61,402
Pittsfield, MA	36,192	39,708	43,202	46,717
Springfield, MA	34,528	40,103	45,656	51,231
Worcester, MA	33,239	36,920	40,623	44,304
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	32,948	37,295	41,663	46,010
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	42,079	50,170	58,282	66,373
Lexington Park, MD	32,012	36,296	40,602	44,887
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	32,365	36,733	41,101	45,469
Salisbury, MD	31,492	35,568	39,624	43,701
Bangor, ME	30,764	33,738	36,733	39,708
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	31,845	35,194	38,522	41,871
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	31,616	34,196	36,775	39,354
Portland-South Portland, ME	35,236	39,188	43,160	47,112
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	31,388	34,903	38,439	41,954
Ann Arbor, MI	30,576	36,172	41,746	47,341
Battle Creek, MI	29,952	36,400	42,828	49,276
Bay City, MI	30,930	37,045	43,160	49,276
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	33,842	40,165	46,488	52,812
Flint, MI	30,764	37,357	43,951	50,544
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	29,911	35,298	40,664	46,052
Jackson, MI	32,511	45,469	58,407	71,365
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	30,431	37,960	45,490	53,020
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	32,469	38,418	44,388	50,336
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	31,055	39,021	47,008	54,975
Midland, MI	31,200	36,380	41,559	46,738
Monroe, MI	32,823	39,271	45,719	52,167
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	31,970	38,896	45,823	52,749
Niles, MI	26,063	29,724	33,405	37,066
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,309	34,112	39,916	45,719
Saginaw, MI	31,055	34,362	37,669	40,976
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,788	35,215	41,642	48,069
Traverse City, MI	34,549	41,288	48,007	54,746
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,892	35,298	41,704	48,111
Duluth, MN-WI	35,714	46,821	57,908	69,015
Mankato, MN	38,064	45,781	53,519	61,236
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	38,148	45,636	53,124	60,612
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	37,295	43,805	50,316	56,826
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	39,645	45,552	51,460	57,367
Rochester, MN	49,359	53,456	57,533	61,631
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	39,375	50,316	61,236	72,176
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	35,048	45,407	55,786	66,144
St. Cloud, MN	39,333	49,213	59,114	68,994
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	29,120	30,930	32,719	34,528
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,892	32,864	36,816	40,789
Columbia, MO	28,621	32,594	36,588	40,560
Jefferson City, MO	29,453	32,386	35,298	38,231
Joplin, MO-KS	29,516	30,680	31,866	33,031
Kansas City, MO-KS	33,135	36,858	40,560	44,284
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,996	32,844	36,692	40,540
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,850	35,860	42,869	49,879
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,933	44,429	59,925	75,421
Springfield, MO	29,328	33,447	37,565	41,684
St. Joseph, MO-KS	28,684	31,450	34,216	36,983
St. Louis, MO-IL	31,658	35,548	39,437	43,327
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	15,767	19,802	23,816	27,852
Hattiesburg, MS	19,303	21,528	23,733	25,959
Jackson, MS	19,511	24,004	28,496	32,989
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	16,412	19,989	23,588	27,165
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	16,308	20,218	24,149	28,060
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	18,658	21,612	24,544	27,498
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	16,786	21,674	26,562	31,450
Billings, MT	26,687	29,079	31,471	33,863
Bozeman, MT	27,103	29,536	31,991	34,424
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	23,338	26,624	29,890	33,176
Great Falls, MT	24,357	26,375	28,372	30,389
Helena, MT	24,565	27,290	30,015	32,740
Missoula, MT	25,168	27,789	30,389	33,010
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	23,837	26,271	28,704	31,138
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	24,274	27,020	29,744	32,490
Asheville, NC	30,556	33,322	36,088	38,855
Burlington, NC	29,724	33,031	36,317	39,624
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	28,912	32,261	35,589	38,938
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	27,935	31,388	34,840	38,293
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	30,327	32,552	34,778	37,004
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	26,229	28,829	31,408	34,008
Fayetteville, NC	30,951	35,652	40,352	45,053
Goldsboro, NC	28,351	31,700	35,069	38,418
Greensboro-High Point, NC	31,866	36,109	40,352	44,596
Greenville, NC	25,813	28,392	30,972	33,551
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	29,120	31,263	33,426	35,568
Jacksonville, NC	27,560	29,640	31,720	33,800
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	27,560	30,452	33,322	36,213
Raleigh-Cary, NC	29,890	33,821	37,773	41,704
Rocky Mount, NC	27,540	29,308	31,076	32,844
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	26,146	28,892	31,637	34,383
Wilmington, NC	30,784	33,384	36,005	38,605
Winston-Salem, NC	30,660	32,740	34,799	36,879
Bismarck, ND	34,591	38,314	42,016	45,740
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	34,716	39,271	43,826	48,381
Fargo, ND-MN	31,346	40,373	49,421	58,448
Grand Forks, ND-MN	34,445	38,938	43,431	47,924
Minot, ND	35,340	39,084	42,807	46,551
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	35,215	38,959	42,682	46,426
Grand Island, NE	28,912	33,613	38,335	43,036
Lincoln, NE	33,676	34,903	36,109	37,336
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,704	33,488	38,272	43,056
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,767	32,407	36,047	39,687
Omaha, NE-IA	31,949	54,351	76,732	99,133
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	29,287	33,780	38,252	42,744
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	28,580	31,762	34,924	38,106
Manchester-Nashua, NH	30,722	34,050	37,357	40,685
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	28,746	40,789	52,853	64,896
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	31,887	33,946	36,026	38,085
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	36,234	40,228	44,200	48,194
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	36,920	41,164	45,428	49,671
Vineland, NJ	34,487	37,981	41,476	44,970
Albuquerque, NM	32,344	35,048	37,752	40,456
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,264	32,157	34,050	35,943
Farmington, NM	30,140	33,946	37,732	41,538
Las Cruces, NM	34,632	36,109	37,565	39,042
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,389	33,842	37,295	40,748
Santa Fe, NM	33,426	36,296	39,188	42,058
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	35,340	49,276	63,191	77,127
Carson City, NV	34,882	48,277	61,652	75,047
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	24,960	26,500	28,039	29,578
Reno, NV	34,882	48,277	61,652	75,047
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	34,383	40,311	46,218	52,146
Binghamton, NY	34,716	39,125	43,514	47,924
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	35,173	39,188	43,181	47,196
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	33,488	37,648	41,788	45,948
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	35,381	38,376	41,351	44,346
Elmira, NY	32,781	37,544	42,328	47,092
Glens Falls, NY	36,692	42,287	47,861	53,456
Ithaca, NY	34,570	38,876	43,181	47,487
Kingston, NY	35,631	40,914	46,176	51,460
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	34,466	38,709	42,932	47,175
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	36,588	42,620	48,672	54,704
Rochester, NY	35,527	39,916	44,304	48,693
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	33,696	40,477	47,258	54,039
Syracuse, NY	35,277	39,853	44,408	48,984
Utica-Rome, NY	33,988	39,624	45,282	50,919
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	36,005	39,957	43,930	47,882
Akron, OH	29,266	32,864	36,484	40,082
Canton-Massillon, OH	27,332	32,116	36,879	41,663
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	28,476	32,178	35,880	39,583
Cleveland, OH	29,141	33,343	37,544	41,746
Columbus, OH	32,927	36,941	40,935	44,949
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	31,242	33,988	36,733	39,479
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	26,250	29,682	33,093	36,525
Lima, OH	29,932	31,949	33,988	36,005
Mansfield, OH	28,413	30,639	32,864	35,090
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	31,096	33,967	36,816	39,687
Sandusky, OH	28,996	32,428	35,839	39,271
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	31,512	35,672	39,832	43,992
Springfield, OH	29,100	37,836	46,592	55,328
Toledo, OH	28,226	30,992	33,759	36,525
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	29,703	31,658	33,634	35,589
Youngstown-Warren, OH	27,228	30,868	34,508	38,148
Enid, OK	19,365	23,525	27,664	31,824
Lawton, OK	18,180	19,948	21,736	23,504
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	18,388	22,797	27,186	31,596
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	19,324	24,752	30,202	35,631
Oklahoma City, OK	20,821	25,335	29,828	34,341
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	18,845	22,964	27,061	31,180
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	16,744	24,732	32,719	40,706
Tulsa, OK	21,320	24,524	27,748	30,951
Albany, OR	45,178	51,751	58,344	64,917
Bend, OR	54,018	55,890	57,741	59,613
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	41,184	47,903	54,600	61,319
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	48,964	54,309	59,634	64,980
Corvallis, OR	43,327	50,066	56,784	63,524
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	55,204	56,805	58,386	59,988
Eugene-Springfield, OR	49,109	54,101	59,072	64,064
Grants Pass, OR	50,607	55,224	59,863	64,480
Medford, OR	52,583	56,514	60,466	64,397
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	51,439	56,764	62,109	67,434
Salem, OR	52,687	56,680	60,653	64,647
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	32,157	37,024	41,912	46,780
Altoona, PA	26,541	32,532	38,543	44,533
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,239	36,338	39,437	42,536
Chambersburg, PA	30,888	35,776	40,664	45,552
Erie, PA	35,028	43,431	51,813	60,216
Gettysburg, PA	25,813	32,552	39,271	46,010
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	32,074	37,149	42,224	47,300
Johnstown, PA	29,474	34,570	39,687	44,783
Lancaster, PA	28,372	33,405	38,439	43,472
Lebanon, PA	40,290	42,994	45,719	48,423
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	31,346	36,255	41,164	46,072
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	30,327	34,050	37,773	41,496
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	34,716	39,812	44,928	50,024
Pittsburgh, PA	29,869	35,007	40,144	45,282
Reading, PA	36,463	44,013	51,564	59,114
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	31,284	35,818	40,352	44,887
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	28,268	33,052	37,815	42,599
State College, PA	29,765	34,133	38,480	42,848
Williamsport, PA	31,845	35,901	39,978	44,034
York-Hanover, PA	32,116	36,879	41,621	46,384
Aguadilla, PR	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Arecibo, PR	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Guayama, PR	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Mayaguez, PR	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Ponce, PR	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	37,191	42,349	47,487	52,645
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	30,660	39,999	49,317	58,656
Columbia, SC	25,584	41,309	57,034	72,759
Florence, SC	21,944	32,573	43,223	53,852
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	25,647	30,847	36,026	41,226
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	22,984	26,458	29,911	33,384
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	23,900	30,660	37,440	44,200
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	20,260	27,290	34,300	41,330
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	20,696	40,623	60,528	80,455
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	20,509	25,189	29,890	34,570
Spartanburg, SC	25,709	32,157	38,584	45,032
Sumter, SC	18,991	25,044	31,076	37,128
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	25,231	26,479	27,706	28,954
Rapid City, SD	26,084	28,642	31,200	33,759
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	27,456	28,850	30,223	31,616
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	25,584	27,768	29,932	32,116
Chattanooga, TN-GA	22,693	27,165	31,637	36,109
Clarksville, TN-KY	28,538	31,741	34,944	38,148
Cleveland, TN	22,964	24,253	25,564	26,853
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	21,320	35,672	50,004	64,356
Jackson, TN	20,280	25,002	29,724	34,445
Johnson City, TN	24,066	25,730	27,394	29,058
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	28,663	29,869	31,096	32,303
Knoxville, TN	18,408	20,738	23,068	25,397
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	24,420	27,976	31,554	35,111
Morristown, TN	20,759	28,871	36,962	45,074
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	27,664	29,349	31,013	32,698
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	23,109	25,772	28,434	31,096
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	21,570	30,868	40,144	49,442
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	19,594	20,946	22,277	23,629
Abilene, TX	28,434	29,224	30,015	30,805
Amarillo, TX	23,816	26,916	30,015	33,114
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	29,932	33,301	36,650	40,020
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	23,733	28,018	32,303	36,588
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	21,237	23,608	26,000	28,372
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	21,466	24,960	28,476	31,970
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	20,967	23,816	26,687	29,536
College Station-Bryan, TX	19,740	22,464	25,210	27,935
Corpus Christi, TX	23,338	27,976	32,615	37,253
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	28,330	32,344	36,338	40,352
Eagle Pass, TX	23,213	26,479	29,744	33,010
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	19,386	21,861	24,336	26,812
El Paso, TX	21,424	25,439	29,453	33,468
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	20,093	22,194	24,295	26,396
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	24,212	28,413	32,636	36,837
Killeen-Temple, TX	22,860	24,836	26,812	28,788
Laredo, TX	23,442	26,728	30,036	33,322
Longview, TX	22,298	24,815	27,311	29,828
Lubbock, TX	21,861	23,338	24,815	26,292
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	24,794	26,354	27,935	29,495
Midland, TX	28,434	30,015	31,616	33,197
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	20,218	22,693	25,168	27,644
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	21,549	25,896	30,223	34,570
Odessa, TX	23,962	30,743	37,524	44,304
San Angelo, TX	20,364	24,108	27,872	31,616
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	22,818	26,687	30,535	34,404
Sherman-Denison, TX	20,655	24,420	28,184	31,949
Texarkana, TX-AR	20,468	23,026	25,605	28,164
Tyler, TX	21,112	25,023	28,933	32,844
Victoria, TX	20,988	23,796	26,624	29,432
Waco, TX	23,400	26,229	29,079	31,908
Wichita Falls, TX	21,237	23,338	25,439	27,540
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	27,623	33,301	39,000	44,679
Logan, UT-ID	28,850	36,338	43,847	51,335
Ogden, UT	26,479	33,946	41,434	48,901
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	27,498	32,157	36,796	41,455
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	29,557	35,340	41,122	46,904
St. George, UT	25,772	29,973	34,175	38,376
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	32,178	36,338	40,477	44,637
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	26,666	31,096	35,548	39,978
Charlottesville, VA	29,828	34,258	38,688	43,119
Harrisonburg, VA	No Leveled Wage: no levels published
Lynchburg, VA	26,957	28,767	30,576	32,386
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,967	38,813	43,639	48,485
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,808	32,906	37,024	41,122
Richmond, VA	32,802	35,568	38,356	41,122
Roanoke, VA	29,224	33,072	36,920	40,768
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	26,437	32,116	37,773	43,452
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	26,396	29,599	32,823	36,026
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	27,415	32,095	36,754	41,434
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	31,096	37,628	44,180	50,711
Winchester, VA-WV	29,911	34,508	39,084	43,680
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	30,202	38,272	46,343	54,413
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	34,674	38,980	43,285	47,591
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	33,218	37,295	41,392	45,469
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	32,428	38,106	43,805	49,484
Bellingham, WA	47,965	50,690	53,436	56,160
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	52,728	54,164	55,599	57,034
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	44,221	47,549	50,877	54,205
Kennewick-Richland, WA	43,556	46,010	48,485	50,940
Longview-Kelso, WA	57,928	59,322	60,716	62,109
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	51,272	53,311	55,370	57,408
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	47,279	49,172	51,085	52,978
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	52,520	56,597	60,695	64,772
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	42,578	45,989	49,380	52,791
Walla Walla, WA	50,940	51,834	52,708	53,602
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	43,868	45,781	47,716	49,629
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	44,887	49,213	53,519	57,845
Yakima, WA	46,634	49,026	51,397	53,789
Appleton, WI	34,861	42,141	49,442	56,722
Eau Claire, WI	34,716	43,576	52,458	61,319
Fond du Lac, WI	35,090	42,973	50,856	58,740
Green Bay, WI	44,533	47,362	50,191	53,020
Janesville-Beloit, WI	35,194	42,786	50,357	57,949
Kenosha, WI	40,290	42,308	44,304	46,322
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	36,629	44,845	53,061	61,277
Madison, WI	37,336	42,266	47,196	52,125
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	36,546	41,704	46,884	52,042
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	35,069	38,668	42,245	45,844
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,196	37,503	40,789	44,096
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	35,215	39,250	43,264	47,300
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	35,693	40,456	45,199	49,962
Sheboygan, WI	34,279	47,903	61,527	75,151
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,154	37,565	40,956	44,367
Wausau, WI	35,776	37,607	39,437	41,268
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,695	38,730	42,786	46,821
Beckley, WV	47,154	51,938	56,743	61,527
Charleston, WV	41,892	47,008	52,125	57,242
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	43,181	47,591	52,021	56,431
Morgantown, WV	38,293	44,492	50,669	56,868
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	36,005	44,159	52,292	60,445
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	45,136	47,778	50,440	53,082
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	42,973	49,567	56,140	62,733
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	29,162	37,420	45,698	53,956
Wheeling, WV-OH	31,949	40,290	48,631	56,972
Casper, WY	31,928	34,944	37,981	40,997
Cheyenne, WY	38,085	38,356	38,605	38,876
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	32,303	35,256	38,210	41,164
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	31,658	35,277	38,917	42,536

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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