SOC 33-9092 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 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): Monitor recreational areas, such as pools, beaches, or ski slopes, to provide assistance and protection to participants.

Level I across metros$16,287 – $47,695Monroe, LA to Kahului, HI

Median Level IV, major metros$33,821Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers (SOC 33-9092) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $16,287 in Monroe, LA to $47,695 in Kahului, HI, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $33,821. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $32,136, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 35 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	27,768	31,325	34,861	38,418
Anchorage, AK	24,773	28,663	32,552	36,442
Fairbanks-College, AK	27,685	31,450	35,194	38,959
Anniston-Oxford, AL	21,341	23,837	26,333	28,829
Auburn-Opelika, AL	19,740	22,090	24,440	26,791
Birmingham, AL	23,796	25,688	27,602	29,495
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	28,642	30,348	32,032	33,738
Decatur, AL	21,237	23,484	25,709	27,956
Dothan, AL	22,943	25,439	27,914	30,410
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	22,132	24,524	26,936	29,328
Gadsden, AL	21,341	23,837	26,333	28,829
Huntsville, AL	22,984	25,501	27,997	30,514
Mobile, AL	27,644	29,640	31,637	33,634
Montgomery, AL	19,053	21,487	23,900	26,333
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	20,031	21,716	23,380	25,064
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	22,069	23,005	23,941	24,877
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	21,112	22,194	23,255	24,336
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	22,485	25,293	28,080	30,888
Tuscaloosa, AL	22,839	25,023	27,207	29,391
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	23,650	25,522	27,415	29,287
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	24,399	26,167	27,956	29,724
Fort Smith, AR-OK	23,026	25,314	27,602	29,890
Hot Springs, AR	24,045	26,021	28,018	29,994
Jonesboro, AR	23,068	24,877	26,687	28,496
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	24,773	26,708	28,642	30,576
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	23,983	25,917	27,852	29,786
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	23,920	25,896	27,893	29,869
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	23,608	24,004	24,420	24,815
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	30,576	32,428	34,279	36,130
Flagstaff, AZ	31,741	34,736	37,732	40,727
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	30,576	32,053	33,509	34,986
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	30,951	32,844	34,716	36,608
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	30,639	32,927	35,236	37,524
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	34,424	35,714	37,024	38,314
Tucson, AZ	33,260	34,508	35,735	36,983
Yuma, AZ	30,576	31,221	31,887	32,532
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	34,362	38,064	41,788	45,490
Chico, CA	34,320	35,506	36,712	37,898
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	35,319	40,748	46,176	51,605
El Centro, CA	34,320	34,986	35,672	36,338
Fresno, CA	34,612	37,607	40,581	43,576
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	34,383	36,920	39,458	41,996
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	36,754	41,746	46,717	51,709
Merced, CA	36,255	39,479	42,724	45,948
Modesto, CA	35,090	36,088	37,066	38,064
Napa, CA	34,549	36,712	38,855	41,018
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	34,320	36,858	39,416	41,954
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	34,466	36,338	38,189	40,061
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	34,674	37,586	40,498	43,410
Redding, CA	34,320	35,589	36,879	38,148
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	35,548	38,564	41,600	44,616
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	34,383	36,484	38,564	40,664
Salinas, CA	34,320	35,818	37,316	38,813
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	36,359	40,768	45,199	49,608
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	36,421	39,229	42,037	44,845
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	37,648	40,456	43,244	46,052
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	35,152	37,669	40,186	42,703
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	36,192	39,000	41,808	44,616
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	34,695	38,564	42,412	46,280
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	35,548	37,357	39,146	40,956
Stockton-Lodi, CA	35,652	36,754	37,836	38,938
Vallejo, CA	34,986	37,336	39,708	42,058
Visalia, CA	34,466	38,293	42,100	45,927
Yuba City, CA	34,341	36,380	38,439	40,477
Boulder, CO	34,695	35,735	36,796	37,836
Colorado Springs, CO	30,868	31,824	32,760	33,717
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	33,426	34,965	36,525	38,064
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	30,826	32,532	34,237	35,943
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	31,429	32,594	33,738	34,903
Grand Junction, CO	30,805	31,741	32,656	33,592
Greeley, CO	31,304	32,948	34,612	36,255
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	34,050	38,584	43,098	47,632
Pueblo, CO	31,034	33,031	35,048	37,045
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	33,072	35,464	37,856	40,248
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	34,008	35,527	37,066	38,584
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	34,008	34,528	35,069	35,589
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	34,133	35,756	37,357	38,980
New Haven, CT	34,050	35,236	36,400	37,586
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	34,050	35,360	36,692	38,002
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	34,029	35,735	37,440	39,146
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	30,389	33,364	36,338	39,312
Dover, DE	27,477	29,807	32,157	34,487
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,095	32,989	33,884
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	32,240	34,903	37,586	40,248
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	31,471	36,276	41,101	45,906
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	31,596	34,903	38,231	41,538
Gainesville, FL	28,912	31,346	33,800	36,234
Homosassa Springs, FL	28,850	31,616	34,362	37,128
Jacksonville, FL	29,141	31,783	34,404	37,045
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	29,266	31,346	33,447	35,527
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	30,493	34,528	38,584	42,620
Naples-Marco Island, FL	32,802	36,005	39,188	42,391
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	28,684	30,119	31,533	32,968
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	30,368	33,364	36,338	39,333
Ocala, FL	27,831	30,244	32,677	35,090
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	29,204	30,992	32,781	34,570
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	29,828	31,866	33,904	35,943
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	33,197	35,984	38,792	41,580
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	28,954	32,136	35,340	38,522
Port St. Lucie, FL	27,165	31,762	36,380	40,976
Punta Gorda, FL	30,909	33,696	36,504	39,292
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	30,098	34,383	38,688	42,973
Sebring, FL	29,287	31,096	32,885	34,695
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	30,264	33,135	36,005	38,876
Tallahassee, FL	28,829	31,554	34,300	37,024
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	28,746	31,658	34,570	37,482
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	29,183	31,180	33,176	35,173
Albany, GA	20,364	22,485	24,628	26,749
Athens-Clarke County, GA	25,127	26,604	28,080	29,557
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	26,812	29,703	32,594	35,485
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	20,260	23,026	25,772	28,538
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	21,674	24,004	26,312	28,642
Columbus, GA-AL	22,464	24,648	26,832	29,016
Dalton, GA	23,754	25,460	27,186	28,892
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	22,402	24,836	27,248	29,682
Gainesville, GA	27,540	28,226	28,912	29,599
Hinesville, GA	21,778	24,711	27,623	30,556
Macon-Bibb County, GA	26,229	29,245	32,282	35,298
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	23,484	24,752	26,042	27,311
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	24,628	26,271	27,935	29,578
Rome, GA	26,084	29,037	31,970	34,924
Savannah, GA	28,039	30,036	32,032	34,029
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	19,677	21,924	24,170	26,416
Valdosta, GA	24,648	27,727	30,805	33,884
Warner Robins, GA	24,108	25,376	26,624	27,893
Guam MSA	26,583	30,514	34,424	38,356
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	38,085	46,572	55,079	63,565
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	47,695	54,184	60,674	67,164
Urban Honolulu, HI	33,260	42,349	51,460	60,549
Ames, IA	21,695	23,484	25,252	27,040
Cedar Rapids, IA	22,652	25,418	28,184	30,951
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	24,628	26,624	28,621	30,618
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	21,196	23,629	26,084	28,517
Dubuque, IA	21,196	23,775	26,354	28,933
Iowa City, IA	24,399	26,999	29,620	32,220
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	21,050	23,276	25,480	27,706
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	20,634	22,069	23,484	24,919
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	26,084	27,436	28,808	30,160
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	20,925	22,631	24,336	26,042
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	21,757	23,504	25,272	27,020
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	22,132	23,338	24,524	25,730
Boise City, ID	26,728	27,976	29,204	30,452
Coeur d'Alene, ID	27,685	29,079	30,452	31,845
Idaho Falls, ID	22,797	23,671	24,565	25,439
Lewiston, ID-WA	28,268	30,535	32,823	35,090
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	27,664	28,996	30,327	31,658
Pocatello, ID	22,069	23,983	25,896	27,810
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	22,152	24,191	26,229	28,268
Twin Falls, ID	25,813	27,456	29,079	30,722
Bloomington, IL	31,596	33,031	34,466	35,901
Champaign-Urbana, IL	31,200	32,032	32,864	33,696
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	30,888	32,594	34,320	36,026
Decatur, IL	31,200	31,762	32,344	32,906
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	31,637	32,053	32,490
Kankakee, IL	30,868	32,552	34,216	35,901
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	31,720	32,240	32,760
Peoria, IL	31,200	31,720	32,220	32,740
Rockford, IL	31,200	32,074	32,927	33,800
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	31,616	32,012	32,428
Springfield, IL	31,200	31,720	32,261	32,781
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	31,658	32,116	32,573
Bloomington, IN	24,877	26,749	28,621	30,493
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	21,591	23,671	25,730	27,810
Columbus, IN	21,528	22,964	24,378	25,813
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	27,644	29,349	31,055	32,760
Evansville, IN	23,941	25,356	26,791	28,205
Fort Wayne, IN	23,109	26,084	29,079	32,053
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	25,751	27,477	29,183	30,909
Kokomo, IN	24,482	26,604	28,725	30,847
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	27,519	29,058	30,597	32,136
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	22,132	27,540	32,968	38,376
Muncie, IN	22,152	24,565	26,999	29,412
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	19,324	22,173	25,002	27,852
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	24,960	27,124	29,287	31,450
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	21,508	23,629	25,751	27,872
Terre Haute, IN	22,568	24,378	26,167	27,976
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	17,868	20,405	22,943	25,480
Lawrence, KS	No Leveled Wage: no levels published
Manhattan, KS	18,471	21,112	23,775	26,416
Topeka, KS	25,210	26,458	27,727	28,975
Wichita, KS	19,220	21,341	23,463	25,584
Bowling Green, KY	19,344	22,236	25,148	28,039
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	19,282	20,967	22,672	24,357
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	20,364	22,236	24,087	25,959
Elizabethtown, KY	21,237	24,565	27,893	31,221
Lexington-Fayette, KY	22,111	25,106	28,101	31,096
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	22,860	25,813	28,746	31,700
Owensboro, KY	18,637	21,612	24,607	27,581
Paducah, KY-IL	19,324	23,359	27,373	31,408
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	20,759	22,693	24,628	26,562
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	18,388	20,821	23,234	25,668
Alexandria, LA	20,447	22,340	24,212	26,104
Baton Rouge, LA	21,341	22,672	24,024	25,356
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	20,551	22,464	24,357	26,271
Hammond, LA	20,967	22,589	24,232	25,855
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	21,383	23,172	24,960	26,749
Lafayette, LA	20,301	21,154	22,028	22,880
Lake Charles, LA	21,757	24,066	26,396	28,704
Monroe, LA	16,287	18,180	20,093	21,986
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	21,965	23,983	26,000	28,018
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	19,844	21,653	23,442	25,252
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	20,551	22,402	24,232	26,084
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	20,634	21,695	22,776	23,837
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	20,468	21,736	23,026	24,295
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	32,927	34,320	35,714	37,108
Barnstable Town, MA	36,047	37,940	39,812	41,704
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	33,239	35,776	38,335	40,872
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	33,031	35,340	37,669	39,978
Pittsfield, MA	32,511	34,341	36,151	37,981
Springfield, MA	31,408	32,864	34,320	35,776
Worcester, MA	32,261	34,092	35,943	37,773
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	31,284	32,532	33,780	35,028
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	26,354	28,850	31,325	33,821
Lexington Park, MD	30,576	32,989	35,423	37,836
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,864	34,528	36,192
Salisbury, MD	31,200	33,239	35,298	37,336
Bangor, ME	31,013	32,240	33,468	34,695
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	32,386	34,965	37,544	40,124
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	30,992	33,551	36,088	38,647
Portland-South Portland, ME	33,301	35,173	37,024	38,896
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	31,492	34,840	38,210	41,559
Ann Arbor, MI	31,533	35,610	39,666	43,743
Battle Creek, MI	26,292	28,455	30,639	32,802
Bay City, MI	25,959	27,727	29,495	31,263
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	26,604	28,996	31,367	33,759
Flint, MI	27,144	27,976	28,808	29,640
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	26,728	28,704	30,701	32,677
Jackson, MI	25,959	26,728	27,498	28,268
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	25,959	27,664	29,391	31,096
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	27,020	28,559	30,098	31,637
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	27,165	33,260	39,354	45,448
Midland, MI	26,063	29,973	33,904	37,815
Monroe, MI	26,791	30,036	33,280	36,525
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	33,572	37,128	40,706	44,263
Niles, MI	27,124	29,183	31,221	33,280
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,288	36,567	44,824	53,103
Saginaw, MI	26,271	29,266	32,261	35,256
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	26,500	31,866	37,232	42,599
Traverse City, MI	30,431	34,341	38,272	42,183
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	26,562	34,591	42,640	50,669
Duluth, MN-WI	27,602	29,516	31,429	33,343
Mankato, MN	27,436	30,098	32,740	35,402
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	28,018	30,722	33,447	36,151
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	25,272	27,228	29,183	31,138
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	26,999	29,453	31,887	34,341
Rochester, MN	25,772	27,685	29,599	31,512
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	27,207	28,642	30,077	31,512
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	26,084	27,976	29,890	31,783
St. Cloud, MN	23,962	26,978	29,994	33,010
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	28,600	29,370	30,140	30,909
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,600	28,954	29,328	29,682
Columbia, MO	No Leveled Wage: no levels published
Jefferson City, MO	28,600	28,933	29,245	29,578
Joplin, MO-KS	18,616	21,424	24,253	27,061
Kansas City, MO-KS	27,519	29,058	30,576	32,116
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,600	28,975	29,370	29,744
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,600	28,850	29,120	29,370
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	27,831	28,975	30,119	31,263
Springfield, MO	28,600	29,058	29,536	29,994
St. Joseph, MO-KS	23,234	25,855	28,476	31,096
St. Louis, MO-IL	29,120	30,327	31,533	32,740
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	21,882	24,108	26,354	28,580
Hattiesburg, MS	21,383	23,608	25,813	28,039
Jackson, MS	20,717	22,360	24,004	25,647
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,591	24,836	28,060	31,304
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	20,676	22,735	24,815	26,874
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	22,860	24,815	26,770	28,725
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	22,048	24,191	26,333	28,476
Billings, MT	22,922	27,477	32,053	36,608
Bozeman, MT	40,976	45,906	50,836	55,765
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	24,544	29,120	33,676	38,252
Great Falls, MT	22,984	27,103	31,242	35,360
Helena, MT	27,831	35,090	42,328	49,588
Missoula, MT	24,544	28,122	31,700	35,277
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	27,228	33,530	39,853	46,156
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	24,420	28,080	31,762	35,423
Asheville, NC	23,796	25,772	27,748	29,724
Burlington, NC	22,132	25,168	28,226	31,263
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	20,863	23,421	26,000	28,559
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	23,712	27,082	30,431	33,800
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	24,544	27,248	29,952	32,656
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	21,570	25,293	29,037	32,760
Fayetteville, NC	26,104	29,183	32,240	35,319
Goldsboro, NC	23,172	25,605	28,060	30,493
Greensboro-High Point, NC	22,277	25,335	28,372	31,429
Greenville, NC	24,087	26,479	28,892	31,284
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	21,757	23,068	24,378	25,688
Jacksonville, NC	20,280	24,274	28,247	32,240
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	21,466	22,485	23,504	24,524
Raleigh-Cary, NC	24,295	26,188	28,101	29,994
Rocky Mount, NC	23,088	25,522	27,976	30,410
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	22,048	24,336	26,645	28,933
Wilmington, NC	19,199	23,692	28,164	32,656
Winston-Salem, NC	21,840	24,253	26,666	29,079
Bismarck, ND	25,584	27,207	28,850	30,472
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	24,461	25,064	25,668	26,271
Fargo, ND-MN	26,791	28,538	30,285	32,032
Grand Forks, ND-MN	22,319	25,356	28,372	31,408
Minot, ND	24,690	26,562	28,455	30,327
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	25,148	26,936	28,704	30,493
Grand Island, NE	28,080	29,412	30,764	32,095
Lincoln, NE	28,122	29,266	30,410	31,554
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,268	29,474	30,701	31,908
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,080	29,474	30,847	32,240
Omaha, NE-IA	27,186	28,600	30,015	31,429
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,080	29,495	30,888	32,303
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	28,663	31,346	34,008	36,692
Manchester-Nashua, NH	32,719	35,402	38,064	40,748
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	30,764	35,548	40,352	45,136
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	27,748	31,679	35,589	39,520
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	33,509	35,735	37,960	40,186
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	32,636	34,466	36,317	38,148
Vineland, NJ	27,727	30,181	32,656	35,111
Albuquerque, NM	28,101	28,975	29,828	30,701
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	26,936	28,642	30,368	32,074
Farmington, NM	27,789	29,578	31,346	33,135
Las Cruces, NM	26,812	28,767	30,722	32,677
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	27,020	32,344	37,648	42,973
Santa Fe, NM	27,914	29,869	31,845	33,800
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	25,834	30,015	34,175	38,356
Carson City, NV	28,559	30,660	32,740	34,840
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	27,706	29,391	31,076	32,760
Reno, NV	30,119	31,471	32,844	34,196
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	32,240	33,010	33,800	34,570
Binghamton, NY	32,240	32,823	33,426	34,008
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	32,552	34,071	35,610	37,128
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	32,428	34,903	37,357	39,832
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	32,240	33,800	35,340	36,900
Elmira, NY	32,240	33,114	34,008	34,882
Glens Falls, NY	32,240	33,364	34,466	35,589
Ithaca, NY	33,093	33,821	34,570	35,298
Kingston, NY	32,240	33,967	35,672	37,399
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	32,282	33,592	34,903	36,213
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	33,280	35,735	38,168	40,623
Rochester, NY	32,698	34,008	35,340	36,650
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	32,240	33,218	34,175	35,152
Syracuse, NY	32,240	33,551	34,840	36,151
Utica-Rome, NY	32,240	32,844	33,468	34,071
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	32,906	33,384	33,842	34,320
Akron, OH	24,212	26,396	28,559	30,743
Canton-Massillon, OH	22,402	23,629	24,877	26,104
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	24,170	27,394	30,597	33,821
Cleveland, OH	25,044	27,082	29,120	31,159
Columbus, OH	25,397	28,143	30,868	33,613
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	22,714	24,316	25,938	27,540
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	23,047	24,191	25,335	26,479
Lima, OH	25,064	25,543	26,042	26,520
Mansfield, OH	22,256	23,088	23,920	24,752
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	22,298	23,754	25,189	26,645
Sandusky, OH	27,748	29,266	30,784	32,303
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	24,212	25,564	26,936	28,288
Springfield, OH	22,256	23,442	24,648	25,834
Toledo, OH	22,735	24,232	25,709	27,207
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	22,298	22,984	23,650	24,336
Youngstown-Warren, OH	22,756	24,149	25,564	26,957
Enid, OK	21,653	23,400	25,127	26,874
Lawton, OK	21,903	23,733	25,584	27,415
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	22,464	24,544	26,645	28,725
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	20,655	23,172	25,668	28,184
Oklahoma City, OK	22,506	23,692	24,898	26,084
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	22,256	25,480	28,704	31,928
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	20,738	24,399	28,080	31,741
Tulsa, OK	21,695	23,005	24,336	25,647
Albany, OR	30,826	31,720	32,594	33,488
Bend, OR	34,799	36,213	37,648	39,063
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	29,578	33,114	36,650	40,186
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	29,162	31,887	34,632	37,357
Corvallis, OR	30,160	31,783	33,426	35,048
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	28,850	30,348	31,866	33,364
Eugene-Springfield, OR	31,117	31,741	32,386	33,010
Grants Pass, OR	29,724	32,324	34,903	37,503
Medford, OR	32,116	34,112	36,130	38,127
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	33,364	35,152	36,962	38,751
Salem, OR	30,410	32,012	33,592	35,194
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	26,416	29,703	33,010	36,296
Altoona, PA	20,468	23,296	26,104	28,933
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	21,861	24,752	27,623	30,514
Chambersburg, PA	24,274	29,037	33,821	38,584
Erie, PA	25,938	27,831	29,703	31,596
Gettysburg, PA	24,357	27,748	31,159	34,549
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	24,295	26,978	29,682	32,365
Johnstown, PA	22,548	25,272	28,018	30,743
Lancaster, PA	24,732	26,770	28,788	30,826
Lebanon, PA	23,837	26,333	28,829	31,325
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	29,432	31,076	32,740	34,383
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	20,613	22,922	25,210	27,519
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	27,415	29,786	32,136	34,508
Pittsburgh, PA	23,442	25,813	28,164	30,535
Reading, PA	23,047	25,085	27,124	29,162
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	22,464	25,480	28,496	31,512
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	22,568	25,376	28,205	31,013
State College, PA	21,570	24,794	28,018	31,242
Williamsport, PA	25,980	28,580	31,159	33,759
York-Hanover, PA	24,815	29,453	34,071	38,709
Aguadilla, PR	No Leveled Wage: no levels published
Arecibo, PR	21,840	22,756	23,692	24,607
Guayama, PR	21,840	22,943	24,066	25,168
Mayaguez, PR	No Leveled Wage: no levels published
Ponce, PR	21,840	22,776	23,692	24,628
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	22,631	23,442	24,232
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	21,840	23,068	24,274	25,501
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	32,594	34,279	35,943	37,628
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	23,421	27,186	30,930	34,695
Columbia, SC	21,133	24,191	27,228	30,285
Florence, SC	20,239	23,380	26,500	29,640
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	19,261	21,570	23,879	26,188
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	21,549	25,314	29,100	32,864
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	22,818	26,375	29,932	33,488
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	22,984	26,520	30,036	33,572
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	21,736	25,252	28,788	32,303
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	21,528	25,231	28,933	32,636
Spartanburg, SC	18,970	22,194	25,418	28,642
Sumter, SC	20,239	23,380	26,500	29,640
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	26,832	28,351	29,869	31,388
Rapid City, SD	29,620	31,096	32,594	34,071
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	27,810	30,327	32,844	35,360
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	25,938	27,685	29,453	31,200
Chattanooga, TN-GA	23,588	25,418	27,228	29,058
Clarksville, TN-KY	23,588	25,605	27,623	29,640
Cleveland, TN	22,964	24,420	25,896	27,352
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	29,308	31,263	33,218	35,173
Jackson, TN	21,632	23,900	26,167	28,434
Johnson City, TN	25,252	28,476	31,679	34,903
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	21,549	23,608	25,668	27,727
Knoxville, TN	23,796	25,439	27,061	28,704
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	23,317	25,064	26,812	28,559
Morristown, TN	20,384	21,840	23,296	24,752
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	25,543	26,916	28,309	29,682
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	22,527	24,461	26,375	28,309
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	24,212	26,229	28,268	30,285
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	24,087	25,834	27,602	29,349
Abilene, TX	20,904	23,941	26,999	30,036
Amarillo, TX	21,778	22,589	23,421	24,232
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	30,410	34,487	38,584	42,661
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	23,151	25,543	27,956	30,348
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,276	25,938	28,580	31,242
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	21,840	23,962	26,084	28,205
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	21,861	23,920	26,000	28,060
College Station-Bryan, TX	24,752	25,376	26,000	26,624
Corpus Christi, TX	21,840	24,940	28,018	31,117
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	25,252	27,581	29,911	32,240
Eagle Pass, TX	20,800	22,506	24,191	25,896
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	22,860	25,356	27,872	30,368
El Paso, TX	23,754	26,749	29,744	32,740
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	20,572	23,796	27,040	30,264
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	23,255	25,626	28,018	30,389
Killeen-Temple, TX	26,916	28,288	29,640	31,013
Laredo, TX	21,341	23,380	25,418	27,456
Longview, TX	21,695	24,960	28,205	31,471
Lubbock, TX	19,199	22,132	25,044	27,976
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	20,655	23,296	25,938	28,580
Midland, TX	28,600	30,556	32,511	34,466
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	21,466	24,212	26,936	29,682
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	19,760	22,776	25,813	28,829
Odessa, TX	21,799	25,127	28,476	31,804
San Angelo, TX	20,613	23,546	26,479	29,412
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	24,565	26,895	29,204	31,533
Sherman-Denison, TX	23,983	24,815	25,626	26,458
Texarkana, TX-AR	21,341	23,983	26,624	29,266
Tyler, TX	20,676	23,567	26,458	29,349
Victoria, TX	21,924	23,879	25,834	27,789
Waco, TX	24,794	27,207	29,620	32,032
Wichita Falls, TX	20,925	23,754	26,604	29,432
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	20,468	24,128	27,768	31,429
Logan, UT-ID	23,588	28,933	34,300	39,645
Ogden, UT	25,356	29,828	34,300	38,772
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	23,712	25,335	26,957	28,580
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	27,373	30,930	34,508	38,064
St. George, UT	22,090	24,565	27,040	29,516
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	25,252	31,325	37,399	43,472
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	27,248	29,100	30,972	32,823
Charlottesville, VA	28,788	30,493	32,199	33,904
Harrisonburg, VA	28,288	30,202	32,116	34,029
Lynchburg, VA	26,188	27,436	28,663	29,911
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,706	30,535	33,384	36,213
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	25,834	27,831	29,848	31,845
Richmond, VA	27,498	28,767	30,015	31,284
Roanoke, VA	27,290	28,871	30,431	32,012
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	25,813	26,853	27,872	28,912
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	25,813	27,082	28,372	29,640
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	27,768	29,682	31,596	33,509
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	26,583	28,247	29,911	31,575
Winchester, VA-WV	27,394	28,871	30,327	31,804
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	26,583	30,514	34,424	38,356
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	31,741	33,093	34,445	35,797
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	31,741	33,925	36,088	38,272
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	33,468	35,964	38,480	40,976
Bellingham, WA	35,069	36,504	37,940	39,375
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	34,965	36,400	37,836	39,271
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	35,173	36,879	38,584	40,290
Kennewick-Richland, WA	35,028	36,151	37,253	38,376
Longview-Kelso, WA	33,592	35,277	36,962	38,647
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	35,568	38,252	40,914	43,597
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	34,736	35,797	36,837	37,898
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	35,964	38,751	41,559	44,346
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	34,653	35,028	35,402	35,776
Walla Walla, WA	34,986	36,442	37,919	39,375
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	35,735	38,480	41,247	43,992
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	34,965	36,068	37,149	38,252
Yakima, WA	34,653	35,756	36,858	37,960
Appleton, WI	24,316	26,708	29,079	31,471
Eau Claire, WI	24,336	26,229	28,101	29,994
Fond du Lac, WI	24,544	27,082	29,640	32,178
Green Bay, WI	26,853	28,746	30,618	32,511
Janesville-Beloit, WI	24,108	25,605	27,124	28,621
Kenosha, WI	26,396	29,453	32,532	35,589
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	25,543	27,519	29,516	31,492
Madison, WI	25,418	28,538	31,679	34,799
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	24,669	27,332	29,973	32,636
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	22,922	25,148	27,352	29,578
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	24,024	26,916	29,807	32,698
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	26,562	27,789	28,996	30,223
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	24,690	27,394	30,098	32,802
Sheboygan, WI	23,962	26,583	29,183	31,804
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	24,981	27,540	30,077	32,636
Wausau, WI	22,756	24,565	26,375	28,184
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	23,816	26,853	29,890	32,927
Beckley, WV	20,592	23,463	26,354	29,224
Charleston, WV	21,092	23,504	25,917	28,330
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	20,696	22,506	24,336	26,146
Morgantown, WV	21,653	23,525	25,418	27,290
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	21,716	23,068	24,420	25,772
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	21,258	22,964	24,648	26,354
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	20,655	24,024	27,373	30,743
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	20,031	22,028	24,045	26,042
Wheeling, WV-OH	22,360	23,400	24,461	25,501
Casper, WY	23,088	27,560	32,053	36,525
Cheyenne, WY	24,024	26,520	29,016	31,512
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	24,524	26,687	28,829	30,992
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	22,340	28,434	34,528	40,623

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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