SOC 31-1131 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Nursing Assistants 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): Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.

Level I across metros$21,840 – $49,588Aguadilla, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$44,928Across 100 top H-1B metros

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Nursing Assistants?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,840 in Aguadilla, PR to $49,588 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $44,928. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $41,996, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 20 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	42,578	47,154	51,751	56,327
Anchorage, AK	41,829	44,658	47,466	50,295
Fairbanks-College, AK	43,244	47,300	51,376	55,432
Anniston-Oxford, AL	26,708	29,391	32,053	34,736
Auburn-Opelika, AL	29,100	32,844	36,608	40,352
Birmingham, AL	29,911	32,407	34,924	37,420
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	29,786	31,804	33,842	35,860
Decatur, AL	29,183	32,282	35,381	38,480
Dothan, AL	24,253	27,020	29,765	32,532
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	28,850	30,493	32,136	33,780
Gadsden, AL	28,351	30,306	32,261	34,216
Huntsville, AL	28,122	31,013	33,925	36,816
Mobile, AL	28,767	30,784	32,802	34,820
Montgomery, AL	28,808	31,616	34,445	37,253
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	26,541	29,557	32,573	35,589
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,621	31,117	33,613	36,109
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	27,061	30,036	32,989	35,964
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	26,271	28,829	31,367	33,925
Tuscaloosa, AL	29,058	31,679	34,279	36,900
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,559	30,368	32,199	34,008
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	31,242	33,468	35,693	37,919
Fort Smith, AR-OK	26,500	29,120	31,720	34,341
Hot Springs, AR	29,412	31,076	32,740	34,404
Jonesboro, AR	29,183	31,492	33,800	36,109
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	29,869	32,636	35,423	38,189
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,122	30,223	32,324	34,424
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,788	30,805	32,802	34,820
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,912	30,722	32,511	34,320
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	36,588	40,020	43,431	46,863
Flagstaff, AZ	40,436	43,306	46,156	49,026
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	36,276	39,687	43,098	46,509
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	37,773	41,496	45,240	48,964
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	38,439	42,183	45,906	49,650
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	35,028	38,044	41,039	44,055
Tucson, AZ	36,858	40,394	43,951	47,487
Yuma, AZ	35,964	38,564	41,143	43,743
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	40,207	43,348	46,468	49,608
Chico, CA	41,871	44,450	47,008	49,588
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	43,618	46,759	49,900	53,040
El Centro, CA	37,898	40,768	43,639	46,509
Fresno, CA	39,229	41,871	44,492	47,133
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	40,644	44,096	47,528	50,981
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	42,973	46,322	49,671	53,020
Merced, CA	40,727	43,015	45,282	47,570
Modesto, CA	40,644	43,972	47,279	50,607
Napa, CA	44,429	48,152	51,896	55,620
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	44,679	47,549	50,399	53,269
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	43,701	46,530	49,359	52,188
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	41,559	44,596	47,632	50,669
Redding, CA	38,709	42,391	46,072	49,754
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	41,080	43,992	46,904	49,816
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	42,786	45,927	49,068	52,208
Salinas, CA	43,493	46,426	49,380	52,312
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	43,618	46,696	49,754	52,832
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	47,965	52,312	56,660	61,007
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	49,588	54,455	59,322	64,189
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	41,600	44,596	47,591	50,586
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	42,703	45,989	49,255	52,541
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	42,224	44,845	47,487	50,108
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	44,138	47,175	50,232	53,269
Stockton-Lodi, CA	41,996	44,908	47,820	50,732
Vallejo, CA	41,808	46,239	50,648	55,079
Visalia, CA	40,207	43,410	46,592	49,796
Yuba City, CA	41,725	44,658	47,612	50,544
Boulder, CO	42,744	46,156	49,546	52,957
Colorado Springs, CO	39,978	42,640	45,282	47,944
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	43,493	46,468	49,442	52,416
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	36,546	40,124	43,680	47,258
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	39,063	42,162	45,282	48,381
Grand Junction, CO	37,461	40,540	43,618	46,696
Greeley, CO	40,644	43,389	46,156	48,901
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	39,687	43,514	47,362	51,189
Pueblo, CO	38,397	41,268	44,138	47,008
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	39,104	42,848	46,572	50,316
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	40,706	43,368	46,052	48,714
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	38,876	41,268	43,660	46,052
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	39,500	42,100	44,720	47,320
New Haven, CT	40,581	43,680	46,759	49,858
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	39,437	42,308	45,157	48,028
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	39,999	42,370	44,762	47,133
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	36,400	40,748	45,095	49,442
Dover, DE	36,296	38,376	40,477	42,557
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	37,586	39,708	41,829	43,951
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	35,672	37,711	39,728	41,767
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	35,048	36,837	38,605	40,394
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	34,175	35,901	37,628	39,354
Gainesville, FL	35,007	36,525	38,023	39,541
Homosassa Springs, FL	32,199	33,821	35,464	37,087
Jacksonville, FL	35,381	37,544	39,728	41,892
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	33,696	35,319	36,941	38,564
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	35,111	37,565	39,999	42,453
Naples-Marco Island, FL	37,336	39,333	41,351	43,348
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	34,196	36,047	37,898	39,749
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	36,338	39,084	41,829	44,575
Ocala, FL	33,114	35,048	37,004	38,938
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	34,820	36,858	38,876	40,914
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	34,237	36,151	38,064	39,978
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	34,424	36,380	38,335	40,290
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	33,551	35,485	37,420	39,354
Port St. Lucie, FL	34,695	36,712	38,709	40,727
Punta Gorda, FL	34,549	36,359	38,189	39,999
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	35,007	37,066	39,146	41,205
Sebring, FL	32,511	34,508	36,484	38,480
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	35,423	36,775	38,127	39,479
Tallahassee, FL	31,741	33,613	35,485	37,357
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	35,215	37,066	38,938	40,789
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	34,154	35,672	37,170	38,688
Albany, GA	27,664	30,805	33,925	37,066
Athens-Clarke County, GA	31,346	34,133	36,941	39,728
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	34,487	37,524	40,540	43,576
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	30,639	33,759	36,879	39,999
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	31,242	33,551	35,839	38,148
Columbus, GA-AL	29,266	31,991	34,695	37,420
Dalton, GA	28,933	32,178	35,402	38,647
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	28,788	31,783	34,778	37,773
Gainesville, GA	34,924	38,127	41,330	44,533
Hinesville, GA	29,786	32,719	35,652	38,584
Macon-Bibb County, GA	31,159	34,008	36,879	39,728
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	30,576	33,967	37,357	40,748
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	31,325	33,904	36,463	39,042
Rome, GA	32,927	35,048	37,149	39,271
Savannah, GA	33,072	35,444	37,794	40,165
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	28,642	31,616	34,612	37,586
Valdosta, GA	28,247	31,076	33,925	36,754
Warner Robins, GA	32,573	34,965	37,357	39,749
Guam MSA	34,612	38,647	42,661	46,696
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	38,605	42,578	46,530	50,503
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	40,706	43,764	46,821	49,879
Urban Honolulu, HI	36,816	41,080	45,365	49,629
Ames, IA	37,420	40,186	42,952	45,719
Cedar Rapids, IA	34,903	37,981	41,080	44,159
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	35,610	38,189	40,748	43,327
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	35,860	39,229	42,620	45,989
Dubuque, IA	36,463	39,104	41,767	44,408
Iowa City, IA	35,568	38,626	41,704	44,762
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	36,151	38,605	41,039	43,493
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	35,901	38,605	41,309	44,013
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	35,839	38,584	41,330	44,076
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	35,776	38,272	40,768	43,264
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	34,300	37,274	40,269	43,244
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	35,735	38,189	40,623	43,077
Boise City, ID	29,786	35,028	40,269	45,511
Coeur d'Alene, ID	26,396	32,781	39,167	45,552
Idaho Falls, ID	32,448	35,464	38,501	41,517
Lewiston, ID-WA	35,922	38,480	41,018	43,576
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	28,975	33,239	37,524	41,788
Pocatello, ID	30,015	32,968	35,922	38,876
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	30,410	33,904	37,378	40,872
Twin Falls, ID	23,359	29,994	36,629	43,264
Bloomington, IL	37,212	40,332	43,452	46,572
Champaign-Urbana, IL	37,149	39,999	42,828	45,677
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	40,269	43,431	46,572	49,733
Decatur, IL	37,628	40,831	44,034	47,237
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,463	39,312	42,141	44,991
Kankakee, IL	34,820	38,272	41,725	45,178
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,296	39,354	42,412	45,469
Peoria, IL	37,087	39,812	42,557	45,282
Rockford, IL	37,295	39,791	42,287	44,783
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,172	39,416	42,682	45,927
Springfield, IL	37,648	39,853	42,079	44,284
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,317	39,708	43,098	46,488
Bloomington, IN	35,568	37,066	38,564	40,061
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	35,527	37,815	40,082	42,370
Columbus, IN	35,631	37,503	39,396	41,268
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	34,986	37,087	39,208	41,309
Evansville, IN	35,402	37,149	38,917	40,664
Fort Wayne, IN	35,069	37,128	39,167	41,226
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	36,068	38,480	40,872	43,285
Kokomo, IN	35,444	37,357	39,250	41,164
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	34,508	36,941	39,354	41,788
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	35,568	38,002	40,415	42,848
Muncie, IN	33,176	35,485	37,794	40,103
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	35,028	37,045	39,042	41,060
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	35,090	37,440	39,770	42,120
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	35,423	37,628	39,853	42,058
Terre Haute, IN	34,196	36,005	37,794	39,604
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	32,428	34,840	37,232	39,645
Lawrence, KS	34,903	37,128	39,375	41,600
Manhattan, KS	33,093	35,943	38,813	41,663
Topeka, KS	35,839	38,439	41,039	43,639
Wichita, KS	33,322	35,693	38,064	40,436
Bowling Green, KY	33,031	35,901	38,792	41,663
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	32,573	35,194	37,794	40,415
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,912	31,949	34,965	38,002
Elizabethtown, KY	33,239	35,922	38,584	41,268
Lexington-Fayette, KY	34,528	37,357	40,186	43,015
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	35,880	38,876	41,871	44,866
Owensboro, KY	32,032	35,028	38,044	41,039
Paducah, KY-IL	31,741	34,903	38,044	41,205
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	29,349	32,864	36,359	39,874
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	29,349	32,740	36,151	39,541
Alexandria, LA	27,789	30,202	32,615	35,028
Baton Rouge, LA	28,954	30,888	32,802	34,736
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,146	27,893	29,640	31,388
Hammond, LA	27,997	30,410	32,823	35,236
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	27,685	29,204	30,701	32,220
Lafayette, LA	27,498	29,162	30,847	32,511
Lake Charles, LA	27,581	30,056	32,552	35,028
Monroe, LA	27,082	28,788	30,493	32,199
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	28,829	31,533	34,258	36,962
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,936	28,351	29,786	31,200
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	28,642	31,096	33,572	36,026
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	29,245	31,492	33,759	36,005
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	27,352	28,954	30,576	32,178
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	38,314	42,079	45,823	49,588
Barnstable Town, MA	40,540	45,012	49,484	53,956
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	42,162	45,428	48,693	51,959
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	39,562	43,431	47,279	51,148
Pittsfield, MA	41,372	44,159	46,967	49,754
Springfield, MA	39,188	42,245	45,303	48,360
Worcester, MA	40,727	43,660	46,613	49,546
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	36,484	39,541	42,599	45,656
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	36,338	39,728	43,098	46,488
Lexington Park, MD	38,605	42,994	47,362	51,751
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	36,650	39,146	41,621	44,117
Salisbury, MD	35,735	38,127	40,498	42,890
Bangor, ME	40,956	44,367	47,757	51,168
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	43,992	47,050	50,128	53,186
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	35,069	38,709	42,328	45,968
Portland-South Portland, ME	42,911	45,906	48,901	51,896
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	40,248	43,348	46,468	49,567
Ann Arbor, MI	37,357	40,228	43,077	45,948
Battle Creek, MI	37,087	40,727	44,367	48,007
Bay City, MI	35,652	37,295	38,917	40,560
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	37,586	39,770	41,975	44,159
Flint, MI	35,756	38,231	40,685	43,160
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	36,546	38,418	40,269	42,141
Jackson, MI	38,064	40,020	41,996	43,951
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	35,444	39,000	42,557	46,114
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	36,172	38,148	40,144	42,120
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,232	39,104	40,976	42,848
Midland, MI	37,690	38,876	40,040	41,226
Monroe, MI	35,860	37,940	39,999	42,079
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	37,690	38,813	39,957	41,080
Niles, MI	37,711	39,708	41,684	43,680
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,378	39,666	41,954	44,242
Saginaw, MI	35,610	37,752	39,874	42,016
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	34,528	36,796	39,084	41,351
Traverse City, MI	39,500	41,288	43,056	44,845
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	36,380	38,876	41,351	43,847
Duluth, MN-WI	37,066	40,207	43,348	46,488
Mankato, MN	40,893	43,868	46,842	49,816
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	40,789	44,200	47,612	51,023
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	37,815	40,831	43,826	46,842
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	37,648	40,789	43,909	47,050
Rochester, MN	39,271	42,308	45,344	48,381
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	37,586	40,706	43,805	46,925
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	38,335	41,538	44,720	47,924
St. Cloud, MN	37,191	40,311	43,410	46,530
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	32,344	34,508	36,692	38,855
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	30,909	33,447	35,964	38,501
Columbia, MO	34,071	36,920	39,770	42,620
Jefferson City, MO	31,908	34,216	36,504	38,813
Joplin, MO-KS	31,533	33,426	35,340	37,232
Kansas City, MO-KS	36,400	39,188	41,954	44,741
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	30,056	32,948	35,818	38,709
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	30,472	33,114	35,735	38,376
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	31,034	33,093	35,173	37,232
Springfield, MO	32,927	34,674	36,442	38,189
St. Joseph, MO-KS	32,095	34,320	36,525	38,751
St. Louis, MO-IL	35,652	38,168	40,706	43,223
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	28,392	31,367	34,320	37,295
Hattiesburg, MS	28,600	30,140	31,679	33,218
Jackson, MS	27,935	30,535	33,135	35,735
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	26,229	29,016	31,783	34,570
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	26,708	29,037	31,346	33,676
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	28,496	30,597	32,698	34,799
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	27,165	29,432	31,720	33,988
Billings, MT	37,232	40,082	42,911	45,760
Bozeman, MT	41,476	44,304	47,154	49,983
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	34,944	38,730	42,495	46,280
Great Falls, MT	37,940	40,207	42,474	44,741
Helena, MT	37,648	40,748	43,826	46,925
Missoula, MT	36,234	39,271	42,287	45,324
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	36,359	39,895	43,431	46,967
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	35,506	38,896	42,287	45,677
Asheville, NC	34,674	38,064	41,476	44,866
Burlington, NC	33,176	36,151	39,125	42,100
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,036	33,093	36,172	39,229
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	34,508	37,940	41,372	44,804
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	36,900	39,708	42,516	45,324
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,223	33,239	36,255	39,271
Fayetteville, NC	30,576	34,071	37,565	41,060
Goldsboro, NC	31,783	34,799	37,836	40,852
Greensboro-High Point, NC	32,303	35,464	38,626	41,788
Greenville, NC	31,804	35,028	38,231	41,455
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	33,010	35,485	37,940	40,415
Jacksonville, NC	30,244	33,156	36,068	38,980
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	30,535	33,676	36,796	39,936
Raleigh-Cary, NC	33,343	36,879	40,436	43,972
Rocky Mount, NC	29,599	32,968	36,338	39,708
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,930	34,008	37,087	40,165
Wilmington, NC	31,450	34,757	38,064	41,372
Winston-Salem, NC	33,738	36,484	39,250	41,996
Bismarck, ND	35,735	39,812	43,909	47,986
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,127	41,871	45,615	49,359
Fargo, ND-MN	34,424	38,376	42,308	46,260
Grand Forks, ND-MN	35,735	39,728	43,701	47,695
Minot, ND	33,904	36,588	39,292	41,975
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	33,072	38,064	43,036	48,028
Grand Island, NE	36,629	39,271	41,892	44,533
Lincoln, NE	36,858	39,167	41,476	43,784
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,567	39,354	42,141	44,928
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,671	39,437	42,224	44,991
Omaha, NE-IA	37,461	40,228	42,994	45,760
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,296	39,042	41,788	44,533
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	41,060	45,448	49,858	54,247
Manchester-Nashua, NH	40,373	44,055	47,736	51,418
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	40,956	44,429	47,882	51,356
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	40,581	44,388	48,173	51,980
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	38,023	40,373	42,724	45,074
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	40,436	42,973	45,511	48,048
Vineland, NJ	39,604	43,410	47,196	51,002
Albuquerque, NM	35,984	38,959	41,954	44,928
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	33,114	35,818	38,522	41,226
Farmington, NM	35,485	38,460	41,434	44,408
Las Cruces, NM	33,613	36,172	38,730	41,288
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	35,048	38,751	42,432	46,135
Santa Fe, NM	38,418	42,058	45,677	49,317
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	35,943	39,520	43,077	46,655
Carson City, NV	42,079	44,866	47,653	50,440
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	37,607	41,184	44,783	48,360
Reno, NV	37,295	41,205	45,116	49,026
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	36,296	39,000	41,725	44,429
Binghamton, NY	36,629	39,895	43,140	46,405
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	37,295	39,500	41,684	43,888
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	38,023	40,852	43,660	46,488
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	37,981	40,727	43,452	46,197
Elmira, NY	36,671	37,877	39,084	40,290
Glens Falls, NY	36,837	39,541	42,266	44,970
Ithaca, NY	39,000	42,079	45,136	48,215
Kingston, NY	39,604	42,703	45,802	48,901
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	41,039	43,972	46,925	49,858
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	44,450	47,612	50,773	53,935
Rochester, NY	38,127	40,061	42,016	43,951
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	37,877	40,394	42,911	45,428
Syracuse, NY	38,127	41,205	44,304	47,383
Utica-Rome, NY	37,232	39,832	42,432	45,032
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	35,631	37,628	39,604	41,600
Akron, OH	35,901	38,189	40,498	42,786
Canton-Massillon, OH	34,279	36,650	39,021	41,392
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	36,941	39,437	41,912	44,408
Cleveland, OH	35,277	37,919	40,560	43,202
Columbus, OH	36,338	39,167	41,996	44,824
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	36,005	38,356	40,727	43,077
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	33,696	36,400	39,125	41,829
Lima, OH	33,280	36,317	39,375	42,412
Mansfield, OH	34,362	36,504	38,668	40,810
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	34,591	37,357	40,144	42,911
Sandusky, OH	33,260	36,234	39,188	42,162
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	31,762	35,090	38,418	41,746
Springfield, OH	35,444	37,336	39,229	41,122
Toledo, OH	35,818	38,501	41,205	43,888
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	33,031	35,527	38,044	40,540
Youngstown-Warren, OH	33,551	35,527	37,503	39,479
Enid, OK	29,932	31,928	33,904	35,901
Lawton, OK	30,160	33,946	37,711	41,496
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,828	32,324	34,840	37,336
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	28,850	31,388	33,904	36,442
Oklahoma City, OK	33,093	35,194	37,274	39,375
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,100	31,741	34,383	37,024
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	25,938	28,954	31,970	34,986
Tulsa, OK	32,864	35,048	37,253	39,437
Albany, OR	42,911	46,592	50,295	53,976
Bend, OR	45,760	48,818	51,855	54,912
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	41,476	44,866	48,277	51,668
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	43,223	46,800	50,378	53,956
Corvallis, OR	42,557	46,405	50,274	54,122
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	41,642	45,303	48,984	52,645
Eugene-Springfield, OR	42,141	46,031	49,920	53,810
Grants Pass, OR	46,488	49,588	52,687	55,786
Medford, OR	44,720	47,736	50,752	53,768
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	45,303	48,964	52,624	56,285
Salem, OR	44,949	48,548	52,125	55,724
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	38,252	40,935	43,618	46,301
Altoona, PA	35,589	38,231	40,852	43,493
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	34,591	37,253	39,936	42,599
Chambersburg, PA	38,480	42,391	46,280	50,191
Erie, PA	37,295	39,146	41,018	42,869
Gettysburg, PA	38,314	40,373	42,453	44,512
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	37,503	39,874	42,266	44,637
Johnstown, PA	34,965	36,941	38,938	40,914
Lancaster, PA	38,106	40,852	43,576	46,322
Lebanon, PA	38,356	41,767	45,157	48,568
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	35,652	38,044	40,415	42,807
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	35,111	37,628	40,144	42,661
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	40,415	43,098	45,802	48,485
Pittsburgh, PA	37,711	40,248	42,807	45,344
Reading, PA	37,628	40,914	44,180	47,466
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	37,087	39,812	42,536	45,261
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	35,485	37,898	40,332	42,744
State College, PA	37,045	38,834	40,644	42,432
Williamsport, PA	37,066	39,146	41,226	43,306
York-Hanover, PA	38,168	40,935	43,722	46,488
Aguadilla, PR	21,840	22,423	22,984	23,567
Arecibo, PR	21,840	25,730	29,640	33,530
Guayama, PR	21,840	25,917	30,015	34,092
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	22,090	22,340	22,589
Ponce, PR	21,840	25,293	28,746	32,199
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	25,148	28,476	31,783
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	21,965	26,271	30,556	34,861
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	40,290	43,140	45,989	48,839
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	35,735	38,023	40,332	42,620
Columbia, SC	30,493	33,780	37,066	40,352
Florence, SC	29,786	32,303	34,799	37,316
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	33,010	35,194	37,357	39,541
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	34,424	36,671	38,917	41,164
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	31,720	34,112	36,525	38,917
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	29,100	32,282	35,444	38,626
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,764	33,239	35,693	38,168
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	29,412	32,365	35,298	38,252
Spartanburg, SC	34,799	36,941	39,084	41,226
Sumter, SC	28,850	31,908	34,965	38,023
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	34,924	37,295	39,687	42,058
Rapid City, SD	36,068	38,106	40,124	42,162
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	33,946	36,588	39,229	41,871
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	33,447	36,525	39,583	42,661
Chattanooga, TN-GA	33,488	35,964	38,439	40,914
Clarksville, TN-KY	30,576	33,863	37,149	40,436
Cleveland, TN	32,282	34,112	35,922	37,752
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	30,701	33,093	35,464	37,856
Jackson, TN	30,597	33,072	35,527	38,002
Johnson City, TN	31,512	34,362	37,212	40,061
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	33,052	35,402	37,732	40,082
Knoxville, TN	32,490	34,820	37,149	39,479
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	33,572	36,026	38,501	40,956
Morristown, TN	32,615	34,716	36,837	38,938
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	35,132	38,127	41,143	44,138
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	31,596	33,717	35,818	37,940
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	30,868	33,405	35,964	38,501
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	29,952	32,532	35,090	37,669
Abilene, TX	29,786	33,031	36,276	39,520
Amarillo, TX	32,012	35,090	38,189	41,268
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	36,005	38,647	41,268	43,909
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	30,743	33,135	35,548	37,940
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	28,954	32,220	35,506	38,772
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	28,580	30,951	33,301	35,672
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,223	32,781	35,319	37,877
College Station-Bryan, TX	31,866	33,904	35,943	37,981
Corpus Christi, TX	30,951	33,260	35,568	37,877
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	35,236	37,960	40,685	43,410
Eagle Pass, TX	28,080	31,013	33,967	36,900
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	29,578	32,386	35,173	37,981
El Paso, TX	28,996	32,220	35,464	38,688
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,285	33,405	36,504	39,624
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	33,946	37,170	40,394	43,618
Killeen-Temple, TX	33,072	36,047	39,042	42,016
Laredo, TX	27,144	30,368	33,572	36,796
Longview, TX	30,140	32,303	34,466	36,629
Lubbock, TX	29,037	31,596	34,154	36,712
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	27,872	31,117	34,362	37,607
Midland, TX	35,111	36,796	38,501	40,186
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	29,890	33,093	36,276	39,479
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,805	34,716	38,605	42,516
Odessa, TX	33,280	35,444	37,586	39,749
San Angelo, TX	30,244	33,072	35,922	38,751
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	32,802	35,610	38,439	41,247
Sherman-Denison, TX	31,575	33,884	36,213	38,522
Texarkana, TX-AR	26,978	29,807	32,615	35,444
Tyler, TX	31,013	33,280	35,548	37,815
Victoria, TX	28,829	31,180	33,551	35,901
Waco, TX	32,344	35,548	38,772	41,975
Wichita Falls, TX	32,303	35,901	39,500	43,098
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	33,821	36,546	39,292	42,016
Logan, UT-ID	30,348	33,301	36,276	39,229
Ogden, UT	34,716	37,066	39,416	41,767
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	34,820	37,045	39,292	41,517
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	36,629	39,312	41,975	44,658
St. George, UT	35,464	37,919	40,394	42,848
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	36,026	38,564	41,122	43,660
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	33,218	36,525	39,812	43,119
Charlottesville, VA	35,319	39,333	43,368	47,383
Harrisonburg, VA	34,112	36,733	39,354	41,975
Lynchburg, VA	35,527	38,522	41,496	44,492
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,821	37,794	41,767	45,740
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,676	37,378	41,060	44,762
Richmond, VA	34,424	38,085	41,725	45,386
Roanoke, VA	34,300	37,232	40,144	43,077
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,285	34,882	39,458	44,055
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,842	37,690	41,559	45,407
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	33,863	37,191	40,540	43,868
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	32,823	36,608	40,373	44,159
Winchester, VA-WV	31,991	35,964	39,936	43,909
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	34,820	36,567	38,293	40,040
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	43,847	47,092	50,316	53,560
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	37,981	41,288	44,575	47,882
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	38,252	42,079	45,885	49,712
Bellingham, WA	43,826	46,676	49,525	52,375
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	43,056	46,135	49,213	52,292
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	39,708	43,306	46,884	50,482
Kennewick-Richland, WA	41,975	45,303	48,610	51,938
Longview-Kelso, WA	42,474	45,740	48,984	52,250
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	44,117	46,988	49,858	52,728
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	42,391	45,802	49,192	52,604
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	46,343	50,773	55,183	59,613
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	40,893	44,866	48,818	52,791
Walla Walla, WA	42,453	45,407	48,360	51,314
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	43,972	46,780	49,588	52,396
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	42,453	46,093	49,754	53,394
Yakima, WA	40,644	43,306	45,968	48,631
Appleton, WI	37,524	40,540	43,576	46,592
Eau Claire, WI	37,336	40,186	43,056	45,906
Fond du Lac, WI	39,208	41,808	44,429	47,029
Green Bay, WI	37,960	40,498	43,056	45,594
Janesville-Beloit, WI	35,943	38,605	41,247	43,909
Kenosha, WI	39,749	42,495	45,240	47,986
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	37,940	40,311	42,703	45,074
Madison, WI	39,874	43,036	46,218	49,380
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	39,770	42,578	45,386	48,194
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	37,461	40,436	43,410	46,384
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	37,856	40,768	43,680	46,592
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	38,231	41,018	43,805	46,592
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	38,314	41,392	44,492	47,570
Sheboygan, WI	39,832	42,536	45,261	47,965
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	37,732	40,976	44,242	47,487
Wausau, WI	37,794	40,415	43,015	45,636
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	38,522	41,621	44,700	47,799
Beckley, WV	32,053	34,112	36,192	38,252
Charleston, WV	33,904	35,444	37,004	38,543
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	30,743	33,800	36,858	39,916
Morgantown, WV	34,341	35,735	37,108	38,501
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,951	33,530	36,109	38,688
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	32,448	34,549	36,629	38,730
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,972	33,530	36,068	38,626
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	32,948	34,820	36,671	38,543
Wheeling, WV-OH	34,508	36,109	37,732	39,333
Casper, WY	35,298	37,669	40,020	42,391
Cheyenne, WY	35,173	40,394	45,594	50,815
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	33,842	37,482	41,143	44,783
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	35,319	38,668	42,016	45,365

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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