SOC 31-9091 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Dental 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): Perform limited clinical duties under the direction of a dentist. Clinical duties may include equipment preparation and sterilization, preparing patients for treatment, assisting the dentist during treatment, and providing patients with instructions for oral healthcare procedures. May perform administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes.

Level I across metros$22,381 – $56,535Guayama, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$55,079Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Dental Assistants (SOC 31-9091) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $22,381 in Guayama, PR to $56,535 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $55,079. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $50,336, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 14 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	44,720	50,856	56,992	63,128
Anchorage, AK	43,202	48,839	54,496	60,133
Fairbanks-College, AK	43,223	48,381	53,540	58,698
Anniston-Oxford, AL	29,932	33,946	37,960	41,975
Auburn-Opelika, AL	33,676	37,378	41,101	44,804
Birmingham, AL	34,861	39,562	44,263	48,964
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	34,008	37,274	40,560	43,826
Decatur, AL	36,026	39,375	42,724	46,072
Dothan, AL	33,052	35,943	38,834	41,725
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	32,968	36,192	39,437	42,661
Gadsden, AL	30,951	34,196	37,420	40,664
Huntsville, AL	36,608	40,269	43,951	47,612
Mobile, AL	34,237	37,648	41,039	44,450
Montgomery, AL	33,613	37,357	41,122	44,866
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	31,367	35,236	39,125	42,994
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	31,554	35,922	40,269	44,637
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	32,053	35,984	39,895	43,826
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	30,410	33,925	37,440	40,956
Tuscaloosa, AL	31,741	35,360	39,000	42,620
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	35,298	38,876	42,432	46,010
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	35,610	39,791	43,972	48,152
Fort Smith, AR-OK	33,634	36,879	40,124	43,368
Hot Springs, AR	33,343	36,504	39,645	42,807
Jonesboro, AR	34,300	37,170	40,061	42,932
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	36,484	39,666	42,869	46,052
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,154	37,669	41,164	44,679
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,196	37,482	40,768	44,055
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	33,176	35,652	38,106	40,581
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	40,748	45,698	50,648	55,599
Flagstaff, AZ	40,540	44,408	48,298	52,167
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	39,416	42,724	46,031	49,338
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	43,077	47,279	51,460	55,661
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	39,458	43,327	47,216	51,085
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	38,148	41,642	45,116	48,610
Tucson, AZ	38,688	42,703	46,696	50,711
Yuma, AZ	36,192	40,165	44,117	48,090
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	39,021	45,074	51,127	57,180
Chico, CA	42,786	47,487	52,208	56,909
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	45,074	52,084	59,072	66,082
El Centro, CA	43,701	50,232	56,784	63,316
Fresno, CA	43,868	48,381	52,916	57,429
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	44,887	51,168	57,429	63,711
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	41,018	45,012	48,984	52,978
Merced, CA	45,282	48,652	52,021	55,391
Modesto, CA	42,911	47,986	53,082	58,157
Napa, CA	47,695	53,602	59,509	65,416
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	45,802	52,416	59,010	65,624
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	45,615	51,876	58,116	64,376
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	41,704	48,423	55,141	61,860
Redding, CA	43,285	47,570	51,855	56,140
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	43,618	47,508	51,418	55,308
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	45,157	51,480	57,783	64,106
Salinas, CA	44,200	49,920	55,640	61,360
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	42,120	48,028	53,935	59,842
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	51,668	58,261	64,834	71,428
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	56,535	63,815	71,074	78,354
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	44,700	49,983	55,266	60,549
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	48,319	53,623	58,906	64,210
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	44,367	49,213	54,080	58,927
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	50,316	56,368	62,442	68,495
Stockton-Lodi, CA	44,034	48,776	53,519	58,261
Vallejo, CA	46,384	53,727	61,048	68,391
Visalia, CA	43,389	46,655	49,941	53,207
Yuba City, CA	41,684	47,133	52,583	58,032
Boulder, CO	45,448	50,482	55,516	60,549
Colorado Springs, CO	39,666	44,388	49,130	53,852
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	42,058	46,717	51,376	56,036
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	38,376	42,037	45,677	49,338
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	42,037	45,677	49,338	52,978
Grand Junction, CO	38,605	42,557	46,488	50,440
Greeley, CO	39,936	43,951	47,965	51,980
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	38,647	42,557	46,468	50,378
Pueblo, CO	38,855	42,557	46,239	49,941
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	38,106	42,848	47,612	52,354
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	43,514	48,693	53,893	59,072
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	47,861	51,626	55,391	59,156
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	42,349	48,048	53,768	59,468
New Haven, CT	46,384	50,586	54,788	58,989
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	46,260	50,316	54,351	58,407
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	44,408	48,548	52,687	56,826
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	39,604	44,991	50,399	55,786
Dover, DE	36,754	40,997	45,240	49,484
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	39,916	43,764	47,591	51,439
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	41,455	44,741	48,007	51,293
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	42,162	45,844	49,525	53,207
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	36,276	40,228	44,200	48,152
Gainesville, FL	40,311	43,784	47,279	50,752
Homosassa Springs, FL	39,812	42,765	45,698	48,652
Jacksonville, FL	39,333	44,408	49,504	54,580
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	41,288	45,157	49,005	52,874
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	41,101	44,845	48,589	52,333
Naples-Marco Island, FL	46,260	51,418	56,597	61,756
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	41,330	44,866	48,381	51,917
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	43,389	47,612	51,834	56,056
Ocala, FL	39,604	42,557	45,511	48,464
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	41,143	44,533	47,903	51,293
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	42,391	46,114	49,837	53,560
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	40,269	43,431	46,592	49,754
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	39,666	43,264	46,884	50,482
Port St. Lucie, FL	39,687	43,202	46,717	50,232
Punta Gorda, FL	42,100	45,594	49,068	52,562
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	40,602	43,972	47,341	50,711
Sebring, FL	37,960	41,788	45,636	49,463
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	41,351	44,824	48,277	51,751
Tallahassee, FL	35,776	40,040	44,325	48,589
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	39,728	43,784	47,861	51,917
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	39,770	43,389	46,988	50,607
Albany, GA	35,548	39,416	43,264	47,133
Athens-Clarke County, GA	35,797	40,124	44,429	48,756
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	40,831	44,658	48,485	52,312
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	35,402	39,416	43,452	47,466
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	35,776	39,812	43,868	47,903
Columbus, GA-AL	32,074	37,357	42,661	47,944
Dalton, GA	36,317	39,583	42,848	46,114
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	33,031	37,648	42,245	46,863
Gainesville, GA	36,463	40,935	45,428	49,900
Hinesville, GA	37,898	41,226	44,554	47,882
Macon-Bibb County, GA	34,965	39,000	43,015	47,050
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	31,741	37,128	42,516	47,903
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	35,444	41,434	47,404	53,394
Rome, GA	37,316	41,580	45,864	50,128
Savannah, GA	37,253	41,476	45,677	49,900
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	32,053	37,628	43,223	48,797
Valdosta, GA	34,778	38,522	42,266	46,010
Warner Robins, GA	35,194	39,312	43,410	47,528
Guam MSA	30,826	36,130	41,455	46,759
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	35,298	39,812	44,325	48,839
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	37,940	42,266	46,572	50,898
Urban Honolulu, HI	34,216	38,314	42,391	46,488
Ames, IA	44,596	48,028	51,480	54,912
Cedar Rapids, IA	44,096	47,591	51,064	54,559
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	41,808	45,760	49,712	53,664
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	45,469	49,005	52,541	56,077
Dubuque, IA	42,807	46,197	49,608	52,999
Iowa City, IA	44,429	48,340	52,250	56,160
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	42,224	45,823	49,400	52,999
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	42,578	45,677	48,756	51,855
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	43,597	47,320	51,023	54,746
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	40,290	43,493	46,676	49,879
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	40,852	44,284	47,716	51,148
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	42,308	46,384	50,482	54,559
Boise City, ID	40,706	45,573	50,420	55,287
Coeur d'Alene, ID	40,519	44,679	48,860	53,020
Idaho Falls, ID	36,837	40,935	45,012	49,109
Lewiston, ID-WA	40,581	45,012	49,442	53,872
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	36,463	40,831	45,178	49,546
Pocatello, ID	35,423	39,604	43,784	47,965
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	35,444	39,312	43,181	47,050
Twin Falls, ID	35,797	39,749	43,680	47,632
Bloomington, IL	38,148	42,391	46,655	50,898
Champaign-Urbana, IL	38,980	43,306	47,632	51,959
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	40,831	45,573	50,336	55,079
Decatur, IL	38,834	43,244	47,632	52,042
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,756	40,415	45,074	49,733
Kankakee, IL	39,167	42,786	46,405	50,024
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	37,149	42,037	46,925	51,813
Peoria, IL	36,816	41,351	45,885	50,420
Rockford, IL	36,879	41,247	45,615	49,983
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	37,108	40,831	44,554	48,277
Springfield, IL	36,234	41,143	46,031	50,940
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	37,690	41,642	45,573	49,525
Bloomington, IN	39,312	44,408	49,525	54,621
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	40,394	44,928	49,442	53,976
Columbus, IN	38,772	43,244	47,695	52,167
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	42,245	48,506	54,746	61,007
Evansville, IN	38,813	43,327	47,820	52,333
Fort Wayne, IN	41,933	46,468	51,023	55,557
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	41,850	46,800	51,772	56,722
Kokomo, IN	38,688	43,888	49,109	54,309
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	37,898	42,890	47,882	52,874
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	38,876	43,868	48,880	53,872
Muncie, IN	35,069	39,583	44,117	48,631
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	39,104	44,013	48,901	53,810
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	39,146	44,471	49,775	55,100
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	41,184	44,824	48,464	52,104
Terre Haute, IN	37,482	41,788	46,114	50,420
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	35,652	40,373	45,116	49,837
Lawrence, KS	39,375	44,762	50,149	55,536
Manhattan, KS	39,375	44,762	50,149	55,536
Topeka, KS	38,168	42,224	46,301	50,357
Wichita, KS	39,375	44,762	50,149	55,536
Bowling Green, KY	38,023	43,452	48,901	54,330
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	32,719	37,108	41,496	45,885
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	32,199	36,088	39,978	43,868
Elizabethtown, KY	39,063	44,970	50,898	56,805
Lexington-Fayette, KY	39,936	45,240	50,524	55,828
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	41,892	46,925	51,959	56,992
Owensboro, KY	36,816	42,141	47,466	52,791
Paducah, KY-IL	37,461	42,557	47,653	52,749
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,674	38,896	43,119	47,341
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	33,468	38,314	43,140	47,986
Alexandria, LA	32,573	37,170	41,746	46,343
Baton Rouge, LA	34,237	37,919	41,621	45,303
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	32,095	36,130	40,165	44,200
Hammond, LA	34,736	40,332	45,927	51,522
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	32,885	37,232	41,600	45,948
Lafayette, LA	32,885	39,042	45,199	51,356
Lake Charles, LA	31,512	36,005	40,519	45,012
Monroe, LA	31,741	35,527	39,292	43,077
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	36,151	40,436	44,720	49,005
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	29,682	33,884	38,064	42,266
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	32,927	37,191	41,476	45,740
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	34,903	39,645	44,408	49,151
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	32,615	36,005	39,396	42,786
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	44,845	49,255	53,685	58,095
Barnstable Town, MA	47,175	51,813	56,472	61,111
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	47,799	52,645	57,471	62,317
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	46,405	51,002	55,599	60,196
Pittsfield, MA	44,325	48,236	52,146	56,056
Springfield, MA	44,804	48,423	52,021	55,640
Worcester, MA	45,178	49,608	54,018	58,448
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	40,685	45,968	51,252	56,535
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	36,317	41,330	46,343	51,356
Lexington Park, MD	40,020	45,220	50,440	55,640
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	43,202	48,069	52,916	57,783
Salisbury, MD	36,172	41,413	46,676	51,917
Bangor, ME	46,197	49,400	52,604	55,807
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	48,298	52,125	55,932	59,759
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	40,935	45,698	50,482	55,245
Portland-South Portland, ME	51,335	55,328	59,343	63,336
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	46,135	51,501	56,888	62,255
Ann Arbor, MI	41,268	46,322	51,356	56,410
Battle Creek, MI	39,520	44,492	49,484	54,455
Bay City, MI	40,768	44,367	47,944	51,543
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	40,456	44,908	49,338	53,789
Flint, MI	39,042	43,722	48,381	53,061
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	42,932	49,005	55,058	61,132
Jackson, MI	41,351	44,970	48,568	52,188
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	39,749	43,722	47,716	51,688
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	39,728	45,074	50,440	55,786
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,669	41,455	45,220	49,005
Midland, MI	40,477	44,700	48,901	53,124
Monroe, MI	39,292	43,639	47,986	52,333
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	38,044	41,829	45,615	49,400
Niles, MI	41,164	45,303	49,463	53,602
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,960	41,725	45,511	49,276
Saginaw, MI	39,853	44,284	48,693	53,124
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	39,354	42,932	46,509	50,087
Traverse City, MI	40,956	45,032	49,088	53,165
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	35,631	41,247	46,842	52,458
Duluth, MN-WI	45,781	51,647	57,533	63,399
Mankato, MN	50,461	55,328	60,196	65,063
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	54,268	60,820	67,351	73,903
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	47,716	53,207	58,677	64,168
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	48,464	53,061	57,679	62,276
Rochester, MN	49,213	55,495	61,797	68,079
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	47,778	52,978	58,199	63,399
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	49,567	53,748	57,928	62,109
St. Cloud, MN	51,730	56,119	60,487	64,876
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	35,548	39,604	43,680	47,736
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	35,714	39,229	42,765	46,280
Columbia, MO	36,421	41,122	45,802	50,503
Jefferson City, MO	36,983	40,602	44,200	47,820
Joplin, MO-KS	35,527	39,312	43,098	46,884
Kansas City, MO-KS	38,293	43,056	47,820	52,583
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,608	39,687	42,744	45,823
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,005	39,624	43,264	46,884
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,005	39,396	42,765	46,156
Springfield, MO	35,069	39,312	43,576	47,820
St. Joseph, MO-KS	37,482	41,143	44,824	48,485
St. Louis, MO-IL	39,728	44,679	49,608	54,559
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	34,383	39,229	44,096	48,943
Hattiesburg, MS	32,074	36,629	41,205	45,760
Jackson, MS	34,820	40,207	45,594	50,981
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	33,010	36,109	39,208	42,308
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	31,658	34,424	37,212	39,978
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	33,364	37,856	42,370	46,863
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	32,053	35,922	39,770	43,639
Billings, MT	39,084	43,680	48,256	52,853
Bozeman, MT	44,304	47,383	50,482	53,560
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	35,735	41,413	47,112	52,791
Great Falls, MT	39,437	42,557	45,677	48,797
Helena, MT	41,538	44,200	46,884	49,546
Missoula, MT	41,704	44,596	47,466	50,357
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	35,464	39,042	42,640	46,218
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	37,898	41,704	45,511	49,317
Asheville, NC	43,389	48,506	53,602	58,719
Burlington, NC	42,287	46,343	50,399	54,455
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	39,042	43,015	46,967	50,940
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	44,034	47,903	51,751	55,620
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	44,242	48,776	53,332	57,866
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	40,831	44,804	48,756	52,728
Fayetteville, NC	40,644	44,824	49,026	53,207
Goldsboro, NC	39,791	43,847	47,882	51,938
Greensboro-High Point, NC	41,684	45,760	49,816	53,893
Greenville, NC	39,437	43,784	48,152	52,500
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	39,895	44,117	48,319	52,541
Jacksonville, NC	39,791	43,389	46,988	50,586
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	41,184	45,594	50,004	54,413
Raleigh-Cary, NC	45,968	50,940	55,890	60,861
Rocky Mount, NC	35,256	40,373	45,511	50,628
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,898	42,432	46,946	51,480
Wilmington, NC	40,685	45,864	51,064	56,244
Winston-Salem, NC	44,284	47,903	51,543	55,162
Bismarck, ND	48,714	53,810	58,906	64,002
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	41,829	48,672	55,495	62,338
Fargo, ND-MN	44,512	49,837	55,162	60,487
Grand Forks, ND-MN	45,240	50,690	56,140	61,589
Minot, ND	45,344	51,148	56,930	62,733
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	46,364	51,876	57,388	62,900
Grand Island, NE	40,748	43,597	46,447	49,296
Lincoln, NE	41,205	44,554	47,924	51,272
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	38,772	41,996	45,220	48,444
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,879	40,602	44,325	48,048
Omaha, NE-IA	41,600	44,908	48,236	51,543
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	33,572	37,607	41,642	45,677
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	46,218	51,314	56,431	61,527
Manchester-Nashua, NH	47,840	52,167	56,472	60,799
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	47,154	51,709	56,285	60,840
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	46,176	50,669	55,141	59,634
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	40,956	46,093	51,210	56,348
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	40,872	47,112	53,352	59,592
Vineland, NJ	40,685	45,719	50,732	55,765
Albuquerque, NM	37,295	40,685	44,055	47,445
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	35,714	40,664	45,615	50,565
Farmington, NM	35,652	40,352	45,074	49,775
Las Cruces, NM	34,882	37,482	40,061	42,661
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	36,650	42,994	49,338	55,682
Santa Fe, NM	40,248	45,053	49,879	54,684
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	36,151	40,997	45,864	50,711
Carson City, NV	40,394	44,824	49,255	53,685
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	35,776	40,394	45,012	49,629
Reno, NV	39,167	43,847	48,527	53,207
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	41,996	45,074	48,152	51,231
Binghamton, NY	36,650	39,999	43,348	46,696
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	43,181	45,760	48,360	50,940
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	40,935	42,890	44,824	46,780
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	40,664	43,930	47,175	50,440
Elmira, NY	40,373	44,180	47,965	51,772
Glens Falls, NY	37,960	42,037	46,093	50,170
Ithaca, NY	41,517	45,303	49,068	52,853
Kingston, NY	41,912	45,116	48,298	51,501
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	41,871	45,802	49,712	53,644
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	39,541	45,511	51,501	57,471
Rochester, NY	40,831	44,991	49,172	53,332
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	39,396	42,495	45,615	48,714
Syracuse, NY	40,623	44,263	47,903	51,543
Utica-Rome, NY	40,082	43,036	45,968	48,922
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	36,733	39,916	43,119	46,301
Akron, OH	39,812	44,991	50,170	55,349
Canton-Massillon, OH	36,837	42,183	47,549	52,895
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	40,914	47,424	53,914	60,424
Cleveland, OH	39,562	48,132	56,701	65,271
Columbus, OH	40,644	46,426	52,188	57,970
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	40,768	47,237	53,706	60,175
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	35,568	40,477	45,386	50,295
Lima, OH	35,735	41,912	48,090	54,268
Mansfield, OH	36,192	41,767	47,320	52,895
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	35,111	39,853	44,596	49,338
Sandusky, OH	38,792	44,180	49,546	54,933
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	38,293	43,597	48,922	54,226
Springfield, OH	36,421	43,784	51,127	58,490
Toledo, OH	37,919	43,972	50,045	56,098
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	38,876	44,304	49,754	55,183
Youngstown-Warren, OH	39,978	43,452	46,946	50,420
Enid, OK	35,340	37,836	40,352	42,848
Lawton, OK	36,359	40,789	45,240	49,671
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	35,444	39,687	43,930	48,173
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,925	38,148	42,391	46,613
Oklahoma City, OK	36,047	40,748	45,448	50,149
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	35,111	39,832	44,554	49,276
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,551	38,002	42,474	46,925
Tulsa, OK	36,109	40,436	44,783	49,109
Albany, OR	48,298	52,292	56,306	60,300
Bend, OR	49,338	54,122	58,927	63,711
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	44,908	48,527	52,167	55,786
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	47,279	50,919	54,538	58,178
Corvallis, OR	48,984	52,624	56,244	59,884
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	44,596	49,276	53,956	58,636
Eugene-Springfield, OR	48,943	53,228	57,492	61,776
Grants Pass, OR	51,980	55,287	58,573	61,880
Medford, OR	47,112	51,501	55,911	60,300
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	50,648	55,640	60,653	65,645
Salem, OR	50,461	54,746	59,052	63,336
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	39,167	44,554	49,941	55,328
Altoona, PA	35,464	39,936	44,388	48,860
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	40,436	44,429	48,402	52,396
Chambersburg, PA	37,732	43,680	49,650	55,599
Erie, PA	36,712	41,018	45,324	49,629
Gettysburg, PA	36,567	41,288	46,010	50,732
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	41,684	45,927	50,170	54,413
Johnstown, PA	35,964	39,708	43,431	47,175
Lancaster, PA	39,666	44,533	49,421	54,288
Lebanon, PA	41,351	46,218	51,085	55,952
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	36,463	41,143	45,802	50,482
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	32,261	36,296	40,352	44,388
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	43,701	47,944	52,167	56,410
Pittsburgh, PA	41,725	46,197	50,648	55,120
Reading, PA	40,872	45,095	49,296	53,519
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	34,778	39,812	44,845	49,879
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	35,527	39,396	43,285	47,154
State College, PA	37,482	42,183	46,904	51,605
Williamsport, PA	38,584	44,200	49,837	55,453
York-Hanover, PA	42,308	46,738	51,189	55,620
Aguadilla, PR	24,544	30,743	36,920	43,119
Arecibo, PR	24,399	30,431	36,442	42,474
Guayama, PR	22,381	28,330	34,258	40,207
Mayaguez, PR	22,693	28,288	33,904	39,500
Ponce, PR	24,856	30,556	36,234	41,933
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	22,402	26,520	30,660	34,778
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	25,980	31,720	37,482	43,223
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	44,180	48,132	52,063	56,015
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	43,036	47,008	50,960	54,933
Columbia, SC	38,397	42,474	46,530	50,607
Florence, SC	34,320	38,231	42,120	46,031
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	40,768	44,055	47,362	50,648
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	38,876	43,098	47,341	51,564
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	35,714	40,186	44,637	49,109
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,669	41,538	45,386	49,255
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	40,144	43,992	47,840	51,688
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,796	40,872	44,928	49,005
Spartanburg, SC	37,357	41,871	46,364	50,877
Sumter, SC	35,818	39,437	43,056	46,676
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,578	46,156	49,754	53,332
Rapid City, SD	40,997	45,012	49,026	53,040
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	42,308	46,925	51,543	56,160
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,980	43,618	48,236	52,874
Chattanooga, TN-GA	38,480	43,223	47,965	52,708
Clarksville, TN-KY	37,482	42,204	46,925	51,647
Cleveland, TN	36,255	40,935	45,636	50,316
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	38,730	42,807	46,904	50,981
Jackson, TN	37,877	43,140	48,381	53,644
Johnson City, TN	37,004	41,580	46,156	50,732
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	36,421	41,247	46,052	50,877
Knoxville, TN	41,559	45,511	49,463	53,415
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	38,252	43,764	49,296	54,808
Morristown, TN	38,023	42,432	46,863	51,272
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	42,058	47,175	52,271	57,388
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	38,085	41,871	45,656	49,442
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	37,316	41,205	45,074	48,964
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	36,900	41,268	45,615	49,983
Abilene, TX	34,632	38,272	41,892	45,532
Amarillo, TX	35,132	39,125	43,119	47,112
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	38,543	44,949	51,376	57,783
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	35,610	39,708	43,805	47,903
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,344	36,192	40,061	43,909
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	31,991	35,652	39,292	42,952
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,925	37,690	41,455	45,220
College Station-Bryan, TX	34,424	38,418	42,412	46,405
Corpus Christi, TX	35,215	38,792	42,370	45,948
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	39,604	43,660	47,736	51,792
Eagle Pass, TX	31,616	35,194	38,772	42,349
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,551	37,628	41,725	45,802
El Paso, TX	32,656	36,442	40,207	43,992
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,741	36,276	40,831	45,365
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	34,071	38,522	42,973	47,424
Killeen-Temple, TX	36,172	40,269	44,388	48,485
Laredo, TX	31,949	35,298	38,668	42,016
Longview, TX	33,800	37,877	41,954	46,031
Lubbock, TX	33,738	37,544	41,351	45,157
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	30,098	34,341	38,584	42,828
Midland, TX	37,232	41,663	46,093	50,524
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,135	37,232	41,330	45,428
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,135	37,128	41,122	45,116
Odessa, TX	34,695	39,354	44,034	48,693
San Angelo, TX	34,840	37,856	40,872	43,888
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	37,128	40,664	44,221	47,757
Sherman-Denison, TX	34,882	39,125	43,389	47,632
Texarkana, TX-AR	33,072	36,504	39,957	43,389
Tyler, TX	34,092	37,836	41,600	45,344
Victoria, TX	34,112	39,146	44,200	49,234
Waco, TX	34,861	39,104	43,348	47,591
Wichita Falls, TX	33,863	37,690	41,538	45,365
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	32,844	35,860	38,855	41,871
Logan, UT-ID	30,015	33,156	36,276	39,416
Ogden, UT	34,695	37,316	39,916	42,536
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	35,048	37,524	39,978	42,453
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	36,338	39,333	42,308	45,303
St. George, UT	32,802	35,880	38,959	42,037
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	33,197	36,213	39,229	42,245
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	37,482	41,039	44,575	48,132
Charlottesville, VA	38,688	42,516	46,322	50,149
Harrisonburg, VA	35,964	40,020	44,076	48,132
Lynchburg, VA	35,672	39,583	43,493	47,404
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,984	40,727	45,448	50,191
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	36,317	40,207	44,117	48,007
Richmond, VA	39,208	43,452	47,695	51,938
Roanoke, VA	35,548	39,333	43,140	46,925
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	36,858	40,727	44,575	48,444
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	36,400	40,581	44,762	48,943
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	36,879	40,914	44,928	48,964
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	37,794	42,432	47,050	51,688
Winchester, VA-WV	36,047	40,311	44,575	48,839
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	29,911	33,488	37,087	40,664
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	47,300	51,792	56,306	60,799
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	43,930	47,924	51,938	55,932
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	46,218	50,170	54,101	58,053
Bellingham, WA	46,010	49,796	53,560	57,346
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	45,303	49,442	53,581	57,720
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	44,970	49,192	53,436	57,658
Kennewick-Richland, WA	45,532	49,775	53,997	58,240
Longview-Kelso, WA	43,056	47,300	51,564	55,807
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	44,949	49,504	54,080	58,636
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	45,968	50,024	54,080	58,136
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	48,215	53,914	59,592	65,292
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	44,263	48,423	52,562	56,722
Walla Walla, WA	44,096	47,965	51,855	55,724
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	43,805	47,716	51,647	55,557
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	45,344	50,690	56,015	61,360
Yakima, WA	40,498	44,575	48,652	52,728
Appleton, WI	43,389	46,696	49,983	53,290
Eau Claire, WI	41,580	44,866	48,173	51,460
Fond du Lac, WI	43,202	46,696	50,170	53,664
Green Bay, WI	44,242	47,071	49,920	52,749
Janesville-Beloit, WI	41,684	45,032	48,381	51,730
Kenosha, WI	42,661	45,532	48,381	51,252
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	42,724	45,968	49,213	52,458
Madison, WI	46,052	49,276	52,520	55,744
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	41,496	44,949	48,381	51,834
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	41,954	45,220	48,485	51,751
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	40,685	43,847	47,008	50,170
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	41,996	45,448	48,880	52,333
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	39,458	42,828	46,218	49,588
Sheboygan, WI	44,804	48,319	51,834	55,349
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	41,101	44,637	48,173	51,709
Wausau, WI	40,664	44,367	48,069	51,772
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	42,162	45,178	48,215	51,231
Beckley, WV	33,468	36,941	40,436	43,909
Charleston, WV	34,050	38,335	42,599	46,884
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	33,572	38,127	42,661	47,216
Morgantown, WV	33,613	37,544	41,496	45,428
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,052	35,714	38,397	41,060
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	34,196	37,128	40,082	43,015
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,885	36,130	39,396	42,640
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	34,175	39,458	44,762	50,045
Wheeling, WV-OH	36,255	41,018	45,760	50,524
Casper, WY	34,362	39,416	44,450	49,504
Cheyenne, WY	36,234	40,768	45,282	49,816
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	37,628	40,685	43,743	46,800
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	35,444	39,520	43,618	47,695

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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