SOC 29-2055 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Surgical Technologists 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): Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Level I across metros$24,919 – $77,834Aguadilla, PR to Vallejo, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$74,880Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Surgical Technologists?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Surgical Technologists (SOC 29-2055) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $24,919 in Aguadilla, PR to $77,834 in Vallejo, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $74,880. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $67,372, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 16 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$95,389
San Francisco, CA$110,823
San Jose, CA$119,205
Seattle, WA$92,644
Dallas, TX$84,802
Houston, TX$79,893
Austin, TX$80,288
Chicago, IL$81,495
Boston, MA$97,116
Washington, DC$88,504
Atlanta, GA$78,936
Los Angeles, CA$92,748

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	60,570	69,535	78,479	87,444
Anchorage, AK	60,112	70,804	81,516	92,207
Fairbanks-College, AK	55,204	62,629	70,076	77,501
Anniston-Oxford, AL	38,605	42,516	46,405	50,316
Auburn-Opelika, AL	36,338	44,450	52,583	60,695
Birmingham, AL	37,898	44,492	51,106	57,700
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	38,064	43,597	49,151	54,684
Decatur, AL	37,191	42,495	47,820	53,124
Dothan, AL	33,572	38,959	44,325	49,712
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	39,770	46,156	52,541	58,927
Gadsden, AL	37,357	43,805	50,274	56,722
Huntsville, AL	37,108	44,970	52,832	60,695
Mobile, AL	41,351	46,322	51,314	56,285
Montgomery, AL	34,612	44,949	55,308	65,645
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	35,464	40,103	44,741	49,380
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	33,904	39,063	44,221	49,380
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	36,608	41,496	46,405	51,293
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	37,316	44,367	51,418	58,469
Tuscaloosa, AL	38,959	43,930	48,922	53,893
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	35,485	42,973	50,482	57,970
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	45,469	53,852	62,234	70,616
Fort Smith, AR-OK	46,384	55,724	65,042	74,381
Hot Springs, AR	43,056	50,648	58,240	65,832
Jonesboro, AR	37,981	44,637	51,314	57,970
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	44,783	52,188	59,613	67,018
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	39,916	45,927	51,917	57,928
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	37,336	43,576	49,837	56,077
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	36,941	42,058	47,196	52,312
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	55,120	60,570	66,020	71,469
Flagstaff, AZ	46,260	53,727	61,173	68,640
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	47,799	56,784	65,770	74,756
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	56,639	65,624	74,610	83,596
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	55,703	64,751	73,778	82,826
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	51,044	58,906	66,768	74,631
Tucson, AZ	50,960	59,176	67,372	75,588
Yuma, AZ	55,557	64,356	73,175	81,973
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	55,807	65,292	74,756	84,240
Chico, CA	53,269	65,396	77,501	89,628
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	62,629	72,780	82,909	93,060
El Centro, CA	58,095	68,058	78,021	87,984
Fresno, CA	46,239	56,056	65,853	75,671
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	49,754	59,759	69,784	79,789
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	59,031	70,263	81,516	92,748
Merced, CA	57,034	71,885	86,716	101,567
Modesto, CA	58,032	68,183	78,312	88,463
Napa, CA	73,799	85,301	96,804	108,306
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	57,325	69,452	81,599	93,725
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	61,485	72,655	83,804	94,973
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	58,615	70,762	82,909	95,056
Redding, CA	60,612	72,197	83,783	95,368
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	55,432	64,938	74,444	83,949
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	45,698	60,591	75,504	90,397
Salinas, CA	57,200	66,956	76,690	86,445
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	63,253	72,946	82,618	92,311
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	68,911	82,888	96,845	110,823
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	77,460	91,375	105,290	119,205
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	53,852	66,456	79,082	91,687
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	70,533	82,930	95,327	107,724
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	56,680	68,453	80,226	91,999
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	69,140	81,391	93,663	105,914
Stockton-Lodi, CA	56,826	70,263	83,700	97,136
Vallejo, CA	77,834	90,418	103,002	115,586
Visalia, CA	44,575	52,104	59,613	67,143
Yuba City, CA	45,760	60,965	76,170	91,375
Boulder, CO	60,008	69,140	78,271	87,402
Colorado Springs, CO	57,637	64,688	71,719	78,770
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	55,204	64,293	73,383	82,472
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	44,679	50,690	56,680	62,692
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	53,748	62,317	70,908	79,477
Grand Junction, CO	53,415	61,714	69,992	78,292
Greeley, CO	58,386	67,413	76,461	85,488
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	53,976	64,772	75,588	86,383
Pueblo, CO	54,392	62,796	71,178	79,581
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	54,164	61,402	68,620	75,858
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	60,112	71,885	83,637	95,410
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	61,402	71,948	82,514	93,060
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	65,500	74,943	84,365	93,808
New Haven, CT	44,887	57,159	69,452	81,724
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	64,772	72,384	80,018	87,631
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	53,207	64,376	75,567	86,736
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	54,559	65,874	77,189	88,504
Dover, DE	54,226	60,653	67,101	73,528
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	49,588	55,828	62,068	68,308
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	48,589	55,869	63,149	70,429
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	44,928	52,562	60,196	67,829
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	42,037	50,461	58,885	67,309
Gainesville, FL	48,402	55,869	63,336	70,804
Homosassa Springs, FL	47,528	55,828	64,106	72,405
Jacksonville, FL	50,773	58,303	65,832	73,362
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	47,300	53,040	58,760	64,501
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	49,380	59,759	70,117	80,496
Naples-Marco Island, FL	54,559	60,341	66,103	71,885
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	50,378	57,034	63,711	70,367
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	45,511	52,770	60,050	67,309
Ocala, FL	42,474	51,064	59,676	68,266
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	44,679	53,269	61,839	70,429
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	41,788	48,236	54,704	61,152
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	39,520	46,738	53,956	61,173
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	46,364	54,413	62,484	70,533
Port St. Lucie, FL	50,919	59,218	67,517	75,816
Punta Gorda, FL	50,024	55,224	60,424	65,624
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	45,303	54,164	63,024	71,885
Sebring, FL	45,220	53,269	61,340	69,389
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	47,612	56,639	65,687	74,714
Tallahassee, FL	34,300	42,224	50,149	58,074
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	49,442	58,012	66,602	75,172
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	46,260	54,704	63,149	71,594
Albany, GA	43,660	51,564	59,488	67,392
Athens-Clarke County, GA	49,338	57,076	64,792	72,530
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	46,800	57,512	68,224	78,936
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	47,778	54,663	61,527	68,412
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	43,556	51,688	59,842	67,975
Columbus, GA-AL	43,098	48,984	54,892	60,778
Dalton, GA	47,196	53,124	59,052	64,980
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	35,964	42,620	49,255	55,911
Gainesville, GA	47,112	57,720	68,308	78,916
Hinesville, GA	45,053	52,396	59,738	67,080
Macon-Bibb County, GA	45,490	52,978	60,466	67,954
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	31,575	40,893	50,232	59,551
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	45,740	52,042	58,344	64,647
Rome, GA	38,148	46,738	55,308	63,898
Savannah, GA	49,463	55,412	61,360	67,309
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	42,391	49,712	57,034	64,356
Valdosta, GA	38,564	43,015	47,466	51,917
Warner Robins, GA	44,575	48,610	52,666	56,701
Guam MSA	48,714	58,656	68,620	78,562
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	53,186	62,504	71,802	81,120
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	47,092	60,445	73,799	87,152
Urban Honolulu, HI	46,738	60,508	74,298	88,068
Ames, IA	46,655	52,853	59,052	65,250
Cedar Rapids, IA	47,799	53,789	59,780	65,770
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	50,960	56,618	62,276	67,933
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	54,975	58,802	62,608	66,436
Dubuque, IA	52,583	57,928	63,253	68,599
Iowa City, IA	49,567	54,351	59,114	63,898
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	47,549	52,624	57,720	62,796
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	46,114	49,712	53,311	56,909
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	44,408	54,143	63,898	73,632
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	47,778	55,037	62,296	69,556
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	48,901	56,119	63,357	70,575
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	47,216	51,938	56,639	61,360
Boise City, ID	53,976	63,128	72,260	81,412
Coeur d'Alene, ID	56,472	64,418	72,364	80,309
Idaho Falls, ID	49,941	57,533	65,146	72,738
Lewiston, ID-WA	52,146	60,632	69,098	77,584
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	49,941	57,554	65,146	72,759
Pocatello, ID	54,476	59,426	64,397	69,348
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	44,679	51,855	59,010	66,186
Twin Falls, ID	55,516	61,922	68,349	74,756
Bloomington, IL	52,666	60,383	68,079	75,796
Champaign-Urbana, IL	48,527	56,056	63,586	71,116
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	56,036	64,522	73,008	81,495
Decatur, IL	49,400	56,909	64,439	71,948
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	50,544	56,160	61,797	67,413
Kankakee, IL	46,197	52,250	58,324	64,376
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	43,992	49,130	54,268	59,405
Peoria, IL	50,690	56,868	63,045	69,223
Rockford, IL	51,044	57,554	64,064	70,575
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	50,919	57,117	63,295	69,493
Springfield, IL	53,560	59,800	66,020	72,260
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	45,324	49,920	54,496	59,093
Bloomington, IN	54,808	59,468	64,106	68,765
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	48,839	56,098	63,336	70,596
Columbus, IN	52,312	59,031	65,728	72,447
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	42,661	50,711	58,760	66,810
Evansville, IN	57,096	62,359	67,600	72,863
Fort Wayne, IN	56,368	62,442	68,516	74,589
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	53,664	60,320	66,976	73,632
Kokomo, IN	53,332	59,863	66,394	72,925
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	57,408	62,775	68,141	73,508
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	54,392	60,383	66,373	72,364
Muncie, IN	52,604	59,405	66,207	73,008
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	55,162	60,029	64,917	69,784
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	55,058	64,855	74,672	84,469
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	50,420	55,412	60,383	65,375
Terre Haute, IN	50,461	56,556	62,629	68,724
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	42,016	47,029	52,042	57,055
Lawrence, KS	47,279	55,079	62,879	70,679
Manhattan, KS	43,056	49,338	55,620	61,901
Topeka, KS	47,300	55,058	62,796	70,554
Wichita, KS	45,864	51,023	56,181	61,340
Bowling Green, KY	46,842	54,226	61,589	68,973
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	40,914	48,880	56,847	64,813
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	37,565	43,306	49,026	54,767
Elizabethtown, KY	48,090	56,202	64,335	72,447
Lexington-Fayette, KY	48,048	55,474	62,900	70,325
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	52,000	59,634	67,247	74,880
Owensboro, KY	44,720	52,000	59,280	66,560
Paducah, KY-IL	45,864	53,768	61,693	69,597
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	41,538	49,692	57,824	65,978
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	45,490	50,461	55,412	60,383
Alexandria, LA	37,440	44,034	50,648	57,242
Baton Rouge, LA	37,690	46,592	55,474	64,376
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	39,895	46,010	52,146	58,261
Hammond, LA	44,471	51,792	59,135	66,456
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	44,845	50,191	55,557	60,903
Lafayette, LA	44,159	50,191	56,202	62,234
Lake Charles, LA	44,970	50,544	56,140	61,714
Monroe, LA	40,956	47,383	53,831	60,258
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	41,767	50,232	58,677	67,143
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	37,607	42,828	48,048	53,269
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	42,911	48,132	53,373	58,594
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	44,804	50,607	56,389	62,192
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	38,148	45,532	52,936	60,320
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	60,300	69,576	78,874	88,151
Barnstable Town, MA	62,005	70,284	78,562	86,840
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	62,858	74,277	85,696	97,116
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	61,132	72,114	83,096	94,079
Pittsfield, MA	59,613	71,032	82,431	93,850
Springfield, MA	64,106	71,199	78,292	85,384
Worcester, MA	60,570	70,637	80,684	90,751
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	51,876	60,674	69,452	78,250
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	44,200	51,688	59,176	66,664
Lexington Park, MD	52,437	62,712	73,008	83,284
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	45,303	53,207	61,111	69,015
Salisbury, MD	48,423	53,186	57,970	62,733
Bangor, ME	44,055	51,460	58,885	66,290
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	53,852	61,028	68,224	75,400
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	48,652	54,184	59,738	65,271
Portland-South Portland, ME	52,978	60,736	68,474	76,232
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	54,580	59,842	65,125	70,388
Ann Arbor, MI	48,444	56,764	65,063	73,383
Battle Creek, MI	45,116	55,640	66,186	76,711
Bay City, MI	44,908	51,168	57,408	63,669
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	50,503	58,282	66,061	73,840
Flint, MI	46,426	53,290	60,154	67,018
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	45,989	56,722	67,476	78,208
Jackson, MI	48,506	56,868	65,208	73,570
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	46,592	57,388	68,162	78,957
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	43,992	53,706	63,440	73,154
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	47,404	54,330	61,277	68,204
Midland, MI	44,908	51,168	57,408	63,669
Monroe, MI	49,068	57,200	65,354	73,487
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	47,320	57,013	66,706	76,399
Niles, MI	51,356	60,362	69,368	78,375
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	48,984	55,391	61,797	68,204
Saginaw, MI	42,952	48,901	54,850	60,799
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	45,885	51,252	56,597	61,964
Traverse City, MI	50,773	56,077	61,360	66,664
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	46,447	51,543	56,660	61,756
Duluth, MN-WI	62,546	67,600	72,655	77,709
Mankato, MN	69,951	76,212	82,493	88,754
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	72,759	78,458	84,157	89,856
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	68,287	74,880	81,453	88,047
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	56,514	62,920	69,306	75,712
Rochester, MN	67,580	73,986	80,392	86,799
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	60,757	67,788	74,839	81,869
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	59,676	64,896	70,138	75,359
St. Cloud, MN	56,348	62,109	67,850	73,612
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	38,314	44,949	51,584	58,220
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	47,632	53,020	58,428	63,815
Columbia, MO	46,780	52,021	57,242	62,484
Jefferson City, MO	46,780	52,021	57,242	62,484
Joplin, MO-KS	46,967	53,144	59,301	65,479
Kansas City, MO-KS	51,064	58,220	65,354	72,509
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	47,653	53,831	60,008	66,186
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	47,591	53,352	59,135	64,896
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	42,807	49,234	55,640	62,068
Springfield, MO	45,012	52,728	60,424	68,141
St. Joseph, MO-KS	47,029	54,746	62,442	70,159
St. Louis, MO-IL	47,674	54,725	61,756	68,807
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	45,344	48,568	51,772	54,996
Hattiesburg, MS	43,660	47,757	51,855	55,952
Jackson, MS	43,680	50,544	57,388	64,252
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	38,709	42,994	47,279	51,564
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	41,538	45,740	49,920	54,122
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	42,432	46,925	51,439	55,932
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	35,860	41,351	46,863	52,354
Billings, MT	39,000	47,736	56,472	65,208
Bozeman, MT	46,988	58,365	69,764	81,141
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	45,220	51,730	58,220	64,730
Great Falls, MT	45,386	52,936	60,466	68,016
Helena, MT	42,183	51,751	61,319	70,887
Missoula, MT	39,708	50,004	60,320	70,616
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	46,967	53,311	59,634	65,978
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	48,402	55,224	62,068	68,890
Asheville, NC	48,402	56,888	65,354	73,840
Burlington, NC	46,364	52,604	58,864	65,104
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	46,218	52,957	59,696	66,436
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	51,189	58,407	65,604	72,821
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	45,615	52,770	59,946	67,101
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	44,388	51,751	59,135	66,498
Fayetteville, NC	48,464	54,912	61,360	67,808
Goldsboro, NC	48,256	55,120	62,005	68,869
Greensboro-High Point, NC	47,820	52,812	57,804	62,796
Greenville, NC	55,495	62,671	69,868	77,044
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	44,055	49,983	55,932	61,860
Jacksonville, NC	44,221	50,732	57,221	63,732
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	40,248	48,173	56,077	64,002
Raleigh-Cary, NC	51,189	57,408	63,607	69,826
Rocky Mount, NC	45,469	50,648	55,848	61,028
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	47,466	52,541	57,596	62,671
Wilmington, NC	46,946	52,604	58,261	63,919
Winston-Salem, NC	45,573	53,061	60,528	68,016
Bismarck, ND	49,650	54,684	59,696	64,730
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	53,456	57,533	61,610	65,687
Fargo, ND-MN	54,704	58,053	61,381	64,730
Grand Forks, ND-MN	50,024	54,476	58,948	63,399
Minot, ND	46,447	53,602	60,757	67,912
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	48,589	54,704	60,840	66,956
Grand Island, NE	48,277	54,829	61,381	67,933
Lincoln, NE	56,805	61,298	65,791	70,284
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	47,570	53,956	60,362	66,748
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	44,429	50,128	55,828	61,527
Omaha, NE-IA	54,704	61,527	68,349	75,172
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	47,986	54,871	61,776	68,661
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	61,236	72,384	83,533	94,682
Manchester-Nashua, NH	57,284	64,896	72,530	80,143
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	56,285	61,839	67,413	72,967
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	56,452	63,877	71,303	78,728
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	41,933	50,815	59,676	68,557
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	54,392	62,650	70,928	79,186
Vineland, NJ	53,706	60,279	66,872	73,445
Albuquerque, NM	45,906	52,125	58,324	64,543
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	43,556	51,709	59,863	68,016
Farmington, NM	45,344	51,709	58,074	64,439
Las Cruces, NM	42,911	50,940	58,968	66,997
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	44,949	51,938	58,927	65,916
Santa Fe, NM	45,719	52,479	59,260	66,020
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	52,063	62,234	72,405	82,576
Carson City, NV	60,216	67,954	75,712	83,450
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	50,919	62,754	74,589	86,424
Reno, NV	61,880	68,890	75,879	82,888
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	49,754	58,032	66,311	74,589
Binghamton, NY	53,186	61,173	69,160	77,148
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	62,629	73,861	85,093	96,325
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	54,642	60,528	66,415	72,301
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	47,882	56,722	65,562	74,402
Elmira, NY	53,644	61,028	68,391	75,775
Glens Falls, NY	51,210	58,802	66,415	74,007
Ithaca, NY	61,111	68,744	76,378	84,012
Kingston, NY	58,407	66,477	74,568	82,639
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	61,797	69,098	76,399	83,700
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	62,692	73,591	84,490	95,389
Rochester, NY	45,282	53,498	61,735	69,951
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	52,312	58,802	65,271	71,760
Syracuse, NY	52,999	59,052	65,104	71,157
Utica-Rome, NY	47,861	54,975	62,109	69,223
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	53,332	59,405	65,500	71,573
Akron, OH	48,860	55,100	61,319	67,559
Canton-Massillon, OH	48,776	54,600	60,404	66,228
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	53,664	60,778	67,912	75,026
Cleveland, OH	49,380	56,951	64,501	72,072
Columbus, OH	54,538	61,152	67,788	74,402
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	54,184	62,130	70,096	78,042
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	46,135	52,749	59,343	65,957
Lima, OH	47,133	53,186	59,239	65,292
Mansfield, OH	52,770	59,509	66,269	73,008
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	46,967	52,520	58,074	63,628
Sandusky, OH	49,588	56,618	63,628	70,658
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	46,967	52,916	58,885	64,834
Springfield, OH	54,018	60,965	67,912	74,860
Toledo, OH	52,770	58,282	63,815	69,327
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	48,797	54,559	60,300	66,061
Youngstown-Warren, OH	41,580	48,506	55,412	62,338
Enid, OK	47,695	53,893	60,112	66,311
Lawton, OK	46,613	51,959	57,304	62,650
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	45,968	51,647	57,325	63,004
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	46,010	50,940	55,890	60,820
Oklahoma City, OK	51,896	57,616	63,357	69,077
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	44,096	50,149	56,202	62,255
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	46,405	50,732	55,058	59,384
Tulsa, OK	48,693	53,623	58,552	63,482
Albany, OR	65,770	74,860	83,949	93,039
Bend, OR	63,274	72,925	82,576	92,228
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	68,412	74,652	80,892	87,132
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	59,759	67,933	76,128	84,303
Corvallis, OR	63,836	71,428	78,999	86,591
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	62,359	75,317	88,255	101,213
Eugene-Springfield, OR	63,087	71,074	79,082	87,069
Grants Pass, OR	61,901	69,868	77,855	85,821
Medford, OR	61,277	69,389	77,522	85,634
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	65,021	73,383	81,765	90,127
Salem, OR	67,871	74,402	80,954	87,485
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	48,818	55,453	62,068	68,703
Altoona, PA	45,282	49,546	53,810	58,074
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	47,175	52,874	58,594	64,293
Chambersburg, PA	45,740	52,874	60,029	67,164
Erie, PA	44,970	52,604	60,237	67,871
Gettysburg, PA	47,154	55,162	63,149	71,157
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	45,781	53,436	61,111	68,765
Johnstown, PA	44,762	52,895	61,007	69,140
Lancaster, PA	48,548	56,764	64,980	73,196
Lebanon, PA	46,904	54,871	62,858	70,824
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	51,314	56,015	60,695	65,396
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	42,245	48,568	54,871	61,194
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	54,600	61,007	67,434	73,840
Pittsburgh, PA	45,074	53,893	62,733	71,552
Reading, PA	52,583	59,343	66,124	72,884
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	48,776	55,120	61,444	67,788
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	41,975	47,196	52,396	57,616
State College, PA	44,824	50,648	56,472	62,296
Williamsport, PA	47,008	52,853	58,698	64,543
York-Hanover, PA	51,085	58,407	65,749	73,071
Aguadilla, PR	24,919	29,744	34,570	39,396
Arecibo, PR	25,584	26,437	27,269	28,122
Guayama, PR	26,125	29,141	32,157	35,173
Mayaguez, PR	26,416	31,471	36,546	41,600
Ponce, PR	26,916	28,538	30,181	31,804
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	25,876	29,224	32,552	35,901
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	26,125	29,141	32,178	35,194
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	59,031	67,496	75,941	84,407
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	50,856	56,244	61,652	67,039
Columbia, SC	49,920	55,682	61,444	67,205
Florence, SC	43,327	51,605	59,904	68,183
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	51,418	56,701	61,984	67,268
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	48,360	54,746	61,152	67,538
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	35,194	43,660	52,146	60,612
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,088	40,020	43,930	47,861
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	44,637	51,293	57,970	64,626
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	48,693	53,311	57,928	62,546
Spartanburg, SC	58,157	61,298	64,439	67,580
Sumter, SC	43,327	51,106	58,864	66,644
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	48,610	53,706	58,802	63,898
Rapid City, SD	50,815	56,618	62,442	68,245
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	44,949	50,981	57,013	63,045
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,682	50,919	59,156	67,392
Chattanooga, TN-GA	46,738	53,082	59,405	65,749
Clarksville, TN-KY	42,869	47,820	52,749	57,700
Cleveland, TN	46,135	52,188	58,240	64,293
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	42,952	47,466	52,000	56,514
Jackson, TN	47,736	53,477	59,197	64,938
Johnson City, TN	46,072	51,189	56,306	61,423
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	44,076	52,021	59,988	67,933
Knoxville, TN	47,591	52,063	56,556	61,028
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	49,026	54,517	59,988	65,479
Morristown, TN	46,384	51,522	56,639	61,776
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	52,250	58,324	64,376	70,450
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	45,324	51,002	56,701	62,380
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	44,367	48,464	52,583	56,680
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	44,284	48,797	53,311	57,824
Abilene, TX	40,228	49,068	57,908	66,748
Amarillo, TX	40,311	48,402	56,472	64,564
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	55,037	63,461	71,864	80,288
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	48,194	54,559	60,924	67,288
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	40,165	48,402	56,660	64,896
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	42,557	50,690	58,844	66,976
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	47,820	54,205	60,612	66,997
College Station-Bryan, TX	37,461	48,069	58,677	69,285
Corpus Christi, TX	44,034	49,879	55,724	61,568
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	51,668	62,712	73,757	84,802
Eagle Pass, TX	42,328	50,544	58,781	66,997
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	53,498	59,260	65,021	70,783
El Paso, TX	41,184	50,336	59,488	68,640
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	48,215	55,869	63,544	71,199
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	48,672	59,072	69,493	79,893
Killeen-Temple, TX	50,711	59,738	68,765	77,792
Laredo, TX	44,325	51,876	59,447	66,997
Longview, TX	49,400	56,514	63,628	70,741
Lubbock, TX	49,380	56,930	64,501	72,052
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	43,202	51,002	58,781	66,581
Midland, TX	44,679	53,997	63,336	72,655
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	42,661	51,148	59,634	68,120
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	44,429	50,981	57,533	64,085
Odessa, TX	44,679	53,997	63,336	72,655
San Angelo, TX	46,447	54,351	62,234	70,138
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	40,124	48,007	55,911	63,794
Sherman-Denison, TX	37,004	47,757	58,511	69,264
Texarkana, TX-AR	39,479	47,196	54,892	62,608
Tyler, TX	40,893	50,565	60,237	69,909
Victoria, TX	38,189	47,903	57,596	67,309
Waco, TX	52,687	60,840	69,015	77,168
Wichita Falls, TX	42,994	50,711	58,407	66,124
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	46,031	53,664	61,298	68,932
Logan, UT-ID	40,144	48,152	56,140	64,148
Ogden, UT	46,405	56,098	65,791	75,484
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	46,260	53,727	61,194	68,661
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	48,568	59,426	70,263	81,120
St. George, UT	50,191	57,991	65,770	73,570
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	46,280	55,869	65,458	75,047
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	47,216	54,954	62,712	70,450
Charlottesville, VA	48,880	57,242	65,583	73,944
Harrisonburg, VA	48,152	58,844	69,514	80,205
Lynchburg, VA	46,634	55,724	64,834	73,924
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	51,584	62,484	73,383	84,282
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	51,460	62,276	73,092	83,908
Richmond, VA	49,671	57,076	64,501	71,906
Roanoke, VA	45,532	53,519	61,506	69,493
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	48,319	57,180	66,061	74,922
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	46,260	54,122	62,005	69,868
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	48,152	58,844	69,514	80,205
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	48,735	58,636	68,516	78,416
Winchester, VA-WV	52,562	64,002	75,442	86,882
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	48,714	58,656	68,620	78,562
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	49,608	55,973	62,338	68,703
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	54,434	62,317	70,221	78,104
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	53,893	60,861	67,808	74,776
Bellingham, WA	65,936	75,088	84,261	93,413
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	52,666	62,130	71,594	81,058
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	57,117	62,151	67,205	72,239
Kennewick-Richland, WA	57,367	65,624	73,903	82,160
Longview-Kelso, WA	63,690	72,447	81,224	89,981
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	58,615	68,890	79,165	89,440
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	58,948	69,992	81,058	92,103
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	59,322	70,429	81,536	92,644
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	53,914	62,400	70,866	79,352
Walla Walla, WA	56,431	63,856	71,303	78,728
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	48,485	58,781	69,056	79,352
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	52,708	62,608	72,530	82,431
Yakima, WA	56,202	61,152	66,124	71,074
Appleton, WI	59,364	64,855	70,367	75,858
Eau Claire, WI	61,173	67,372	73,570	79,768
Fond du Lac, WI	60,154	66,373	72,613	78,832
Green Bay, WI	59,530	65,541	71,552	77,564
Janesville-Beloit, WI	57,492	63,607	69,701	75,816
Kenosha, WI	53,248	60,799	68,349	75,900
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	58,324	66,103	73,861	81,640
Madison, WI	59,218	66,789	74,340	81,911
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	61,984	68,100	74,215	80,330
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	57,637	64,584	71,552	78,500
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	59,384	65,562	71,740	77,917
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	61,444	66,706	71,989	77,252
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	59,592	66,103	72,634	79,144
Sheboygan, WI	58,781	64,106	69,431	74,756
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	52,728	59,260	65,812	72,343
Wausau, WI	57,512	63,732	69,972	76,191
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	59,759	65,666	71,552	77,460
Beckley, WV	38,876	44,429	50,004	55,557
Charleston, WV	38,938	44,762	50,586	56,410
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	41,455	48,111	54,746	61,402
Morgantown, WV	38,668	45,324	51,959	58,615
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	36,504	43,576	50,628	57,700
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	37,128	43,847	50,565	57,284
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,479	45,760	52,042	58,324
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	44,221	50,399	56,597	62,775
Wheeling, WV-OH	43,348	50,482	57,596	64,730
Casper, WY	43,119	49,525	55,911	62,317
Cheyenne, WY	47,591	54,268	60,924	67,600
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	46,239	52,999	59,738	66,498
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	50,482	56,015	61,568	67,101

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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