SOC 31-9096 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 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): Feed, water, and examine pets and other nonfarm animals for signs of illness, disease, or injury in laboratories and animal hospitals and clinics. Clean and disinfect cages and work areas, and sterilize laboratory and surgical equipment. May provide routine postoperative care, administer medication orally or topically, or prepare samples for laboratory examination under the supervision of veterinary or laboratory animal technologists or technicians, veterinarians, or scientists.

Level I across metros$21,840 – $45,677Mayaguez, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$42,391Across 100 top H-1B metros

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers (SOC 31-9096) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,840 in Mayaguez, PR to $45,677 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $42,391. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $39,063, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 16 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.

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Level IV

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	28,268	32,053	35,860	39,645
Anchorage, AK	28,642	33,572	38,522	43,452
Fairbanks-College, AK	28,018	31,991	35,943	39,916
Anniston-Oxford, AL	28,018	31,575	35,111	38,668
Auburn-Opelika, AL	27,352	31,346	35,319	39,312
Birmingham, AL	28,684	32,324	35,984	39,624
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	27,872	31,304	34,757	38,189
Decatur, AL	27,685	30,826	33,946	37,087
Dothan, AL	27,872	31,304	34,757	38,189
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	28,580	31,388	34,196	37,004
Gadsden, AL	28,018	31,575	35,111	38,668
Huntsville, AL	28,933	32,303	35,672	39,042
Mobile, AL	27,872	31,304	34,757	38,189
Montgomery, AL	27,997	31,554	35,111	38,668
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	27,914	31,450	34,965	38,501
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,080	31,492	34,903	38,314
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	26,999	30,348	33,696	37,045
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,268	31,741	35,194	38,668
Tuscaloosa, AL	28,330	31,866	35,381	38,917
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,580	31,679	34,757	37,856
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	29,578	32,386	35,215	38,023
Fort Smith, AR-OK	28,309	30,868	33,447	36,005
Hot Springs, AR	27,394	29,744	32,074	34,424
Jonesboro, AR	25,626	29,079	32,511	35,964
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	27,935	30,868	33,821	36,754
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	27,186	29,869	32,552	35,236
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	26,500	28,892	31,284	33,676
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	27,456	29,640	31,845	34,029
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	34,778	36,276	37,794	39,292
Flagstaff, AZ	34,591	36,525	38,439	40,373
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	33,655	35,901	38,148	40,394
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	37,066	39,375	41,663	43,972
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	34,778	36,900	39,021	41,143
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	34,175	35,984	37,815	39,624
Tucson, AZ	34,092	35,984	37,898	39,791
Yuma, AZ	36,130	38,522	40,893	43,285
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	36,525	39,146	41,788	44,408
Chico, CA	37,420	40,436	43,472	46,488
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,316	39,832	42,370	44,887
El Centro, CA	38,044	41,684	45,344	48,984
Fresno, CA	36,421	39,520	42,640	45,740
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	36,941	40,040	43,119	46,218
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	38,813	42,661	46,488	50,336
Merced, CA	36,567	39,624	42,661	45,719
Modesto, CA	37,919	41,226	44,554	47,861
Napa, CA	40,706	44,159	47,612	51,064
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,607	40,290	42,994	45,677
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,773	40,498	43,223	45,948
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	37,752	41,247	44,720	48,215
Redding, CA	36,900	40,165	43,431	46,696
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	37,420	40,519	43,639	46,738
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	40,415	45,324	50,212	55,120
Salinas, CA	39,541	42,932	46,301	49,692
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	39,354	42,932	46,488	50,066
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	44,013	48,048	52,084	56,119
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	45,677	48,984	52,271	55,578
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	37,607	40,415	43,223	46,031
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	40,768	44,492	48,215	51,938
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	38,085	41,559	45,053	48,527
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	40,706	44,076	47,466	50,836
Stockton-Lodi, CA	41,871	46,260	50,628	55,016
Vallejo, CA	38,896	42,120	45,365	48,589
Visalia, CA	36,130	38,647	41,143	43,660
Yuba City, CA	38,002	40,935	43,888	46,821
Boulder, CO	37,877	40,290	42,703	45,116
Colorado Springs, CO	35,090	37,024	38,959	40,893
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	37,690	40,498	43,306	46,114
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	34,279	35,860	37,420	39,000
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	34,986	37,108	39,208	41,330
Grand Junction, CO	33,759	35,506	37,253	39,000
Greeley, CO	35,381	37,399	39,396	41,413
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	36,712	39,479	42,224	44,991
Pueblo, CO	34,424	36,255	38,085	39,916
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	35,527	37,316	39,084	40,872
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	37,045	40,290	43,556	46,800
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	36,400	40,581	44,783	48,964
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	35,943	39,437	42,952	46,447
New Haven, CT	36,338	41,372	46,426	51,460
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	35,028	38,106	41,164	44,242
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	36,005	40,436	44,866	49,296
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	37,440	41,725	46,031	50,316
Dover, DE	35,152	38,688	42,224	45,760
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	31,284	33,426	35,568	37,711
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	34,445	37,357	40,290	43,202
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	33,884	38,210	42,516	46,842
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	33,384	35,880	38,376	40,872
Gainesville, FL	32,199	35,277	38,335	41,413
Homosassa Springs, FL	31,637	34,237	36,816	39,416
Jacksonville, FL	33,904	37,108	40,332	43,535
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	31,471	34,383	37,316	40,228
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	34,632	37,648	40,664	43,680
Naples-Marco Island, FL	37,732	41,330	44,928	48,527
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	31,720	34,820	37,940	41,039
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	34,570	37,524	40,498	43,452
Ocala, FL	32,656	35,506	38,356	41,205
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	33,072	36,317	39,562	42,807
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	32,927	36,192	39,458	42,724
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	31,596	34,986	38,376	41,767
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	33,239	36,941	40,664	44,367
Port St. Lucie, FL	33,447	36,421	39,416	42,391
Punta Gorda, FL	32,344	35,818	39,292	42,765
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	33,447	36,109	38,751	41,413
Sebring, FL	32,552	35,818	39,104	42,370
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	33,655	36,754	39,853	42,952
Tallahassee, FL	31,034	34,092	37,149	40,207
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	34,632	37,586	40,540	43,493
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	33,551	36,650	39,749	42,848
Albany, GA	27,020	30,431	33,842	37,253
Athens-Clarke County, GA	29,724	31,970	34,237	36,484
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	31,887	34,632	37,378	40,124
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	28,455	32,365	36,296	40,207
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	28,600	31,762	34,944	38,106
Columbus, GA-AL	26,125	29,037	31,970	34,882
Dalton, GA	29,204	32,012	34,840	37,648
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	26,312	29,765	33,239	36,692
Gainesville, GA	32,740	36,109	39,458	42,828
Hinesville, GA	28,205	31,512	34,799	38,106
Macon-Bibb County, GA	28,226	31,159	34,112	37,045
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	26,624	30,202	33,800	37,378
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	30,805	33,738	36,671	39,604
Rome, GA	29,536	31,970	34,404	36,837
Savannah, GA	29,994	32,823	35,652	38,480
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,810	31,117	34,404	37,711
Valdosta, GA	27,914	30,951	34,008	37,045
Warner Robins, GA	29,869	32,656	35,464	38,252
Guam MSA	32,220	36,255	40,311	44,346
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	33,031	36,629	40,228	43,826
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	38,959	42,432	45,927	49,400
Urban Honolulu, HI	34,944	38,293	41,621	44,970
Ames, IA	30,743	35,506	40,269	45,032
Cedar Rapids, IA	30,015	33,364	36,733	40,082
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	30,618	33,052	35,485	37,919
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	31,263	34,840	38,439	42,016
Dubuque, IA	29,183	32,511	35,839	39,167
Iowa City, IA	30,389	33,135	35,901	38,647
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	28,288	31,284	34,300	37,295
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	28,808	32,636	36,484	40,311
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	29,266	32,324	35,360	38,418
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	29,204	32,365	35,506	38,668
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	29,453	32,989	36,546	40,082
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	29,932	33,592	37,253	40,914
Boise City, ID	31,408	34,653	37,877	41,122
Coeur d'Alene, ID	30,972	34,549	38,127	41,704
Idaho Falls, ID	27,373	31,367	35,360	39,354
Lewiston, ID-WA	34,653	36,712	38,772	40,831
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	25,439	29,890	34,341	38,792
Pocatello, ID	31,720	33,904	36,109	38,293
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	24,232	28,392	32,532	36,692
Twin Falls, ID	28,476	32,386	36,317	40,228
Bloomington, IL	34,237	36,130	38,023	39,916
Champaign-Urbana, IL	32,927	37,690	42,474	47,237
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	34,653	37,586	40,540	43,472
Decatur, IL	32,178	35,672	39,146	42,640
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,346	33,592	35,860	38,106
Kankakee, IL	34,071	37,149	40,228	43,306
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,991	34,404	36,816	39,229
Peoria, IL	31,450	33,613	35,797	37,960
Rockford, IL	32,740	34,778	36,796	38,834
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,242	33,322	35,402	37,482
Springfield, IL	33,613	36,421	39,250	42,058
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,388	34,008	36,608	39,229
Bloomington, IN	29,620	32,282	34,924	37,586
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	30,410	33,655	36,900	40,144
Columbus, IN	30,576	33,509	36,463	39,396
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	30,888	34,092	37,274	40,477
Evansville, IN	28,871	31,804	34,736	37,669
Fort Wayne, IN	30,306	33,093	35,901	38,688
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	31,720	34,487	37,274	40,040
Kokomo, IN	30,327	33,343	36,359	39,375
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	31,637	34,653	37,669	40,685
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	29,599	32,199	34,799	37,399
Muncie, IN	31,055	33,925	36,775	39,645
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	27,644	30,514	33,405	36,276
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	30,514	33,384	36,276	39,146
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	27,976	30,909	33,863	36,796
Terre Haute, IN	28,580	31,720	34,882	38,023
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	25,876	29,412	32,927	36,463
Lawrence, KS	33,592	36,151	38,709	41,268
Manhattan, KS	29,557	32,074	34,591	37,108
Topeka, KS	28,746	32,136	35,506	38,896
Wichita, KS	28,309	31,346	34,383	37,420
Bowling Green, KY	26,458	29,807	33,135	36,484
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	25,418	28,413	31,429	34,424
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	25,376	28,330	31,284	34,237
Elizabethtown, KY	26,853	30,348	33,821	37,316
Lexington-Fayette, KY	27,997	31,408	34,820	38,231
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	28,767	32,199	35,610	39,042
Owensboro, KY	24,940	27,976	30,992	34,029
Paducah, KY-IL	25,834	28,912	32,012	35,090
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	25,189	28,164	31,138	34,112
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	24,648	27,456	30,244	33,052
Alexandria, LA	25,626	27,290	28,954	30,618
Baton Rouge, LA	29,266	31,367	33,447	35,548
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	23,109	25,376	27,664	29,932
Hammond, LA	28,892	31,263	33,613	35,984
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	27,727	30,181	32,656	35,111
Lafayette, LA	27,789	29,952	32,136	34,300
Lake Charles, LA	26,874	29,079	31,284	33,488
Monroe, LA	26,749	28,517	30,285	32,053
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	29,952	32,469	35,007	37,524
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	27,560	29,828	32,074	34,341
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	27,956	30,244	32,532	34,820
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	28,725	31,221	33,696	36,192
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	27,269	28,330	29,412	30,472
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	34,508	38,938	43,348	47,778
Barnstable Town, MA	36,380	40,352	44,325	48,298
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	35,964	42,328	48,693	55,058
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	36,608	38,085	39,541	41,018
Pittsfield, MA	34,237	37,565	40,914	44,242
Springfield, MA	34,445	39,042	43,639	48,236
Worcester, MA	34,674	39,791	44,928	50,045
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	37,898	41,455	45,032	48,589
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	36,338	40,789	45,240	49,692
Lexington Park, MD	37,212	41,372	45,552	49,712
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	33,988	37,440	40,893	44,346
Salisbury, MD	34,508	38,127	41,767	45,386
Bangor, ME	35,028	37,378	39,728	42,079
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	37,919	40,602	43,306	45,989
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	37,628	42,724	47,820	52,916
Portland-South Portland, ME	39,354	41,954	44,575	47,175
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	36,816	39,167	41,538	43,888
Ann Arbor, MI	34,861	37,544	40,248	42,932
Battle Creek, MI	29,516	31,845	34,154	36,484
Bay City, MI	28,600	32,116	35,631	39,146
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	34,112	37,004	39,916	42,807
Flint, MI	32,656	35,485	38,293	41,122
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	34,549	37,732	40,893	44,076
Jackson, MI	31,512	34,092	36,692	39,271
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	32,469	36,151	39,832	43,514
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	33,135	35,735	38,314	40,914
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	30,472	32,885	35,319	37,732
Midland, MI	36,421	40,436	44,450	48,464
Monroe, MI	33,884	36,754	39,645	42,516
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	30,930	33,301	35,693	38,064
Niles, MI	31,346	34,008	36,692	39,354
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	31,492	33,904	36,317	38,730
Saginaw, MI	30,119	33,093	36,047	39,021
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	32,053	34,404	36,775	39,125
Traverse City, MI	34,549	37,108	39,645	42,204
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	31,138	34,071	37,004	39,936
Duluth, MN-WI	32,032	35,007	37,981	40,956
Mankato, MN	37,108	40,540	43,951	47,383
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	38,501	41,580	44,658	47,736
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	37,024	40,477	43,909	47,362
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	34,528	36,692	38,876	41,039
Rochester, MN	32,927	35,360	37,794	40,228
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	33,967	35,922	37,877	39,832
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	36,151	39,708	43,244	46,800
St. Cloud, MN	37,295	40,664	44,055	47,424
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	30,368	32,948	35,527	38,106
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,911	32,656	35,423	38,168
Columbia, MO	30,285	32,573	34,840	37,128
Jefferson City, MO	30,327	33,280	36,213	39,167
Joplin, MO-KS	29,786	32,428	35,090	37,732
Kansas City, MO-KS	32,823	36,026	39,229	42,432
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	32,428	35,589	38,751	41,912
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	30,036	32,948	35,880	38,792
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,869	32,760	35,631	38,522
Springfield, MO	30,327	32,719	35,090	37,482
St. Joseph, MO-KS	29,932	33,738	37,565	41,372
St. Louis, MO-IL	33,468	36,442	39,416	42,391
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	26,479	28,892	31,304	33,717
Hattiesburg, MS	26,458	28,704	30,951	33,197
Jackson, MS	26,458	29,037	31,596	34,175
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	25,189	27,768	30,348	32,927
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	25,647	28,226	30,784	33,364
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	26,229	30,202	34,196	38,168
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	28,205	31,658	35,111	38,564
Billings, MT	29,308	33,260	37,191	41,143
Bozeman, MT	37,253	40,560	43,888	47,196
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	28,517	31,679	34,861	38,023
Great Falls, MT	28,226	32,012	35,797	39,583
Helena, MT	30,244	34,300	38,356	42,412
Missoula, MT	33,780	36,005	38,252	40,477
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	31,346	34,944	38,522	42,120
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	30,098	33,384	36,650	39,936
Asheville, NC	29,287	32,885	36,484	40,082
Burlington, NC	31,013	33,509	36,005	38,501
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	29,266	32,636	36,005	39,375
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	32,698	35,693	38,668	41,663
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	32,573	36,172	39,749	43,348
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,285	33,052	35,839	38,605
Fayetteville, NC	30,015	33,218	36,421	39,624
Goldsboro, NC	30,805	34,196	37,586	40,976
Greensboro-High Point, NC	30,327	33,447	36,546	39,666
Greenville, NC	28,372	31,554	34,736	37,919
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	28,122	31,991	35,839	39,708
Jacksonville, NC	26,916	30,368	33,842	37,295
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	29,349	32,594	35,818	39,063
Raleigh-Cary, NC	31,845	35,194	38,564	41,912
Rocky Mount, NC	26,749	30,160	33,551	36,962
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	28,580	31,928	35,256	38,605
Wilmington, NC	30,764	34,050	37,336	40,623
Winston-Salem, NC	31,055	34,508	37,940	41,392
Bismarck, ND	32,636	36,296	39,936	43,597
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	34,528	36,920	39,292	41,684
Fargo, ND-MN	34,050	36,068	38,106	40,124
Grand Forks, ND-MN	34,695	37,232	39,791	42,328
Minot, ND	34,965	37,544	40,144	42,724
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	35,152	37,524	39,874	42,245
Grand Island, NE	30,181	32,511	34,861	37,191
Lincoln, NE	31,887	34,092	36,296	38,501
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	29,703	32,053	34,383	36,733
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,892	31,637	34,383	37,128
Omaha, NE-IA	33,176	35,236	37,316	39,375
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	29,412	31,887	34,383	36,858
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	29,516	32,573	35,610	38,668
Manchester-Nashua, NH	28,663	32,095	35,548	38,980
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	31,492	33,988	36,484	38,980
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	29,911	32,802	35,714	38,605
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	36,172	38,959	41,746	44,533
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	36,546	40,352	44,180	47,986
Vineland, NJ	35,610	38,106	40,581	43,077
Albuquerque, NM	32,136	35,340	38,543	41,746
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	31,325	34,549	37,773	40,997
Farmington, NM	31,221	34,612	37,981	41,372
Las Cruces, NM	28,184	31,450	34,695	37,960
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	31,720	35,007	38,314	41,600
Santa Fe, NM	34,778	38,210	41,663	45,095
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	31,845	35,444	39,063	42,661
Carson City, NV	35,194	37,940	40,664	43,410
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	34,341	36,442	38,543	40,644
Reno, NV	36,296	38,772	41,226	43,701
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	36,088	38,584	41,060	43,556
Binghamton, NY	33,925	36,296	38,668	41,039
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	35,340	37,482	39,645	41,788
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	36,816	39,333	41,829	44,346
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	36,567	39,458	42,328	45,220
Elmira, NY	35,028	38,127	41,247	44,346
Glens Falls, NY	34,570	36,525	38,460	40,415
Ithaca, NY	36,650	39,666	42,703	45,719
Kingston, NY	35,880	38,210	40,519	42,848
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	36,733	39,063	41,372	43,701
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	40,020	43,431	46,863	50,274
Rochester, NY	34,487	36,775	39,063	41,351
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	35,631	38,813	42,016	45,199
Syracuse, NY	35,797	38,730	41,663	44,596
Utica-Rome, NY	33,800	35,880	37,940	40,020
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	35,714	38,501	41,288	44,076
Akron, OH	31,887	34,674	37,482	40,269
Canton-Massillon, OH	28,559	31,970	35,381	38,792
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	31,845	35,360	38,896	42,412
Cleveland, OH	31,741	34,653	37,586	40,498
Columbus, OH	32,802	35,797	38,772	41,767
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	30,972	33,800	36,629	39,458
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	27,228	30,181	33,135	36,088
Lima, OH	28,746	31,117	33,468	35,839
Mansfield, OH	31,284	34,591	37,877	41,184
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	27,810	31,533	35,236	38,959
Sandusky, OH	30,264	33,530	36,775	40,040
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	26,084	29,245	32,386	35,548
Springfield, OH	31,575	34,674	37,773	40,872
Toledo, OH	30,264	33,488	36,733	39,957
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	27,997	30,972	33,946	36,920
Youngstown-Warren, OH	27,560	30,556	33,551	36,546
Enid, OK	27,727	31,367	35,028	38,668
Lawton, OK	27,664	31,408	35,132	38,876
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	25,064	28,184	31,325	34,445
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	24,544	27,581	30,639	33,676
Oklahoma City, OK	28,663	32,324	35,984	39,645
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	25,917	29,453	32,989	36,525
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	23,130	26,396	29,640	32,906
Tulsa, OK	28,226	31,554	34,861	38,189
Albany, OR	36,484	38,501	40,540	42,557
Bend, OR	37,919	40,768	43,597	46,447
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	37,503	40,706	43,930	47,133
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	35,506	37,794	40,082	42,370
Corvallis, OR	36,400	38,543	40,664	42,807
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	34,903	36,733	38,543	40,373
Eugene-Springfield, OR	35,693	38,335	40,956	43,597
Grants Pass, OR	36,733	39,250	41,767	44,284
Medford, OR	36,588	39,167	41,746	44,325
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	39,042	42,245	45,448	48,652
Salem, OR	37,628	40,623	43,618	46,613
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	33,488	36,026	38,564	41,101
Altoona, PA	29,287	32,240	35,194	38,148
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	29,620	31,949	34,279	36,608
Chambersburg, PA	29,037	32,282	35,506	38,751
Erie, PA	29,016	32,199	35,360	38,543
Gettysburg, PA	30,077	32,178	34,300	36,400
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	30,909	33,967	37,045	40,103
Johnstown, PA	30,743	33,863	37,004	40,124
Lancaster, PA	34,258	37,773	41,288	44,804
Lebanon, PA	30,140	33,135	36,130	39,125
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	30,202	32,573	34,965	37,336
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	29,432	31,804	34,154	36,525
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	35,340	38,917	42,495	46,072
Pittsburgh, PA	31,804	34,924	38,023	41,143
Reading, PA	30,597	33,655	36,692	39,749
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	30,805	33,551	36,317	39,063
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	28,184	30,826	33,468	36,109
State College, PA	31,325	35,069	38,792	42,536
Williamsport, PA	29,578	31,970	34,341	36,733
York-Hanover, PA	30,618	33,655	36,692	39,728
Aguadilla, PR	21,861	22,839	23,837	24,815
Arecibo, PR	22,048	24,128	26,188	28,268
Guayama, PR	22,048	24,274	26,500	28,725
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	22,506	23,151	23,816
Ponce, PR	21,986	24,045	26,084	28,143
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,986	23,920	25,855	27,789
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,048	24,295	26,562	28,808
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	35,048	39,084	43,140	47,175
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	30,306	34,279	38,231	42,204
Columbia, SC	28,205	31,762	35,298	38,855
Florence, SC	27,477	31,138	34,799	38,460
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	30,431	35,048	39,687	44,304
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	28,372	32,823	37,274	41,725
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	27,997	31,700	35,402	39,104
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	31,013	34,445	37,856	41,288
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	26,167	29,453	32,719	36,005
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	28,517	32,594	36,650	40,727
Spartanburg, SC	25,959	29,682	33,405	37,128
Sumter, SC	27,477	31,138	34,799	38,460
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	29,162	30,951	32,760	34,549
Rapid City, SD	27,852	30,431	32,989	35,568
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	29,952	32,407	34,861	37,316
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	28,538	30,389	32,240	34,092
Chattanooga, TN-GA	30,972	33,260	35,568	37,856
Clarksville, TN-KY	28,663	31,325	33,988	36,650
Cleveland, TN	30,098	32,490	34,861	37,253
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	29,016	31,200	33,384	35,568
Jackson, TN	29,640	31,908	34,196	36,463
Johnson City, TN	28,996	31,221	33,426	35,652
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	29,266	31,450	33,634	35,818
Knoxville, TN	31,575	33,509	35,444	37,378
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	31,928	34,300	36,692	39,063
Morristown, TN	29,245	31,596	33,967	36,317
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	34,445	36,504	38,543	40,602
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,164	31,804	35,423	39,063
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,060	30,660	33,239	35,839
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	27,664	30,452	33,218	36,005
Abilene, TX	22,964	26,978	31,013	35,028
Amarillo, TX	27,415	30,202	32,989	35,776
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	28,580	32,781	37,004	41,205
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	25,168	29,578	34,008	38,418
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,416	30,972	35,506	40,061
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	25,439	28,704	31,949	35,215
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	25,148	28,018	30,909	33,780
College Station-Bryan, TX	22,922	25,792	28,663	31,533
Corpus Christi, TX	26,084	29,994	33,904	37,815
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	28,372	33,072	37,752	42,453
Eagle Pass, TX	26,645	31,159	35,693	40,207
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,295	27,664	31,034	34,404
El Paso, TX	23,026	26,333	29,640	32,948
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,999	31,533	36,088	40,623
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	28,288	32,386	36,463	40,560
Killeen-Temple, TX	25,085	28,621	32,157	35,693
Laredo, TX	24,711	27,893	31,096	34,279
Longview, TX	25,626	28,746	31,887	35,007
Lubbock, TX	23,920	28,309	32,698	37,087
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	25,439	28,704	31,949	35,215
Midland, TX	23,879	27,935	32,012	36,068
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,832	31,616	36,380	41,164
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	22,319	26,520	30,743	34,944
Odessa, TX	23,879	27,935	32,012	36,068
San Angelo, TX	23,671	27,685	31,700	35,714
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	27,477	32,074	36,671	41,268
Sherman-Denison, TX	27,872	32,615	37,336	42,079
Texarkana, TX-AR	25,231	28,704	32,178	35,652
Tyler, TX	24,877	28,580	32,282	35,984
Victoria, TX	25,376	28,496	31,596	34,716
Waco, TX	26,250	31,055	35,839	40,644
Wichita Falls, TX	24,253	28,309	32,386	36,442
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	30,431	34,861	39,312	43,743
Logan, UT-ID	30,535	31,887	33,260	34,612
Ogden, UT	34,029	36,900	39,770	42,640
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	33,551	36,567	39,583	42,599
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	35,860	38,980	42,079	45,199
St. George, UT	30,743	34,300	37,836	41,392
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	33,135	36,837	40,540	44,242
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	31,325	34,903	38,480	42,058
Charlottesville, VA	32,157	35,506	38,855	42,204
Harrisonburg, VA	30,576	33,655	36,754	39,832
Lynchburg, VA	29,848	32,490	35,152	37,794
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,077	33,946	37,794	41,663
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,472	34,279	38,106	41,912
Richmond, VA	32,760	35,797	38,813	41,850
Roanoke, VA	31,034	33,676	36,296	38,938
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,261	34,716	37,149	39,604
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	31,055	34,362	37,669	40,976
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	28,788	31,596	34,404	37,212
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	31,887	34,466	37,024	39,604
Winchester, VA-WV	29,391	32,136	34,861	37,607
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	32,220	36,255	40,311	44,346
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	32,136	34,466	36,775	39,104
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	32,095	34,965	37,815	40,685
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	33,447	35,901	38,356	40,810
Bellingham, WA	38,938	41,205	43,472	45,740
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	39,229	41,871	44,533	47,175
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	37,752	39,042	40,352	41,642
Kennewick-Richland, WA	38,605	40,706	42,828	44,928
Longview-Kelso, WA	38,876	41,975	45,095	48,194
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	39,708	43,743	47,799	51,834
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	38,210	40,124	42,037	43,951
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	42,308	44,679	47,071	49,442
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	37,773	39,791	41,829	43,847
Walla Walla, WA	38,002	39,791	41,559	43,348
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	38,834	40,768	42,703	44,637
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	38,730	40,436	42,162	43,868
Yakima, WA	40,061	42,932	45,781	48,652
Appleton, WI	31,242	34,362	37,482	40,602
Eau Claire, WI	33,800	35,860	37,940	39,999
Fond du Lac, WI	32,136	34,757	37,357	39,978
Green Bay, WI	32,199	34,404	36,588	38,792
Janesville-Beloit, WI	32,677	35,215	37,732	40,269
Kenosha, WI	33,301	35,756	38,210	40,664
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	31,512	33,821	36,109	38,418
Madison, WI	33,738	36,317	38,917	41,496
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	32,552	35,215	37,877	40,540
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	31,804	33,676	35,568	37,440
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	30,847	32,781	34,736	36,671
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	33,655	36,338	39,021	41,704
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	31,908	34,736	37,565	40,394
Sheboygan, WI	32,116	34,757	37,420	40,061
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	31,741	33,655	35,568	37,482
Wausau, WI	31,845	33,988	36,130	38,272
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	31,117	33,218	35,319	37,420
Beckley, WV	28,330	30,556	32,760	34,986
Charleston, WV	25,564	28,746	31,949	35,132
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	26,583	29,453	32,303	35,173
Morgantown, WV	27,602	30,514	33,447	36,359
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	24,482	26,999	29,516	32,032
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	24,919	27,519	30,119	32,719
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	25,127	27,602	30,098	32,573
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	27,082	30,556	34,029	37,503
Wheeling, WV-OH	27,394	30,348	33,301	36,255
Casper, WY	29,724	32,781	35,860	38,917
Cheyenne, WY	31,117	33,759	36,380	39,021
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	30,119	33,052	35,964	38,896
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	29,287	32,552	35,818	39,084

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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