SOC 29-2043 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Paramedics 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): Administer basic or advanced emergency medical care and assess injuries and illnesses. May administer medication intravenously, use equipment such as EKGs, or administer advanced life support to sick or injured individuals.

Level I across metros$22,152 – $114,442Aguadilla, PR to Bellingham, WA

Median Level IV, major metros$69,576Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Paramedics?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Paramedics (SOC 29-2043) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $22,152 in Aguadilla, PR to $114,442 in Bellingham, WA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $69,576. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $62,692, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 24 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$89,586
San Francisco, CA$103,460
San Jose, CA$103,127
Seattle, WA$131,935
Dallas, TX$65,208
Houston, TX$67,205
Austin, TX$79,124
Chicago, IL$98,031
Boston, MA$76,565
Washington, DC$87,402
Atlanta, GA$72,468
Los Angeles, CA$86,840

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	50,919	61,277	71,656	82,015
Anchorage, AK	59,530	68,370	77,189	86,029
Fairbanks-College, AK	51,522	62,484	73,445	84,407
Anniston-Oxford, AL	41,559	44,700	47,861	51,002
Auburn-Opelika, AL	37,898	44,429	50,960	57,492
Birmingham, AL	41,039	46,800	52,562	58,324
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	36,671	43,181	49,671	56,181
Decatur, AL	42,162	47,528	52,874	58,240
Dothan, AL	30,930	36,900	42,869	48,839
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	41,476	45,261	49,068	52,853
Gadsden, AL	38,709	44,450	50,191	55,932
Huntsville, AL	38,772	44,575	50,399	56,202
Mobile, AL	36,400	41,413	46,426	51,439
Montgomery, AL	42,682	48,340	54,018	59,676
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	35,256	42,120	48,984	55,848
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	37,045	42,807	48,589	54,351
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	37,420	43,223	49,026	54,829
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	36,442	43,514	50,586	57,658
Tuscaloosa, AL	40,768	46,592	52,437	58,261
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,397	45,552	52,728	59,884
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	44,346	50,087	55,828	61,568
Fort Smith, AR-OK	41,975	46,904	51,834	56,764
Hot Springs, AR	41,704	48,028	54,372	60,695
Jonesboro, AR	40,456	43,660	46,842	50,045
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	44,492	50,420	56,327	62,255
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	42,786	48,360	53,956	59,530
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,314	45,511	52,708	59,904
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	39,812	46,052	52,292	58,532
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	41,039	48,797	56,535	64,293
Flagstaff, AZ	49,484	54,122	58,740	63,378
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	49,234	56,244	63,232	70,242
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	46,343	51,397	56,472	61,527
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	47,549	54,455	61,381	68,287
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	43,077	50,212	57,367	64,501
Tucson, AZ	47,695	54,268	60,861	67,434
Yuma, AZ	48,173	54,767	61,360	67,954
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	55,495	63,274	71,074	78,853
Chico, CA	56,389	65,500	74,589	83,700
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	46,260	53,332	60,383	67,455
El Centro, CA	54,476	63,773	73,071	82,368
Fresno, CA	51,397	60,300	69,223	78,125
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	51,855	59,551	67,268	74,964
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	57,866	67,517	77,189	86,840
Merced, CA	53,248	57,928	62,629	67,309
Modesto, CA	60,154	66,623	73,092	79,560
Napa, CA	62,151	72,135	82,098	92,082
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	43,951	53,935	63,898	73,882
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	54,954	65,853	76,773	87,672
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	64,834	73,466	82,119	90,751
Redding, CA	57,180	69,847	82,514	95,181
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	56,160	64,584	72,988	81,412
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	61,548	70,700	79,852	89,004
Salinas, CA	71,116	79,852	88,608	97,344
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	51,896	62,567	73,258	83,928
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	71,324	82,036	92,748	103,460
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	71,698	82,181	92,644	103,127
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	60,008	72,759	85,509	98,260
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	59,780	67,788	75,796	83,804
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	53,373	61,444	69,535	77,605
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	61,943	69,098	76,274	83,429
Stockton-Lodi, CA	63,461	74,568	85,655	96,762
Vallejo, CA	68,037	78,292	88,567	98,821
Visalia, CA	48,485	54,538	60,591	66,644
Yuba City, CA	59,488	68,828	78,146	87,485
Boulder, CO	56,826	68,370	79,935	91,479
Colorado Springs, CO	48,506	55,120	61,735	68,349
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	56,556	63,191	69,805	76,440
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	40,768	47,196	53,644	60,071
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	46,780	56,826	66,852	76,898
Grand Junction, CO	48,340	53,976	59,634	65,271
Greeley, CO	55,266	61,631	67,996	74,360
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	51,605	58,282	64,959	71,636
Pueblo, CO	56,264	60,695	65,125	69,556
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	50,732	59,156	67,559	75,983
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	69,722	74,839	79,976	85,093
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	66,228	69,389	72,572	75,733
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	59,031	66,332	73,653	80,954
New Haven, CT	71,344	77,314	83,304	89,274
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	63,794	69,327	74,880	80,413
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	69,556	72,967	76,378	79,789
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	59,842	69,036	78,208	87,402
Dover, DE	56,036	64,314	72,613	80,892
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	51,231	59,052	66,893	74,714
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	42,932	54,850	66,748	78,666
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	46,904	51,668	56,410	61,173
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	46,072	49,504	52,957	56,389
Gainesville, FL	41,954	50,108	58,240	66,394
Homosassa Springs, FL	42,266	46,010	49,733	53,477
Jacksonville, FL	47,300	53,935	60,591	67,226
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	41,372	49,317	57,284	65,229
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	50,440	61,173	71,927	82,660
Naples-Marco Island, FL	48,464	59,592	70,700	81,828
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	42,724	49,338	55,973	62,588
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	45,573	52,021	58,490	64,938
Ocala, FL	43,743	46,197	48,631	51,085
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	45,157	53,020	60,882	68,744
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	42,807	46,135	49,442	52,770
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	43,909	51,356	58,802	66,248
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	48,256	52,999	57,720	62,463
Port St. Lucie, FL	60,944	72,530	84,116	95,701
Punta Gorda, FL	44,637	53,040	61,464	69,868
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	45,261	55,037	64,834	74,610
Sebring, FL	44,637	52,624	60,591	68,578
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	44,242	57,138	70,034	82,930
Tallahassee, FL	41,434	48,610	55,765	62,941
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	49,733	55,724	61,735	67,725
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	45,178	52,500	59,842	67,164
Albany, GA	38,647	47,549	56,472	65,375
Athens-Clarke County, GA	39,916	44,096	48,298	52,479
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	51,605	58,552	65,520	72,468
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	49,588	56,556	63,503	70,471
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	39,479	43,784	48,090	52,396
Columbus, GA-AL	39,936	46,738	53,540	60,341
Dalton, GA	43,327	48,173	53,020	57,866
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	37,482	41,184	44,887	48,589
Gainesville, GA	47,757	52,312	56,868	61,423
Hinesville, GA	45,407	48,423	51,418	54,434
Macon-Bibb County, GA	45,157	49,671	54,205	58,719
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	38,522	43,140	47,757	52,375
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	39,416	45,365	51,314	57,263
Rome, GA	48,132	55,100	62,068	69,036
Savannah, GA	47,175	51,397	55,599	59,821
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	38,813	43,181	47,549	51,917
Valdosta, GA	39,000	43,410	47,840	52,250
Warner Robins, GA	49,775	52,541	55,287	58,053
Guam MSA	45,760	54,517	63,274	72,031
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	69,680	73,237	76,773	80,330
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	69,680	73,237	76,773	80,330
Urban Honolulu, HI	69,680	73,237	76,773	80,330
Ames, IA	51,917	56,868	61,839	66,789
Cedar Rapids, IA	49,400	53,852	58,324	62,775
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	45,407	51,647	57,887	64,127
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	47,196	53,186	59,176	65,167
Dubuque, IA	48,236	53,810	59,364	64,938
Iowa City, IA	55,682	61,402	67,101	72,821
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	49,317	54,288	59,239	64,210
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	43,992	49,962	55,911	61,880
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	47,508	51,293	55,079	58,864
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	47,258	53,768	60,300	66,810
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	51,605	57,034	62,484	67,912
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	50,565	55,370	60,196	65,000
Boise City, ID	54,434	60,653	66,893	73,112
Coeur d'Alene, ID	73,840	78,167	82,514	86,840
Idaho Falls, ID	49,567	57,367	65,188	72,988
Lewiston, ID-WA	48,756	59,114	69,493	79,852
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	44,783	48,839	52,895	56,951
Pocatello, ID	47,778	55,807	63,815	71,844
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	49,546	57,263	64,980	72,696
Twin Falls, ID	49,692	56,576	63,440	70,325
Bloomington, IL	46,613	51,272	55,952	60,612
Champaign-Urbana, IL	45,032	49,754	54,476	59,197
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	53,706	68,474	83,263	98,031
Decatur, IL	47,133	50,628	54,101	57,596
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	47,029	50,170	53,290	56,431
Kankakee, IL	50,648	64,293	77,959	91,604
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,818	40,768	45,698	50,648
Peoria, IL	45,032	49,629	54,247	58,844
Rockford, IL	51,272	66,061	80,829	95,618
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	43,972	47,029	50,087	53,144
Springfield, IL	46,634	53,956	61,256	68,578
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	47,549	50,711	53,852	57,013
Bloomington, IN	47,071	53,061	59,031	65,021
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	45,303	50,544	55,765	61,007
Columbus, IN	47,092	53,165	59,218	65,292
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	53,248	57,117	61,007	64,876
Evansville, IN	49,442	54,309	59,176	64,044
Fort Wayne, IN	52,936	57,408	61,901	66,373
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	51,210	56,888	62,588	68,266
Kokomo, IN	48,152	54,268	60,404	66,519
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	47,882	53,789	59,696	65,604
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	52,749	66,540	80,351	94,141
Muncie, IN	48,735	54,621	60,528	66,415
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	45,636	52,375	59,093	65,832
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	49,484	55,037	60,570	66,124
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	44,117	48,714	53,311	57,908
Terre Haute, IN	50,565	54,476	58,365	62,276
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	40,706	45,053	49,380	53,727
Lawrence, KS	44,679	51,460	58,261	65,042
Manhattan, KS	45,948	51,834	57,741	63,628
Topeka, KS	46,655	52,437	58,199	63,981
Wichita, KS	42,058	45,906	49,733	53,581
Bowling Green, KY	40,519	44,679	48,839	52,999
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	38,522	44,263	50,024	55,765
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	39,042	43,556	48,048	52,562
Elizabethtown, KY	42,994	48,360	53,748	59,114
Lexington-Fayette, KY	44,159	50,752	57,367	63,960
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	44,804	50,856	56,888	62,941
Owensboro, KY	40,248	44,908	49,567	54,226
Paducah, KY-IL	42,141	47,549	52,978	58,386
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	41,184	45,012	48,860	52,687
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	41,309	45,511	49,733	53,935
Alexandria, LA	45,324	49,484	53,644	57,804
Baton Rouge, LA	35,672	44,200	52,728	61,256
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	39,354	44,304	49,234	54,184
Hammond, LA	40,664	47,570	54,496	61,402
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	35,506	42,599	49,692	56,784
Lafayette, LA	48,485	54,060	59,634	65,208
Lake Charles, LA	43,701	50,170	56,639	63,108
Monroe, LA	39,042	44,596	50,149	55,703
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	47,716	52,874	58,012	63,170
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	38,668	44,991	51,314	57,637
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	37,898	43,909	49,941	55,952
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	44,013	49,192	54,351	59,530
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	37,565	43,701	49,816	55,952
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	56,951	59,988	63,024	66,061
Barnstable Town, MA	65,416	71,303	77,210	83,096
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	62,068	66,893	71,740	76,565
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	66,124	70,970	75,816	80,663
Pittsfield, MA	60,508	63,024	65,562	68,079
Springfield, MA	56,493	61,111	65,728	70,346
Worcester, MA	55,661	61,132	66,602	72,072
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	54,829	63,960	73,071	82,202
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	45,344	51,023	56,701	62,380
Lexington Park, MD	62,338	67,954	73,570	79,186
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	46,904	52,645	58,407	64,148
Salisbury, MD	48,152	56,951	65,749	74,548
Bangor, ME	53,228	60,466	67,704	74,943
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	56,493	61,090	65,708	70,304
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	53,165	57,637	62,088	66,560
Portland-South Portland, ME	57,533	62,879	68,224	73,570
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	57,991	61,693	65,416	69,119
Ann Arbor, MI	46,842	52,895	58,948	65,000
Battle Creek, MI	43,368	47,840	52,312	56,784
Bay City, MI	43,992	48,610	53,228	57,845
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	46,509	51,772	57,034	62,296
Flint, MI	40,914	44,866	48,839	52,791
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	43,202	47,674	52,167	56,639
Jackson, MI	45,989	51,356	56,701	62,068
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	43,535	48,277	52,999	57,741
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	44,700	49,816	54,912	60,029
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	44,492	48,236	52,000	55,744
Midland, MI	43,992	48,610	53,228	57,845
Monroe, MI	46,031	51,460	56,888	62,317
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	43,535	47,799	52,063	56,327
Niles, MI	40,248	45,864	51,501	57,117
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	44,013	48,984	53,935	58,906
Saginaw, MI	43,389	47,944	52,520	57,076
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	42,994	46,738	50,461	54,205
Traverse City, MI	44,200	49,421	54,621	59,842
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	41,413	46,384	51,376	56,348
Duluth, MN-WI	47,965	56,348	64,730	73,112
Mankato, MN	63,253	70,637	78,021	85,405
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	64,959	72,093	79,248	86,383
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	50,232	58,324	66,436	74,527
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	55,224	62,296	69,348	76,420
Rochester, MN	62,359	67,309	72,239	77,189
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	59,800	67,580	75,359	83,138
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	54,850	61,506	68,162	74,818
St. Cloud, MN	61,423	68,848	76,274	83,700
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	43,743	48,568	53,394	58,220
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	45,178	49,608	54,018	58,448
Columbia, MO	44,908	49,504	54,122	58,719
Jefferson City, MO	42,724	46,135	49,546	52,957
Joplin, MO-KS	41,663	46,301	50,960	55,599
Kansas City, MO-KS	47,591	54,600	61,589	68,599
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	46,280	50,087	53,893	57,700
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	46,717	52,063	57,388	62,733
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	46,364	52,396	58,448	64,480
Springfield, MO	48,652	53,373	58,095	62,816
St. Joseph, MO-KS	44,616	51,189	57,741	64,314
St. Louis, MO-IL	46,530	54,559	62,608	70,637
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	44,034	50,981	57,908	64,855
Hattiesburg, MS	47,778	51,626	55,474	59,322
Jackson, MS	46,572	53,394	60,196	67,018
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	35,111	42,349	49,567	56,805
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	40,602	46,904	53,207	59,509
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	45,012	49,920	54,850	59,759
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	44,637	52,250	59,884	67,496
Billings, MT	50,836	53,956	57,055	60,175
Bozeman, MT	38,522	45,490	52,458	59,426
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	37,960	44,658	51,356	58,053
Great Falls, MT	35,173	40,810	46,468	52,104
Helena, MT	36,837	44,076	51,335	58,573
Missoula, MT	39,146	45,344	51,522	57,720
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	36,255	41,330	46,384	51,460
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	40,706	47,632	54,559	61,485
Asheville, NC	50,794	56,327	61,860	67,392
Burlington, NC	43,826	49,296	54,746	60,216
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	40,789	44,908	49,047	53,165
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	52,042	57,616	63,191	68,765
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	51,751	57,991	64,231	70,471
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	45,365	48,964	52,541	56,140
Fayetteville, NC	59,509	63,066	66,602	70,159
Goldsboro, NC	44,304	49,588	54,871	60,154
Greensboro-High Point, NC	47,362	52,042	56,701	61,381
Greenville, NC	44,991	49,504	54,018	58,532
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	46,676	49,005	51,314	53,644
Jacksonville, NC	44,970	49,837	54,684	59,551
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	44,658	50,648	56,618	62,608
Raleigh-Cary, NC	51,293	57,804	64,335	70,845
Rocky Mount, NC	46,218	49,317	52,437	55,536
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	41,704	45,719	49,754	53,768
Wilmington, NC	43,930	52,042	60,133	68,245
Winston-Salem, NC	44,304	49,962	55,640	61,298
Bismarck, ND	49,712	57,263	64,834	72,384
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	50,815	56,535	62,255	67,975
Fargo, ND-MN	51,959	56,389	60,799	65,229
Grand Forks, ND-MN	53,477	60,570	67,642	74,735
Minot, ND	48,340	56,264	64,168	72,093
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	48,256	56,140	64,023	71,906
Grand Island, NE	49,192	56,098	63,004	69,909
Lincoln, NE	49,733	56,410	63,108	69,784
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	49,900	57,804	65,687	73,591
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	45,532	51,418	57,304	63,191
Omaha, NE-IA	46,176	51,272	56,389	61,485
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	49,317	55,620	61,922	68,224
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	55,100	59,967	64,855	69,722
Manchester-Nashua, NH	56,244	61,568	66,893	72,218
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	55,807	60,445	65,104	69,743
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	51,064	56,660	62,255	67,850
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	62,504	70,970	79,415	87,880
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	62,608	71,053	79,498	87,943
Vineland, NJ	56,618	64,959	73,279	81,620
Albuquerque, NM	46,655	59,530	72,384	85,260
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	34,778	44,783	54,767	64,772
Farmington, NM	42,495	53,311	64,127	74,943
Las Cruces, NM	37,856	48,298	58,740	69,181
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	34,840	43,327	51,834	60,320
Santa Fe, NM	52,479	60,882	69,264	77,668
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	52,021	55,349	58,677	62,005
Carson City, NV	49,712	54,767	59,842	64,896
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	49,692	56,327	62,941	69,576
Reno, NV	49,047	54,746	60,424	66,124
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	58,012	61,860	65,728	69,576
Binghamton, NY	53,976	57,970	61,943	65,936
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	54,372	59,717	65,084	70,429
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	53,124	57,762	62,421	67,060
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	55,973	59,447	62,900	66,373
Elmira, NY	50,877	55,848	60,820	65,791
Glens Falls, NY	51,023	53,893	56,743	59,613
Ithaca, NY	52,832	57,304	61,776	66,248
Kingston, NY	57,616	63,628	69,639	75,650
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	61,964	69,868	77,792	85,696
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	67,517	74,880	82,223	89,586
Rochester, NY	56,764	61,132	65,520	69,888
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	51,127	56,264	61,423	66,560
Syracuse, NY	55,370	60,133	64,876	69,639
Utica-Rome, NY	54,829	58,178	61,527	64,876
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	49,338	53,040	56,722	60,424
Akron, OH	45,698	50,004	54,330	58,636
Canton-Massillon, OH	42,682	48,464	54,247	60,029
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	42,204	47,840	53,498	59,135
Cleveland, OH	48,298	54,288	60,279	66,269
Columbus, OH	41,164	46,572	52,000	57,408
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	43,015	49,296	55,578	61,860
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	39,146	45,344	51,522	57,720
Lima, OH	35,735	42,932	50,128	57,325
Mansfield, OH	53,914	58,261	62,629	66,976
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	38,772	45,636	52,520	59,384
Sandusky, OH	43,202	46,197	49,192	52,188
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	39,416	45,365	51,335	57,284
Springfield, OH	40,831	43,930	47,008	50,108
Toledo, OH	44,783	51,106	57,450	63,773
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	35,527	42,807	50,108	57,388
Youngstown-Warren, OH	37,357	42,890	48,402	53,935
Enid, OK	41,517	45,552	49,567	53,602
Lawton, OK	41,143	45,240	49,317	53,415
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	42,037	48,215	54,413	60,591
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	38,272	41,684	45,095	48,506
Oklahoma City, OK	43,285	47,196	51,127	55,037
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	36,026	40,810	45,573	50,357
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	39,562	43,202	46,863	50,503
Tulsa, OK	42,536	45,074	47,632	50,170
Albany, OR	50,648	59,967	69,264	78,583
Bend, OR	51,730	60,549	69,348	78,167
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	56,514	66,311	76,128	85,925
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	42,391	51,106	59,821	68,536
Corvallis, OR	47,216	56,618	65,999	75,400
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	56,826	63,295	69,784	76,253
Eugene-Springfield, OR	52,541	57,408	62,296	67,164
Grants Pass, OR	45,927	54,663	63,399	72,135
Medford, OR	46,114	54,767	63,440	72,093
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	57,679	68,640	79,581	90,543
Salem, OR	51,688	62,234	72,800	83,346
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	53,581	59,405	65,250	71,074
Altoona, PA	41,351	46,800	52,229	57,679
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	44,200	48,901	53,602	58,303
Chambersburg, PA	44,221	49,608	55,016	60,404
Erie, PA	42,037	47,154	52,292	57,408
Gettysburg, PA	46,967	52,292	57,616	62,941
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	47,216	52,895	58,594	64,272
Johnstown, PA	38,876	43,431	48,007	52,562
Lancaster, PA	50,773	55,599	60,404	65,229
Lebanon, PA	46,884	52,458	58,053	63,628
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	44,991	49,172	53,373	57,554
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	41,309	46,384	51,439	56,514
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	56,618	64,959	73,279	81,620
Pittsburgh, PA	51,584	56,680	61,776	66,872
Reading, PA	50,274	55,599	60,924	66,248
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	47,570	52,312	57,055	61,797
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	41,205	46,426	51,647	56,868
State College, PA	42,807	48,048	53,290	58,532
Williamsport, PA	45,864	49,463	53,040	56,639
York-Hanover, PA	48,256	52,583	56,930	61,256
Aguadilla, PR	22,152	26,895	31,658	36,400
Arecibo, PR	25,397	29,245	33,093	36,941
Guayama, PR	26,146	29,744	33,343	36,941
Mayaguez, PR	22,714	28,496	34,258	40,040
Ponce, PR	22,610	26,853	31,076	35,319
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	22,215	24,586	26,957	29,328
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	26,416	30,015	33,634	37,232
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	55,890	61,236	66,581	71,927
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	50,482	55,079	59,676	64,272
Columbia, SC	43,951	48,901	53,872	58,823
Florence, SC	40,373	46,676	52,957	59,260
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	45,303	49,879	54,434	59,010
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	48,277	50,232	52,188	54,143
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	43,181	48,652	54,122	59,592
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	43,140	48,652	54,184	59,696
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	40,623	45,365	50,087	54,829
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	44,055	49,650	55,266	60,861
Spartanburg, SC	39,687	45,136	50,565	56,015
Sumter, SC	42,786	48,194	53,581	58,989
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	39,292	43,847	48,423	52,978
Rapid City, SD	30,140	38,855	47,570	56,285
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	44,658	48,007	51,376	54,725
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,855	42,120	45,365	48,631
Chattanooga, TN-GA	50,607	52,666	54,746	56,805
Clarksville, TN-KY	44,512	51,876	59,218	66,581
Cleveland, TN	44,096	48,277	52,458	56,639
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	39,500	44,263	49,005	53,768
Jackson, TN	46,197	49,712	53,248	56,764
Johnson City, TN	38,584	43,140	47,716	52,271
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	34,258	41,184	48,111	55,037
Knoxville, TN	45,303	50,212	55,100	60,008
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	49,047	57,117	65,188	73,258
Morristown, TN	40,789	46,468	52,146	57,824
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	47,216	56,264	65,312	74,360
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	36,151	39,895	43,639	47,383
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	38,584	46,176	53,789	61,381
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	44,367	49,276	54,184	59,093
Abilene, TX	40,040	48,652	57,263	65,874
Amarillo, TX	46,676	51,543	56,389	61,256
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	50,232	59,863	69,493	79,124
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	45,074	49,671	54,268	58,864
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	37,128	42,994	48,839	54,704
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	41,080	45,906	50,711	55,536
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	40,498	44,284	48,069	51,855
College Station-Bryan, TX	46,343	49,421	52,520	55,599
Corpus Christi, TX	40,976	46,738	52,520	58,282
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	49,588	54,788	60,008	65,208
Eagle Pass, TX	36,629	42,287	47,944	53,602
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	38,023	42,495	46,967	51,439
El Paso, TX	41,413	47,653	53,914	60,154
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	41,164	46,280	51,376	56,493
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	48,568	54,788	60,986	67,205
Killeen-Temple, TX	46,447	55,308	64,189	73,050
Laredo, TX	37,648	42,370	47,112	51,834
Longview, TX	36,567	42,432	48,277	54,143
Lubbock, TX	43,077	48,360	53,623	58,906
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	37,420	43,202	49,005	54,788
Midland, TX	50,794	53,477	56,160	58,844
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	38,085	43,514	48,943	54,372
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	38,647	45,303	51,959	58,615
Odessa, TX	40,186	46,572	52,978	59,364
San Angelo, TX	39,728	45,677	51,605	57,554
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	44,762	50,024	55,266	60,528
Sherman-Denison, TX	38,272	43,119	47,965	52,812
Texarkana, TX-AR	38,356	44,346	50,316	56,306
Tyler, TX	38,023	43,576	49,109	54,663
Victoria, TX	41,933	46,301	50,690	55,058
Waco, TX	47,674	53,540	59,405	65,271
Wichita Falls, TX	41,746	45,552	49,380	53,186
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	45,407	52,104	58,823	65,520
Logan, UT-ID	47,840	56,784	65,749	74,693
Ogden, UT	46,988	60,154	73,300	86,466
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	43,909	48,735	53,581	58,407
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	54,372	63,607	72,842	82,077
St. George, UT	45,968	52,978	60,008	67,018
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	50,108	54,496	58,885	63,274
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	39,624	44,138	48,672	53,186
Charlottesville, VA	48,152	53,332	58,532	63,711
Harrisonburg, VA	44,096	49,754	55,432	61,090
Lynchburg, VA	44,284	50,212	56,140	62,068
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	43,472	46,780	50,087	53,394
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	41,455	45,261	49,047	52,853
Richmond, VA	51,106	57,367	63,648	69,909
Roanoke, VA	45,823	51,917	57,991	64,085
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	42,016	47,736	53,477	59,197
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	40,456	44,554	48,631	52,728
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	44,096	49,754	55,432	61,090
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	52,229	58,324	64,439	70,533
Winchester, VA-WV	50,420	54,954	59,509	64,044
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	45,760	54,517	63,274	72,031
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	48,527	54,101	59,655	65,229
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	47,154	52,333	57,533	62,712
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	51,709	56,514	61,298	66,103
Bellingham, WA	114,442	116,813	119,164	121,535
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	79,207	94,932	110,636	126,360
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	55,266	66,082	76,898	87,714
Kennewick-Richland, WA	70,117	81,162	92,228	103,272
Longview-Kelso, WA	64,376	73,903	83,408	92,935
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	84,240	95,327	106,413	117,500
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	79,581	94,557	109,533	124,509
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	88,692	103,106	117,520	131,935
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	59,842	72,676	85,530	98,364
Walla Walla, WA	57,762	70,658	83,575	96,471
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	49,130	62,255	75,400	88,525
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	61,756	72,717	83,700	94,661
Yakima, WA	67,309	81,412	95,514	109,616
Appleton, WI	45,740	52,375	58,989	65,624
Eau Claire, WI	49,359	55,516	61,693	67,850
Fond du Lac, WI	47,632	54,496	61,381	68,245
Green Bay, WI	49,858	56,847	63,836	70,824
Janesville-Beloit, WI	42,661	49,484	56,327	63,149
Kenosha, WI	42,183	55,765	69,368	82,951
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	48,381	55,349	62,317	69,285
Madison, WI	47,674	54,767	61,880	68,973
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	48,714	55,703	62,692	69,680
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	44,658	51,106	57,554	64,002
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	44,034	48,984	53,914	58,864
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	45,490	51,231	56,951	62,692
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	54,559	60,154	65,749	71,344
Sheboygan, WI	52,853	59,676	66,477	73,300
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	44,991	50,378	55,744	61,132
Wausau, WI	44,096	49,837	55,578	61,319
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	42,973	47,861	52,749	57,637
Beckley, WV	35,340	41,080	46,821	52,562
Charleston, WV	32,532	38,792	45,032	51,293
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	39,063	43,514	47,944	52,396
Morgantown, WV	39,999	44,700	49,400	54,101
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	40,165	45,220	50,274	55,328
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	39,978	45,053	50,108	55,183
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,416	43,992	48,568	53,144
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	37,503	42,599	47,716	52,812
Wheeling, WV-OH	37,524	43,535	49,525	55,536
Casper, WY	48,236	55,724	63,232	70,720
Cheyenne, WY	52,063	59,072	66,061	73,071
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	53,456	59,572	65,708	71,823
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	44,658	53,020	61,402	69,764

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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