SOC 27-1024 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Graphic Designers 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): Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.

Level I across metros$24,336 – $64,085Aguadilla, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$77,106Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

Check a salary for this job Rank every city for my salary

What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Graphic Designers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Graphic Designers (SOC 27-1024) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $24,336 in Aguadilla, PR to $64,085 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $77,106. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $65,832, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 6 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$101,650
San Francisco, CA$123,386
San Jose, CA$128,690
Seattle, WA$96,013
Dallas, TX$76,690
Houston, TX$71,178
Austin, TX$82,077
Chicago, IL$83,908
Boston, MA$95,680
Washington, DC$105,519
Atlanta, GA$80,892
Los Angeles, CA$97,823

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	43,015	54,871	66,727	78,583
Anchorage, AK	45,199	57,284	69,368	81,453
Fairbanks-College, AK	40,477	50,149	59,800	69,472
Anniston-Oxford, AL	30,556	40,456	50,336	60,237
Auburn-Opelika, AL	34,840	45,656	56,472	67,288
Birmingham, AL	37,856	48,735	59,613	70,492
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	34,508	42,224	49,920	57,637
Decatur, AL	35,464	44,263	53,061	61,860
Dothan, AL	34,133	41,871	49,608	57,346
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	30,098	35,901	41,725	47,528
Gadsden, AL	36,088	46,863	57,637	68,412
Huntsville, AL	38,252	52,479	66,727	80,954
Mobile, AL	34,196	43,244	52,271	61,319
Montgomery, AL	35,735	45,053	54,351	63,669
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	32,074	41,164	50,253	59,343
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	36,920	46,010	55,100	64,189
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	34,237	44,720	55,183	65,666
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	35,860	46,052	56,264	66,456
Tuscaloosa, AL	32,303	40,352	48,381	56,431
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	31,388	39,957	48,506	57,076
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	38,376	51,501	64,626	77,751
Fort Smith, AR-OK	34,362	39,957	45,552	51,148
Hot Springs, AR	32,428	36,837	41,226	45,636
Jonesboro, AR	33,176	39,687	46,197	52,708
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	35,610	42,786	49,941	57,117
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,266	34,549	39,812	45,095
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	30,056	37,732	45,407	53,082
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	31,471	38,064	44,679	51,272
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	40,976	46,863	52,728	58,615
Flagstaff, AZ	44,034	52,333	60,612	68,911
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	41,018	48,672	56,327	63,981
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	47,404	55,932	64,480	73,008
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	41,496	49,858	58,220	66,581
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	41,871	51,376	60,882	70,388
Tucson, AZ	41,933	51,709	61,464	71,240
Yuma, AZ	40,477	49,047	57,616	66,186
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	43,680	56,431	69,160	81,911
Chico, CA	43,098	53,207	63,295	73,404
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	42,183	51,189	60,175	69,181
El Centro, CA	37,565	47,632	57,700	67,767
Fresno, CA	43,639	54,205	64,772	75,338
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	44,263	56,264	68,287	80,288
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	48,880	65,188	81,516	97,823
Merced, CA	44,263	55,807	67,330	78,874
Modesto, CA	48,256	60,924	73,570	86,237
Napa, CA	51,688	65,770	79,852	93,933
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	50,440	65,000	79,581	94,141
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	46,738	58,428	70,096	81,786
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	47,320	63,087	78,853	94,620
Redding, CA	46,343	66,914	87,485	108,056
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	45,386	59,988	74,589	89,191
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	50,960	65,416	79,852	94,308
Salinas, CA	45,407	59,322	73,258	87,173
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	48,735	66,040	83,367	100,672
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	58,948	80,434	101,900	123,386
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	64,085	85,613	107,162	128,690
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	47,341	61,444	75,567	89,669
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	45,303	59,301	73,300	87,298
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	52,728	68,474	84,199	99,944
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	51,668	66,914	82,181	97,428
Stockton-Lodi, CA	44,138	56,015	67,892	79,768
Vallejo, CA	52,084	66,685	81,308	95,909
Visalia, CA	45,220	56,722	68,204	79,706
Yuba City, CA	49,650	63,919	78,167	92,436
Boulder, CO	50,357	63,794	77,231	90,668
Colorado Springs, CO	45,719	56,992	68,266	79,540
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	51,709	64,584	77,480	90,356
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	49,879	62,671	75,442	88,234
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	46,072	58,407	70,762	83,096
Grand Junction, CO	41,684	50,253	58,823	67,392
Greeley, CO	44,928	58,157	71,365	84,594
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	47,362	53,789	60,196	66,623
Pueblo, CO	42,994	55,536	68,079	80,621
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	41,663	50,378	59,072	67,788
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	54,538	66,727	78,936	91,125
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	44,845	53,103	61,381	69,639
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	50,752	63,045	75,338	87,631
New Haven, CT	50,108	60,716	71,324	81,932
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	46,717	58,157	69,618	81,058
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	53,061	64,543	76,024	87,506
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	57,138	73,258	89,399	105,519
Dover, DE	38,231	46,260	54,288	62,317
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	44,055	51,189	58,303	65,437
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	40,623	51,855	63,108	74,340
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	43,348	56,826	70,284	83,762
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	35,506	46,988	58,469	69,951
Gainesville, FL	43,348	53,373	63,399	73,424
Homosassa Springs, FL	43,036	54,101	65,146	76,212
Jacksonville, FL	44,180	55,661	67,122	78,604
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	37,024	48,298	59,592	70,866
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	46,405	59,135	71,844	84,573
Naples-Marco Island, FL	45,656	59,052	72,426	85,821
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	40,415	51,231	62,068	72,884
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	41,101	50,087	59,072	68,058
Ocala, FL	39,853	48,860	57,845	66,852
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	44,720	55,724	66,706	77,709
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	43,077	56,951	70,804	84,677
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	40,207	50,815	61,444	72,052
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	40,207	49,983	59,759	69,535
Port St. Lucie, FL	42,724	53,602	64,460	75,338
Punta Gorda, FL	40,373	50,648	60,903	71,178
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	41,871	54,101	66,352	78,583
Sebring, FL	43,389	54,538	65,687	76,836
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	35,007	49,525	64,023	78,541
Tallahassee, FL	43,098	54,496	65,916	77,314
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	43,472	54,684	65,895	77,106
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	43,389	54,517	65,624	76,752
Albany, GA	29,412	37,690	45,948	54,226
Athens-Clarke County, GA	32,469	39,916	47,362	54,808
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	40,768	54,143	67,517	80,892
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	35,548	45,490	55,453	65,396
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	32,511	42,162	51,792	61,444
Columbus, GA-AL	32,012	43,098	54,164	65,250
Dalton, GA	38,522	49,816	61,090	72,384
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	32,136	38,772	45,407	52,042
Gainesville, GA	34,799	45,740	56,660	67,600
Hinesville, GA	33,031	42,703	52,354	62,026
Macon-Bibb County, GA	34,716	43,327	51,938	60,549
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	33,676	40,789	47,882	54,996
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	37,836	47,258	56,701	66,124
Rome, GA	40,207	53,311	66,436	79,540
Savannah, GA	35,277	46,156	57,055	67,933
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	31,824	40,456	49,068	57,700
Valdosta, GA	30,036	37,024	44,034	51,023
Warner Robins, GA	34,840	47,279	59,717	72,156
Guam MSA	27,560	31,221	34,903	38,564
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	35,672	44,970	54,247	63,544
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	43,223	55,828	68,432	81,037
Urban Honolulu, HI	39,541	50,877	62,192	73,528
Ames, IA	42,100	49,567	57,013	64,480
Cedar Rapids, IA	42,724	50,378	58,032	65,687
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	38,751	47,424	56,098	64,772
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	40,477	48,756	57,034	65,312
Dubuque, IA	38,439	45,656	52,895	60,112
Iowa City, IA	42,973	49,276	55,578	61,880
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	35,048	42,474	49,879	57,304
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	34,716	41,517	48,298	55,100
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	37,815	45,615	53,394	61,194
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	38,064	46,239	54,434	62,608
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	34,591	40,914	47,216	53,540
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	38,522	45,636	52,770	59,884
Boise City, ID	39,375	48,797	58,220	67,642
Coeur d'Alene, ID	39,479	48,069	56,660	65,250
Idaho Falls, ID	34,237	46,717	59,176	71,656
Lewiston, ID-WA	41,309	51,501	61,714	71,906
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	38,293	46,280	54,268	62,255
Pocatello, ID	35,340	45,885	56,410	66,956
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	33,405	43,410	53,415	63,420
Twin Falls, ID	35,839	42,640	49,421	56,223
Bloomington, IL	41,746	52,791	63,856	74,901
Champaign-Urbana, IL	42,973	51,584	60,216	68,828
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	46,218	58,781	71,344	83,908
Decatur, IL	36,962	46,468	55,994	65,500
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	39,208	49,317	59,405	69,514
Kankakee, IL	45,636	58,116	70,616	83,096
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	37,981	47,154	56,348	65,520
Peoria, IL	39,999	50,212	60,424	70,637
Rockford, IL	40,685	48,527	56,389	64,231
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	37,503	45,261	53,020	60,778
Springfield, IL	35,943	46,780	57,596	68,432
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	39,957	46,509	53,061	59,613
Bloomington, IN	42,141	52,687	63,212	73,757
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	39,687	47,008	54,309	61,631
Columbus, IN	42,932	54,476	66,040	77,584
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	41,101	48,132	55,141	62,172
Evansville, IN	40,664	48,256	55,828	63,420
Fort Wayne, IN	41,580	50,316	59,031	67,767
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	43,680	55,724	67,767	79,810
Kokomo, IN	42,828	54,247	65,645	77,064
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	46,052	55,079	64,085	73,112
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	38,023	46,114	54,226	62,317
Muncie, IN	36,608	42,412	48,236	54,039
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	37,544	46,780	56,036	65,271
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	40,186	47,591	55,016	62,421
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	39,541	47,924	56,327	64,709
Terre Haute, IN	35,714	42,828	49,962	57,076
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	35,132	41,268	47,383	53,519
Lawrence, KS	38,751	47,424	56,098	64,772
Manhattan, KS	31,096	41,517	51,917	62,338
Topeka, KS	39,541	49,692	59,863	70,013
Wichita, KS	38,647	47,612	56,556	65,520
Bowling Green, KY	34,466	42,724	50,960	59,218
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,175	42,661	51,168	59,655
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,746	34,840	40,956	47,050
Elizabethtown, KY	37,648	47,445	57,242	67,039
Lexington-Fayette, KY	42,328	51,376	60,445	69,493
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	38,564	49,130	59,717	70,284
Owensboro, KY	29,765	37,170	44,575	51,980
Paducah, KY-IL	34,175	41,725	49,255	56,805
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	30,077	36,900	43,743	50,565
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	31,076	37,981	44,887	51,792
Alexandria, LA	33,988	42,037	50,066	58,116
Baton Rouge, LA	40,436	47,944	55,453	62,962
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	36,858	44,887	52,916	60,944
Hammond, LA	38,751	47,695	56,639	65,583
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	38,813	47,840	56,888	65,916
Lafayette, LA	33,780	41,746	49,712	57,679
Lake Charles, LA	35,340	42,474	49,588	56,722
Monroe, LA	36,151	44,741	53,332	61,922
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	38,314	48,423	58,552	68,661
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	38,418	46,426	54,434	62,442
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	37,856	46,031	54,226	62,400
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	36,172	44,616	53,040	61,485
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	34,383	42,557	50,711	58,885
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	47,528	59,509	71,490	83,471
Barnstable Town, MA	52,728	64,980	77,210	89,461
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	55,308	68,765	82,223	95,680
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	50,940	61,589	72,260	82,909
Pittsfield, MA	45,407	57,908	70,429	82,930
Springfield, MA	47,029	57,575	68,120	78,666
Worcester, MA	50,815	61,215	71,594	81,994
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	50,648	63,628	76,586	89,565
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	37,378	46,759	56,140	65,520
Lexington Park, MD	44,824	58,303	71,760	85,239
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	40,020	50,919	61,839	72,738
Salisbury, MD	45,802	53,394	60,986	68,578
Bangor, ME	43,119	50,732	58,344	65,957
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	41,309	48,943	56,556	64,189
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	40,061	48,360	56,639	64,938
Portland-South Portland, ME	46,072	55,765	65,437	75,130
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	40,373	49,172	57,970	66,768
Ann Arbor, MI	39,063	50,295	61,527	72,759
Battle Creek, MI	42,370	51,293	60,216	69,140
Bay City, MI	33,780	42,079	50,378	58,677
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	44,637	54,164	63,711	73,237
Flint, MI	37,420	45,760	54,080	62,421
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	41,704	50,690	59,696	68,682
Jackson, MI	40,893	52,708	64,501	76,316
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	40,373	49,920	59,447	68,994
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	41,559	50,669	59,780	68,890
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,551	41,434	49,338	57,221
Midland, MI	36,234	44,908	53,560	62,234
Monroe, MI	43,784	53,498	63,191	72,904
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	38,980	46,863	54,746	62,629
Niles, MI	38,543	49,504	60,487	71,448
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	35,111	43,930	52,770	61,589
Saginaw, MI	34,383	43,098	51,792	60,508
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,357	46,925	56,493	66,061
Traverse City, MI	37,836	46,052	54,268	62,484
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,316	43,722	50,108	56,514
Duluth, MN-WI	39,229	48,090	56,951	65,812
Mankato, MN	42,204	50,690	59,156	67,642
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	50,066	61,319	72,592	83,845
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	48,152	59,509	70,845	82,202
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	38,106	45,760	53,394	61,048
Rochester, MN	45,740	55,162	64,584	74,007
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	37,212	45,407	53,623	61,818
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	39,812	48,631	57,471	66,290
St. Cloud, MN	42,932	50,732	58,532	66,332
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	38,376	45,511	52,666	59,800
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,359	43,930	51,522	59,093
Columbia, MO	40,893	47,216	53,560	59,884
Jefferson City, MO	39,604	46,364	53,103	59,863
Joplin, MO-KS	38,106	45,968	53,831	61,693
Kansas City, MO-KS	43,951	53,976	64,002	74,028
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,341	41,122	47,903	54,684
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	32,469	39,042	45,594	52,167
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,612	41,975	49,317	56,680
Springfield, MO	37,898	45,698	53,498	61,298
St. Joseph, MO-KS	37,461	44,263	51,085	57,887
St. Louis, MO-IL	43,244	53,269	63,316	73,341
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	36,879	47,154	57,429	67,704
Hattiesburg, MS	31,346	37,482	43,639	49,775
Jackson, MS	35,714	46,343	56,951	67,580
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	33,135	39,812	46,488	53,165
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	32,053	41,829	51,584	61,360
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	32,095	39,416	46,738	54,060
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,368	35,319	40,290	45,240
Billings, MT	38,792	49,234	59,655	70,096
Bozeman, MT	43,805	54,101	64,376	74,672
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	37,565	45,136	52,687	60,258
Great Falls, MT	40,664	49,047	57,408	65,791
Helena, MT	47,757	57,512	67,268	77,023
Missoula, MT	42,848	54,060	65,250	76,461
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	39,437	49,733	60,029	70,325
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	39,208	49,172	59,135	69,098
Asheville, NC	37,378	48,340	59,280	70,242
Burlington, NC	41,476	51,272	61,090	70,887
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	41,725	52,999	64,272	75,546
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	43,743	54,101	64,480	74,839
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	43,285	55,328	67,351	79,394
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	40,810	53,394	65,999	78,583
Fayetteville, NC	34,965	44,928	54,912	64,876
Goldsboro, NC	41,164	54,288	67,392	80,517
Greensboro-High Point, NC	41,226	50,752	60,300	69,826
Greenville, NC	38,980	48,256	57,554	66,831
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	37,669	47,008	56,348	65,687
Jacksonville, NC	36,588	47,965	59,343	70,720
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	40,540	47,882	55,224	62,567
Raleigh-Cary, NC	42,765	54,725	66,706	78,666
Rocky Mount, NC	36,733	47,466	58,178	68,911
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,133	44,533	54,954	65,354
Wilmington, NC	42,349	53,207	64,044	74,901
Winston-Salem, NC	38,605	47,924	57,263	66,581
Bismarck, ND	43,244	50,295	57,325	64,376
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	37,836	45,178	52,500	59,842
Fargo, ND-MN	39,604	47,882	56,140	64,418
Grand Forks, ND-MN	39,832	48,298	56,764	65,229
Minot, ND	37,794	45,136	52,479	59,821
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,085	44,887	51,668	58,469
Grand Island, NE	38,293	47,279	56,285	65,271
Lincoln, NE	42,578	50,856	59,135	67,413
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,650	42,516	48,402	54,268
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	37,357	44,263	51,148	58,053
Omaha, NE-IA	41,496	50,128	58,781	67,413
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	37,628	44,554	51,460	58,386
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	43,597	51,106	58,636	66,144
Manchester-Nashua, NH	46,988	54,912	62,858	70,783
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	46,301	55,661	65,000	74,360
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	45,303	53,519	61,735	69,951
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	48,132	59,052	69,972	80,892
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	52,354	63,856	75,359	86,861
Vineland, NJ	46,218	57,949	69,660	81,391
Albuquerque, NM	40,997	51,210	61,423	71,636
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	35,860	42,308	48,735	55,183
Farmington, NM	39,791	50,440	61,111	71,760
Las Cruces, NM	35,943	42,807	49,692	56,556
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	34,944	49,255	63,586	77,896
Santa Fe, NM	39,292	46,696	54,080	61,485
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	37,836	49,504	61,194	72,863
Carson City, NV	41,330	50,357	59,364	68,391
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	43,764	54,912	66,040	77,189
Reno, NV	41,954	50,732	59,530	68,308
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	46,842	58,095	69,348	80,600
Binghamton, NY	37,336	46,384	55,412	64,460
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	43,743	54,226	64,730	75,213
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	41,392	49,442	57,492	65,541
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	41,476	54,871	68,266	81,661
Elmira, NY	38,543	48,360	58,178	67,996
Glens Falls, NY	40,477	50,565	60,632	70,720
Ithaca, NY	43,077	54,642	66,228	77,792
Kingston, NY	41,767	52,104	62,421	72,759
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	43,119	58,095	73,071	88,047
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	54,080	69,930	85,800	101,650
Rochester, NY	45,781	58,303	70,804	83,325
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	39,208	48,714	58,199	67,704
Syracuse, NY	39,500	48,797	58,095	67,392
Utica-Rome, NY	42,599	52,645	62,671	72,717
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	39,583	48,631	57,679	66,727
Akron, OH	41,039	51,231	61,423	71,615
Canton-Massillon, OH	40,810	49,151	57,512	65,853
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	44,720	56,680	68,661	80,621
Cleveland, OH	42,807	52,666	62,546	72,405
Columbus, OH	45,802	58,012	70,200	82,410
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	44,221	56,098	67,975	79,852
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	36,255	44,138	52,042	59,925
Lima, OH	39,271	47,300	55,349	63,378
Mansfield, OH	38,896	49,712	60,528	71,344
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	37,815	46,052	54,288	62,525
Sandusky, OH	40,394	47,528	54,684	61,818
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	36,983	46,322	55,682	65,021
Springfield, OH	40,935	47,820	54,725	61,610
Toledo, OH	39,770	47,612	55,474	63,316
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	39,354	47,008	54,684	62,338
Youngstown-Warren, OH	36,567	44,637	52,708	60,778
Enid, OK	31,284	42,432	53,602	64,751
Lawton, OK	30,826	42,162	53,477	64,813
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,994	39,125	48,256	57,388
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	38,376	45,989	53,602	61,215
Oklahoma City, OK	30,784	42,204	53,623	65,042
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,072	42,391	51,730	61,048
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,474	38,148	46,800	55,474
Tulsa, OK	42,037	51,730	61,423	71,116
Albany, OR	41,746	50,108	58,469	66,831
Bend, OR	41,392	52,562	63,711	74,880
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	39,479	50,357	61,215	72,093
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	37,794	46,447	55,120	63,773
Corvallis, OR	41,912	52,624	63,336	74,048
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	39,583	50,524	61,444	72,384
Eugene-Springfield, OR	41,704	51,168	60,612	70,076
Grants Pass, OR	40,685	49,359	58,053	66,727
Medford, OR	40,477	49,546	58,636	67,704
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	52,500	72,405	92,332	112,237
Salem, OR	44,824	55,100	65,375	75,650
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	40,332	50,586	60,861	71,116
Altoona, PA	38,189	46,426	54,642	62,879
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	34,632	43,389	52,146	60,903
Chambersburg, PA	34,591	44,284	53,997	63,690
Erie, PA	40,581	50,898	61,194	71,511
Gettysburg, PA	41,018	55,079	69,140	83,200
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	42,016	51,439	60,882	70,304
Johnstown, PA	32,989	40,956	48,922	56,888
Lancaster, PA	41,309	50,295	59,280	68,266
Lebanon, PA	40,706	49,400	58,095	66,789
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	38,252	47,924	57,575	67,247
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	38,460	46,322	54,205	62,068
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	46,197	57,949	69,701	81,453
Pittsburgh, PA	42,516	51,709	60,924	70,117
Reading, PA	39,292	48,839	58,365	67,912
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	38,855	47,466	56,056	64,668
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	37,253	43,826	50,420	56,992
State College, PA	42,724	50,607	58,490	66,373
Williamsport, PA	37,981	49,047	60,133	71,199
York-Hanover, PA	40,207	49,983	59,780	69,556
Aguadilla, PR	24,336	28,621	32,885	37,170
Arecibo, PR	25,917	29,869	33,800	37,752
Guayama, PR	26,916	34,341	41,767	49,192
Mayaguez, PR	25,356	31,242	37,149	43,036
Ponce, PR	24,648	29,204	33,738	38,293
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	26,500	33,551	40,623	47,674
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	27,040	34,487	41,954	49,400
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	51,314	63,024	74,756	86,466
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	38,002	51,085	64,189	77,272
Columbia, SC	38,751	48,672	58,573	68,495
Florence, SC	38,044	49,317	60,570	71,844
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	42,370	52,312	62,255	72,197
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	37,773	48,610	59,426	70,263
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	35,735	46,343	56,972	67,580
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	41,663	52,396	63,108	73,840
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,524	44,408	51,272	58,157
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,440	48,610	59,759	70,928
Spartanburg, SC	39,999	50,420	60,820	71,240
Sumter, SC	38,647	48,880	59,093	69,327
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	37,004	42,994	48,984	54,975
Rapid City, SD	39,000	46,343	53,685	61,028
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	38,626	45,240	51,834	58,448
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	35,215	40,560	45,927	51,272
Chattanooga, TN-GA	37,212	47,362	57,533	67,684
Clarksville, TN-KY	32,324	42,661	53,020	63,357
Cleveland, TN	41,621	51,252	60,903	70,533
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	38,688	47,196	55,724	64,231
Jackson, TN	36,151	43,743	51,335	58,927
Johnson City, TN	40,415	49,192	57,949	66,727
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	37,732	45,428	53,144	60,840
Knoxville, TN	40,456	50,586	60,716	70,845
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	40,748	53,290	65,853	78,396
Morristown, TN	35,381	42,557	49,733	56,909
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	44,180	55,016	65,832	76,669
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	37,960	44,928	51,876	58,844
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,344	41,226	50,128	59,010
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	36,754	46,176	55,620	65,042
Abilene, TX	35,672	43,098	50,524	57,949
Amarillo, TX	35,277	43,160	51,044	58,927
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	45,989	58,012	70,055	82,077
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	34,778	42,620	50,461	58,303
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	38,439	49,692	60,965	72,218
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	32,053	41,538	51,023	60,508
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	35,984	46,863	57,720	68,599
College Station-Bryan, TX	38,314	46,613	54,912	63,212
Corpus Christi, TX	33,343	42,141	50,960	59,759
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	44,096	54,954	65,832	76,690
Eagle Pass, TX	30,930	37,898	44,887	51,855
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,466	43,868	53,269	62,671
El Paso, TX	33,468	41,850	50,212	58,594
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,986	42,204	49,400	56,618
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	35,485	47,383	59,280	71,178
Killeen-Temple, TX	38,168	48,797	59,426	70,055
Laredo, TX	30,805	37,524	44,221	50,940
Longview, TX	35,818	44,304	52,812	61,298
Lubbock, TX	26,957	37,440	47,903	58,386
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	30,098	38,210	46,301	54,413
Midland, TX	43,764	52,770	61,797	70,804
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,696	42,100	50,482	58,885
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,175	44,596	55,016	65,437
Odessa, TX	35,568	41,060	46,530	52,021
San Angelo, TX	33,613	44,866	56,098	67,351
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	40,685	52,271	63,877	75,463
Sherman-Denison, TX	36,525	43,119	49,733	56,327
Texarkana, TX-AR	36,172	43,431	50,690	57,949
Tyler, TX	36,109	42,474	48,860	55,224
Victoria, TX	34,653	44,741	54,808	64,896
Waco, TX	39,520	49,276	59,052	68,807
Wichita Falls, TX	32,012	39,354	46,717	54,060
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	34,965	44,013	53,040	62,088
Logan, UT-ID	39,874	50,544	61,236	71,906
Ogden, UT	40,852	50,544	60,237	69,930
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	44,741	56,868	68,994	81,120
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	47,487	59,343	71,178	83,034
St. George, UT	36,172	44,720	53,290	61,839
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	45,303	56,077	66,872	77,647
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	38,938	48,173	57,429	66,664
Charlottesville, VA	43,535	56,410	69,264	82,140
Harrisonburg, VA	41,164	50,940	60,695	70,471
Lynchburg, VA	35,298	44,055	52,832	61,589
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	44,429	59,405	74,360	89,336
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,258	43,701	53,165	62,608
Richmond, VA	44,408	57,575	70,720	83,887
Roanoke, VA	41,892	51,480	61,090	70,679
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	37,004	46,925	56,826	66,748
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,445	46,967	59,488	72,010
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	36,213	47,320	58,407	69,514
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	40,311	52,812	65,333	77,834
Winchester, VA-WV	39,832	52,416	65,021	77,605
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	43,410	56,909	70,429	83,928
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	45,885	60,965	76,045	91,125
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	43,410	54,496	65,583	76,669
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	46,592	59,613	72,634	85,655
Bellingham, WA	46,717	56,098	65,458	74,839
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	51,751	62,754	73,778	84,781
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	50,919	60,528	70,117	79,727
Kennewick-Richland, WA	49,983	65,125	80,247	95,389
Longview-Kelso, WA	52,000	71,636	91,250	110,885
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	53,144	66,789	80,455	94,100
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	49,234	59,863	70,471	81,100
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	54,434	68,287	82,160	96,013
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	44,970	53,040	61,132	69,202
Walla Walla, WA	50,066	63,004	75,941	88,879
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	54,205	67,933	81,640	95,368
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	42,744	52,312	61,860	71,428
Yakima, WA	45,282	53,810	62,359	70,887
Appleton, WI	45,365	53,914	62,484	71,032
Eau Claire, WI	43,160	51,252	59,364	67,455
Fond du Lac, WI	42,703	51,085	59,488	67,871
Green Bay, WI	44,887	52,832	60,799	68,744
Janesville-Beloit, WI	43,618	53,040	62,484	71,906
Kenosha, WI	52,687	62,858	73,029	83,200
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	42,620	50,336	58,074	65,791
Madison, WI	46,821	56,680	66,519	76,378
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	45,074	54,538	63,981	73,445
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	42,058	50,794	59,551	68,287
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	39,021	46,509	54,018	61,506
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	45,844	53,061	60,300	67,517
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	41,871	51,855	61,818	71,802
Sheboygan, WI	41,954	49,359	56,764	64,168
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	41,184	49,317	57,429	65,562
Wausau, WI	40,207	48,527	56,847	65,167
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	38,855	46,863	54,850	62,858
Beckley, WV	29,640	36,276	42,890	49,525
Charleston, WV	32,698	37,607	42,495	47,404
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	31,242	36,900	42,536	48,194
Morgantown, WV	31,991	38,709	45,428	52,146
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	26,104	32,927	39,749	46,572
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	32,490	40,020	47,549	55,079
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	24,940	32,677	40,394	48,132
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	36,068	43,868	51,688	59,488
Wheeling, WV-OH	32,490	38,148	43,826	49,484
Casper, WY	33,572	40,623	47,695	54,746
Cheyenne, WY	36,608	46,343	56,098	65,832
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	41,164	44,908	48,631	52,375
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	28,663	39,624	50,565	61,527

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.

Learn more: What wage levels I–IV mean · How the weighted lottery works · DOL's proposed wage rule