SOC 31-9093 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Medical Equipment Preparers 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): Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

Level I across metros$21,840 – $67,330Aguadilla, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$52,167Across 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 Equipment Preparers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Medical Equipment Preparers (SOC 31-9093) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,840 in Aguadilla, PR to $67,330 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $52,167. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $47,549, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 11 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	45,656	49,983	54,309	58,636
Anchorage, AK	45,968	51,709	57,471	63,212
Fairbanks-College, AK	44,596	48,672	52,749	56,826
Anniston-Oxford, AL	32,116	35,132	38,127	41,143
Auburn-Opelika, AL	30,223	33,946	37,648	41,372
Birmingham, AL	33,488	36,276	39,042	41,829
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	34,695	36,484	38,293	40,082
Decatur, AL	30,056	33,093	36,109	39,146
Dothan, AL	23,172	26,458	29,744	33,031
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	31,616	34,279	36,941	39,604
Gadsden, AL	32,116	35,132	38,127	41,143
Huntsville, AL	33,010	35,506	38,002	40,498
Mobile, AL	30,764	33,447	36,151	38,834
Montgomery, AL	30,826	34,050	37,274	40,498
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	31,720	34,799	37,856	40,935
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	32,157	35,090	38,002	40,935
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	27,685	31,824	35,984	40,124
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	32,012	34,944	37,877	40,810
Tuscaloosa, AL	32,844	35,672	38,480	41,309
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	35,298	39,978	44,658	49,338
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	34,112	37,773	41,455	45,116
Fort Smith, AR-OK	31,554	36,400	41,247	46,093
Hot Springs, AR	34,736	38,647	42,578	46,488
Jonesboro, AR	35,776	40,976	46,156	51,356
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	35,152	38,792	42,453	46,093
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,029	37,732	41,434	45,136
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	33,592	37,399	41,226	45,032
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	33,884	37,586	41,268	44,970
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	38,106	42,453	46,780	51,127
Flagstaff, AZ	38,252	42,391	46,530	50,669
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	38,252	42,391	46,530	50,669
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	36,213	41,725	47,216	52,728
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	33,696	39,125	44,533	49,962
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	37,045	41,517	45,989	50,461
Tucson, AZ	36,962	41,372	45,781	50,191
Yuma, AZ	36,359	41,684	47,008	52,333
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	41,663	46,946	52,250	57,533
Chico, CA	46,384	48,901	51,418	53,935
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	44,284	53,706	63,108	72,530
El Centro, CA	47,820	56,140	64,460	72,780
Fresno, CA	37,503	43,930	50,336	56,764
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	40,436	47,092	53,727	60,383
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	44,138	51,335	58,532	65,728
Merced, CA	42,536	46,156	49,754	53,373
Modesto, CA	56,452	66,727	76,981	87,256
Napa, CA	50,607	61,423	72,218	83,034
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	44,804	51,002	57,180	63,378
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	44,700	51,439	58,199	64,938
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	46,114	54,767	63,440	72,093
Redding, CA	40,228	49,837	59,426	69,036
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	45,927	54,309	62,692	71,074
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	55,183	64,896	74,589	84,303
Salinas, CA	46,468	52,999	59,509	66,040
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	51,876	59,488	67,101	74,714
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	58,760	68,058	77,356	86,653
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	67,330	76,024	84,719	93,413
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	55,765	63,024	70,304	77,564
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	47,341	58,989	70,616	82,264
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	42,474	48,485	54,517	60,528
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	43,140	54,080	65,042	75,983
Stockton-Lodi, CA	46,842	56,119	65,416	74,693
Vallejo, CA	59,572	68,120	76,669	85,218
Visalia, CA	43,972	48,402	52,853	57,284
Yuba City, CA	49,816	60,528	71,240	81,952
Boulder, CO	41,580	47,820	54,060	60,300
Colorado Springs, CO	39,000	45,594	52,208	58,802
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	37,357	42,828	48,277	53,748
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	37,170	42,932	48,693	54,455
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	38,293	44,991	51,668	58,365
Grand Junction, CO	32,365	39,084	45,823	52,541
Greeley, CO	40,124	44,658	49,192	53,727
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	43,452	48,610	53,768	58,927
Pueblo, CO	34,653	42,100	49,546	56,992
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	40,436	43,868	47,300	50,732
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	41,808	47,466	53,103	58,760
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	39,333	44,471	49,629	54,767
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	39,042	43,514	48,007	52,479
New Haven, CT	40,935	46,488	52,063	57,616
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	37,773	41,496	45,220	48,943
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	39,749	45,968	52,208	58,428
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	41,663	48,007	54,351	60,695
Dover, DE	42,973	47,154	51,314	55,495
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	42,204	46,322	50,461	54,580
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	39,832	43,951	48,069	52,188
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	36,733	41,351	45,968	50,586
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	33,676	37,732	41,808	45,864
Gainesville, FL	38,023	41,892	45,760	49,629
Homosassa Springs, FL	34,071	38,148	42,224	46,301
Jacksonville, FL	38,002	42,287	46,592	50,877
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	33,925	37,586	41,268	44,928
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	36,400	42,412	48,423	54,434
Naples-Marco Island, FL	38,210	43,514	48,818	54,122
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	36,338	40,644	44,970	49,276
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	40,165	44,616	49,088	53,540
Ocala, FL	36,629	41,143	45,636	50,149
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	34,882	39,936	44,991	50,045
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	35,090	38,876	42,682	46,468
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	36,359	41,184	45,989	50,815
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	36,962	41,455	45,968	50,461
Port St. Lucie, FL	33,031	38,564	44,096	49,629
Punta Gorda, FL	39,292	43,722	48,152	52,583
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	36,796	41,101	45,407	49,712
Sebring, FL	34,757	39,666	44,596	49,504
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	36,151	41,808	47,445	53,103
Tallahassee, FL	31,367	35,964	40,581	45,178
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	36,983	43,056	49,151	55,224
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	34,237	37,482	40,748	43,992
Albany, GA	32,448	37,108	41,767	46,426
Athens-Clarke County, GA	36,879	41,871	46,863	51,855
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	40,935	46,780	52,645	58,490
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	35,860	40,061	44,242	48,444
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	32,927	36,213	39,520	42,807
Columbus, GA-AL	32,552	36,671	40,810	44,928
Dalton, GA	34,570	39,666	44,783	49,879
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	35,527	39,895	44,284	48,652
Gainesville, GA	40,997	46,800	52,583	58,386
Hinesville, GA	35,360	39,146	42,911	46,696
Macon-Bibb County, GA	38,917	43,784	48,652	53,519
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	38,376	44,512	50,648	56,784
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	38,002	44,076	50,128	56,202
Rome, GA	38,917	44,991	51,064	57,138
Savannah, GA	38,938	41,767	44,575	47,404
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	32,074	36,005	39,936	43,868
Valdosta, GA	32,656	36,421	40,165	43,930
Warner Robins, GA	35,797	41,101	46,384	51,688
Guam MSA	37,544	43,992	50,440	56,888
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	45,261	48,402	51,543	54,684
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	45,178	48,943	52,728	56,493
Urban Honolulu, HI	45,511	49,380	53,228	57,096
Ames, IA	37,108	40,394	43,701	46,988
Cedar Rapids, IA	36,234	39,271	42,287	45,324
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	35,943	39,458	42,973	46,488
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	37,877	41,538	45,178	48,839
Dubuque, IA	36,442	39,562	42,703	45,823
Iowa City, IA	39,125	41,600	44,096	46,572
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	36,359	39,437	42,516	45,594
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	37,087	39,978	42,848	45,740
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	38,376	41,039	43,701	46,364
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	36,546	39,624	42,682	45,760
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	36,983	40,477	43,992	47,487
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	35,922	38,564	41,184	43,826
Boise City, ID	38,480	43,181	47,903	52,604
Coeur d'Alene, ID	37,336	43,077	48,797	54,538
Idaho Falls, ID	37,482	47,487	57,492	67,496
Lewiston, ID-WA	37,628	42,079	46,530	50,981
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	36,754	42,079	47,404	52,728
Pocatello, ID	33,405	36,234	39,042	41,871
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	31,762	36,629	41,476	46,343
Twin Falls, ID	36,484	41,725	46,946	52,188
Bloomington, IL	35,984	39,458	42,911	46,384
Champaign-Urbana, IL	36,276	40,061	43,868	47,653
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	42,890	47,778	52,666	57,554
Decatur, IL	36,400	39,645	42,890	46,135
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	39,791	43,015	46,218	49,442
Kankakee, IL	41,850	46,863	51,855	56,868
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,276	41,434	46,572	51,730
Peoria, IL	39,500	42,807	46,114	49,421
Rockford, IL	37,690	41,663	45,656	49,629
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,111	40,352	45,594	50,836
Springfield, IL	37,336	39,687	42,016	44,367
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,818	38,751	41,704	44,637
Bloomington, IN	37,836	41,996	46,176	50,336
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	32,095	34,632	37,149	39,687
Columbus, IN	36,608	41,413	46,218	51,023
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	36,962	40,976	45,012	49,026
Evansville, IN	35,048	39,562	44,076	48,589
Fort Wayne, IN	36,130	40,040	43,930	47,840
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	38,168	42,786	47,404	52,021
Kokomo, IN	36,837	41,600	46,384	51,148
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	32,802	38,168	43,535	48,901
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	42,141	47,175	52,188	57,221
Muncie, IN	37,274	41,975	46,696	51,397
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	34,196	39,479	44,762	50,045
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	37,544	41,080	44,637	48,173
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	33,530	36,588	39,666	42,724
Terre Haute, IN	32,760	36,837	40,935	45,012
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	34,445	37,856	41,247	44,658
Lawrence, KS	35,922	41,164	46,384	51,626
Manhattan, KS	35,444	40,560	45,656	50,773
Topeka, KS	35,901	41,122	46,343	51,564
Wichita, KS	33,468	36,920	40,394	43,847
Bowling Green, KY	37,087	42,349	47,632	52,895
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	37,461	42,599	47,716	52,853
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,799	39,916	45,032	50,149
Elizabethtown, KY	36,671	42,744	48,839	54,912
Lexington-Fayette, KY	37,586	42,079	46,551	51,044
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	36,588	42,807	49,026	55,245
Owensboro, KY	35,631	40,165	44,720	49,255
Paducah, KY-IL	38,064	42,869	47,695	52,500
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	36,151	41,164	46,156	51,168
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	37,836	43,576	49,296	55,037
Alexandria, LA	23,463	28,247	33,052	37,836
Baton Rouge, LA	29,932	33,842	37,773	41,684
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	28,476	32,490	36,525	40,540
Hammond, LA	29,578	34,924	40,248	45,594
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	25,938	28,788	31,616	34,466
Lafayette, LA	29,245	33,613	38,002	42,370
Lake Charles, LA	28,746	33,343	37,940	42,536
Monroe, LA	28,351	33,010	37,669	42,328
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	31,679	36,858	42,037	47,216
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	28,746	32,490	36,213	39,957
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	28,996	32,365	35,756	39,125
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	26,728	32,760	38,813	44,845
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	28,288	32,948	37,628	42,287
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	41,309	46,717	52,104	57,512
Barnstable Town, MA	41,663	50,357	59,052	67,746
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	47,840	54,268	60,695	67,122
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	45,760	52,042	58,324	64,605
Pittsfield, MA	39,916	44,304	48,714	53,103
Springfield, MA	40,061	44,180	48,277	52,396
Worcester, MA	45,324	50,690	56,077	61,444
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	37,586	43,285	48,964	54,663
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	40,040	43,784	47,549	51,293
Lexington Park, MD	39,666	45,760	51,834	57,928
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	38,023	41,226	44,408	47,612
Salisbury, MD	37,773	41,580	45,365	49,172
Bangor, ME	37,461	41,725	45,989	50,253
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	39,500	43,077	46,676	50,253
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	43,285	47,175	51,044	54,933
Portland-South Portland, ME	39,479	42,828	46,156	49,504
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	41,455	44,429	47,424	50,399
Ann Arbor, MI	43,140	45,698	48,256	50,815
Battle Creek, MI	37,066	41,268	45,448	49,650
Bay City, MI	37,024	40,248	43,472	46,696
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	39,479	43,743	48,007	52,271
Flint, MI	39,229	44,242	49,255	54,268
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	38,314	41,996	45,698	49,380
Jackson, MI	39,167	43,389	47,612	51,834
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	36,692	41,268	45,823	50,399
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	37,752	42,079	46,384	50,711
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	35,860	39,520	43,160	46,821
Midland, MI	37,024	40,248	43,472	46,696
Monroe, MI	39,146	43,410	47,695	51,959
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	37,856	41,434	44,991	48,568
Niles, MI	35,028	38,834	42,640	46,447
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	34,445	38,085	41,746	45,386
Saginaw, MI	37,544	41,517	45,469	49,442
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,642	33,322	37,981	42,661
Traverse City, MI	36,941	39,791	42,661	45,511
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	35,839	39,749	43,660	47,570
Duluth, MN-WI	40,061	43,868	47,653	51,460
Mankato, MN	45,719	49,671	53,602	57,554
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	46,260	50,191	54,101	58,032
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	44,492	48,672	52,832	57,013
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	39,188	42,141	45,095	48,048
Rochester, MN	44,679	48,173	51,647	55,141
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	44,616	48,714	52,791	56,888
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	40,186	45,136	50,108	55,058
St. Cloud, MN	43,722	48,090	52,437	56,805
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	33,842	35,943	38,044	40,144
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	32,136	35,298	38,480	41,642
Columbia, MO	35,756	40,914	46,052	51,210
Jefferson City, MO	33,967	38,751	43,535	48,319
Joplin, MO-KS	33,988	37,919	41,871	45,802
Kansas City, MO-KS	35,964	41,226	46,509	51,772
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,359	41,143	45,906	50,690
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	31,200	35,360	39,520	43,680
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,882	39,728	44,554	49,400
Springfield, MO	35,277	38,106	40,935	43,764
St. Joseph, MO-KS	35,485	40,540	45,615	50,669
St. Louis, MO-IL	37,628	41,912	46,176	50,461
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	31,034	34,716	38,397	42,079
Hattiesburg, MS	30,868	33,551	36,234	38,917
Jackson, MS	31,346	34,757	38,148	41,559
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	24,045	27,248	30,452	33,655
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	29,100	32,740	36,380	40,020
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,743	34,840	38,938	43,036
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	32,428	37,524	42,620	47,716
Billings, MT	37,212	41,247	45,303	49,338
Bozeman, MT	41,351	45,053	48,735	52,437
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	37,045	40,706	44,346	48,007
Great Falls, MT	36,816	39,687	42,536	45,407
Helena, MT	37,336	41,060	44,804	48,527
Missoula, MT	38,460	42,016	45,552	49,109
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	37,440	41,268	45,074	48,901
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	37,482	41,226	44,970	48,714
Asheville, NC	35,693	40,269	44,866	49,442
Burlington, NC	37,336	41,600	45,885	50,149
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,576	36,920	43,264	49,608
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	37,711	42,412	47,112	51,813
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	38,792	42,266	45,760	49,234
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,175	38,168	42,162	46,156
Fayetteville, NC	35,402	38,709	41,996	45,303
Goldsboro, NC	35,402	41,039	46,655	52,292
Greensboro-High Point, NC	38,148	42,391	46,634	50,877
Greenville, NC	37,669	40,020	42,349	44,700
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	36,172	40,269	44,388	48,485
Jacksonville, NC	35,693	39,770	43,868	47,944
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	36,567	40,768	44,970	49,172
Raleigh-Cary, NC	36,858	42,349	47,840	53,332
Rocky Mount, NC	35,236	40,685	46,156	51,605
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,048	40,165	45,282	50,399
Wilmington, NC	37,024	40,664	44,284	47,924
Winston-Salem, NC	39,853	44,346	48,839	53,332
Bismarck, ND	37,856	43,764	49,671	55,578
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	37,711	43,368	49,005	54,663
Fargo, ND-MN	38,189	42,432	46,676	50,919
Grand Forks, ND-MN	36,047	42,744	49,421	56,119
Minot, ND	37,024	48,194	59,343	70,512
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	37,524	45,157	52,770	60,404
Grand Island, NE	36,109	41,351	46,592	51,834
Lincoln, NE	36,317	39,749	43,160	46,592
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,484	40,415	44,346	48,277
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,005	41,039	46,072	51,106
Omaha, NE-IA	36,754	40,415	44,055	47,716
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	35,797	41,434	47,071	52,708
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	39,167	43,327	47,466	51,626
Manchester-Nashua, NH	43,680	48,610	53,540	58,469
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	46,239	52,645	59,052	65,458
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	41,413	45,948	50,503	55,037
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	44,013	49,088	54,143	59,218
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	38,938	45,490	52,042	58,594
Vineland, NJ	43,015	47,237	51,460	55,682
Albuquerque, NM	32,095	36,192	40,290	44,388
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	32,095	36,796	41,496	46,197
Farmington, NM	30,368	33,260	36,151	39,042
Las Cruces, NM	32,532	39,333	46,135	52,936
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	31,991	36,151	40,290	44,450
Santa Fe, NM	32,199	36,359	40,519	44,679
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	39,063	43,847	48,610	53,394
Carson City, NV	38,668	42,578	46,468	50,378
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	39,333	44,637	49,920	55,224
Reno, NV	38,376	41,663	44,949	48,236
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	37,378	41,559	45,760	49,941
Binghamton, NY	37,794	42,973	48,132	53,311
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	38,272	42,661	47,029	51,418
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	40,852	45,885	50,898	55,932
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	38,106	42,536	46,988	51,418
Elmira, NY	38,085	42,432	46,759	51,106
Glens Falls, NY	37,898	42,557	47,196	51,855
Ithaca, NY	38,085	42,453	46,800	51,168
Kingston, NY	38,896	44,221	49,546	54,871
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	40,103	45,095	50,087	55,079
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	45,032	51,314	57,575	63,856
Rochester, NY	40,228	43,888	47,549	51,210
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	37,836	40,623	43,389	46,176
Syracuse, NY	38,522	43,077	47,612	52,167
Utica-Rome, NY	39,042	43,264	47,466	51,688
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	38,501	43,368	48,215	53,082
Akron, OH	35,818	39,957	44,096	48,236
Canton-Massillon, OH	34,528	38,751	42,994	47,216
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	39,146	43,556	47,965	52,375
Cleveland, OH	37,711	41,642	45,594	49,525
Columbus, OH	36,421	41,184	45,968	50,732
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	39,042	42,495	45,968	49,421
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	34,591	38,064	41,559	45,032
Lima, OH	36,068	39,104	42,120	45,157
Mansfield, OH	39,312	42,037	44,741	47,466
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	35,423	38,584	41,767	44,928
Sandusky, OH	37,253	41,226	45,178	49,151
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	32,636	37,836	43,056	48,256
Springfield, OH	37,024	41,351	45,656	49,983
Toledo, OH	36,879	41,080	45,261	49,463
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	35,568	38,959	42,349	45,740
Youngstown-Warren, OH	32,677	36,026	39,396	42,744
Enid, OK	35,360	39,978	44,616	49,234
Lawton, OK	35,485	40,165	44,845	49,525
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	38,834	43,472	48,111	52,749
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	35,527	39,832	44,138	48,444
Oklahoma City, OK	35,860	40,477	45,116	49,733
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	23,754	30,597	37,440	44,284
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,509	38,543	43,576	48,610
Tulsa, OK	36,151	39,812	43,452	47,112
Albany, OR	37,794	43,056	48,340	53,602
Bend, OR	41,829	45,428	49,047	52,645
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	38,439	41,101	43,743	46,405
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	37,420	41,829	46,260	50,669
Corvallis, OR	43,098	47,612	52,125	56,639
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	40,831	44,866	48,880	52,916
Eugene-Springfield, OR	35,839	41,268	46,696	52,125
Grants Pass, OR	38,834	44,845	50,856	56,868
Medford, OR	38,085	44,096	50,128	56,140
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	42,016	47,695	53,394	59,072
Salem, OR	40,810	45,844	50,898	55,932
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	40,581	43,868	47,154	50,440
Altoona, PA	33,093	36,920	40,748	44,575
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,592	37,420	41,226	45,053
Chambersburg, PA	31,741	38,730	45,740	52,728
Erie, PA	38,480	41,039	43,597	46,156
Gettysburg, PA	37,794	41,247	44,679	48,132
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	38,792	41,829	44,887	47,924
Johnstown, PA	37,149	40,498	43,826	47,175
Lancaster, PA	38,002	41,559	45,136	48,693
Lebanon, PA	36,650	40,311	43,951	47,612
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,717	36,837	39,957	43,077
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	35,943	39,000	42,079	45,136
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	42,994	47,175	51,335	55,516
Pittsburgh, PA	38,085	41,226	44,388	47,528
Reading, PA	32,552	37,711	42,869	48,028
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	38,397	41,850	45,324	48,776
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,717	37,565	41,392	45,240
State College, PA	33,447	37,212	40,997	44,762
Williamsport, PA	34,133	37,628	41,143	44,637
York-Hanover, PA	38,543	41,372	44,221	47,050
Aguadilla, PR	21,840	24,045	26,250	28,455
Arecibo, PR	24,482	28,663	32,864	37,045
Guayama, PR	24,690	28,892	33,093	37,295
Mayaguez, PR	21,924	24,212	26,500	28,788
Ponce, PR	23,296	27,311	31,304	35,319
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	23,005	26,895	30,784	34,674
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	25,293	29,391	33,488	37,586
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	41,434	46,426	51,397	56,389
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	38,730	42,848	46,967	51,085
Columbia, SC	36,816	40,477	44,138	47,799
Florence, SC	30,868	32,490	34,092	35,714
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	39,271	43,348	47,404	51,480
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	34,612	39,271	43,909	48,568
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	36,317	39,333	42,370	45,386
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,986	39,791	44,616	49,421
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,925	38,647	43,389	48,111
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,234	40,581	44,908	49,255
Spartanburg, SC	38,605	42,765	46,925	51,085
Sumter, SC	32,885	37,045	41,205	45,365
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	34,029	38,044	42,037	46,052
Rapid City, SD	39,333	42,703	46,093	49,463
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	33,988	38,002	41,996	46,010
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	36,858	40,706	44,575	48,423
Chattanooga, TN-GA	35,111	40,228	45,344	50,461
Clarksville, TN-KY	39,167	44,616	50,087	55,536
Cleveland, TN	34,653	39,874	45,074	50,295
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,653	40,124	45,615	51,085
Jackson, TN	32,490	36,796	41,101	45,407
Johnson City, TN	35,152	40,768	46,364	51,980
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	34,903	41,372	47,861	54,330
Knoxville, TN	35,402	41,018	46,613	52,229
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	36,463	41,788	47,133	52,458
Morristown, TN	34,716	40,560	46,405	52,250
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	40,644	45,740	50,836	55,932
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	36,442	42,245	48,069	53,872
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	36,941	42,682	48,423	54,164
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	36,816	42,682	48,568	54,434
Abilene, TX	34,528	39,292	44,055	48,818
Amarillo, TX	33,364	38,044	42,724	47,404
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	38,688	45,906	53,124	60,341
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	34,175	37,149	40,103	43,077
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,861	40,248	45,636	51,023
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	31,180	35,589	40,020	44,429
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	36,255	42,453	48,652	54,850
College Station-Bryan, TX	35,007	40,228	45,469	50,690
Corpus Christi, TX	32,532	35,568	38,584	41,621
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	40,581	47,778	54,996	62,192
Eagle Pass, TX	28,725	33,676	38,647	43,597
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	36,754	42,848	48,964	55,058
El Paso, TX	32,719	38,231	43,743	49,255
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	36,567	41,268	45,989	50,690
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	37,648	43,868	50,108	56,327
Killeen-Temple, TX	37,877	44,471	51,085	57,679
Laredo, TX	30,056	34,820	39,562	44,325
Longview, TX	32,116	35,672	39,208	42,765
Lubbock, TX	32,116	37,607	43,077	48,568
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	31,096	35,152	39,208	43,264
Midland, TX	33,904	38,501	43,077	47,674
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,093	38,064	43,036	48,007
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,468	38,335	43,223	48,090
Odessa, TX	33,904	38,501	43,077	47,674
San Angelo, TX	34,632	39,708	44,783	49,858
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	35,652	40,997	46,364	51,709
Sherman-Denison, TX	40,040	47,258	54,476	61,693
Texarkana, TX-AR	31,450	35,880	40,290	44,720
Tyler, TX	34,237	40,706	47,196	53,664
Victoria, TX	31,200	35,381	39,562	43,743
Waco, TX	39,063	46,156	53,269	60,362
Wichita Falls, TX	33,010	38,564	44,138	49,692
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	39,895	44,492	49,109	53,706
Logan, UT-ID	32,095	38,564	45,032	51,501
Ogden, UT	31,304	40,020	48,714	57,429
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	40,935	45,407	49,858	54,330
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	39,812	45,282	50,773	56,244
St. George, UT	39,479	44,845	50,232	55,599
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	39,458	44,866	50,274	55,682
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	38,189	41,850	45,532	49,192
Charlottesville, VA	37,316	41,829	46,343	50,856
Harrisonburg, VA	38,397	42,308	46,239	50,149
Lynchburg, VA	38,106	42,578	47,029	51,501
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	37,981	44,034	50,108	56,160
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,500	45,282	51,085	56,868
Richmond, VA	37,170	41,642	46,114	50,586
Roanoke, VA	38,148	42,183	46,197	50,232
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	36,754	41,039	45,303	49,588
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	37,274	41,954	46,655	51,335
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	38,397	42,308	46,239	50,149
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	36,567	40,352	44,138	47,924
Winchester, VA-WV	40,269	46,551	52,853	59,135
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	37,544	43,992	50,440	56,888
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	46,634	52,125	57,616	63,108
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	38,522	44,180	49,837	55,495
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	39,999	44,679	49,359	54,039
Bellingham, WA	42,682	46,592	50,503	54,413
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	38,106	43,764	49,421	55,079
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	39,728	43,868	48,028	52,167
Kennewick-Richland, WA	40,727	47,487	54,226	60,986
Longview-Kelso, WA	42,016	47,736	53,477	59,197
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	41,476	45,053	48,610	52,188
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	37,440	42,952	48,444	53,956
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	49,629	56,618	63,586	70,575
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	42,120	47,653	53,207	58,740
Walla Walla, WA	40,061	46,031	51,980	57,949
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	38,168	45,781	53,415	61,028
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	45,615	51,522	57,450	63,357
Yakima, WA	38,855	43,888	48,922	53,956
Appleton, WI	37,378	41,954	46,551	51,127
Eau Claire, WI	44,076	47,320	50,565	53,810
Fond du Lac, WI	40,789	44,284	47,799	51,293
Green Bay, WI	40,207	43,597	46,988	50,378
Janesville-Beloit, WI	37,815	40,789	43,743	46,717
Kenosha, WI	33,239	37,752	42,245	46,759
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	40,269	44,388	48,527	52,645
Madison, WI	43,701	48,194	52,708	57,200
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	42,037	45,178	48,319	51,460
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	40,789	44,804	48,839	52,853
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	40,456	44,450	48,464	52,458
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	37,461	41,684	45,885	50,108
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	40,020	43,701	47,404	51,085
Sheboygan, WI	41,351	44,762	48,152	51,564
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	37,940	41,080	44,242	47,383
Wausau, WI	40,935	44,263	47,570	50,898
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	43,660	48,007	52,354	56,701
Beckley, WV	34,653	38,356	42,058	45,760
Charleston, WV	35,589	39,208	42,807	46,426
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	37,981	42,890	47,820	52,728
Morgantown, WV	34,341	38,002	41,663	45,324
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,760	36,213	39,645	43,098
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	33,280	36,775	40,248	43,743
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,820	39,125	43,410	47,716
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	34,944	38,564	42,162	45,781
Wheeling, WV-OH	34,404	38,044	41,684	45,324
Casper, WY	38,335	43,514	48,672	53,852
Cheyenne, WY	39,312	43,784	48,277	52,749
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	38,376	43,181	48,007	52,812
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	40,290	45,220	50,170	55,100

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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