SOC 33-9032 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Security Guards 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): Guard, patrol, or monitor premises to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules. May operate x-ray and metal detector equipment.

Level I across metros$20,572 – $43,493Beckley, WV to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$46,613Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Security Guards?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Security Guards (SOC 33-9032) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $20,572 in Beckley, WV to $43,493 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $46,613. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $41,808, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 15 of 100 major metros but only Level II or below in 48. 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	38,688	45,698	52,728	59,738
Anchorage, AK	37,711	46,072	54,455	62,816
Fairbanks-College, AK	41,309	50,669	60,008	69,368
Anniston-Oxford, AL	24,066	29,890	35,693	41,517
Auburn-Opelika, AL	23,733	28,808	33,904	38,980
Birmingham, AL	26,167	30,244	34,300	38,376
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	25,626	29,308	32,968	36,650
Decatur, AL	31,388	38,501	45,615	52,728
Dothan, AL	23,047	29,058	35,048	41,060
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	25,168	29,120	33,052	37,004
Gadsden, AL	23,671	27,664	31,658	35,652
Huntsville, AL	27,394	33,260	39,104	44,970
Mobile, AL	25,397	29,432	33,468	37,503
Montgomery, AL	24,752	29,016	33,280	37,544
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	23,172	27,228	31,304	35,360
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	22,111	26,749	31,367	36,005
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,482	30,327	36,192	42,037
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,024	27,706	31,388	35,069
Tuscaloosa, AL	23,671	28,122	32,573	37,024
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,372	31,658	34,924	38,210
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	30,368	34,404	38,460	42,495
Fort Smith, AR-OK	27,956	32,802	37,628	42,474
Hot Springs, AR	32,240	37,378	42,536	47,674
Jonesboro, AR	30,036	33,634	37,232	40,831
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	28,746	33,135	37,503	41,892
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,975	32,594	36,192	39,812
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,205	33,405	38,605	43,805
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,954	37,232	45,532	53,810
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	32,428	36,151	39,895	43,618
Flagstaff, AZ	33,800	37,253	40,706	44,159
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	31,554	34,528	37,482	40,456
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	34,362	37,960	41,538	45,136
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	32,677	35,589	38,480	41,392
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	33,135	35,922	38,730	41,517
Tucson, AZ	32,365	35,381	38,376	41,392
Yuma, AZ	30,639	34,466	38,314	42,141
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	35,215	38,668	42,100	45,552
Chico, CA	35,090	38,252	41,392	44,554
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,588	40,727	44,887	49,026
El Centro, CA	34,944	38,252	41,559	44,866
Fresno, CA	34,570	37,586	40,623	43,639
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	36,463	39,479	42,516	45,532
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	36,504	40,165	43,847	47,508
Merced, CA	34,861	37,752	40,623	43,514
Modesto, CA	35,964	40,103	44,221	48,360
Napa, CA	38,584	44,471	50,336	56,223
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	35,776	40,706	45,615	50,544
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,172	39,957	43,743	47,528
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	35,672	39,604	43,556	47,487
Redding, CA	35,007	39,188	43,348	47,528
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	35,568	38,813	42,058	45,303
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	36,567	39,853	43,119	46,405
Salinas, CA	36,130	39,916	43,701	47,487
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	36,442	39,770	43,077	46,405
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	42,016	46,135	50,232	54,351
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	43,493	47,237	50,981	54,725
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	36,442	43,743	51,023	58,324
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	36,796	42,308	47,820	53,332
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	35,776	40,352	44,928	49,504
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	38,834	42,640	46,468	50,274
Stockton-Lodi, CA	35,631	39,042	42,432	45,844
Vallejo, CA	37,087	41,954	46,821	51,688
Visalia, CA	34,487	37,836	41,164	44,512
Yuba City, CA	34,778	37,544	40,311	43,077
Boulder, CO	36,504	42,412	48,340	54,247
Colorado Springs, CO	34,736	39,354	43,951	48,568
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	37,836	42,328	46,821	51,314
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	33,592	37,170	40,748	44,325
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	35,652	39,292	42,932	46,572
Grand Junction, CO	35,527	39,271	43,015	46,759
Greeley, CO	34,133	37,586	41,039	44,492
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	37,856	42,911	47,965	53,020
Pueblo, CO	33,592	38,938	44,284	49,629
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	31,845	37,253	42,682	48,090
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	36,733	41,704	46,676	51,647
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	35,776	40,872	45,968	51,064
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	35,485	39,957	44,450	48,922
New Haven, CT	36,130	42,661	49,192	55,724
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	34,008	38,418	42,828	47,237
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	36,026	39,104	42,183	45,261
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	37,128	45,740	54,351	62,962
Dover, DE	31,866	35,610	39,333	43,077
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	31,824	35,506	39,208	42,890
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	30,306	33,426	36,525	39,645
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	31,367	35,090	38,792	42,516
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	28,788	32,095	35,402	38,709
Gainesville, FL	29,578	32,677	35,776	38,876
Homosassa Springs, FL	28,704	32,719	36,754	40,768
Jacksonville, FL	30,701	33,904	37,108	40,311
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	29,661	32,927	36,172	39,437
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	31,013	34,445	37,856	41,288
Naples-Marco Island, FL	32,968	37,877	42,807	47,716
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	29,266	33,634	38,002	42,370
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	32,053	35,381	38,730	42,058
Ocala, FL	28,704	32,136	35,589	39,021
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	30,805	33,759	36,712	39,666
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	30,888	34,820	38,751	42,682
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	30,098	33,156	36,192	39,250
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	29,807	32,823	35,818	38,834
Port St. Lucie, FL	30,743	34,508	38,293	42,058
Punta Gorda, FL	30,327	33,613	36,920	40,207
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	29,973	33,052	36,151	39,229
Sebring, FL	28,746	31,554	34,362	37,170
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	31,346	35,340	39,354	43,348
Tallahassee, FL	28,808	32,012	35,236	38,439
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	30,888	34,466	38,023	41,600
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	30,264	33,551	36,837	40,124
Albany, GA	23,130	27,623	32,136	36,629
Athens-Clarke County, GA	30,826	34,362	37,919	41,455
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	30,514	34,632	38,751	42,869
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	27,893	31,804	35,735	39,645
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	26,063	30,701	35,340	39,978
Columbus, GA-AL	26,853	31,512	36,151	40,810
Dalton, GA	27,644	32,095	36,525	40,976
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,082	30,701	34,300	37,919
Gainesville, GA	29,058	33,364	37,648	41,954
Hinesville, GA	35,381	42,516	49,629	56,764
Macon-Bibb County, GA	25,189	31,117	37,045	42,973
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	29,287	31,325	33,343	35,381
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,540	33,884	40,207	46,551
Rome, GA	28,018	32,573	37,149	41,704
Savannah, GA	28,767	32,802	36,858	40,893
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,415	32,740	38,044	43,368
Valdosta, GA	24,066	29,391	34,695	40,020
Warner Robins, GA	28,996	34,528	40,061	45,594
Guam MSA	19,511	22,506	25,501	28,496
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	35,506	41,413	47,320	53,228
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	39,312	45,053	50,794	56,535
Urban Honolulu, HI	34,591	38,460	42,349	46,218
Ames, IA	32,532	37,544	42,536	47,549
Cedar Rapids, IA	33,239	36,775	40,332	43,868
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	31,471	37,378	43,306	49,213
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	32,448	38,356	44,242	50,149
Dubuque, IA	30,244	34,216	38,168	42,141
Iowa City, IA	31,866	37,253	42,620	48,007
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	31,637	35,277	38,896	42,536
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	29,952	35,340	40,727	46,114
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	31,596	36,920	42,245	47,570
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	31,263	35,589	39,916	44,242
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	29,911	33,863	37,794	41,746
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	32,116	37,565	43,015	48,464
Boise City, ID	32,698	36,484	40,248	44,034
Coeur d'Alene, ID	33,613	37,336	41,060	44,783
Idaho Falls, ID	39,063	53,581	68,120	82,639
Lewiston, ID-WA	32,552	36,172	39,770	43,389
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	30,202	34,591	38,959	43,348
Pocatello, ID	30,805	34,092	37,357	40,644
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	29,828	33,904	37,981	42,058
Twin Falls, ID	31,367	34,050	36,733	39,416
Bloomington, IL	33,468	37,191	40,893	44,616
Champaign-Urbana, IL	31,200	35,444	39,687	43,930
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	35,880	40,103	44,304	48,527
Decatur, IL	32,386	37,149	41,912	46,676
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	33,301	37,607	41,912	46,218
Kankakee, IL	32,948	36,962	40,997	45,012
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	33,052	40,456	47,840	55,245
Peoria, IL	34,029	38,605	43,181	47,757
Rockford, IL	33,239	37,399	41,580	45,740
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	32,095	35,506	38,938	42,349
Springfield, IL	34,424	39,042	43,660	48,277
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	32,552	38,418	44,304	50,170
Bloomington, IN	30,327	34,383	38,439	42,495
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	29,703	34,861	39,999	45,157
Columbus, IN	29,807	34,612	39,396	44,200
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	29,994	34,653	39,292	43,951
Evansville, IN	29,453	34,508	39,562	44,616
Fort Wayne, IN	29,432	34,861	40,311	45,740
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	30,597	35,610	40,602	45,615
Kokomo, IN	33,135	40,144	47,154	54,164
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	29,599	35,485	41,351	47,237
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	29,703	35,610	41,538	47,445
Muncie, IN	27,519	31,575	35,652	39,708
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	27,394	33,031	38,688	44,325
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	31,096	34,944	38,813	42,661
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	29,599	35,007	40,436	45,844
Terre Haute, IN	28,060	32,844	37,628	42,412
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	29,224	35,922	42,599	49,296
Lawrence, KS	26,728	30,972	35,194	39,437
Manhattan, KS	22,236	30,951	39,666	48,381
Topeka, KS	29,391	34,716	40,040	45,365
Wichita, KS	28,039	32,989	37,940	42,890
Bowling Green, KY	30,597	35,007	39,396	43,805
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	29,245	34,924	40,602	46,280
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	18,928	25,210	31,471	37,752
Elizabethtown, KY	27,269	32,386	37,503	42,620
Lexington-Fayette, KY	30,056	33,759	37,440	41,143
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	30,909	35,548	40,165	44,804
Owensboro, KY	28,996	32,324	35,652	38,980
Paducah, KY-IL	29,349	38,668	47,986	57,304
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	27,436	31,762	36,109	40,436
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,788	32,344	35,901	39,458
Alexandria, LA	25,855	30,410	34,965	39,520
Baton Rouge, LA	27,706	33,676	39,624	45,594
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	25,168	30,784	36,421	42,037
Hammond, LA	22,152	26,770	31,388	36,005
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	21,549	26,167	30,764	35,381
Lafayette, LA	26,375	30,368	34,362	38,356
Lake Charles, LA	25,522	29,640	33,738	37,856
Monroe, LA	28,080	31,450	34,840	38,210
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	26,936	31,658	36,400	41,122
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	23,608	28,954	34,300	39,645
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	25,335	30,431	35,506	40,602
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	27,477	33,738	40,020	46,280
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	25,813	30,472	35,152	39,812
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	33,946	37,399	40,831	44,284
Barnstable Town, MA	37,378	42,516	47,632	52,770
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	37,170	41,392	45,594	49,816
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	36,484	41,143	45,802	50,461
Pittsfield, MA	34,632	40,040	45,428	50,836
Springfield, MA	33,925	38,647	43,368	48,090
Worcester, MA	34,154	37,711	41,247	44,804
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	33,946	38,272	42,578	46,904
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	29,308	33,946	38,584	43,223
Lexington Park, MD	33,072	42,911	52,770	62,608
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	32,199	36,712	41,247	45,760
Salisbury, MD	32,968	36,400	39,832	43,264
Bangor, ME	32,157	35,693	39,229	42,765
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	33,384	37,149	40,935	44,700
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	35,506	39,042	42,578	46,114
Portland-South Portland, ME	34,258	38,647	43,036	47,424
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	34,632	38,376	42,141	45,885
Ann Arbor, MI	32,324	37,940	43,556	49,172
Battle Creek, MI	31,554	35,090	38,626	42,162
Bay City, MI	26,583	29,661	32,740	35,818
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	31,450	36,088	40,748	45,386
Flint, MI	30,223	33,676	37,128	40,581
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	34,383	39,458	44,512	49,588
Jackson, MI	30,951	35,402	39,874	44,325
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	30,202	35,652	41,122	46,572
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	31,159	36,484	41,808	47,133
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	31,159	34,861	38,584	42,287
Midland, MI	30,535	36,234	41,954	47,653
Monroe, MI	31,408	36,109	40,831	45,532
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	28,580	31,783	35,007	38,210
Niles, MI	31,388	36,192	40,997	45,802
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,642	32,906	37,191	41,455
Saginaw, MI	31,492	36,546	41,580	46,634
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	30,930	34,591	38,231	41,892
Traverse City, MI	33,655	36,941	40,248	43,535
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	31,388	34,279	37,170	40,061
Duluth, MN-WI	30,743	35,111	39,458	43,826
Mankato, MN	29,640	34,799	39,957	45,116
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	35,173	40,748	46,322	51,896
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	31,616	35,589	39,583	43,556
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	30,764	35,007	39,229	43,472
Rochester, MN	34,404	40,685	46,988	53,269
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	32,677	39,957	47,237	54,517
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	32,740	36,983	41,205	45,448
St. Cloud, MN	30,535	35,672	40,789	45,927
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	29,786	33,884	38,002	42,100
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,932	34,404	38,855	43,327
Columbia, MO	30,660	34,924	39,167	43,431
Jefferson City, MO	32,740	40,373	48,028	55,661
Joplin, MO-KS	30,348	35,194	40,020	44,866
Kansas City, MO-KS	33,634	39,645	45,636	51,647
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,370	32,802	36,234	39,666
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,557	32,719	35,860	39,021
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,578	32,573	35,589	38,584
Springfield, MO	32,095	40,186	48,298	56,389
St. Joseph, MO-KS	31,367	35,693	40,040	44,367
St. Louis, MO-IL	34,237	39,604	44,991	50,357
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	25,189	28,496	31,824	35,132
Hattiesburg, MS	25,085	28,829	32,573	36,317
Jackson, MS	23,400	27,477	31,575	35,652
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	23,442	28,080	32,698	37,336
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	24,836	31,471	38,085	44,720
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	19,948	24,170	28,413	32,636
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	24,024	27,519	31,013	34,508
Billings, MT	30,264	35,527	40,768	46,031
Bozeman, MT	30,888	37,024	43,140	49,276
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	28,060	31,762	35,464	39,167
Great Falls, MT	34,341	37,856	41,351	44,866
Helena, MT	31,034	35,111	39,188	43,264
Missoula, MT	29,640	33,696	37,752	41,808
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	32,864	43,223	53,602	63,960
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	31,908	38,730	45,532	52,354
Asheville, NC	30,098	34,924	39,770	44,596
Burlington, NC	28,517	32,698	36,879	41,060
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	26,167	32,490	38,813	45,136
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	30,472	34,383	38,314	42,224
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	29,474	35,028	40,602	46,156
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	27,872	32,989	38,106	43,223
Fayetteville, NC	29,412	36,463	43,514	50,565
Goldsboro, NC	27,477	31,512	35,568	39,604
Greensboro-High Point, NC	28,309	32,469	36,650	40,810
Greenville, NC	30,098	36,047	41,975	47,924
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	24,503	30,223	35,964	41,684
Jacksonville, NC	26,728	31,554	36,400	41,226
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	28,663	32,178	35,672	39,188
Raleigh-Cary, NC	28,871	34,778	40,706	46,613
Rocky Mount, NC	28,455	34,528	40,623	46,696
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	29,120	35,048	40,976	46,904
Wilmington, NC	29,183	35,943	42,682	49,442
Winston-Salem, NC	30,493	35,776	41,039	46,322
Bismarck, ND	32,136	35,943	39,728	43,535
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	34,674	38,834	42,973	47,133
Fargo, ND-MN	32,199	37,087	41,954	46,842
Grand Forks, ND-MN	32,136	36,920	41,684	46,468
Minot, ND	33,613	38,522	43,431	48,340
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	35,194	43,389	51,584	59,780
Grand Island, NE	32,199	36,421	40,623	44,845
Lincoln, NE	30,972	35,860	40,727	45,615
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	33,551	39,021	44,492	49,962
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	31,242	35,423	39,604	43,784
Omaha, NE-IA	36,192	41,247	46,280	51,335
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	33,759	40,311	46,884	53,436
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	36,941	42,682	48,402	54,143
Manchester-Nashua, NH	36,567	41,122	45,698	50,253
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	35,610	41,288	46,988	52,666
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	35,444	39,562	43,680	47,799
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	34,300	37,856	41,413	44,970
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	32,781	37,212	41,621	46,052
Vineland, NJ	34,528	39,333	44,117	48,922
Albuquerque, NM	33,551	40,061	46,572	53,082
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	31,408	37,253	43,077	48,922
Farmington, NM	27,373	33,696	39,999	46,322
Las Cruces, NM	28,933	35,215	41,496	47,778
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	33,010	43,368	53,706	64,064
Santa Fe, NM	33,156	38,605	44,076	49,525
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	30,535	37,170	43,826	50,461
Carson City, NV	33,884	40,976	48,069	55,162
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	31,679	35,506	39,312	43,140
Reno, NV	32,719	37,482	42,266	47,029
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	35,756	40,477	45,178	49,900
Binghamton, NY	34,216	39,084	43,972	48,839
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	34,508	38,980	43,452	47,924
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	35,527	41,517	47,528	53,519
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	34,612	38,647	42,703	46,738
Elmira, NY	33,884	40,103	46,343	52,562
Glens Falls, NY	34,528	38,460	42,370	46,301
Ithaca, NY	38,813	44,284	49,733	55,204
Kingston, NY	37,045	41,871	46,676	51,501
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	35,048	40,082	45,095	50,128
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	35,756	40,914	46,093	51,252
Rochester, NY	35,423	40,311	45,220	50,108
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	35,194	39,312	43,431	47,549
Syracuse, NY	35,048	41,455	47,861	54,268
Utica-Rome, NY	35,152	40,852	46,530	52,229
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	33,468	38,127	42,786	47,445
Akron, OH	30,264	36,130	41,996	47,861
Canton-Massillon, OH	27,456	33,384	39,333	45,261
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	30,389	35,256	40,124	44,991
Cleveland, OH	29,453	34,716	39,999	45,261
Columbus, OH	30,514	35,381	40,228	45,095
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	30,431	35,922	41,434	46,925
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	28,205	33,988	39,749	45,532
Lima, OH	23,837	30,119	36,421	42,703
Mansfield, OH	27,872	33,696	39,520	45,344
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	27,186	33,093	38,980	44,887
Sandusky, OH	29,328	35,277	41,226	47,175
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	28,642	34,362	40,103	45,823
Springfield, OH	28,060	33,863	39,645	45,448
Toledo, OH	29,703	33,676	37,648	41,621
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	28,164	32,823	37,461	42,120
Youngstown-Warren, OH	27,976	31,762	35,527	39,312
Enid, OK	27,103	33,072	39,042	45,012
Lawton, OK	26,208	30,909	35,631	40,332
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	28,060	32,552	37,045	41,538
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	25,772	30,764	35,776	40,768
Oklahoma City, OK	29,432	35,610	41,808	47,986
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,516	33,738	37,981	42,204
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	28,164	31,949	35,714	39,500
Tulsa, OK	28,455	33,655	38,834	44,034
Albany, OR	34,071	39,604	45,136	50,669
Bend, OR	37,399	40,831	44,242	47,674
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	33,780	38,168	42,578	46,967
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	33,468	36,754	40,040	43,327
Corvallis, OR	37,960	41,996	46,010	50,045
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	34,071	38,064	42,058	46,052
Eugene-Springfield, OR	35,381	39,125	42,869	46,613
Grants Pass, OR	34,008	38,023	42,058	46,072
Medford, OR	34,820	39,437	44,055	48,672
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	39,812	43,868	47,924	51,980
Salem, OR	37,295	42,349	47,404	52,458
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	32,594	36,234	39,853	43,493
Altoona, PA	28,850	33,717	38,605	43,472
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	29,287	33,634	37,981	42,328
Chambersburg, PA	34,133	39,312	44,512	49,692
Erie, PA	28,975	33,322	37,690	42,037
Gettysburg, PA	31,034	36,088	41,122	46,176
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	32,386	36,421	40,477	44,512
Johnstown, PA	24,565	28,871	33,156	37,461
Lancaster, PA	31,512	36,088	40,685	45,261
Lebanon, PA	29,183	33,946	38,688	43,452
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	30,951	34,466	38,002	41,517
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	28,372	32,490	36,608	40,727
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	32,740	37,440	42,141	46,842
Pittsburgh, PA	31,180	35,340	39,479	43,639
Reading, PA	30,992	35,319	39,624	43,951
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	29,994	35,007	40,040	45,053
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	29,287	32,968	36,629	40,311
State College, PA	25,917	30,306	34,695	39,084
Williamsport, PA	28,933	32,948	36,941	40,956
York-Hanover, PA	30,181	35,402	40,623	45,844
Aguadilla, PR	21,840	22,319	22,776	23,255
Arecibo, PR	21,840	22,693	23,525	24,378
Guayama, PR	21,840	22,173	22,527	22,860
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	22,568	23,296	24,024
Ponce, PR	21,840	22,631	23,442	24,232
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	23,650	25,480	27,290
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	21,840	22,173	22,506	22,839
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	32,615	36,567	40,519	44,471
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	30,202	34,840	39,479	44,117
Columbia, SC	27,893	31,928	35,964	39,999
Florence, SC	27,685	34,716	41,746	48,776
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	28,704	32,386	36,047	39,728
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	30,389	34,674	38,980	43,264
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	27,165	30,285	33,384	36,504
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	23,733	28,663	33,613	38,543
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	31,679	44,034	56,410	68,765
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	25,272	29,828	34,404	38,959
Spartanburg, SC	29,599	35,964	42,349	48,714
Sumter, SC	27,581	32,948	38,293	43,660
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	31,138	36,172	41,184	46,218
Rapid City, SD	32,178	36,983	41,767	46,572
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	31,679	36,109	40,560	44,991
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	28,746	32,802	36,879	40,935
Chattanooga, TN-GA	28,080	33,468	38,855	44,242
Clarksville, TN-KY	29,266	34,341	39,437	44,512
Cleveland, TN	28,205	32,407	36,629	40,831
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,996	35,610	42,204	48,818
Jackson, TN	30,368	33,592	36,816	40,040
Johnson City, TN	27,290	29,308	31,346	33,364
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	29,058	33,946	38,813	43,701
Knoxville, TN	29,183	34,424	39,687	44,928
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	29,266	32,906	36,525	40,165
Morristown, TN	27,373	30,764	34,133	37,524
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	31,492	35,735	39,978	44,221
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	27,768	31,741	35,693	39,666
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	31,034	35,402	39,770	44,138
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	27,852	32,365	36,858	41,372
Abilene, TX	28,080	33,967	39,853	45,740
Amarillo, TX	27,623	32,365	37,128	41,871
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	29,765	35,610	41,455	47,300
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	26,562	31,471	36,400	41,309
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,562	35,548	44,512	53,498
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	24,295	31,949	39,604	47,258
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,389	37,232	44,055	50,898
College Station-Bryan, TX	26,063	32,864	39,687	46,488
Corpus Christi, TX	25,522	30,264	35,028	39,770
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	28,434	34,279	40,103	45,948
Eagle Pass, TX	23,962	29,308	34,632	39,978
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,292	35,194	44,117	53,020
El Paso, TX	23,234	28,288	33,364	38,418
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,728	32,469	38,189	43,930
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	26,999	32,594	38,210	43,805
Killeen-Temple, TX	27,144	34,092	41,018	47,965
Laredo, TX	23,047	27,311	31,575	35,839
Longview, TX	25,418	30,098	34,757	39,437
Lubbock, TX	26,812	32,053	37,316	42,557
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	23,359	27,311	31,242	35,194
Midland, TX	28,912	36,504	44,117	51,709
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	27,186	33,717	40,269	46,800
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	28,018	34,050	40,061	46,093
Odessa, TX	29,162	37,503	45,864	54,205
San Angelo, TX	26,562	31,159	35,756	40,352
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	27,269	31,928	36,567	41,226
Sherman-Denison, TX	26,021	31,991	37,960	43,930
Texarkana, TX-AR	26,500	32,074	37,628	43,202
Tyler, TX	28,434	34,528	40,602	46,696
Victoria, TX	25,439	34,487	43,514	52,562
Waco, TX	26,541	32,324	38,085	43,868
Wichita Falls, TX	25,855	32,386	38,917	45,448
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	33,551	38,064	42,557	47,071
Logan, UT-ID	32,698	39,541	46,405	53,248
Ogden, UT	30,680	35,423	40,144	44,887
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	33,800	38,231	42,640	47,071
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	34,029	38,584	43,140	47,695
St. George, UT	33,468	38,938	44,388	49,858
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	35,111	41,039	46,988	52,916
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	30,098	35,797	41,517	47,216
Charlottesville, VA	32,636	38,938	45,240	51,543
Harrisonburg, VA	31,741	35,818	39,874	43,951
Lynchburg, VA	32,199	42,328	52,479	62,608
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	29,599	36,068	42,516	48,984
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,052	42,120	51,189	60,258
Richmond, VA	32,636	37,378	42,100	46,842
Roanoke, VA	31,575	36,650	41,746	46,821
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,680	36,608	42,557	48,485
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,392	35,423	42,453	49,484
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	33,343	38,397	43,452	48,506
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	32,032	37,128	42,245	47,341
Winchester, VA-WV	31,117	35,756	40,373	45,012
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	23,047	27,810	32,552	37,316
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	40,768	48,028	55,287	62,546
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	36,567	41,392	46,218	51,044
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	35,818	42,391	48,984	55,557
Bellingham, WA	37,482	41,912	46,343	50,773
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	38,584	43,140	47,695	52,250
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,234	41,684	47,133	52,583
Kennewick-Richland, WA	38,626	49,088	59,530	69,992
Longview-Kelso, WA	35,984	44,076	52,188	60,279
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	38,085	43,077	48,090	53,082
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	37,108	43,015	48,943	54,850
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	41,413	46,384	51,335	56,306
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	37,108	41,351	45,573	49,816
Walla Walla, WA	37,586	41,892	46,218	50,524
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	37,149	40,602	44,055	47,508
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	37,565	48,776	60,008	71,220
Yakima, WA	36,276	39,791	43,327	46,842
Appleton, WI	30,784	35,111	39,437	43,764
Eau Claire, WI	31,408	35,839	40,248	44,679
Fond du Lac, WI	30,722	35,194	39,687	44,159
Green Bay, WI	33,031	37,669	42,308	46,946
Janesville-Beloit, WI	31,762	36,650	41,517	46,405
Kenosha, WI	28,351	34,196	40,061	45,906
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	30,764	34,716	38,668	42,620
Madison, WI	31,783	37,212	42,620	48,048
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	33,759	38,044	42,349	46,634
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	28,996	34,196	39,416	44,616
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	26,895	30,826	34,757	38,688
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	30,618	34,591	38,543	42,516
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	32,864	38,168	43,493	48,797
Sheboygan, WI	31,159	36,213	41,268	46,322
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	31,762	36,879	41,975	47,092
Wausau, WI	30,660	35,152	39,666	44,159
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	29,599	34,757	39,936	45,095
Beckley, WV	20,572	23,983	27,373	30,784
Charleston, WV	20,780	23,816	26,874	29,911
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	27,436	31,700	35,943	40,207
Morgantown, WV	26,749	31,138	35,527	39,916
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	25,023	29,682	34,341	39,000
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	23,629	28,392	33,176	37,940
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	22,818	28,143	33,468	38,792
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	24,898	30,368	35,818	41,288
Wheeling, WV-OH	23,463	28,663	33,842	39,042
Casper, WY	32,927	39,978	47,050	54,101
Cheyenne, WY	31,908	37,586	43,264	48,943
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	32,719	37,045	41,351	45,677
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	30,868	36,192	41,538	46,863

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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