SOC 29-2056 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Veterinary Technologists and 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): Perform medical tests in a laboratory environment for use in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases in animals. Prepare vaccines and serums for prevention of diseases. Prepare tissue samples, take blood samples, and execute laboratory tests, such as urinalysis and blood counts. Clean and sterilize instruments and materials and maintain equipment and machines. May assist a veterinarian during surgery.

Level I across metros$23,047 – $55,952Mayaguez, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$54,184Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Veterinary Technologists and Technicians?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Veterinary Technologists and Technicians (SOC 29-2056) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $23,047 in Mayaguez, PR to $55,952 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $54,184. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $48,922, 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

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	37,586	50,586	63,586	76,586
Anchorage, AK	37,440	48,090	58,740	69,389
Fairbanks-College, AK	37,586	50,586	63,586	76,586
Anniston-Oxford, AL	29,037	33,072	37,128	41,164
Auburn-Opelika, AL	28,517	34,237	39,978	45,698
Birmingham, AL	29,703	33,925	38,148	42,370
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	28,746	32,261	35,756	39,271
Decatur, AL	31,388	33,405	35,444	37,461
Dothan, AL	26,812	29,516	32,220	34,924
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	27,935	30,805	33,676	36,546
Gadsden, AL	29,037	33,072	37,128	41,164
Huntsville, AL	29,308	33,322	37,336	41,351
Mobile, AL	29,100	32,760	36,400	40,061
Montgomery, AL	26,749	30,556	34,341	38,148
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,808	32,906	37,024	41,122
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,100	31,866	34,653	37,420
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	27,997	31,429	34,882	38,314
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,288	31,138	33,967	36,816
Tuscaloosa, AL	28,268	33,031	37,815	42,578
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	31,596	35,256	38,917	42,578
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	31,492	36,109	40,727	45,344
Fort Smith, AR-OK	31,034	35,277	39,520	43,764
Hot Springs, AR	29,786	34,300	38,813	43,327
Jonesboro, AR	32,948	37,212	41,496	45,760
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	31,304	35,381	39,437	43,514
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,661	33,010	36,338	39,687
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,765	33,863	37,981	42,079
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,620	34,092	38,584	43,056
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	39,208	42,807	46,384	49,983
Flagstaff, AZ	39,604	42,536	45,490	48,423
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	37,253	40,540	43,826	47,112
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	41,871	45,178	48,464	51,772
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	38,085	41,788	45,469	49,172
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	34,840	38,168	41,476	44,804
Tucson, AZ	37,378	41,184	45,012	48,818
Yuma, AZ	40,768	44,284	47,820	51,335
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	45,344	49,879	54,413	58,948
Chico, CA	49,484	53,748	57,991	62,255
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	46,114	50,399	54,704	58,989
El Centro, CA	48,236	53,623	59,010	64,397
Fresno, CA	44,991	50,898	56,826	62,733
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	45,032	50,586	56,140	61,693
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	48,984	55,183	61,360	67,559
Merced, CA	40,664	45,552	50,440	55,328
Modesto, CA	45,989	51,584	57,159	62,754
Napa, CA	48,402	53,956	59,530	65,084
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	46,301	50,524	54,746	58,968
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	46,031	51,002	55,952	60,924
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	48,152	54,039	59,904	65,791
Redding, CA	43,930	49,525	55,120	60,716
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	46,613	51,792	56,972	62,151
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	50,794	56,410	62,026	67,642
Salinas, CA	49,816	55,370	60,944	66,498
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	49,796	55,120	60,424	65,749
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	55,557	61,860	68,141	74,444
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	55,952	62,130	68,308	74,485
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	47,383	52,021	56,639	61,277
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	52,208	57,471	62,733	67,996
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	47,133	52,063	56,972	61,901
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	51,876	57,304	62,712	68,141
Stockton-Lodi, CA	47,071	51,272	55,474	59,676
Vallejo, CA	48,756	54,746	60,736	66,727
Visalia, CA	42,807	46,676	50,544	54,413
Yuba City, CA	46,197	50,940	55,661	60,404
Boulder, CO	42,120	47,528	52,936	58,344
Colorado Springs, CO	40,082	44,492	48,922	53,332
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	45,012	49,816	54,621	59,426
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	37,669	41,309	44,928	48,568
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	41,788	46,509	51,210	55,932
Grand Junction, CO	38,148	42,620	47,092	51,564
Greeley, CO	39,562	43,847	48,132	52,416
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	39,125	43,535	47,944	52,354
Pueblo, CO	39,167	43,618	48,048	52,500
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	38,543	42,848	47,175	51,480
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	47,861	53,540	59,239	64,917
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	44,949	48,381	51,834	55,266
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	43,764	48,610	53,436	58,282
New Haven, CT	45,324	50,544	55,765	60,986
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	42,661	47,424	52,167	56,930
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	44,221	48,839	53,456	58,074
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	44,159	51,460	58,760	66,061
Dover, DE	35,319	40,332	45,324	50,336
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	37,919	43,098	48,298	53,477
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	37,420	41,933	46,447	50,960
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	39,500	43,618	47,757	51,876
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	35,797	39,895	44,013	48,111
Gainesville, FL	35,152	39,188	43,223	47,258
Homosassa Springs, FL	35,984	39,021	42,079	45,116
Jacksonville, FL	37,524	42,079	46,634	51,189
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	35,776	39,312	42,828	46,364
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	39,749	44,013	48,256	52,520
Naples-Marco Island, FL	41,392	45,407	49,421	53,436
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	36,504	40,373	44,263	48,132
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	36,900	41,164	45,448	49,712
Ocala, FL	33,156	37,960	42,765	47,570
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	36,879	41,143	45,386	49,650
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	37,295	41,288	45,282	49,276
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	34,965	38,272	41,559	44,866
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	36,650	40,831	44,991	49,172
Port St. Lucie, FL	35,943	40,103	44,263	48,423
Punta Gorda, FL	36,463	40,248	44,055	47,840
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	37,149	42,016	46,904	51,772
Sebring, FL	34,092	37,378	40,685	43,972
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	35,839	40,020	44,200	48,381
Tallahassee, FL	34,965	38,917	42,869	46,821
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	38,023	42,786	47,570	52,333
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	36,109	38,730	41,372	43,992
Albany, GA	32,844	37,004	41,164	45,324
Athens-Clarke County, GA	32,615	36,879	41,122	45,386
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	37,274	41,621	45,989	50,336
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	32,802	36,962	41,101	45,261
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	33,010	37,024	41,060	45,074
Columbus, GA-AL	30,722	34,362	37,981	41,621
Dalton, GA	33,405	37,399	41,372	45,365
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	28,746	32,532	36,296	40,082
Gainesville, GA	34,196	38,460	42,724	46,988
Hinesville, GA	32,698	36,504	40,332	44,138
Macon-Bibb County, GA	29,869	32,885	35,901	38,917
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	32,740	37,128	41,496	45,885
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	33,052	36,816	40,581	44,346
Rome, GA	36,296	40,706	45,116	49,525
Savannah, GA	35,132	38,460	41,808	45,136
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	33,884	37,836	41,767	45,719
Valdosta, GA	33,634	37,461	41,288	45,116
Warner Robins, GA	29,432	33,717	38,023	42,308
Guam MSA	36,421	42,744	49,047	55,370
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	38,106	42,848	47,570	52,312
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	45,532	49,920	54,309	58,698
Urban Honolulu, HI	38,189	43,597	49,026	54,434
Ames, IA	44,263	50,087	55,932	61,756
Cedar Rapids, IA	37,045	41,164	45,261	49,380
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	37,440	41,268	45,116	48,943
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	38,231	42,432	46,655	50,856
Dubuque, IA	35,256	38,418	41,600	44,762
Iowa City, IA	37,295	42,578	47,882	53,165
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	36,151	41,788	47,424	53,061
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	32,948	37,877	42,807	47,736
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	35,860	39,000	42,141	45,282
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	34,986	38,189	41,372	44,575
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	36,962	42,287	47,591	52,916
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	36,546	40,373	44,180	48,007
Boise City, ID	35,631	39,354	43,077	46,800
Coeur d'Alene, ID	36,047	40,831	45,636	50,420
Idaho Falls, ID	32,989	36,442	39,916	43,368
Lewiston, ID-WA	35,839	42,391	48,922	55,474
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	33,946	38,272	42,620	46,946
Pocatello, ID	29,786	34,570	39,375	44,159
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	32,760	36,941	41,122	45,303
Twin Falls, ID	32,136	35,964	39,791	43,618
Bloomington, IL	37,253	41,746	46,218	50,711
Champaign-Urbana, IL	43,909	48,527	53,124	57,741
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	42,911	47,341	51,751	56,181
Decatur, IL	39,375	44,388	49,421	54,434
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,671	39,770	42,848	45,948
Kankakee, IL	42,162	46,696	51,252	55,786
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,338	39,146	41,975	44,783
Peoria, IL	37,212	40,103	42,994	45,885
Rockford, IL	40,186	44,928	49,692	54,434
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,695	37,669	40,644	43,618
Springfield, IL	39,666	44,200	48,735	53,269
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,941	41,351	45,781	50,191
Bloomington, IN	37,648	41,788	45,927	50,066
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	34,528	39,188	43,826	48,485
Columbus, IN	37,378	42,536	47,716	52,874
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	34,154	39,562	44,949	50,357
Evansville, IN	35,943	41,039	46,135	51,231
Fort Wayne, IN	37,690	42,349	46,988	51,647
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	38,688	43,847	49,005	54,164
Kokomo, IN	38,272	43,410	48,527	53,664
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	44,284	47,965	51,668	55,349
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	38,709	43,472	48,236	52,999
Muncie, IN	37,482	42,724	47,986	53,228
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	36,296	41,226	46,135	51,064
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	38,730	43,327	47,944	52,541
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	36,276	40,685	45,095	49,504
Terre Haute, IN	37,565	42,474	47,383	52,292
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	32,532	35,860	39,188	42,516
Lawrence, KS	38,813	42,869	46,925	50,981
Manhattan, KS	40,706	46,800	52,895	58,989
Topeka, KS	34,487	39,084	43,701	48,298
Wichita, KS	37,690	41,039	44,408	47,757
Bowling Green, KY	28,330	32,407	36,484	40,560
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	26,832	31,720	36,608	41,496
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	26,916	31,637	36,380	41,101
Elizabethtown, KY	31,658	36,213	40,768	45,324
Lexington-Fayette, KY	35,901	39,874	43,826	47,799
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	33,509	37,898	42,308	46,696
Owensboro, KY	29,932	34,466	39,000	43,535
Paducah, KY-IL	31,346	35,464	39,583	43,701
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	27,269	31,616	35,943	40,290
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	29,037	33,946	38,855	43,764
Alexandria, LA	28,122	31,304	34,466	37,648
Baton Rouge, LA	30,826	34,653	38,501	42,328
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,208	28,850	31,492	34,133
Hammond, LA	27,602	30,639	33,696	36,733
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	28,164	31,720	35,277	38,834
Lafayette, LA	28,330	31,450	34,591	37,711
Lake Charles, LA	27,124	30,764	34,424	38,064
Monroe, LA	26,520	29,620	32,719	35,818
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	30,992	34,196	37,420	40,623
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	25,314	28,496	31,658	34,840
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	27,893	31,575	35,256	38,938
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	29,224	32,823	36,400	39,999
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,978	29,328	31,679	34,029
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	41,184	46,301	51,418	56,535
Barnstable Town, MA	44,346	49,234	54,122	59,010
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	43,493	49,047	54,580	60,133
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	42,640	46,904	51,189	55,453
Pittsfield, MA	39,458	43,909	48,340	52,791
Springfield, MA	39,562	44,138	48,693	53,269
Worcester, MA	39,978	45,116	50,253	55,391
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	40,373	45,781	51,168	56,576
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	43,472	50,648	57,824	65,000
Lexington Park, MD	38,231	43,452	48,693	53,914
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	40,893	44,575	48,277	51,959
Salisbury, MD	35,423	39,708	43,992	48,277
Bangor, ME	42,911	45,781	48,631	51,501
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	46,010	47,861	49,733	51,584
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	44,138	48,652	53,144	57,658
Portland-South Portland, ME	49,567	51,272	52,978	54,684
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	44,741	47,175	49,629	52,063
Ann Arbor, MI	42,245	47,778	53,311	58,844
Battle Creek, MI	36,588	42,308	48,007	53,727
Bay City, MI	35,485	41,434	47,404	53,352
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	42,204	47,508	52,812	58,116
Flint, MI	38,626	44,450	50,274	56,098
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	42,058	47,528	52,978	58,448
Jackson, MI	40,311	44,700	49,088	53,477
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	41,954	46,759	51,584	56,389
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	44,242	49,733	55,204	60,695
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,988	39,562	45,157	50,732
Midland, MI	41,247	47,112	52,957	58,823
Monroe, MI	37,253	43,077	48,880	54,704
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	38,314	44,367	50,420	56,472
Niles, MI	38,002	42,911	47,799	52,708
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,128	42,599	48,048	53,519
Saginaw, MI	38,418	43,722	49,047	54,351
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	40,082	45,490	50,919	56,327
Traverse City, MI	39,812	45,490	51,148	56,826
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	38,543	43,535	48,506	53,498
Duluth, MN-WI	40,124	44,533	48,943	53,352
Mankato, MN	42,141	45,594	49,026	52,479
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	48,901	53,498	58,095	62,692
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	41,954	46,280	50,586	54,912
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	38,917	43,514	48,111	52,708
Rochester, MN	44,492	49,629	54,746	59,884
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	40,228	44,575	48,901	53,248
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	36,380	41,559	46,738	51,917
St. Cloud, MN	39,458	43,660	47,861	52,063
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	33,364	36,712	40,061	43,410
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	30,285	33,988	37,711	41,413
Columbia, MO	35,485	40,706	45,906	51,127
Jefferson City, MO	34,570	37,607	40,623	43,660
Joplin, MO-KS	34,258	36,442	38,647	40,831
Kansas City, MO-KS	37,919	42,391	46,884	51,356
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,599	33,780	37,981	42,162
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	31,616	35,152	38,668	42,204
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	32,407	35,548	38,709	41,850
Springfield, MO	33,280	36,941	40,602	44,263
St. Joseph, MO-KS	35,298	39,874	44,471	49,047
St. Louis, MO-IL	37,004	40,748	44,492	48,236
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	29,973	33,197	36,421	39,645
Hattiesburg, MS	29,848	32,344	34,861	37,357
Jackson, MS	31,013	34,404	37,794	41,184
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	28,143	32,095	36,047	39,999
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	28,247	32,303	36,380	40,436
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	29,890	34,300	38,709	43,119
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	18,533	23,733	28,912	34,112
Billings, MT	35,090	39,063	43,015	46,988
Bozeman, MT	39,812	45,032	50,274	55,495
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	28,476	32,781	37,108	41,413
Great Falls, MT	32,240	36,525	40,831	45,116
Helena, MT	34,944	39,604	44,263	48,922
Missoula, MT	36,276	41,205	46,135	51,064
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	34,528	37,981	41,455	44,908
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	36,130	39,479	42,807	46,156
Asheville, NC	36,629	41,725	46,842	51,938
Burlington, NC	35,693	40,394	45,116	49,816
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,072	37,399	41,746	46,072
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	36,192	41,517	46,863	52,188
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	38,792	47,591	56,368	65,167
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,444	40,893	46,343	51,792
Fayetteville, NC	34,466	39,853	45,261	50,648
Goldsboro, NC	37,232	42,869	48,485	54,122
Greensboro-High Point, NC	37,836	43,514	49,172	54,850
Greenville, NC	34,404	37,940	41,455	44,991
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	34,903	39,312	43,701	48,111
Jacksonville, NC	35,901	41,247	46,613	51,959
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	36,047	42,620	49,192	55,765
Raleigh-Cary, NC	38,792	44,180	49,588	54,975
Rocky Mount, NC	37,045	42,703	48,340	53,997
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,821	38,480	43,119	47,778
Wilmington, NC	37,794	42,682	47,549	52,437
Winston-Salem, NC	35,194	40,186	45,178	50,170
Bismarck, ND	38,834	44,887	50,919	56,972
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	33,052	38,522	44,013	49,484
Fargo, ND-MN	39,728	44,450	49,192	53,914
Grand Forks, ND-MN	37,565	42,412	47,258	52,104
Minot, ND	35,672	41,060	46,426	51,813
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	35,381	40,664	45,948	51,231
Grand Island, NE	35,236	38,460	41,704	44,928
Lincoln, NE	39,250	42,911	46,572	50,232
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,546	39,312	42,058	44,824
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,255	38,876	41,517	44,138
Omaha, NE-IA	39,541	43,618	47,695	51,772
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	34,341	37,794	41,268	44,720
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	37,565	42,058	46,572	51,064
Manchester-Nashua, NH	38,584	43,348	48,132	52,895
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	37,004	41,954	46,925	51,876
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	37,503	41,704	45,885	50,087
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	36,359	41,080	45,781	50,503
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	38,876	44,637	50,399	56,160
Vineland, NJ	39,208	44,928	50,628	56,348
Albuquerque, NM	36,234	40,560	44,887	49,213
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	33,884	38,314	42,765	47,196
Farmington, NM	35,236	39,666	44,117	48,548
Las Cruces, NM	33,384	37,149	40,935	44,700
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,618	33,988	37,357	40,727
Santa Fe, NM	39,562	42,869	46,197	49,504
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	33,343	39,874	46,405	52,936
Carson City, NV	36,629	44,471	52,312	60,154
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	40,768	47,404	54,039	60,674
Reno, NV	40,290	47,570	54,829	62,109
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	47,757	53,436	59,135	64,813
Binghamton, NY	43,077	46,468	49,837	53,228
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	46,260	50,004	53,768	57,512
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	45,428	50,856	56,285	61,714
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	44,408	49,338	54,288	59,218
Elmira, NY	44,554	48,610	52,687	56,743
Glens Falls, NY	47,071	50,565	54,039	57,533
Ithaca, NY	46,384	50,940	55,516	60,071
Kingston, NY	48,714	53,893	59,052	64,231
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	47,320	51,792	56,285	60,757
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	47,445	54,434	61,444	68,432
Rochester, NY	44,991	48,610	52,208	55,828
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	44,824	49,026	53,248	57,450
Syracuse, NY	46,551	50,128	53,685	57,263
Utica-Rome, NY	44,575	48,256	51,959	55,640
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	39,999	42,932	45,844	48,776
Akron, OH	37,170	42,391	47,632	52,853
Canton-Massillon, OH	34,133	39,749	45,344	50,960
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	37,420	42,911	48,381	53,872
Cleveland, OH	37,565	43,306	49,047	54,788
Columbus, OH	39,188	44,720	50,253	55,786
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	37,503	42,578	47,674	52,749
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	34,736	39,708	44,658	49,629
Lima, OH	33,239	38,210	43,181	48,152
Mansfield, OH	38,314	43,847	49,359	54,892
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	34,986	40,228	45,448	50,690
Sandusky, OH	36,671	42,308	47,924	53,560
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	34,092	39,208	44,325	49,442
Springfield, OH	34,736	39,583	44,429	49,276
Toledo, OH	35,548	41,039	46,509	52,000
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	32,906	37,898	42,911	47,903
Youngstown-Warren, OH	33,613	38,626	43,639	48,652
Enid, OK	32,802	37,565	42,349	47,112
Lawton, OK	34,237	38,439	42,640	46,842
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	30,535	34,799	39,063	43,327
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	27,706	33,863	40,040	46,197
Oklahoma City, OK	35,007	39,167	43,306	47,466
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,199	36,047	39,895	43,743
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,344	36,941	41,559	46,156
Tulsa, OK	35,797	40,061	44,325	48,589
Albany, OR	44,013	50,045	56,056	62,088
Bend, OR	46,010	50,773	55,516	60,279
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	33,842	38,792	43,764	48,714
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	37,212	42,016	46,800	51,605
Corvallis, OR	53,768	60,924	68,058	75,213
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	40,394	45,511	50,607	55,724
Eugene-Springfield, OR	44,055	48,298	52,541	56,784
Grants Pass, OR	38,252	44,450	50,669	56,868
Medford, OR	40,664	48,444	56,202	63,981
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	47,071	53,352	59,634	65,916
Salem, OR	39,042	44,616	50,170	55,744
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	37,420	42,079	46,717	51,376
Altoona, PA	34,008	37,524	41,039	44,554
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	34,820	38,917	42,994	47,092
Chambersburg, PA	35,797	40,020	44,242	48,464
Erie, PA	32,989	37,087	41,184	45,282
Gettysburg, PA	36,442	40,768	45,074	49,400
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	36,151	40,373	44,616	48,839
Johnstown, PA	29,869	32,989	36,088	39,208
Lancaster, PA	36,546	41,039	45,552	50,045
Lebanon, PA	35,631	39,500	43,368	47,237
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	34,986	39,500	43,992	48,506
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	34,029	38,127	42,245	46,343
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	39,333	45,053	50,773	56,493
Pittsburgh, PA	36,629	41,101	45,552	50,024
Reading, PA	36,816	40,768	44,741	48,693
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	35,922	39,832	43,743	47,653
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,551	37,856	42,162	46,468
State College, PA	36,026	40,248	44,492	48,714
Williamsport, PA	35,943	39,333	42,703	46,093
York-Hanover, PA	35,319	39,520	43,722	47,924
Aguadilla, PR	23,276	28,226	33,156	38,106
Arecibo, PR	23,172	26,229	29,308	32,365
Guayama, PR	24,212	29,037	33,884	38,709
Mayaguez, PR	23,047	28,829	34,632	40,415
Ponce, PR	24,087	29,100	34,092	39,104
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	23,671	28,580	33,488	38,397
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	24,253	28,996	33,717	38,460
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	37,565	43,576	49,588	55,599
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	36,005	40,685	45,365	50,045
Columbia, SC	32,490	36,900	41,309	45,719
Florence, SC	31,512	34,320	37,128	39,936
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	34,778	41,538	48,298	55,058
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	34,341	38,231	42,141	46,031
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	32,864	36,463	40,061	43,660
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,324	36,504	40,664	44,845
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	31,720	35,048	38,356	41,684
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,592	38,210	42,807	47,424
Spartanburg, SC	33,260	36,130	39,000	41,871
Sumter, SC	32,240	36,380	40,519	44,658
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	35,610	39,333	43,056	46,780
Rapid City, SD	34,216	38,356	42,516	46,655
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	38,605	41,725	44,845	47,965
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	36,213	39,853	43,514	47,154
Chattanooga, TN-GA	34,341	38,522	42,703	46,884
Clarksville, TN-KY	31,970	35,943	39,895	43,868
Cleveland, TN	33,530	37,836	42,162	46,468
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,428	36,920	41,392	45,885
Jackson, TN	29,016	33,572	38,148	42,703
Johnson City, TN	31,242	35,818	40,415	44,991
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	33,821	38,397	42,952	47,528
Knoxville, TN	35,672	41,850	48,007	54,184
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	34,424	38,730	43,056	47,362
Morristown, TN	34,674	40,373	46,072	51,772
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	36,047	40,581	45,116	49,650
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,448	36,754	41,039	45,344
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	30,680	35,236	39,770	44,325
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	27,810	32,844	37,877	42,911
Abilene, TX	31,637	35,215	38,813	42,391
Amarillo, TX	31,429	36,463	41,496	46,530
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	34,840	39,354	43,868	48,381
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	30,847	35,069	39,292	43,514
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,410	37,316	44,242	51,148
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	28,580	33,904	39,250	44,575
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,388	36,317	41,268	46,197
College Station-Bryan, TX	33,717	39,229	44,762	50,274
Corpus Christi, TX	26,978	31,741	36,484	41,247
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	34,237	38,751	43,285	47,799
Eagle Pass, TX	28,372	36,151	43,909	51,688
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,410	34,383	38,335	42,308
El Paso, TX	28,517	32,948	37,399	41,829
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,388	35,776	40,186	44,575
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	33,842	38,314	42,765	47,237
Killeen-Temple, TX	31,783	35,610	39,458	43,285
Laredo, TX	27,810	33,904	39,999	46,093
Longview, TX	31,700	35,007	38,314	41,621
Lubbock, TX	31,013	36,005	40,997	45,989
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	27,997	32,303	36,629	40,935
Midland, TX	32,677	37,066	41,455	45,844
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,951	34,674	38,418	42,141
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,658	37,711	43,743	49,796
Odessa, TX	31,471	34,903	38,314	41,746
San Angelo, TX	28,892	32,511	36,130	39,749
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	33,343	37,669	41,975	46,301
Sherman-Denison, TX	33,052	36,796	40,560	44,304
Texarkana, TX-AR	30,701	34,445	38,189	41,933
Tyler, TX	31,076	34,757	38,418	42,100
Victoria, TX	29,349	33,197	37,045	40,893
Waco, TX	30,077	34,653	39,208	43,784
Wichita Falls, TX	30,951	35,256	39,562	43,868
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	33,176	38,855	44,533	50,212
Logan, UT-ID	26,271	30,306	34,320	38,356
Ogden, UT	31,783	36,400	41,039	45,656
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	31,138	36,213	41,268	46,343
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	33,488	38,376	43,264	48,152
St. George, UT	32,594	37,544	42,516	47,466
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	32,344	38,002	43,639	49,296
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	38,522	45,157	51,813	58,448
Charlottesville, VA	40,581	47,674	54,767	61,860
Harrisonburg, VA	40,040	45,032	50,045	55,037
Lynchburg, VA	31,284	37,773	44,263	50,752
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,855	44,304	49,754	55,204
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,568	41,725	47,903	54,060
Richmond, VA	41,621	48,215	54,829	61,423
Roanoke, VA	38,460	43,930	49,400	54,871
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,634	39,791	45,968	52,125
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,111	40,623	46,114	51,626
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	37,732	42,120	46,488	50,877
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	38,584	44,492	50,420	56,327
Winchester, VA-WV	41,746	49,296	56,826	64,376
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	36,421	42,744	49,047	55,370
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	46,988	49,338	51,668	54,018
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	46,135	48,132	50,108	52,104
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	44,367	46,634	48,922	51,189
Bellingham, WA	45,719	51,605	57,512	63,399
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	46,156	52,125	58,116	64,085
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	44,554	51,397	58,220	65,063
Kennewick-Richland, WA	49,130	54,538	59,946	65,354
Longview-Kelso, WA	46,613	52,916	59,218	65,520
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	47,965	55,287	62,588	69,909
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	45,136	51,127	57,096	63,087
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	51,376	56,909	62,463	67,996
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	44,013	49,088	54,184	59,260
Walla Walla, WA	45,615	52,146	58,656	65,188
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	50,336	56,181	62,047	67,892
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	45,136	51,148	57,138	63,149
Yakima, WA	48,485	54,600	60,695	66,810
Appleton, WI	40,186	43,868	47,528	51,210
Eau Claire, WI	41,538	46,260	50,960	55,682
Fond du Lac, WI	40,394	44,325	48,256	52,188
Green Bay, WI	40,852	44,159	47,487	50,794
Janesville-Beloit, WI	37,170	41,122	45,095	49,047
Kenosha, WI	37,295	40,956	44,596	48,256
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	40,082	43,160	46,239	49,317
Madison, WI	42,016	46,176	50,336	54,496
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	41,164	45,032	48,901	52,770
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	38,231	41,912	45,594	49,276
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	37,108	40,581	44,076	47,549
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	39,458	43,368	47,258	51,168
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	40,498	44,221	47,944	51,668
Sheboygan, WI	40,290	44,200	48,090	52,000
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	39,208	43,056	46,925	50,773
Wausau, WI	39,666	43,160	46,676	50,170
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	36,796	40,768	44,720	48,693
Beckley, WV	32,469	36,130	39,770	43,431
Charleston, WV	34,383	37,565	40,768	43,951
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	28,621	33,509	38,376	43,264
Morgantown, WV	34,133	38,148	42,162	46,176
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,039	31,679	35,319	38,959
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	28,184	32,012	35,860	39,687
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,826	35,048	39,292	43,514
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	32,656	37,607	42,557	47,508
Wheeling, WV-OH	25,293	30,639	35,984	41,330
Casper, WY	30,244	34,445	38,668	42,869
Cheyenne, WY	34,882	38,480	42,100	45,698
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	30,951	34,903	38,834	42,786
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	29,037	33,509	37,981	42,453

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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