SOC 29-1141 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Registered Nurses 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): Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Level I across metros$29,474 – $140,650Arecibo, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$104,687Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Registered Nurses?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $29,474 in Arecibo, PR to $140,650 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $104,687. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $93,642, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 9 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$133,120
San Francisco, CA$202,863
San Jose, CA$221,708
Seattle, WA$140,962
Dallas, TX$113,652
Houston, TX$112,674
Austin, TX$109,117
Chicago, IL$108,868
Boston, MA$139,984
Washington, DC$116,772
Atlanta, GA$111,738
Los Angeles, CA$158,684

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	80,101	95,368	110,636	125,903
Anchorage, AK	91,354	103,938	116,543	129,127
Fairbanks-College, AK	82,909	97,053	111,218	125,362
Anniston-Oxford, AL	55,724	64,356	72,988	81,620
Auburn-Opelika, AL	65,957	75,380	84,802	94,224
Birmingham, AL	61,860	70,367	78,853	87,360
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	61,173	68,765	76,378	83,970
Decatur, AL	54,476	62,463	70,450	78,437
Dothan, AL	55,495	62,983	70,471	77,959
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	57,159	64,252	71,365	78,458
Gadsden, AL	58,636	66,872	75,088	83,325
Huntsville, AL	57,055	66,082	75,130	84,157
Mobile, AL	62,338	70,533	78,708	86,903
Montgomery, AL	59,946	73,196	86,466	99,716
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	55,328	63,170	70,991	78,832
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	49,962	57,471	65,000	72,509
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	55,183	62,879	70,575	78,271
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	56,015	63,232	70,450	77,668
Tuscaloosa, AL	58,053	68,391	78,749	89,087
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	57,117	65,125	73,154	81,162
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	65,167	74,194	83,200	92,228
Fort Smith, AR-OK	59,759	68,828	77,876	86,944
Hot Springs, AR	61,901	72,613	83,346	94,058
Jonesboro, AR	65,812	73,840	81,869	89,898
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	65,042	75,421	85,780	96,159
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	58,136	66,061	73,965	81,890
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	59,239	67,559	75,879	84,199
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	57,471	66,144	74,797	83,471
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	75,068	85,717	96,388	107,037
Flagstaff, AZ	76,503	87,111	97,740	108,348
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	72,405	81,786	91,188	100,568
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	74,610	87,776	100,964	114,130
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	77,959	93,101	108,264	123,407
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	72,322	81,141	89,940	98,759
Tucson, AZ	70,304	82,992	95,660	108,348
Yuma, AZ	67,538	79,768	92,020	104,250
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	92,976	110,511	128,024	145,559
Chico, CA	109,762	122,263	134,784	147,285
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	103,938	120,245	136,573	152,880
El Centro, CA	88,608	100,922	113,256	125,570
Fresno, CA	93,850	110,282	126,714	143,146
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	104,021	115,773	127,525	139,277
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	103,189	121,680	140,192	158,684
Merced, CA	100,028	114,796	129,543	144,311
Modesto, CA	106,559	125,029	143,500	161,970
Napa, CA	105,623	127,837	150,072	172,287
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	100,028	118,768	137,488	156,229
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	100,173	117,604	135,055	152,485
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	95,805	114,671	133,516	152,381
Redding, CA	97,906	115,711	133,516	151,320
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	101,567	119,039	136,490	153,962
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	110,199	137,072	163,925	190,799
Salinas, CA	101,754	120,183	138,632	157,061
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	111,676	128,274	144,893	161,492
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	124,218	150,426	176,655	202,863
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	140,650	167,669	194,688	221,708
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	102,856	125,029	147,181	169,354
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	105,623	132,600	159,557	186,535
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	102,378	118,456	134,514	150,592
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	119,996	144,872	169,749	194,626
Stockton-Lodi, CA	105,560	125,383	145,205	165,028
Vallejo, CA	127,920	155,231	182,541	209,852
Visalia, CA	93,892	108,930	123,948	138,986
Yuba City, CA	109,824	130,292	150,780	171,247
Boulder, CO	84,220	94,890	105,540	116,210
Colorado Springs, CO	77,522	86,882	96,221	105,581
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	79,727	90,272	100,818	111,364
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	71,220	80,392	89,565	98,738
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	77,522	87,423	97,324	107,224
Grand Junction, CO	78,645	88,504	98,364	108,223
Greeley, CO	75,296	84,344	93,413	102,461
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	78,084	89,648	101,213	112,778
Pueblo, CO	74,964	84,615	94,245	103,896
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	77,210	86,383	95,556	104,728
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	86,653	99,133	111,613	124,093
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	79,061	89,815	100,568	111,322
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	81,765	92,373	102,960	113,568
New Haven, CT	81,536	95,036	108,535	122,034
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	77,938	88,692	99,445	110,199
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	80,996	92,040	103,085	114,130
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	79,852	92,165	104,458	116,772
Dover, DE	77,335	86,528	95,743	104,936
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	77,106	87,152	97,220	107,266
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	75,380	83,554	91,749	99,924
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	66,061	74,964	83,887	92,789
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	72,010	80,559	89,128	97,677
Gainesville, FL	71,032	79,477	87,943	96,388
Homosassa Springs, FL	68,516	76,149	83,762	91,396
Jacksonville, FL	72,759	80,996	89,232	97,469
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	66,935	75,255	83,596	91,916
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	73,591	84,240	94,869	105,519
Naples-Marco Island, FL	73,591	85,114	96,637	108,160
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	67,580	77,418	87,256	97,095
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	68,100	77,522	86,965	96,388
Ocala, FL	64,896	72,780	80,684	88,567
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	70,637	79,852	89,087	98,301
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	69,930	78,583	87,215	95,868
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	61,402	70,242	79,103	87,943
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	68,328	75,276	82,202	89,149
Port St. Lucie, FL	73,924	82,160	90,376	98,613
Punta Gorda, FL	63,960	73,861	83,741	93,642
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	72,114	79,852	87,589	95,327
Sebring, FL	68,620	78,042	87,485	96,908
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	66,768	76,565	86,362	96,159
Tallahassee, FL	63,503	71,989	80,476	88,962
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	73,216	82,909	92,602	102,295
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	68,120	75,421	82,743	90,044
Albany, GA	68,328	76,690	85,031	93,392
Athens-Clarke County, GA	72,176	80,122	88,088	96,034
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	75,442	87,548	99,632	111,738
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	71,220	81,328	91,416	101,525
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	72,468	80,621	88,796	96,949
Columbus, GA-AL	63,628	72,821	82,036	91,229
Dalton, GA	66,748	75,858	84,968	94,079
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	66,581	75,380	84,157	92,956
Gainesville, GA	75,255	87,340	99,445	111,530
Hinesville, GA	67,621	75,400	83,200	90,980
Macon-Bibb County, GA	69,909	79,664	89,399	99,154
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	64,397	76,087	87,797	99,487
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	68,328	77,106	85,863	94,640
Rome, GA	74,464	83,200	91,936	100,672
Savannah, GA	68,911	78,333	87,776	97,199
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	64,314	72,655	80,996	89,336
Valdosta, GA	62,816	70,346	77,896	85,426
Warner Robins, GA	65,479	74,776	84,053	93,351
Guam MSA	72,717	87,007	101,276	115,565
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	90,668	105,581	120,495	135,408
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	93,018	110,095	127,151	144,228
Urban Honolulu, HI	87,943	106,247	124,551	142,855
Ames, IA	63,877	70,367	76,836	83,325
Cedar Rapids, IA	62,983	71,532	80,080	88,629
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	63,336	71,032	78,708	86,404
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	66,290	73,965	81,640	89,316
Dubuque, IA	66,768	72,904	79,061	85,197
Iowa City, IA	69,202	77,397	85,592	93,788
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	61,797	69,701	77,626	85,530
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	62,858	70,658	78,479	86,279
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	62,296	69,036	75,775	82,514
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	64,272	72,093	79,893	87,714
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	64,564	73,196	81,828	90,460
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	61,589	69,015	76,440	83,866
Boise City, ID	75,338	85,613	95,888	106,164
Coeur d'Alene, ID	77,813	86,965	96,117	105,269
Idaho Falls, ID	69,160	78,021	86,882	95,743
Lewiston, ID-WA	73,092	83,013	92,956	102,877
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	73,799	82,784	91,770	100,756
Pocatello, ID	67,143	74,860	82,556	90,272
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	65,832	75,005	84,199	93,372
Twin Falls, ID	74,672	82,119	89,586	97,032
Bloomington, IL	66,186	75,400	84,594	93,808
Champaign-Urbana, IL	72,842	81,869	90,876	99,903
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	75,712	86,757	97,823	108,868
Decatur, IL	72,509	79,976	87,464	94,932
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	66,332	76,004	85,676	95,348
Kankakee, IL	71,074	81,266	91,437	101,629
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	66,082	75,629	85,156	94,703
Peoria, IL	69,909	78,188	86,487	94,765
Rockford, IL	69,680	78,583	87,464	96,367
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	64,834	75,192	85,551	95,909
Springfield, IL	71,677	80,392	89,128	97,844
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	63,482	73,508	83,512	93,538
Bloomington, IN	73,924	79,976	86,029	92,082
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	70,221	78,084	85,946	93,808
Columbus, IN	67,392	74,236	81,079	87,922
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	69,972	81,994	93,996	106,018
Evansville, IN	68,100	79,248	90,418	101,567
Fort Wayne, IN	68,328	77,148	85,946	94,765
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	72,717	81,141	89,544	97,968
Kokomo, IN	72,509	80,039	87,589	95,119
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	73,528	80,871	88,192	95,535
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	72,260	80,330	88,380	96,450
Muncie, IN	65,999	74,672	83,346	92,020
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	67,954	75,712	83,471	91,229
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	71,698	85,447	99,175	112,924
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	66,269	74,090	81,932	89,752
Terre Haute, IN	68,848	76,066	83,304	90,522
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	61,610	69,576	77,564	85,530
Lawrence, KS	69,743	76,752	83,762	90,772
Manhattan, KS	63,773	71,407	79,020	86,653
Topeka, KS	71,760	80,164	88,588	96,991
Wichita, KS	61,007	69,368	77,709	86,071
Bowling Green, KY	66,498	75,026	83,575	92,103
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	61,236	72,052	82,847	93,663
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	60,216	67,496	74,776	82,056
Elizabethtown, KY	65,583	74,444	83,284	92,144
Lexington-Fayette, KY	67,996	76,981	85,967	94,952
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	70,679	80,392	90,085	99,799
Owensboro, KY	61,860	71,344	80,808	90,293
Paducah, KY-IL	67,413	75,692	83,970	92,248
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	62,296	72,135	81,973	91,812
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	59,696	68,973	78,271	87,548
Alexandria, LA	64,106	73,695	83,263	92,852
Baton Rouge, LA	65,333	74,631	83,908	93,205
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	61,298	69,285	77,293	85,280
Hammond, LA	67,288	74,568	81,828	89,108
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	57,367	66,477	75,588	84,698
Lafayette, LA	63,586	74,048	84,532	94,994
Lake Charles, LA	64,980	77,210	89,440	101,671
Monroe, LA	61,423	69,972	78,520	87,069
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	69,368	77,959	86,549	95,140
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	61,797	69,660	77,501	85,364
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	66,914	77,834	88,733	99,653
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	67,663	74,818	81,952	89,108
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	60,300	69,098	77,876	86,674
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	76,482	88,962	101,442	113,922
Barnstable Town, MA	81,162	96,866	112,570	128,274
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	84,948	103,293	121,639	139,984
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	78,666	93,351	108,056	122,741
Pittsfield, MA	77,397	91,125	104,874	118,602
Springfield, MA	75,754	87,236	98,738	110,220
Worcester, MA	81,786	97,760	113,756	129,730
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	77,730	88,359	98,988	109,616
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	70,970	82,015	93,060	104,104
Lexington Park, MD	75,608	84,469	93,351	102,212
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	68,807	78,687	88,567	98,447
Salisbury, MD	73,549	82,410	91,292	100,152
Bangor, ME	74,735	82,472	90,189	97,927
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	76,399	83,908	91,396	98,904
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	66,956	75,671	84,365	93,080
Portland-South Portland, ME	78,063	85,592	93,122	100,652
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	74,610	83,928	93,268	102,586
Ann Arbor, MI	83,804	96,346	108,868	121,410
Battle Creek, MI	78,042	87,589	97,116	106,663
Bay City, MI	75,962	83,367	90,792	98,197
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	76,732	86,050	95,368	104,687
Flint, MI	75,816	85,364	94,890	104,437
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	75,692	82,764	89,836	96,908
Jackson, MI	77,085	87,173	97,240	107,328
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	70,596	80,788	91,000	101,192
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	74,839	82,493	90,148	97,802
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	73,924	80,392	86,861	93,330
Midland, MI	81,162	85,717	90,293	94,848
Monroe, MI	67,808	76,960	86,092	95,244
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	74,277	81,453	88,608	95,784
Niles, MI	72,447	83,887	95,327	106,767
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	68,869	77,148	85,447	93,725
Saginaw, MI	77,210	86,279	95,368	104,437
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	70,263	78,250	86,216	94,204
Traverse City, MI	75,296	82,805	90,335	97,844
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	70,575	77,980	85,405	92,810
Duluth, MN-WI	77,002	86,778	96,533	106,309
Mankato, MN	83,263	91,874	100,464	109,076
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	85,696	96,034	106,372	116,709
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	73,341	82,888	92,456	102,004
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	76,461	85,405	94,328	103,272
Rochester, MN	90,064	98,239	106,434	114,608
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	76,357	86,237	96,138	106,018
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	74,132	82,826	91,541	100,236
St. Cloud, MN	82,306	92,103	101,879	111,676
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	63,565	74,797	86,050	97,282
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	59,364	68,952	78,562	88,151
Columbia, MO	65,541	75,276	85,031	94,765
Jefferson City, MO	66,415	79,498	92,560	105,644
Joplin, MO-KS	61,194	68,973	76,752	84,532
Kansas City, MO-KS	70,533	79,103	87,652	96,221
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	59,863	69,722	79,560	89,420
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	59,530	69,181	78,853	88,504
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	62,692	71,324	79,935	88,567
Springfield, MO	65,188	73,092	81,016	88,920
St. Joseph, MO-KS	65,895	73,924	81,973	90,002
St. Louis, MO-IL	69,015	78,604	88,213	97,802
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	62,255	73,279	84,324	95,348
Hattiesburg, MS	61,069	67,642	74,236	80,808
Jackson, MS	62,692	72,988	83,284	93,580
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	56,972	63,732	70,492	77,252
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	58,615	66,748	74,901	83,034
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	60,508	67,808	75,088	82,389
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	59,176	68,100	77,023	85,946
Billings, MT	74,360	82,680	91,000	99,320
Bozeman, MT	80,850	89,752	98,634	107,536
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	70,720	79,810	88,920	98,010
Great Falls, MT	68,599	75,608	82,597	89,607
Helena, MT	75,525	87,485	99,445	111,405
Missoula, MT	74,589	82,140	89,711	97,261
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	75,088	82,888	90,668	98,468
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	75,962	83,408	90,855	98,301
Asheville, NC	69,493	79,269	89,024	98,800
Burlington, NC	73,154	82,826	92,498	102,170
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	66,477	75,733	85,010	94,266
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	73,944	83,533	93,143	102,732
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	72,884	82,015	91,167	100,298
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	65,312	74,735	84,178	93,600
Fayetteville, NC	67,621	79,748	91,874	104,000
Goldsboro, NC	68,162	78,437	88,692	98,967
Greensboro-High Point, NC	70,492	80,413	90,335	100,256
Greenville, NC	71,303	81,682	92,061	102,440
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	69,244	76,836	84,448	92,040
Jacksonville, NC	65,208	76,669	88,130	99,591
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	69,056	76,981	84,927	92,852
Raleigh-Cary, NC	72,759	82,285	91,791	101,317
Rocky Mount, NC	64,959	75,504	86,071	96,616
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	66,228	74,548	82,847	91,167
Wilmington, NC	70,949	79,394	87,818	96,263
Winston-Salem, NC	73,029	82,181	91,333	100,485
Bismarck, ND	67,309	74,444	81,557	88,692
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	67,392	76,711	86,008	95,327
Fargo, ND-MN	68,224	76,440	84,656	92,872
Grand Forks, ND-MN	67,642	74,860	82,077	89,295
Minot, ND	64,709	72,072	79,415	86,778
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	62,671	73,071	83,471	93,871
Grand Island, NE	65,354	74,922	84,511	94,079
Lincoln, NE	68,724	77,688	86,632	95,597
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	69,410	77,085	84,740	92,415
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	65,916	73,653	81,412	89,149
Omaha, NE-IA	73,112	81,932	90,772	99,591
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	65,604	75,442	85,280	95,119
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	74,984	84,719	94,453	104,188
Manchester-Nashua, NH	76,669	86,716	96,783	106,829
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	81,412	91,042	100,652	110,282
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	74,922	83,991	93,039	102,108
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	83,471	91,708	99,965	108,202
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	85,301	94,453	103,605	112,757
Vineland, NJ	83,554	92,540	101,504	110,490
Albuquerque, NM	77,127	86,903	96,679	106,455
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	72,447	81,661	90,896	100,111
Farmington, NM	67,226	77,647	88,047	98,468
Las Cruces, NM	68,744	78,500	88,255	98,010
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	75,088	86,570	98,052	109,533
Santa Fe, NM	74,797	89,170	103,543	117,916
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	78,624	91,292	103,938	116,605
Carson City, NV	80,226	90,044	99,861	109,679
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	82,680	94,453	106,247	118,020
Reno, NV	82,036	93,392	104,749	116,106
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	76,045	87,236	98,426	109,616
Binghamton, NY	79,810	89,586	99,362	109,138
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	77,522	87,984	98,468	108,930
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	74,173	83,824	93,455	103,106
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	71,490	83,700	95,909	108,119
Elmira, NY	72,530	78,749	84,989	91,208
Glens Falls, NY	72,384	84,032	95,701	107,349
Ithaca, NY	76,108	88,692	101,255	113,839
Kingston, NY	75,400	89,773	104,167	118,540
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	75,546	88,837	102,108	115,399
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	92,165	105,810	119,476	133,120
Rochester, NY	77,044	84,615	92,165	99,736
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	69,472	80,060	90,626	101,213
Syracuse, NY	70,866	80,309	89,752	99,196
Utica-Rome, NY	70,949	81,474	92,020	102,544
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	72,696	84,324	95,951	107,578
Akron, OH	70,804	78,396	85,988	93,580
Canton-Massillon, OH	69,951	77,480	84,989	92,519
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	72,072	80,954	89,856	98,738
Cleveland, OH	75,026	83,263	91,500	99,736
Columbus, OH	71,864	80,288	88,692	97,116
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	73,404	81,016	88,650	96,263
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	65,208	73,029	80,850	88,671
Lima, OH	66,602	74,714	82,805	90,917
Mansfield, OH	67,101	76,170	85,239	94,308
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	67,455	74,672	81,890	89,108
Sandusky, OH	67,309	74,693	82,077	89,461
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	67,018	75,650	84,303	92,935
Springfield, OH	66,124	73,508	80,912	88,296
Toledo, OH	70,658	78,583	86,528	94,453
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	66,373	73,362	80,372	87,360
Youngstown-Warren, OH	65,832	72,884	79,935	86,986
Enid, OK	57,533	66,997	76,482	85,946
Lawton, OK	66,664	75,463	84,240	93,039
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	60,029	73,861	87,714	101,546
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	58,636	68,952	79,269	89,586
Oklahoma City, OK	67,663	76,836	85,988	95,160
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	57,242	67,621	77,980	88,359
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	58,677	68,474	78,271	88,068
Tulsa, OK	66,144	76,711	87,277	97,844
Albany, OR	94,453	105,976	117,479	129,002
Bend, OR	98,343	112,445	126,568	140,671
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	95,015	107,204	119,413	131,602
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	95,098	106,039	116,959	127,900
Corvallis, OR	97,532	109,055	120,578	132,101
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	88,588	101,296	114,026	126,735
Eugene-Springfield, OR	96,533	107,058	117,604	128,128
Grants Pass, OR	96,013	105,290	114,546	123,823
Medford, OR	98,052	109,221	120,412	131,581
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	97,136	111,114	125,092	139,069
Salem, OR	102,087	113,860	125,632	137,405
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	77,376	86,924	96,492	106,039
Altoona, PA	65,500	76,004	86,508	97,012
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	72,322	80,101	87,860	95,639
Chambersburg, PA	72,156	82,888	93,642	104,375
Erie, PA	70,720	78,832	86,944	95,056
Gettysburg, PA	72,093	80,434	88,796	97,136
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	77,002	85,301	93,580	101,879
Johnstown, PA	69,306	77,439	85,551	93,684
Lancaster, PA	75,920	84,116	92,290	100,485
Lebanon, PA	77,293	88,296	99,300	110,303
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	69,972	79,040	88,130	97,199
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	61,922	71,261	80,580	89,919
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	81,495	91,396	101,296	111,197
Pittsburgh, PA	70,804	79,789	88,796	97,781
Reading, PA	76,045	86,362	96,700	107,016
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	69,660	78,562	87,464	96,367
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	65,229	73,071	80,933	88,775
State College, PA	72,925	80,164	87,423	94,661
Williamsport, PA	72,405	81,453	90,522	99,570
York-Hanover, PA	76,815	85,031	93,226	101,442
Aguadilla, PR	31,013	35,423	39,832	44,242
Arecibo, PR	29,474	34,528	39,583	44,637
Guayama, PR	36,317	38,730	41,164	43,576
Mayaguez, PR	34,341	39,500	44,637	49,796
Ponce, PR	35,735	38,876	41,996	45,136
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	31,325	37,024	42,744	48,444
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	36,380	42,058	47,736	53,415
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	78,104	90,023	101,920	113,839
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	73,320	82,472	91,624	100,776
Columbia, SC	70,138	79,040	87,943	96,845
Florence, SC	65,333	82,930	100,527	118,124
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	70,076	77,522	84,948	92,394
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	66,186	74,194	82,202	90,210
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	66,914	74,860	82,784	90,730
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	61,360	70,221	79,103	87,964
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	67,392	74,818	82,264	89,690
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	69,868	78,666	87,444	96,242
Spartanburg, SC	67,892	75,920	83,928	91,957
Sumter, SC	68,100	76,253	84,386	92,540
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	63,191	70,512	77,834	85,156
Rapid City, SD	66,103	75,047	83,970	92,914
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	57,970	66,290	74,631	82,951
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	59,676	69,576	79,456	89,357
Chattanooga, TN-GA	69,493	77,314	85,135	92,956
Clarksville, TN-KY	62,234	72,322	82,431	92,519
Cleveland, TN	61,007	66,477	71,927	77,397
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	58,532	66,748	74,943	83,159
Jackson, TN	59,156	67,642	76,149	84,636
Johnson City, TN	64,023	74,132	84,261	94,370
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	64,335	72,260	80,164	88,088
Knoxville, TN	62,234	70,284	78,333	86,383
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	69,784	78,541	87,298	96,055
Morristown, TN	60,944	68,328	75,733	83,117
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	72,946	82,597	92,248	101,900
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	63,524	70,304	77,106	83,887
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	60,944	68,682	76,420	84,157
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	59,447	67,455	75,442	83,450
Abilene, TX	67,392	76,232	85,093	93,933
Amarillo, TX	69,535	80,164	90,813	101,442
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	74,277	85,884	97,511	109,117
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	65,749	75,775	85,800	95,826
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	66,373	75,359	84,324	93,309
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	63,212	74,610	85,988	97,386
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	64,148	73,591	83,034	92,477
College Station-Bryan, TX	68,536	78,271	87,984	97,719
Corpus Christi, TX	65,208	74,527	83,824	93,143
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	74,776	87,735	100,693	113,652
Eagle Pass, TX	58,428	68,744	79,040	89,357
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	62,650	73,341	84,012	94,703
El Paso, TX	65,520	76,919	88,296	99,695
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	69,514	79,456	89,420	99,362
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	75,151	87,652	100,173	112,674
Killeen-Temple, TX	72,904	84,615	96,304	108,015
Laredo, TX	63,420	72,738	82,036	91,354
Longview, TX	64,668	74,735	84,781	94,848
Lubbock, TX	68,640	78,104	87,568	97,032
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	63,461	72,156	80,871	89,565
Midland, TX	67,205	76,877	86,528	96,200
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	66,186	76,316	86,424	96,554
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	65,874	76,336	86,778	97,240
Odessa, TX	67,912	77,813	87,735	97,636
San Angelo, TX	64,023	73,965	83,887	93,829
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	70,866	82,264	93,642	105,040
Sherman-Denison, TX	72,072	79,436	86,778	94,141
Texarkana, TX-AR	59,384	69,202	79,040	88,858
Tyler, TX	61,631	71,303	80,975	90,647
Victoria, TX	67,684	77,106	86,508	95,930
Waco, TX	72,405	82,722	93,060	103,376
Wichita Falls, TX	68,620	77,522	86,424	95,327
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	70,096	78,541	86,986	95,431
Logan, UT-ID	67,621	77,605	87,568	97,552
Ogden, UT	71,594	79,727	87,839	95,972
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	73,965	81,245	88,504	95,784
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	73,757	83,554	93,372	103,168
St. George, UT	70,741	79,436	88,151	96,845
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	68,578	79,644	90,709	101,775
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	67,767	75,879	84,012	92,124
Charlottesville, VA	74,776	86,216	97,677	109,117
Harrisonburg, VA	72,135	82,909	93,684	104,458
Lynchburg, VA	71,136	78,229	85,322	92,415
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	67,372	75,359	83,346	91,333
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	61,735	72,488	83,221	93,975
Richmond, VA	72,343	82,119	91,916	101,692
Roanoke, VA	70,055	79,352	88,671	97,968
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	68,453	76,898	85,343	93,788
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	62,920	72,405	81,869	91,354
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	74,714	82,306	89,877	97,469
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	69,077	79,165	89,253	99,341
Winchester, VA-WV	76,919	86,196	95,452	104,728
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	71,365	80,600	89,815	99,050
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	80,039	89,898	99,757	109,616
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	76,045	83,679	91,312	98,946
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	75,588	86,487	97,386	108,285
Bellingham, WA	88,109	100,610	113,090	125,591
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	88,900	102,669	116,460	130,229
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	84,760	96,720	108,701	120,661
Kennewick-Richland, WA	91,728	103,085	114,442	125,799
Longview-Kelso, WA	96,076	110,157	124,239	138,320
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	85,197	98,135	111,072	124,010
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	88,109	102,544	116,959	131,394
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	96,783	111,509	126,236	140,962
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	87,548	100,360	113,152	125,965
Walla Walla, WA	85,239	98,759	112,300	125,820
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	91,583	101,879	112,196	122,492
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	89,690	102,170	114,629	127,109
Yakima, WA	86,320	98,967	111,592	124,239
Appleton, WI	73,924	82,160	90,418	98,655
Eau Claire, WI	77,106	85,093	93,101	101,088
Fond du Lac, WI	76,711	84,719	92,748	100,756
Green Bay, WI	76,669	83,866	91,063	98,260
Janesville-Beloit, WI	75,567	83,346	91,125	98,904
Kenosha, WI	74,548	82,181	89,794	97,428
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	77,168	86,258	95,368	104,458
Madison, WI	82,951	91,645	100,360	109,055
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	77,855	86,903	95,951	104,999
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	74,340	81,932	89,544	97,136
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	73,924	81,932	89,960	97,968
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	76,898	85,010	93,122	101,234
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	76,336	84,802	93,288	101,754
Sheboygan, WI	76,919	84,927	92,914	100,922
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	75,567	83,138	90,730	98,301
Wausau, WI	75,484	82,368	89,274	96,159
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	78,250	87,880	97,490	107,120
Beckley, WV	63,815	73,820	83,804	93,808
Charleston, WV	58,469	74,319	90,189	106,039
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	65,957	76,898	87,860	98,800
Morgantown, WV	63,045	75,421	87,818	100,194
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	59,468	71,032	82,576	94,141
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	60,424	71,532	82,660	93,767
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	57,242	67,268	77,272	87,298
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	64,002	70,928	77,834	84,760
Wheeling, WV-OH	63,856	74,090	84,303	94,536
Casper, WY	70,804	78,375	85,925	93,496
Cheyenne, WY	70,346	84,053	97,781	111,488
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	67,268	76,919	86,549	96,200
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	70,596	78,791	86,986	95,181

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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