SOC 29-2042 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Emergency Medical Technicians 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 injuries and illnesses and administer basic emergency medical care. May transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.

Level I across metros$21,840 – $55,432Mayaguez, PR to Urban Honolulu, HI

Median Level IV, major metros$48,756Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Emergency Medical Technicians?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Emergency Medical Technicians (SOC 29-2042) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,840 in Mayaguez, PR to $55,432 in Urban Honolulu, HI, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $48,756. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $45,261, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 25 of 100 major metros but only Level II or below in 49. DHS projects selection odds of about 15%, 31%, 46% and 61% for Levels I to IV. The table below lists all four levels for every area, straight from the DOL OFLC wage file.

Salary bands in major H-1B metros

Where each wage level starts, on one salary scale. Further right means you need a bigger salary for the same entries.

Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	56,576	62,234	67,892	73,549
Anchorage, AK	41,892	47,133	52,396	57,637
Fairbanks-College, AK	53,290	59,447	65,583	71,740
Anniston-Oxford, AL	27,644	30,826	34,029	37,212
Auburn-Opelika, AL	33,530	39,125	44,700	50,295
Birmingham, AL	31,471	36,400	41,351	46,280
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	31,554	36,109	40,664	45,220
Decatur, AL	30,972	34,071	37,191	40,290
Dothan, AL	26,333	30,015	33,676	37,357
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	30,888	33,135	35,360	37,607
Gadsden, AL	30,244	34,757	39,271	43,784
Huntsville, AL	30,576	34,362	38,148	41,933
Mobile, AL	25,356	32,885	40,415	47,944
Montgomery, AL	33,156	38,272	43,410	48,527
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,932	33,925	37,898	41,892
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,850	31,408	33,946	36,504
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,412	33,301	37,191	41,080
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,037	37,108	45,157	53,228
Tuscaloosa, AL	29,453	33,447	37,461	41,455
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	27,852	32,199	36,525	40,872
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	35,880	38,647	41,413	44,180
Fort Smith, AR-OK	29,037	33,114	37,191	41,268
Hot Springs, AR	31,388	34,632	37,856	41,101
Jonesboro, AR	30,909	33,988	37,045	40,124
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	31,887	35,111	38,314	41,538
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	30,535	34,570	38,626	42,661
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	27,893	32,386	36,900	41,392
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,892	32,885	36,858	40,852
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	32,490	36,858	41,247	45,615
Flagstaff, AZ	36,629	39,666	42,724	45,760
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	32,469	38,709	44,928	51,168
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	34,445	38,335	42,224	46,114
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	34,570	39,749	44,908	50,087
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	32,968	36,504	40,061	43,597
Tucson, AZ	32,781	36,172	39,583	42,973
Yuma, AZ	34,154	38,064	41,954	45,864
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	41,954	46,301	50,669	55,016
Chico, CA	40,540	46,072	51,584	57,117
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,981	42,682	47,383	52,084
El Centro, CA	39,188	41,476	43,743	46,031
Fresno, CA	38,085	42,890	47,674	52,479
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	37,773	42,994	48,215	53,436
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	39,749	44,720	49,712	54,684
Merced, CA	39,687	48,860	58,032	67,205
Modesto, CA	41,684	47,092	52,520	57,928
Napa, CA	44,076	48,194	52,333	56,452
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	38,418	44,200	50,004	55,786
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	41,413	48,423	55,412	62,421
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	42,224	45,927	49,608	53,311
Redding, CA	35,568	45,012	54,476	63,919
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	37,815	42,516	47,216	51,917
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	40,415	49,255	58,116	66,956
Salinas, CA	45,220	49,900	54,580	59,260
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	38,917	43,244	47,591	51,917
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	44,949	52,250	59,551	66,852
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	46,717	59,655	72,572	85,509
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	38,688	42,245	45,781	49,338
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	42,661	51,252	59,821	68,412
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	39,208	41,434	43,660	45,885
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	43,493	49,463	55,453	61,423
Stockton-Lodi, CA	38,002	42,828	47,653	52,479
Vallejo, CA	43,868	51,605	59,364	67,101
Visalia, CA	36,068	39,500	42,952	46,384
Yuba City, CA	36,213	41,496	46,800	52,084
Boulder, CO	39,312	42,869	46,447	50,004
Colorado Springs, CO	39,666	42,703	45,719	48,756
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	39,791	43,618	47,445	51,272
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	34,196	38,002	41,788	45,594
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	37,981	42,162	46,322	50,503
Grand Junction, CO	37,960	41,517	45,095	48,652
Greeley, CO	38,148	40,852	43,576	46,280
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	38,605	45,719	52,853	59,967
Pueblo, CO	39,084	41,330	43,576	45,823
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	35,402	41,226	47,029	52,853
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	46,052	50,524	55,016	59,488
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	43,077	45,636	48,215	50,773
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	40,165	44,554	48,922	53,311
New Haven, CT	49,380	51,959	54,538	57,117
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	43,410	47,008	50,586	54,184
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	45,032	48,548	52,063	55,578
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	41,892	47,258	52,645	58,012
Dover, DE	38,813	41,975	45,136	48,298
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	38,792	42,183	45,594	48,984
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	32,511	39,354	46,197	53,040
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	36,608	41,767	46,946	52,104
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	37,607	39,437	41,247	43,077
Gainesville, FL	37,898	40,748	43,597	46,447
Homosassa Springs, FL	33,572	35,964	38,335	40,727
Jacksonville, FL	36,109	39,208	42,308	45,407
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	34,840	43,140	51,418	59,717
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	35,381	40,893	46,384	51,896
Naples-Marco Island, FL	36,712	45,428	54,122	62,837
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	36,088	40,207	44,304	48,423
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	34,653	39,416	44,200	48,964
Ocala, FL	33,904	37,669	41,413	45,178
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	34,778	39,000	43,244	47,466
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	32,469	34,320	36,172	38,023
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	36,650	41,538	46,405	51,293
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	35,943	38,543	41,164	43,764
Port St. Lucie, FL	36,546	42,952	49,359	55,765
Punta Gorda, FL	33,176	39,229	45,282	51,335
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	34,612	39,583	44,575	49,546
Sebring, FL	34,404	39,500	44,575	49,671
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	37,316	46,239	55,183	64,106
Tallahassee, FL	32,823	36,463	40,124	43,764
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	34,404	38,335	42,287	46,218
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	34,258	38,688	43,119	47,549
Albany, GA	35,652	39,728	43,805	47,882
Athens-Clarke County, GA	34,258	37,440	40,602	43,784
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	39,208	43,223	47,237	51,252
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	36,068	40,144	44,242	48,319
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	33,322	38,127	42,952	47,757
Columbus, GA-AL	33,676	37,336	40,997	44,658
Dalton, GA	33,447	37,149	40,852	44,554
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	28,476	31,970	35,485	38,980
Gainesville, GA	38,397	45,469	52,541	59,613
Hinesville, GA	31,367	35,485	39,583	43,701
Macon-Bibb County, GA	35,506	39,770	44,013	48,277
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,685	31,887	36,088	40,290
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	32,448	36,400	40,373	44,325
Rome, GA	37,274	41,684	46,072	50,482
Savannah, GA	35,984	39,562	43,119	46,696
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	31,616	35,360	39,104	42,848
Valdosta, GA	31,429	35,215	39,000	42,786
Warner Robins, GA	35,464	38,044	40,602	43,181
Guam MSA	35,069	40,914	46,780	52,624
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	48,007	52,562	57,138	61,693
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	54,538	61,298	68,037	74,797
Urban Honolulu, HI	55,432	62,712	69,992	77,272
Ames, IA	38,127	42,287	46,426	50,586
Cedar Rapids, IA	34,612	37,607	40,581	43,576
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	35,194	39,458	43,701	47,965
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	35,672	41,850	48,048	54,226
Dubuque, IA	34,799	40,685	46,551	52,437
Iowa City, IA	37,461	44,658	51,876	59,072
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	36,546	39,437	42,308	45,199
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	34,903	38,335	41,788	45,220
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	35,506	39,999	44,471	48,964
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	36,130	40,893	45,677	50,440
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	36,484	39,770	43,036	46,322
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	35,402	40,872	46,364	51,834
Boise City, ID	30,597	35,464	40,332	45,199
Coeur d'Alene, ID	29,911	35,090	40,248	45,428
Idaho Falls, ID	24,544	31,596	38,668	45,719
Lewiston, ID-WA	34,424	38,480	42,516	46,572
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	31,138	35,984	40,810	45,656
Pocatello, ID	25,959	33,343	40,706	48,090
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	24,607	32,802	40,976	49,172
Twin Falls, ID	27,061	32,594	38,127	43,660
Bloomington, IL	37,711	41,018	44,346	47,653
Champaign-Urbana, IL	35,464	38,168	40,872	43,576
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	40,020	51,501	62,962	74,444
Decatur, IL	35,444	38,314	41,164	44,034
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,277	37,482	39,708	41,912
Kankakee, IL	38,564	48,922	59,280	69,639
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,154	36,608	39,084	41,538
Peoria, IL	34,986	37,461	39,936	42,412
Rockford, IL	34,216	38,626	43,056	47,466
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,445	37,149	39,874	42,578
Springfield, IL	35,839	39,084	42,349	45,594
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,319	38,106	40,914	43,701
Bloomington, IN	35,464	38,480	41,476	44,492
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	35,756	38,626	41,496	44,367
Columbus, IN	36,588	40,186	43,805	47,404
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	34,861	38,564	42,245	45,948
Evansville, IN	34,071	37,212	40,332	43,472
Fort Wayne, IN	37,648	40,415	43,181	45,948
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	37,586	41,413	45,261	49,088
Kokomo, IN	33,447	37,877	42,328	46,759
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	35,693	38,792	41,871	44,970
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	39,749	50,669	61,610	72,530
Muncie, IN	37,024	40,644	44,263	47,882
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	36,775	40,394	44,034	47,653
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	36,983	40,352	43,722	47,092
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	34,487	37,690	40,893	44,096
Terre Haute, IN	35,464	38,397	41,351	44,284
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	28,351	31,616	34,903	38,168
Lawrence, KS	29,973	34,445	38,938	43,410
Manhattan, KS	28,829	32,365	35,901	39,437
Topeka, KS	31,866	35,485	39,104	42,724
Wichita, KS	31,138	37,378	43,639	49,879
Bowling Green, KY	30,576	34,320	38,085	41,829
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	29,037	32,012	34,965	37,940
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	29,807	31,720	33,613	35,527
Elizabethtown, KY	31,533	36,296	41,039	45,802
Lexington-Fayette, KY	31,887	38,730	45,573	52,416
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	35,964	40,810	45,636	50,482
Owensboro, KY	30,306	33,135	35,943	38,772
Paducah, KY-IL	29,100	33,343	37,607	41,850
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	29,120	32,220	35,340	38,439
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	30,556	32,989	35,402	37,836
Alexandria, LA	28,184	31,700	35,194	38,709
Baton Rouge, LA	29,432	34,757	40,103	45,428
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,728	31,221	35,693	40,186
Hammond, LA	27,789	32,615	37,461	42,287
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	26,437	31,554	36,671	41,788
Lafayette, LA	28,871	33,301	37,752	42,183
Lake Charles, LA	27,290	31,949	36,608	41,268
Monroe, LA	27,477	30,868	34,237	37,628
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	27,748	31,845	35,922	40,020
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,999	32,448	37,898	43,348
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	26,624	30,410	34,196	37,981
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	26,791	31,304	35,818	40,332
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	28,580	33,093	37,607	42,120
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	37,815	40,893	43,972	47,050
Barnstable Town, MA	43,410	48,298	53,165	58,053
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	44,159	49,026	53,872	58,740
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	34,300	42,349	50,399	58,448
Pittsfield, MA	39,250	42,349	45,448	48,548
Springfield, MA	41,122	43,930	46,738	49,546
Worcester, MA	42,266	46,239	50,212	54,184
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	42,724	50,628	58,511	66,415
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	35,943	38,959	41,975	44,991
Lexington Park, MD	42,453	49,941	57,450	64,938
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	41,060	45,594	50,128	54,663
Salisbury, MD	37,544	41,330	45,116	48,901
Bangor, ME	39,146	43,639	48,111	52,604
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	40,228	43,951	47,695	51,418
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	36,588	40,560	44,554	48,527
Portland-South Portland, ME	43,576	46,634	49,692	52,749
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	38,231	41,933	45,636	49,338
Ann Arbor, MI	37,087	39,583	42,058	44,554
Battle Creek, MI	35,360	38,397	41,413	44,450
Bay City, MI	34,778	36,983	39,208	41,413
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	37,940	41,143	44,325	47,528
Flint, MI	35,506	38,148	40,789	43,431
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	35,672	38,543	41,413	44,284
Jackson, MI	37,191	40,228	43,285	46,322
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	37,440	42,141	46,821	51,522
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	37,399	39,812	42,224	44,637
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	34,903	37,024	39,167	41,288
Midland, MI	34,778	36,983	39,208	41,413
Monroe, MI	37,170	40,290	43,431	46,551
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	35,048	37,898	40,748	43,597
Niles, MI	32,864	35,319	37,773	40,228
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	35,319	38,792	42,287	45,760
Saginaw, MI	35,256	37,794	40,311	42,848
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,426	35,360	37,295	39,229
Traverse City, MI	34,986	38,397	41,808	45,220
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,967	35,839	37,690	39,562
Duluth, MN-WI	26,021	32,199	38,397	44,575
Mankato, MN	37,794	43,077	48,360	53,644
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	41,496	45,844	50,212	54,559
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	36,588	40,976	45,344	49,733
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	32,781	39,624	46,447	53,290
Rochester, MN	40,748	44,180	47,632	51,064
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	31,450	38,231	44,991	51,772
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	31,304	36,920	42,557	48,173
St. Cloud, MN	36,879	42,495	48,111	53,727
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	33,613	35,444	37,295	39,125
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,218	37,066	40,914	44,762
Columbia, MO	34,008	38,792	43,576	48,360
Jefferson City, MO	29,100	33,509	37,919	42,328
Joplin, MO-KS	33,676	37,128	40,581	44,034
Kansas City, MO-KS	36,234	40,810	45,407	49,983
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,591	38,127	41,642	45,178
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	32,407	36,296	40,207	44,096
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	35,215	38,044	40,872	43,701
Springfield, MO	38,480	41,850	45,199	48,568
St. Joseph, MO-KS	37,336	40,581	43,805	47,050
St. Louis, MO-IL	35,568	39,479	43,410	47,320
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	27,810	31,824	35,818	39,832
Hattiesburg, MS	31,554	34,903	38,252	41,600
Jackson, MS	29,932	33,717	37,503	41,288
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	23,858	28,767	33,676	38,584
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	25,314	28,268	31,200	34,154
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	28,559	33,052	37,544	42,037
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	25,938	29,308	32,698	36,068
Billings, MT	32,989	35,984	38,959	41,954
Bozeman, MT	29,474	32,636	35,797	38,959
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	27,165	32,615	38,064	43,514
Great Falls, MT	27,872	32,532	37,170	41,829
Helena, MT	27,789	32,178	36,588	40,976
Missoula, MT	32,469	34,799	37,108	39,437
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	29,578	32,053	34,508	36,983
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	27,373	31,138	34,903	38,668
Asheville, NC	34,820	40,519	46,197	51,896
Burlington, NC	38,314	42,349	46,364	50,399
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,842	38,272	42,703	47,133
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	36,983	42,079	47,154	52,250
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	39,250	43,639	48,028	52,416
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,736	38,460	42,162	45,885
Fayetteville, NC	40,124	42,453	44,804	47,133
Goldsboro, NC	34,799	39,728	44,637	49,567
Greensboro-High Point, NC	36,733	42,100	47,445	52,812
Greenville, NC	37,274	40,956	44,616	48,298
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	35,464	41,767	48,048	54,351
Jacksonville, NC	34,736	38,792	42,828	46,884
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	35,589	40,581	45,573	50,565
Raleigh-Cary, NC	39,250	45,261	51,252	57,263
Rocky Mount, NC	34,237	36,900	39,583	42,245
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,090	39,458	43,847	48,215
Wilmington, NC	34,965	41,392	47,840	54,268
Winston-Salem, NC	34,092	39,208	44,325	49,442
Bismarck, ND	36,608	44,096	51,564	59,052
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	32,927	38,064	43,181	48,319
Fargo, ND-MN	34,445	39,812	45,157	50,524
Grand Forks, ND-MN	32,802	39,021	45,240	51,460
Minot, ND	33,842	38,626	43,410	48,194
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	33,967	38,584	43,223	47,840
Grand Island, NE	35,028	42,162	49,276	56,410
Lincoln, NE	35,423	37,732	40,040	42,349
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	33,842	43,784	53,727	63,669
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,900	41,871	46,842	51,813
Omaha, NE-IA	36,380	43,327	50,295	57,242
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	35,111	41,434	47,757	54,080
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	36,879	41,122	45,344	49,588
Manchester-Nashua, NH	39,084	43,701	48,319	52,936
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	37,295	41,372	45,469	49,546
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	38,564	42,037	45,511	48,984
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	42,640	45,490	48,319	51,168
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	45,719	51,605	57,512	63,399
Vineland, NJ	42,141	47,549	52,957	58,365
Albuquerque, NM	34,653	38,501	42,349	46,197
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	33,946	38,980	44,013	49,047
Farmington, NM	31,887	35,548	39,229	42,890
Las Cruces, NM	31,388	35,028	38,668	42,308
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	34,300	37,586	40,852	44,138
Santa Fe, NM	34,570	41,247	47,924	54,600
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	36,962	46,260	55,536	64,834
Carson City, NV	38,896	44,159	49,421	54,684
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	30,077	34,986	39,916	44,824
Reno, NV	40,103	42,952	45,781	48,631
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	38,896	41,517	44,159	46,780
Binghamton, NY	38,335	41,122	43,888	46,676
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	38,688	41,226	43,764	46,301
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	39,687	43,181	46,655	50,149
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	39,895	42,058	44,221	46,384
Elmira, NY	39,562	42,058	44,533	47,029
Glens Falls, NY	38,293	40,540	42,807	45,053
Ithaca, NY	40,852	42,807	44,762	46,717
Kingston, NY	40,602	42,807	45,032	47,237
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	43,472	46,260	49,047	51,834
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	44,700	50,773	56,847	62,920
Rochester, NY	38,023	40,664	43,306	45,948
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	40,727	42,848	44,991	47,112
Syracuse, NY	39,624	42,516	45,407	48,298
Utica-Rome, NY	39,312	41,933	44,554	47,175
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	36,504	38,876	41,247	43,618
Akron, OH	36,962	39,853	42,765	45,656
Canton-Massillon, OH	34,986	38,709	42,432	46,156
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	34,612	38,792	42,952	47,133
Cleveland, OH	37,648	41,559	45,469	49,380
Columbus, OH	37,108	40,706	44,325	47,924
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	36,525	39,396	42,287	45,157
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	36,484	39,354	42,224	45,095
Lima, OH	34,612	39,188	43,764	48,340
Mansfield, OH	35,360	39,271	43,202	47,112
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	29,640	34,632	39,624	44,616
Sandusky, OH	35,880	37,773	39,645	41,538
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	32,760	36,733	40,706	44,679
Springfield, OH	34,008	35,984	37,981	39,957
Toledo, OH	36,608	39,957	43,306	46,655
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	34,404	39,312	44,221	49,130
Youngstown-Warren, OH	33,967	36,775	39,583	42,391
Enid, OK	27,519	31,388	35,256	39,125
Lawton, OK	27,269	31,242	35,194	39,167
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,744	34,133	38,543	42,932
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	26,416	29,370	32,344	35,298
Oklahoma City, OK	28,039	32,199	36,338	40,498
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	28,559	32,178	35,797	39,416
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	28,704	31,679	34,632	37,607
Tulsa, OK	28,205	30,680	33,135	35,610
Albany, OR	37,108	42,183	47,237	52,312
Bend, OR	33,592	36,858	40,144	43,410
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	40,540	45,906	51,252	56,618
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	37,378	42,848	48,298	53,768
Corvallis, OR	37,794	43,036	48,298	53,540
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	41,247	45,636	50,004	54,392
Eugene-Springfield, OR	40,228	43,431	46,613	49,816
Grants Pass, OR	38,335	43,618	48,922	54,205
Medford, OR	39,708	44,512	49,296	54,101
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	44,263	48,402	52,541	56,680
Salem, OR	37,482	43,556	49,629	55,703
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	37,191	40,332	43,472	46,613
Altoona, PA	31,055	34,757	38,439	42,141
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,072	36,234	39,396	42,557
Chambersburg, PA	29,911	32,989	36,068	39,146
Erie, PA	33,072	36,172	39,292	42,391
Gettysburg, PA	34,341	37,877	41,434	44,970
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	34,404	38,106	41,808	45,511
Johnstown, PA	29,328	33,176	37,024	40,872
Lancaster, PA	36,151	39,770	43,389	47,008
Lebanon, PA	36,900	39,791	42,703	45,594
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,696	36,858	40,040	43,202
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	31,013	34,612	38,231	41,829
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	41,226	45,906	50,607	55,287
Pittsburgh, PA	35,672	39,479	43,285	47,092
Reading, PA	35,610	39,812	44,034	48,236
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	34,466	37,711	40,976	44,221
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	32,199	36,047	39,874	43,722
State College, PA	31,096	34,695	38,314	41,912
Williamsport, PA	33,946	37,232	40,519	43,805
York-Hanover, PA	36,151	38,917	41,684	44,450
Aguadilla, PR	21,965	23,588	25,231	26,853
Arecibo, PR	24,274	27,415	30,576	33,717
Guayama, PR	24,232	27,373	30,514	33,655
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	23,005	24,191	25,356
Ponce, PR	21,840	22,381	22,922	23,463
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	23,109	26,250	29,370	32,511
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	24,815	28,018	31,221	34,424
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	41,767	46,093	50,440	54,767
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	38,522	41,871	45,220	48,568
Columbia, SC	35,256	38,709	42,141	45,594
Florence, SC	32,677	36,567	40,477	44,367
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	36,400	39,687	42,973	46,260
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	38,064	40,914	43,764	46,613
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	36,151	38,148	40,124	42,120
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	28,892	34,300	39,708	45,116
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,032	35,880	39,728	43,576
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,319	39,645	43,992	48,319
Spartanburg, SC	30,930	34,404	37,856	41,330
Sumter, SC	28,746	32,448	36,130	39,832
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	31,949	34,549	37,170	39,770
Rapid City, SD	33,572	36,442	39,312	42,183
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	34,965	37,461	39,978	42,474
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	32,116	35,818	39,520	43,223
Chattanooga, TN-GA	34,965	38,148	41,330	44,512
Clarksville, TN-KY	33,218	38,876	44,512	50,170
Cleveland, TN	33,488	37,524	41,559	45,594
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,823	37,607	42,370	47,154
Jackson, TN	36,920	40,061	43,181	46,322
Johnson City, TN	29,911	33,239	36,588	39,916
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	28,912	32,927	36,962	40,976
Knoxville, TN	30,535	34,716	38,876	43,056
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	31,679	36,192	40,727	45,240
Morristown, TN	36,338	40,810	45,303	49,775
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	35,152	42,973	50,794	58,615
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	30,847	34,196	37,565	40,914
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	33,384	39,666	45,948	52,229
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,175	39,000	43,847	48,672
Abilene, TX	30,868	34,237	37,586	40,956
Amarillo, TX	30,764	33,904	37,066	40,207
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	37,024	41,746	46,488	51,210
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	31,887	34,508	37,108	39,728
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,223	33,925	37,648	41,351
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	28,309	32,261	36,213	40,165
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,847	33,946	37,066	40,165
College Station-Bryan, TX	33,509	38,959	44,408	49,858
Corpus Christi, TX	31,117	33,863	36,608	39,354
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	34,674	38,210	41,725	45,261
Eagle Pass, TX	28,184	30,784	33,405	36,005
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	28,892	32,365	35,818	39,292
El Paso, TX	27,664	30,930	34,216	37,482
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,263	36,900	42,536	48,173
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	33,925	38,064	42,204	46,343
Killeen-Temple, TX	34,300	39,375	44,450	49,525
Laredo, TX	30,077	33,176	36,255	39,354
Longview, TX	25,023	29,058	33,114	37,149
Lubbock, TX	30,181	33,821	37,482	41,122
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	28,143	30,868	33,592	36,317
Midland, TX	36,525	40,664	44,804	48,943
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,160	34,216	38,293	42,349
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	28,496	34,404	40,311	46,218
Odessa, TX	29,911	35,298	40,706	46,093
San Angelo, TX	29,682	35,464	41,226	47,008
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	33,384	36,588	39,770	42,973
Sherman-Denison, TX	31,076	37,482	43,888	50,295
Texarkana, TX-AR	28,559	32,989	37,440	41,871
Tyler, TX	31,866	35,672	39,500	43,306
Victoria, TX	30,452	33,176	35,922	38,647
Waco, TX	31,117	33,967	36,816	39,666
Wichita Falls, TX	32,157	34,653	37,170	39,666
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	29,661	33,676	37,669	41,684
Logan, UT-ID	29,162	35,090	41,018	46,946
Ogden, UT	32,615	35,402	38,210	40,997
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	33,301	35,818	38,314	40,831
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	37,815	39,999	42,162	44,346
St. George, UT	30,036	33,925	37,815	41,704
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	36,754	40,789	44,824	48,860
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	37,524	41,725	45,948	50,149
Charlottesville, VA	36,920	41,060	45,220	49,359
Harrisonburg, VA	37,045	41,122	45,220	49,296
Lynchburg, VA	35,943	40,228	44,533	48,818
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,818	41,309	46,800	52,292
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,023	42,432	46,842	51,252
Richmond, VA	39,000	43,452	47,882	52,333
Roanoke, VA	37,357	40,685	44,034	47,362
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,464	39,479	43,514	47,528
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,218	36,338	39,479	42,599
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	37,024	40,332	43,639	46,946
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	37,357	41,413	45,469	49,525
Winchester, VA-WV	38,064	43,722	49,380	55,037
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	37,336	42,120	46,925	51,709
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	39,312	43,639	47,965	52,292
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	38,064	41,642	45,240	48,818
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	36,754	40,602	44,471	48,319
Bellingham, WA	37,212	41,892	46,592	51,272
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	46,509	50,544	54,559	58,594
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,837	40,144	43,472	46,780
Kennewick-Richland, WA	36,941	41,912	46,904	51,876
Longview-Kelso, WA	42,786	47,300	51,813	56,327
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	43,098	48,048	52,978	57,928
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	36,588	41,996	47,424	52,832
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	49,692	52,874	56,056	59,239
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	43,306	46,592	49,900	53,186
Walla Walla, WA	36,879	40,976	45,074	49,172
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	39,375	43,764	48,152	52,541
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,775	42,453	48,111	53,789
Yakima, WA	42,932	47,778	52,645	57,492
Appleton, WI	37,274	45,552	53,852	62,130
Eau Claire, WI	37,128	41,621	46,093	50,586
Fond du Lac, WI	37,461	43,348	49,213	55,100
Green Bay, WI	36,359	40,685	45,012	49,338
Janesville-Beloit, WI	35,069	40,144	45,240	50,316
Kenosha, WI	32,511	38,148	43,764	49,400
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	36,005	40,082	44,159	48,236
Madison, WI	35,714	40,373	45,032	49,692
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	36,629	41,413	46,176	50,960
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	36,047	41,996	47,944	53,893
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	32,220	35,714	39,188	42,682
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	34,508	39,624	44,762	49,879
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	36,463	40,498	44,512	48,548
Sheboygan, WI	36,920	41,580	46,218	50,877
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	33,613	38,210	42,807	47,404
Wausau, WI	33,197	37,004	40,810	44,616
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,528	39,000	43,472	47,944
Beckley, WV	28,517	30,535	32,573	34,591
Charleston, WV	26,624	30,389	34,154	37,919
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	29,016	31,928	34,840	37,752
Morgantown, WV	29,349	32,240	35,111	38,002
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,909	34,133	37,357	40,581
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	30,618	33,717	36,837	39,936
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,639	32,490	34,362	36,213
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	31,512	33,509	35,527	37,524
Wheeling, WV-OH	32,864	35,839	38,792	41,767
Casper, WY	34,591	39,541	44,492	49,442
Cheyenne, WY	35,340	40,332	45,344	50,336
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	35,340	39,562	43,784	48,007
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	34,591	39,812	45,012	50,232

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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