SOC 29-2072 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Medical Records Specialists 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): Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the healthcare system. Classify medical and healthcare concepts, including diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment, into the healthcare industry's numerical coding system. Includes medical coders.

Level I across metros$21,840 – $58,573Mayaguez, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$64,980Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Medical Records Specialists?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Medical Records Specialists (SOC 29-2072) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,840 in Mayaguez, PR to $58,573 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $64,980. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $57,034, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 9 of 100 major metros but only Level II or below in 49. DHS projects selection odds of about 15%, 31%, 46% and 61% for Levels I to IV. The table below lists all four levels for every area, straight from the DOL OFLC wage file.

Salary bands in major H-1B metros

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

Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV

New York, NY$79,831
San Francisco, CA$86,757
San Jose, CA$116,564
Seattle, WA$83,658
Dallas, TX$65,208
Houston, TX$65,104
Austin, TX$61,880
Chicago, IL$67,039
Boston, MA$71,365
Washington, DC$73,216
Atlanta, GA$70,408
Los Angeles, CA$76,378

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	48,464	57,616	66,748	75,900
Anchorage, AK	48,360	56,223	64,085	71,948
Fairbanks-College, AK	47,466	54,788	62,130	69,452
Anniston-Oxford, AL	28,975	35,797	42,620	49,442
Auburn-Opelika, AL	33,135	41,684	50,212	58,760
Birmingham, AL	34,404	41,268	48,111	54,975
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	29,432	36,671	43,930	51,168
Decatur, AL	32,864	38,605	44,325	50,066
Dothan, AL	28,850	35,007	41,164	47,320
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	30,909	37,856	44,783	51,730
Gadsden, AL	30,514	35,735	40,956	46,176
Huntsville, AL	34,050	39,728	45,407	51,085
Mobile, AL	31,887	37,981	44,076	50,170
Montgomery, AL	33,925	40,103	46,260	52,437
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,788	35,132	41,496	47,840
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	32,573	39,021	45,469	51,917
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	30,639	37,253	43,868	50,482
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	27,789	35,340	42,890	50,440
Tuscaloosa, AL	33,634	40,706	47,757	54,829
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	31,845	39,520	47,196	54,871
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	35,880	42,661	49,463	56,244
Fort Smith, AR-OK	33,468	37,690	41,912	46,135
Hot Springs, AR	33,655	40,186	46,717	53,248
Jonesboro, AR	34,175	38,564	42,952	47,341
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	34,757	40,415	46,072	51,730
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	33,800	38,855	43,909	48,964
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	31,658	37,045	42,432	47,820
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	31,679	35,964	40,248	44,533
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	42,682	48,964	55,224	61,506
Flagstaff, AZ	42,266	48,714	55,141	61,589
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	36,588	42,349	48,090	53,852
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	38,252	45,677	53,124	60,549
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	37,648	44,429	51,189	57,970
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	36,900	42,058	47,216	52,375
Tucson, AZ	37,544	44,221	50,877	57,554
Yuma, AZ	37,024	43,036	49,047	55,058
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	43,368	50,108	56,847	63,586
Chico, CA	44,679	54,476	64,293	74,090
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	48,527	56,514	64,501	72,488
El Centro, CA	42,828	50,524	58,199	65,895
Fresno, CA	43,576	52,208	60,861	69,493
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	45,719	51,376	57,055	62,712
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	44,346	55,016	65,708	76,378
Merced, CA	44,450	51,855	59,280	66,685
Modesto, CA	42,744	49,837	56,930	64,023
Napa, CA	49,317	57,200	65,063	72,946
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	39,708	45,802	51,876	57,970
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	45,594	53,602	61,631	69,639
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	44,804	54,330	63,836	73,362
Redding, CA	42,120	54,413	66,685	78,978
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	44,408	53,685	62,983	72,260
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	50,108	63,045	75,983	88,920
Salinas, CA	46,904	53,748	60,570	67,413
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	45,968	55,682	65,416	75,130
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	52,874	64,168	75,463	86,757
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	58,573	77,896	97,240	116,564
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	42,266	50,024	57,762	65,520
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	46,592	56,576	66,540	76,524
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	47,029	58,344	69,639	80,954
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	47,112	56,472	65,832	75,192
Stockton-Lodi, CA	46,405	56,972	67,517	78,084
Vallejo, CA	51,709	61,506	71,324	81,120
Visalia, CA	45,178	53,311	61,464	69,597
Yuba City, CA	42,599	50,336	58,053	65,791
Boulder, CO	47,279	52,562	57,866	63,149
Colorado Springs, CO	44,180	51,106	58,053	64,980
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	50,295	58,199	66,103	74,007
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	41,205	47,466	53,727	59,988
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	45,885	52,520	59,156	65,791
Grand Junction, CO	43,992	48,527	53,082	57,616
Greeley, CO	41,039	45,885	50,752	55,599
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	48,298	54,600	60,882	67,184
Pueblo, CO	41,912	48,028	54,143	60,258
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	46,218	53,415	60,591	67,788
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	40,997	50,628	60,279	69,909
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	43,680	52,728	61,756	70,804
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	45,636	54,621	63,628	72,613
New Haven, CT	47,653	59,967	72,301	84,615
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	45,220	53,186	61,132	69,098
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	42,807	50,461	58,116	65,770
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	44,845	54,309	63,752	73,216
Dover, DE	37,732	45,864	53,976	62,109
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	40,061	47,050	54,039	61,028
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	36,088	40,872	45,636	50,420
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	39,063	46,343	53,602	60,882
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	37,960	45,885	53,831	61,756
Gainesville, FL	38,668	47,736	56,784	65,853
Homosassa Springs, FL	35,152	41,143	47,112	53,103
Jacksonville, FL	39,749	46,946	54,164	61,360
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	36,525	44,159	51,772	59,405
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	38,626	46,260	53,872	61,506
Naples-Marco Island, FL	39,728	47,133	54,517	61,922
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	36,276	43,244	50,212	57,180
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	39,791	47,216	54,642	62,068
Ocala, FL	34,175	40,332	46,468	52,624
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	35,194	41,892	48,568	55,266
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	35,964	43,431	50,877	58,344
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	36,775	41,455	46,156	50,836
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	36,109	43,015	49,920	56,826
Port St. Lucie, FL	36,088	41,746	47,404	53,061
Punta Gorda, FL	38,272	44,284	50,274	56,285
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	35,714	42,100	48,485	54,871
Sebring, FL	33,093	39,312	45,511	51,730
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	36,234	44,055	51,876	59,696
Tallahassee, FL	34,570	41,621	48,693	55,744
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	39,396	47,778	56,181	64,564
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	34,924	41,039	47,154	53,269
Albany, GA	30,639	36,172	41,704	47,237
Athens-Clarke County, GA	36,026	41,704	47,362	53,040
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	41,101	50,877	60,632	70,408
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	39,208	47,695	56,202	64,688
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	36,442	43,285	50,108	56,951
Columbus, GA-AL	38,127	46,592	55,058	63,524
Dalton, GA	33,842	39,687	45,511	51,356
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	33,655	40,415	47,196	53,956
Gainesville, GA	37,794	43,951	50,108	56,264
Hinesville, GA	45,386	51,896	58,407	64,917
Macon-Bibb County, GA	34,632	40,935	47,216	53,519
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	38,418	45,344	52,271	59,197
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	36,629	42,328	48,048	53,748
Rome, GA	40,456	46,052	51,668	57,263
Savannah, GA	36,088	43,535	51,002	58,448
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	36,047	43,743	51,460	59,156
Valdosta, GA	32,032	39,146	46,260	53,373
Warner Robins, GA	36,900	42,308	47,695	53,103
Guam MSA	31,408	36,192	40,956	45,740
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	42,536	51,584	60,653	69,701
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	47,029	56,327	65,624	74,922
Urban Honolulu, HI	48,568	57,596	66,602	75,629
Ames, IA	37,544	44,284	51,002	57,741
Cedar Rapids, IA	42,557	48,028	53,519	58,989
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	38,148	43,285	48,423	53,560
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	44,741	50,732	56,743	62,733
Dubuque, IA	40,997	46,634	52,292	57,928
Iowa City, IA	50,149	56,493	62,816	69,160
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	38,834	43,452	48,069	52,687
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	39,416	44,471	49,525	54,580
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	37,836	43,639	49,442	55,245
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	39,416	44,637	49,879	55,100
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	39,271	44,367	49,442	54,538
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	40,290	45,282	50,253	55,245
Boise City, ID	44,242	50,981	57,741	64,480
Coeur d'Alene, ID	44,991	51,709	58,448	65,167
Idaho Falls, ID	39,312	45,136	50,940	56,764
Lewiston, ID-WA	42,786	49,026	55,245	61,485
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	42,495	50,399	58,282	66,186
Pocatello, ID	39,978	49,567	59,176	68,765
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	37,586	43,285	49,005	54,704
Twin Falls, ID	41,330	48,527	55,703	62,900
Bloomington, IL	38,584	44,575	50,586	56,576
Champaign-Urbana, IL	34,424	43,223	52,021	60,820
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	43,743	51,501	59,280	67,039
Decatur, IL	39,375	45,240	51,106	56,972
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	39,853	46,364	52,874	59,384
Kankakee, IL	40,872	48,964	57,076	65,167
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,751	43,847	48,922	54,018
Peoria, IL	40,914	47,237	53,581	59,904
Rockford, IL	38,813	45,282	51,751	58,220
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,938	45,677	52,416	59,156
Springfield, IL	44,346	50,607	56,847	63,108
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	37,461	43,181	48,901	54,621
Bloomington, IN	39,957	46,842	53,727	60,612
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	38,834	44,034	49,213	54,413
Columbus, IN	40,498	46,551	52,583	58,636
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	39,208	45,490	51,772	58,053
Evansville, IN	38,418	44,408	50,399	56,389
Fort Wayne, IN	40,477	47,861	55,266	62,650
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	40,020	47,695	55,349	63,024
Kokomo, IN	42,807	50,482	58,136	65,812
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	42,287	49,900	57,533	65,146
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	42,807	50,544	58,261	65,999
Muncie, IN	37,773	42,973	48,194	53,394
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	39,874	46,676	53,477	60,279
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	39,375	46,031	52,666	59,322
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	39,125	44,783	50,440	56,098
Terre Haute, IN	38,688	44,117	49,525	54,954
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	35,048	41,080	47,112	53,144
Lawrence, KS	43,119	47,716	52,292	56,888
Manhattan, KS	38,127	44,741	51,376	57,991
Topeka, KS	45,220	56,056	66,872	77,709
Wichita, KS	37,836	43,514	49,172	54,850
Bowling Green, KY	38,272	43,618	48,964	54,309
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,570	41,039	47,487	53,956
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,268	35,340	42,432	49,504
Elizabethtown, KY	39,125	45,053	51,002	56,930
Lexington-Fayette, KY	40,498	47,175	53,852	60,528
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	39,812	48,506	57,221	65,916
Owensboro, KY	32,719	40,935	49,151	57,367
Paducah, KY-IL	36,837	43,431	50,004	56,597
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,882	42,973	51,064	59,156
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,029	40,727	47,445	54,143
Alexandria, LA	32,615	39,104	45,573	52,063
Baton Rouge, LA	36,192	45,074	53,935	62,816
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	31,367	38,647	45,906	53,186
Hammond, LA	36,775	44,346	51,896	59,468
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	32,948	38,335	43,722	49,109
Lafayette, LA	31,076	36,463	41,829	47,216
Lake Charles, LA	31,367	37,669	43,992	50,295
Monroe, LA	32,677	38,356	44,013	49,692
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	35,464	44,055	52,645	61,236
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	33,551	40,082	46,592	53,124
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	34,570	42,349	50,108	57,887
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	36,005	42,453	48,922	55,370
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	33,218	40,768	48,319	55,869
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	42,744	51,522	60,320	69,098
Barnstable Town, MA	45,885	53,644	61,402	69,160
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	45,844	54,351	62,858	71,365
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	44,908	53,290	61,693	70,076
Pittsfield, MA	44,076	48,880	53,706	58,511
Springfield, MA	43,223	50,919	58,615	66,311
Worcester, MA	40,519	47,965	55,432	62,879
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	40,144	49,941	59,717	69,514
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	39,021	48,048	57,096	66,124
Lexington Park, MD	41,933	51,813	61,693	71,573
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	33,925	42,765	51,626	60,466
Salisbury, MD	40,540	48,776	57,034	65,271
Bangor, ME	41,372	45,719	50,045	54,392
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	44,117	48,756	53,373	58,012
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	39,042	43,660	48,256	52,874
Portland-South Portland, ME	44,304	51,564	58,844	66,103
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	44,450	51,584	58,719	65,853
Ann Arbor, MI	45,157	52,562	59,988	67,392
Battle Creek, MI	38,168	43,660	49,172	54,663
Bay City, MI	40,290	47,445	54,580	61,735
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	37,981	45,032	52,084	59,135
Flint, MI	38,376	44,388	50,399	56,410
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	40,727	47,279	53,810	60,362
Jackson, MI	40,061	46,010	51,959	57,908
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	39,708	45,989	52,271	58,552
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	36,255	42,952	49,671	56,368
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	38,231	44,200	50,191	56,160
Midland, MI	45,656	52,562	59,447	66,352
Monroe, MI	38,501	45,760	53,020	60,279
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	37,794	43,015	48,256	53,477
Niles, MI	39,645	44,804	49,983	55,141
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,128	41,892	46,676	51,439
Saginaw, MI	40,040	47,840	55,640	63,440
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,420	41,580	45,760	49,920
Traverse City, MI	42,412	47,133	51,855	56,576
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	35,610	41,788	47,986	54,164
Duluth, MN-WI	46,364	51,543	56,701	61,880
Mankato, MN	46,800	53,768	60,736	67,704
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	48,776	56,930	65,104	73,258
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	49,109	53,852	58,594	63,336
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	46,176	51,460	56,764	62,047
Rochester, MN	49,442	56,452	63,440	70,450
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	44,658	51,210	57,783	64,335
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	46,343	53,144	59,925	66,727
St. Cloud, MN	48,797	57,970	67,122	76,295
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	38,085	45,615	53,165	60,695
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,213	44,284	52,354	60,424
Columbia, MO	45,428	51,876	58,344	64,792
Jefferson City, MO	40,269	46,738	53,207	59,676
Joplin, MO-KS	40,581	47,029	53,498	59,946
Kansas City, MO-KS	42,183	49,151	56,140	63,108
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	35,652	42,224	48,818	55,391
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,903	40,477	46,072	51,647
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,612	42,536	50,482	58,407
Springfield, MO	42,474	47,736	52,978	58,240
St. Joseph, MO-KS	41,288	47,092	52,895	58,698
St. Louis, MO-IL	42,453	49,234	55,994	62,775
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	33,218	40,228	47,258	54,268
Hattiesburg, MS	32,220	38,064	43,888	49,733
Jackson, MS	32,802	39,000	45,199	51,397
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	29,516	35,132	40,768	46,384
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	31,096	37,752	44,408	51,064
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	31,325	36,900	42,495	48,069
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,348	36,296	42,245	48,194
Billings, MT	41,663	46,800	51,917	57,055
Bozeman, MT	45,989	50,877	55,765	60,653
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	41,101	47,528	53,956	60,383
Great Falls, MT	43,202	47,570	51,959	56,327
Helena, MT	42,245	48,652	55,037	61,444
Missoula, MT	41,684	47,487	53,290	59,093
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	39,895	45,157	50,440	55,703
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	41,060	45,948	50,815	55,703
Asheville, NC	37,586	42,828	48,048	53,290
Burlington, NC	39,021	43,743	48,444	53,165
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,592	41,351	49,130	56,888
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	41,517	49,754	58,012	66,248
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	43,140	51,460	59,759	68,079
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,612	40,893	47,196	53,477
Fayetteville, NC	37,482	46,072	54,684	63,274
Goldsboro, NC	36,962	45,032	53,124	61,194
Greensboro-High Point, NC	37,940	44,096	50,232	56,389
Greenville, NC	40,040	49,816	59,592	69,368
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	33,613	38,605	43,597	48,589
Jacksonville, NC	38,543	45,532	52,520	59,509
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	35,714	41,746	47,799	53,831
Raleigh-Cary, NC	39,999	50,232	60,487	70,720
Rocky Mount, NC	36,900	41,725	46,551	51,376
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,007	41,538	48,048	54,580
Wilmington, NC	37,170	45,802	54,455	63,087
Winston-Salem, NC	39,416	47,799	56,181	64,564
Bismarck, ND	40,248	47,861	55,474	63,087
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,058	48,984	55,911	62,837
Fargo, ND-MN	40,768	47,258	53,748	60,237
Grand Forks, ND-MN	39,292	45,656	52,000	58,365
Minot, ND	39,687	44,887	50,108	55,308
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	41,205	46,676	52,146	57,616
Grand Island, NE	39,666	52,749	65,853	78,936
Lincoln, NE	41,330	47,736	54,122	60,528
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	41,247	46,967	52,666	58,386
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	37,586	43,992	50,378	56,784
Omaha, NE-IA	42,516	51,168	59,800	68,453
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	39,229	45,532	51,834	58,136
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	39,832	45,407	50,981	56,556
Manchester-Nashua, NH	43,264	48,631	53,976	59,343
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	40,186	44,159	48,132	52,104
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	43,472	50,108	56,743	63,378
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	40,228	51,335	62,442	73,549
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	42,037	51,127	60,237	69,327
Vineland, NJ	40,040	49,754	59,447	69,160
Albuquerque, NM	41,996	50,399	58,781	67,184
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	36,296	42,495	48,693	54,892
Farmington, NM	38,252	47,196	56,140	65,084
Las Cruces, NM	34,029	41,725	49,442	57,138
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	38,626	45,906	53,186	60,466
Santa Fe, NM	41,018	52,167	63,336	74,485
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	37,336	45,864	54,372	62,900
Carson City, NV	44,845	52,978	61,111	69,244
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	38,272	46,592	54,912	63,232
Reno, NV	38,772	46,842	54,912	62,983
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	44,138	51,189	58,261	65,312
Binghamton, NY	41,060	47,591	54,101	60,632
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	43,119	51,792	60,445	69,119
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	44,180	50,794	57,408	64,023
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	39,104	44,138	49,151	54,184
Elmira, NY	41,309	47,799	54,268	60,757
Glens Falls, NY	39,396	43,701	48,028	52,333
Ithaca, NY	42,807	50,399	58,012	65,604
Kingston, NY	42,308	50,336	58,386	66,415
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	41,767	50,274	58,760	67,268
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	40,893	53,872	66,852	79,831
Rochester, NY	42,495	48,132	53,789	59,426
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	39,936	46,218	52,500	58,781
Syracuse, NY	42,724	49,525	56,327	63,128
Utica-Rome, NY	36,608	43,160	49,733	56,285
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	43,972	49,588	55,183	60,799
Akron, OH	40,248	47,092	53,956	60,799
Canton-Massillon, OH	36,026	43,535	51,064	58,573
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	42,245	49,900	57,554	65,208
Cleveland, OH	42,703	52,125	61,568	70,991
Columbus, OH	42,869	50,524	58,157	65,812
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	39,978	46,759	53,540	60,320
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	37,981	44,741	51,501	58,261
Lima, OH	37,607	42,703	47,778	52,874
Mansfield, OH	34,445	39,312	44,159	49,026
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	38,210	44,408	50,607	56,805
Sandusky, OH	39,832	45,178	50,524	55,869
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	37,711	46,156	54,621	63,066
Springfield, OH	26,770	33,156	39,520	45,906
Toledo, OH	38,668	44,408	50,128	55,869
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	38,626	44,388	50,170	55,932
Youngstown-Warren, OH	30,660	36,920	43,160	49,421
Enid, OK	39,375	46,988	54,580	62,192
Lawton, OK	36,192	44,304	52,437	60,549
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	36,255	43,972	51,709	59,426
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	34,154	42,287	50,440	58,573
Oklahoma City, OK	40,165	47,570	54,975	62,380
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	35,922	42,432	48,922	55,432
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,656	40,290	47,903	55,536
Tulsa, OK	40,040	48,527	57,034	65,520
Albany, OR	44,138	52,188	60,237	68,287
Bend, OR	46,468	53,935	61,423	68,890
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	45,261	53,373	61,485	69,597
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	42,536	49,567	56,597	63,628
Corvallis, OR	46,967	55,079	63,170	71,282
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	41,954	50,253	58,573	66,872
Eugene-Springfield, OR	44,200	51,896	59,592	67,288
Grants Pass, OR	44,200	52,583	60,986	69,368
Medford, OR	43,056	49,192	55,349	61,485
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	48,402	56,618	64,855	73,071
Salem, OR	41,767	50,108	58,448	66,789
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	40,311	46,676	53,061	59,426
Altoona, PA	36,983	41,933	46,904	51,855
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	37,898	43,743	49,608	55,453
Chambersburg, PA	39,583	47,528	55,474	63,420
Erie, PA	33,197	40,290	47,404	54,496
Gettysburg, PA	38,938	45,948	52,957	59,967
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	39,791	46,676	53,581	60,466
Johnstown, PA	35,631	43,244	50,836	58,448
Lancaster, PA	38,564	43,868	49,151	54,455
Lebanon, PA	39,583	47,757	55,932	64,106
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	35,360	40,872	46,405	51,917
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	34,840	39,666	44,492	49,317
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	40,061	48,028	55,994	63,960
Pittsburgh, PA	40,560	46,072	51,605	57,117
Reading, PA	39,188	48,506	57,824	67,143
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	36,567	41,704	46,863	52,000
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	37,004	41,600	46,218	50,815
State College, PA	37,919	45,074	52,229	59,384
Williamsport, PA	40,436	47,778	55,120	62,463
York-Hanover, PA	37,274	44,076	50,877	57,679
Aguadilla, PR	22,215	28,434	34,674	40,893
Arecibo, PR	23,816	27,352	30,868	34,404
Guayama, PR	22,568	28,600	34,653	40,685
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	25,813	29,765	33,738
Ponce, PR	22,298	27,519	32,719	37,940
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	23,380	24,898	26,437
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,714	28,912	35,090	41,288
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	44,637	52,957	61,256	69,576
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	43,015	50,336	57,637	64,959
Columbia, SC	42,828	49,837	56,826	63,836
Florence, SC	38,148	46,738	55,308	63,898
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	39,999	46,655	53,311	59,967
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	44,304	51,751	59,176	66,623
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	35,797	41,184	46,551	51,938
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	38,252	46,488	54,725	62,962
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,359	42,973	49,608	56,223
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,695	41,746	48,797	55,848
Spartanburg, SC	40,872	47,404	53,914	60,445
Sumter, SC	40,956	48,631	56,327	64,002
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	39,999	46,010	52,042	58,053
Rapid City, SD	40,498	47,716	54,933	62,151
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	38,709	46,821	54,912	63,024
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	43,972	49,983	55,994	62,005
Chattanooga, TN-GA	37,711	56,805	75,900	94,994
Clarksville, TN-KY	35,527	42,869	50,232	57,575
Cleveland, TN	36,047	41,871	47,674	53,498
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	33,197	41,559	49,941	58,303
Jackson, TN	39,021	48,132	57,263	66,373
Johnson City, TN	35,548	42,640	49,712	56,805
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	34,362	40,477	46,613	52,728
Knoxville, TN	37,836	43,992	50,170	56,327
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	39,791	49,504	59,218	68,932
Morristown, TN	28,101	35,922	43,743	51,564
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	40,997	48,277	55,578	62,858
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,008	42,724	51,418	60,133
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	35,652	43,181	50,711	58,240
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,716	41,912	49,109	56,306
Abilene, TX	35,090	42,724	50,357	57,991
Amarillo, TX	34,882	42,516	50,170	57,804
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	32,844	42,516	52,208	61,880
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	34,549	40,165	45,802	51,418
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	35,506	40,852	46,218	51,564
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	29,765	36,068	42,349	48,652
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,199	38,148	44,076	50,024
College Station-Bryan, TX	32,906	39,479	46,052	52,624
Corpus Christi, TX	31,720	36,900	42,079	47,258
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	40,436	48,693	56,951	65,208
Eagle Pass, TX	30,847	36,920	42,973	49,047
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,303	38,709	45,116	51,522
El Paso, TX	30,743	39,708	48,652	57,616
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,237	40,352	46,488	52,604
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	40,269	48,548	56,826	65,104
Killeen-Temple, TX	36,775	45,012	53,228	61,464
Laredo, TX	30,368	36,733	43,119	49,484
Longview, TX	35,090	41,517	47,965	54,392
Lubbock, TX	32,573	39,125	45,677	52,229
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	26,895	34,632	42,391	50,128
Midland, TX	39,146	48,256	57,388	66,498
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,388	36,504	41,642	46,759
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,887	38,460	45,032	51,605
Odessa, TX	36,296	44,117	51,959	59,780
San Angelo, TX	37,960	43,472	48,964	54,476
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	35,194	42,432	49,671	56,909
Sherman-Denison, TX	32,074	38,418	44,762	51,106
Texarkana, TX-AR	28,517	34,112	39,708	45,303
Tyler, TX	34,653	42,869	51,064	59,280
Victoria, TX	35,776	43,348	50,919	58,490
Waco, TX	30,909	37,773	44,637	51,501
Wichita Falls, TX	31,866	39,208	46,530	53,872
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	38,668	43,930	49,192	54,455
Logan, UT-ID	33,946	42,120	50,295	58,469
Ogden, UT	33,093	39,104	45,116	51,127
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	33,592	39,832	46,052	52,292
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	42,079	52,624	63,170	73,716
St. George, UT	40,706	47,466	54,205	60,965
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	37,628	47,362	57,117	66,852
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	36,380	43,036	49,712	56,368
Charlottesville, VA	45,656	52,416	59,176	65,936
Harrisonburg, VA	41,309	48,672	56,015	63,378
Lynchburg, VA	38,044	44,824	51,584	58,365
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,882	43,202	51,522	59,842
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	37,981	44,804	51,647	58,469
Richmond, VA	42,100	49,276	56,472	63,648
Roanoke, VA	34,736	41,600	48,485	55,349
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,548	41,434	47,320	53,207
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,029	40,103	46,156	52,229
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	36,733	43,452	50,170	56,888
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	39,437	46,676	53,893	61,132
Winchester, VA-WV	35,152	40,352	45,552	50,752
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	39,146	47,924	56,701	65,479
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	47,258	54,996	62,712	70,450
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	43,119	48,652	54,205	59,738
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	44,117	49,692	55,245	60,820
Bellingham, WA	42,391	51,730	61,048	70,388
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	45,760	53,103	60,424	67,767
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	46,468	52,853	59,260	65,645
Kennewick-Richland, WA	43,410	52,000	60,612	69,202
Longview-Kelso, WA	48,360	57,408	66,456	75,504
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	50,399	60,508	70,637	80,746
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	41,143	49,234	57,304	65,396
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	49,920	61,173	72,405	83,658
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	42,911	50,898	58,864	66,852
Walla Walla, WA	47,570	54,434	61,319	68,183
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	45,386	50,399	55,432	60,445
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	44,596	52,416	60,237	68,058
Yakima, WA	43,576	50,066	56,576	63,066
Appleton, WI	47,092	53,186	59,280	65,375
Eau Claire, WI	46,863	50,503	54,164	57,804
Fond du Lac, WI	45,116	49,172	53,207	57,263
Green Bay, WI	45,760	50,669	55,578	60,487
Janesville-Beloit, WI	48,152	53,956	59,780	65,583
Kenosha, WI	45,989	50,856	55,744	60,612
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	49,421	58,552	67,663	76,794
Madison, WI	48,901	56,618	64,335	72,052
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	48,797	56,660	64,543	72,405
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	43,972	49,567	55,183	60,778
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	43,805	49,546	55,308	61,048
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	44,783	50,087	55,391	60,695
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	47,258	54,663	62,068	69,472
Sheboygan, WI	46,988	54,517	62,047	69,576
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	45,220	50,440	55,682	60,903
Wausau, WI	44,076	49,879	55,703	61,506
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	47,487	52,541	57,575	62,629
Beckley, WV	31,679	38,917	46,135	53,373
Charleston, WV	34,445	41,600	48,735	55,890
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	37,607	45,948	54,268	62,608
Morgantown, WV	36,068	44,221	52,396	60,549
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,095	38,896	45,677	52,479
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	32,136	37,503	42,890	48,256
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,532	39,562	46,592	53,623
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	35,152	42,682	50,191	57,720
Wheeling, WV-OH	33,010	40,477	47,965	55,432
Casper, WY	39,354	44,492	49,608	54,746
Cheyenne, WY	45,552	54,309	63,087	71,844
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	39,125	47,861	56,597	65,333
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	40,020	48,568	57,138	65,687

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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