SOC 35-1011 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Chefs and Head Cooks 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): Direct and may participate in the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts.

Level I across metros$23,026 – $63,128Ponce, PR to Kahului, HI

Median Level IV, major metros$76,357Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Chefs and Head Cooks?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Chefs and Head Cooks (SOC 35-1011) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $23,026 in Ponce, PR to $63,128 in Kahului, HI, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $76,357. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $64,896, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 10 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	40,664	51,647	62,650	73,632
Anchorage, AK	40,332	48,672	57,034	65,375
Fairbanks-College, AK	36,816	46,197	55,599	64,980
Anniston-Oxford, AL	45,573	55,620	65,666	75,712
Auburn-Opelika, AL	44,783	54,164	63,524	72,904
Birmingham, AL	47,424	57,783	68,162	78,520
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	40,976	51,668	62,380	73,071
Decatur, AL	42,557	52,853	63,128	73,424
Dothan, AL	37,045	47,341	57,616	67,912
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	40,436	51,688	62,962	74,215
Gadsden, AL	45,573	55,620	65,666	75,712
Huntsville, AL	44,741	55,412	66,103	76,773
Mobile, AL	45,968	54,434	62,900	71,365
Montgomery, AL	45,053	54,580	64,127	73,653
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	45,656	54,517	63,378	72,239
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	44,596	55,016	65,437	75,858
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	40,976	51,356	61,756	72,135
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	44,367	54,413	64,480	74,527
Tuscaloosa, AL	42,016	53,581	65,125	76,690
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	40,269	54,392	68,516	82,639
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	39,562	49,380	59,218	69,036
Fort Smith, AR-OK	35,839	45,760	55,703	65,624
Hot Springs, AR	37,024	45,823	54,642	63,440
Jonesboro, AR	38,189	47,528	56,847	66,186
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	36,816	44,908	53,020	61,111
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,882	39,853	44,845	49,816
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,903	42,848	50,794	58,740
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,453	36,317	43,181	50,045
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	35,839	44,304	52,791	61,256
Flagstaff, AZ	38,792	50,191	61,610	73,008
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	34,050	40,810	47,549	54,309
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	36,629	49,317	61,984	74,672
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	34,965	46,301	57,616	68,952
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	36,400	41,642	46,904	52,146
Tucson, AZ	36,712	46,676	56,660	66,623
Yuma, AZ	34,487	44,346	54,205	64,064
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	37,524	48,964	60,383	71,823
Chico, CA	36,525	46,821	57,117	67,413
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	39,125	51,772	64,418	77,064
El Centro, CA	41,850	53,664	65,500	77,314
Fresno, CA	39,812	51,335	62,858	74,381
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	37,253	46,509	55,744	65,000
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	41,101	55,120	69,119	83,138
Merced, CA	39,479	52,437	65,396	78,354
Modesto, CA	41,392	54,434	67,476	80,517
Napa, CA	50,794	67,184	83,596	99,986
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	38,272	53,664	69,077	84,469
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	38,564	52,666	66,748	80,850
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	39,520	52,208	64,896	77,584
Redding, CA	40,498	51,252	62,026	72,780
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	44,055	55,495	66,914	78,354
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	41,871	52,624	63,399	74,152
Salinas, CA	48,028	62,068	76,128	90,168
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	41,476	53,061	64,668	76,253
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	44,221	58,989	73,757	88,525
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	50,087	65,042	79,997	94,952
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	38,855	51,023	63,212	75,380
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	40,498	51,376	62,234	73,112
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	42,973	56,327	69,701	83,055
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	43,701	57,533	71,386	85,218
Stockton-Lodi, CA	39,104	49,671	60,216	70,783
Vallejo, CA	45,199	56,764	68,308	79,872
Visalia, CA	35,964	47,549	59,156	70,741
Yuba City, CA	38,168	47,341	56,493	65,666
Boulder, CO	41,101	52,874	64,647	76,420
Colorado Springs, CO	48,984	56,140	63,274	70,429
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	53,165	63,024	72,904	82,764
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	50,752	60,050	69,327	78,624
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	47,820	55,661	63,524	71,365
Grand Junction, CO	50,024	57,679	65,354	73,008
Greeley, CO	49,109	57,658	66,186	74,735
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	54,996	65,188	75,380	85,572
Pueblo, CO	44,554	52,229	59,904	67,580
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	52,500	63,066	73,612	84,178
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	49,380	61,964	74,527	87,111
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	49,359	59,093	68,807	78,541
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	45,157	55,828	66,519	77,189
New Haven, CT	49,712	61,194	72,655	84,136
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	45,303	56,680	68,058	79,436
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	43,764	54,455	65,167	75,858
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	51,418	62,775	74,152	85,509
Dover, DE	46,488	54,725	62,983	71,220
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	52,624	60,154	67,704	75,234
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	37,815	48,860	59,904	70,949
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	38,896	49,005	59,135	69,244
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	35,069	46,114	57,159	68,204
Gainesville, FL	34,570	43,431	52,312	61,173
Homosassa Springs, FL	31,388	39,749	48,090	56,452
Jacksonville, FL	42,890	52,021	61,173	70,304
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	38,314	47,071	55,807	64,564
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	34,320	47,196	60,071	72,946
Naples-Marco Island, FL	43,680	58,927	74,173	89,420
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	40,456	51,127	61,818	72,488
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	41,933	53,290	64,668	76,024
Ocala, FL	38,792	48,693	58,573	68,474
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	39,520	53,373	67,247	81,100
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	38,064	46,967	55,869	64,772
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	34,320	43,992	53,685	63,357
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	33,821	43,576	53,332	63,087
Port St. Lucie, FL	38,335	50,128	61,943	73,736
Punta Gorda, FL	36,109	46,197	56,285	66,373
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	37,482	48,069	58,677	69,264
Sebring, FL	34,612	43,597	52,604	61,589
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	47,882	60,279	72,676	85,072
Tallahassee, FL	37,024	46,863	56,722	66,560
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	40,852	50,960	61,069	71,178
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	39,021	49,754	60,508	71,240
Albany, GA	39,645	49,692	59,738	69,784
Athens-Clarke County, GA	37,357	49,005	60,632	72,280
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	48,152	60,924	73,716	86,487
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	46,176	56,680	67,205	77,709
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	43,597	55,079	66,581	78,063
Columbus, GA-AL	38,148	50,794	63,461	76,108
Dalton, GA	23,151	39,437	55,744	72,031
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	39,853	47,840	55,807	63,794
Gainesville, GA	46,114	56,909	67,725	78,520
Hinesville, GA	42,640	54,268	65,874	77,501
Macon-Bibb County, GA	39,167	50,004	60,840	71,677
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	38,980	49,317	59,676	70,013
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	42,474	54,892	67,288	79,706
Rome, GA	46,800	59,592	72,405	85,197
Savannah, GA	45,261	56,722	68,204	79,664
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	38,751	52,562	66,373	80,184
Valdosta, GA	39,125	51,356	63,586	75,816
Warner Robins, GA	41,975	54,018	66,040	78,084
Guam MSA	42,204	54,392	66,581	78,770
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	54,871	69,618	84,386	99,133
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	63,128	77,189	91,229	105,290
Urban Honolulu, HI	49,172	62,380	75,608	88,816
Ames, IA	40,332	49,400	58,448	67,517
Cedar Rapids, IA	38,896	44,887	50,856	56,847
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	38,938	45,968	53,020	60,050
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	41,164	48,714	56,244	63,794
Dubuque, IA	37,253	44,887	52,520	60,154
Iowa City, IA	40,540	47,528	54,496	61,485
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	34,237	40,872	47,487	54,122
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	38,106	43,160	48,215	53,269
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	37,773	45,906	54,060	62,192
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	38,356	44,284	50,212	56,140
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	40,082	44,554	49,005	53,477
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	37,357	44,013	50,690	57,346
Boise City, ID	36,796	45,844	54,871	63,919
Coeur d'Alene, ID	42,578	54,580	66,560	78,562
Idaho Falls, ID	29,536	41,704	53,872	66,040
Lewiston, ID-WA	43,472	54,725	65,999	77,252
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	35,901	45,116	54,351	63,565
Pocatello, ID	36,546	48,672	60,820	72,946
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	39,500	51,772	64,044	76,316
Twin Falls, ID	36,567	46,197	55,807	65,437
Bloomington, IL	42,932	50,066	57,221	64,356
Champaign-Urbana, IL	39,063	46,114	53,186	60,237
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	46,759	55,599	64,418	73,258
Decatur, IL	41,268	47,965	54,663	61,360
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	44,492	48,818	53,165	57,492
Kankakee, IL	43,805	47,716	51,626	55,536
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,605	47,092	55,578	64,064
Peoria, IL	43,202	49,941	56,680	63,420
Rockford, IL	43,680	48,652	53,623	58,594
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	42,162	50,004	57,845	65,687
Springfield, IL	43,618	49,879	56,119	62,380
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,288	47,799	54,309	60,820
Bloomington, IN	37,856	47,757	57,679	67,580
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	36,047	46,322	56,597	66,872
Columbus, IN	32,677	43,181	53,685	64,189
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	37,919	47,196	56,493	65,770
Evansville, IN	33,156	41,392	49,650	57,887
Fort Wayne, IN	35,236	44,034	52,832	61,631
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	32,053	42,661	53,248	63,856
Kokomo, IN	32,573	42,848	53,144	63,420
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	31,720	38,834	45,968	53,082
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	46,488	55,349	64,231	73,092
Muncie, IN	29,973	36,380	42,765	49,172
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	39,396	48,111	56,805	65,520
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	37,898	47,445	57,013	66,560
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	40,914	50,336	59,780	69,202
Terre Haute, IN	35,152	52,687	70,242	87,776
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	38,460	46,218	53,956	61,714
Lawrence, KS	35,152	41,704	48,277	54,829
Manhattan, KS	38,252	45,864	53,498	61,111
Topeka, KS	40,332	49,338	58,344	67,351
Wichita, KS	36,588	45,490	54,392	63,295
Bowling Green, KY	33,842	44,263	54,663	65,084
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,383	45,157	55,911	66,685
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	31,783	44,533	57,263	70,013
Elizabethtown, KY	33,280	43,826	54,351	64,896
Lexington-Fayette, KY	36,692	48,839	60,965	73,112
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	34,591	45,157	55,703	66,269
Owensboro, KY	33,260	42,599	51,917	61,256
Paducah, KY-IL	33,925	41,829	49,733	57,637
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	32,927	44,824	56,743	68,640
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	26,229	34,154	42,058	49,983
Alexandria, LA	36,380	51,023	65,666	80,309
Baton Rouge, LA	33,343	41,788	50,212	58,656
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	37,066	49,733	62,400	75,068
Hammond, LA	34,175	39,916	45,636	51,376
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	24,524	33,863	43,181	52,520
Lafayette, LA	31,013	38,210	45,428	52,624
Lake Charles, LA	33,135	40,789	48,464	56,119
Monroe, LA	31,450	37,316	43,202	49,068
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	37,919	47,466	57,013	66,560
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	32,968	41,788	50,586	59,405
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	34,570	42,412	50,274	58,116
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	35,818	42,890	49,941	57,013
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	30,181	46,551	62,920	79,290
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	46,634	57,575	68,516	79,456
Barnstable Town, MA	48,943	60,944	72,946	84,948
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	52,188	63,773	75,338	86,924
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	48,506	62,671	76,856	91,021
Pittsfield, MA	42,890	53,207	63,524	73,840
Springfield, MA	45,968	55,682	65,416	75,130
Worcester, MA	46,696	56,847	66,976	77,127
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	41,039	52,292	63,524	74,776
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	38,460	49,816	61,173	72,530
Lexington Park, MD	39,084	48,860	58,656	68,432
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	39,292	51,189	63,066	74,964
Salisbury, MD	39,728	53,706	67,684	81,661
Bangor, ME	46,301	52,520	58,740	64,959
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	48,360	55,349	62,317	69,306
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	47,820	54,642	61,464	68,287
Portland-South Portland, ME	51,189	56,535	61,901	67,247
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	46,759	53,997	61,215	68,453
Ann Arbor, MI	45,989	55,245	64,501	73,757
Battle Creek, MI	48,132	54,101	60,071	66,040
Bay City, MI	38,938	45,802	52,645	59,509
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	46,426	55,453	64,480	73,508
Flint, MI	40,498	49,317	58,157	66,976
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	46,280	54,829	63,357	71,906
Jackson, MI	42,911	51,668	60,424	69,181
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	44,159	54,060	63,940	73,840
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	41,996	51,127	60,258	69,389
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,572	43,036	52,500	61,964
Midland, MI	44,575	53,935	63,316	72,676
Monroe, MI	45,989	55,037	64,106	73,154
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	39,416	48,402	57,367	66,352
Niles, MI	46,031	54,122	62,234	70,325
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	39,250	47,944	56,639	65,333
Saginaw, MI	39,375	47,528	55,703	63,856
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	39,728	48,672	57,637	66,581
Traverse City, MI	41,954	50,544	59,135	67,725
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	39,479	49,546	59,613	69,680
Duluth, MN-WI	46,447	53,789	61,132	68,474
Mankato, MN	46,135	53,581	61,048	68,495
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	50,773	59,135	67,476	75,837
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	50,108	58,552	66,997	75,442
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	46,717	55,016	63,295	71,594
Rochester, MN	46,426	56,680	66,914	77,168
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	47,050	55,911	64,751	73,612
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	48,672	57,076	65,479	73,882
St. Cloud, MN	43,327	52,104	60,903	69,680
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	37,898	46,800	55,682	64,584
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	47,653	55,328	62,983	70,658
Columbia, MO	39,645	49,421	59,218	68,994
Jefferson City, MO	41,330	50,940	60,570	70,180
Joplin, MO-KS	38,168	47,632	57,096	66,560
Kansas City, MO-KS	44,866	56,244	67,621	78,999
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	44,512	55,557	66,581	77,626
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	31,492	41,496	51,522	61,527
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	43,202	54,684	66,144	77,626
Springfield, MO	42,183	52,812	63,461	74,090
St. Joseph, MO-KS	42,786	54,247	65,687	77,148
St. Louis, MO-IL	44,908	55,807	66,685	77,584
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	34,924	45,220	55,536	65,832
Hattiesburg, MS	34,196	44,554	54,892	65,250
Jackson, MS	33,114	46,863	60,632	74,381
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	32,365	44,616	56,847	69,098
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,098	40,997	51,896	62,796
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,972	42,495	54,039	65,562
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,930	42,536	54,122	65,728
Billings, MT	44,492	53,664	62,837	72,010
Bozeman, MT	48,714	58,594	68,495	78,375
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	39,042	48,485	57,928	67,372
Great Falls, MT	41,184	49,962	58,719	67,496
Helena, MT	37,898	48,007	58,116	68,224
Missoula, MT	41,704	50,752	59,821	68,869
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	44,138	51,834	59,530	67,226
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	42,578	50,836	59,093	67,351
Asheville, NC	43,618	52,874	62,109	71,365
Burlington, NC	40,144	49,879	59,613	69,348
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	45,760	56,223	66,664	77,127
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	49,130	58,740	68,328	77,938
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	48,464	58,407	68,328	78,271
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	41,413	50,648	59,884	69,119
Fayetteville, NC	38,751	48,048	57,346	66,644
Goldsboro, NC	40,228	51,584	62,941	74,298
Greensboro-High Point, NC	43,701	53,456	63,232	72,988
Greenville, NC	42,765	51,730	60,695	69,660
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	41,788	50,773	59,759	68,744
Jacksonville, NC	40,893	50,586	60,300	69,992
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	44,908	55,661	66,436	77,189
Raleigh-Cary, NC	38,896	51,376	63,877	76,357
Rocky Mount, NC	41,309	51,189	61,069	70,949
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	42,328	53,269	64,210	75,151
Wilmington, NC	40,103	50,503	60,903	71,303
Winston-Salem, NC	37,295	47,112	56,951	66,768
Bismarck, ND	48,839	58,636	68,432	78,229
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	46,551	56,264	65,978	75,692
Fargo, ND-MN	44,845	53,581	62,317	71,053
Grand Forks, ND-MN	46,863	55,183	63,524	71,844
Minot, ND	53,124	63,440	73,757	84,074
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	49,546	60,216	70,908	81,578
Grand Island, NE	40,831	49,692	58,552	67,413
Lincoln, NE	38,980	53,082	67,205	81,308
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	40,810	52,416	64,044	75,650
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	40,498	49,442	58,407	67,351
Omaha, NE-IA	42,828	54,767	66,706	78,645
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	39,708	48,464	57,200	65,957
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	46,114	54,455	62,796	71,136
Manchester-Nashua, NH	41,704	53,311	64,896	76,503
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	46,821	56,493	66,165	75,837
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	45,927	54,330	62,712	71,116
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	52,583	63,960	75,359	86,736
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	42,495	56,493	70,512	84,511
Vineland, NJ	41,018	55,724	70,408	85,114
Albuquerque, NM	43,472	54,143	64,834	75,504
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	45,740	58,157	70,575	82,992
Farmington, NM	43,576	54,226	64,896	75,546
Las Cruces, NM	40,540	52,437	64,314	76,212
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	48,444	57,616	66,789	75,962
Santa Fe, NM	48,506	60,487	72,468	84,448
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	36,879	50,794	64,730	78,645
Carson City, NV	41,392	53,477	65,541	77,626
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	41,247	54,351	67,476	80,580
Reno, NV	43,764	54,954	66,124	77,314
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	56,951	68,162	79,394	90,605
Binghamton, NY	43,410	54,205	65,000	75,796
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	51,688	63,586	75,484	87,381
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	51,085	60,133	69,181	78,229
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	49,047	59,426	69,784	80,164
Elmira, NY	47,965	56,909	65,874	74,818
Glens Falls, NY	47,341	59,260	71,157	83,076
Ithaca, NY	50,045	59,093	68,141	77,189
Kingston, NY	51,023	64,314	77,605	90,896
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	49,900	62,338	74,756	87,194
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	48,194	61,444	74,714	87,964
Rochester, NY	49,276	60,799	72,301	83,824
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	47,882	58,864	69,826	80,808
Syracuse, NY	48,860	59,634	70,429	81,204
Utica-Rome, NY	43,036	52,624	62,213	71,802
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	41,559	52,853	64,127	75,421
Akron, OH	42,703	52,250	61,776	71,324
Canton-Massillon, OH	38,709	48,568	58,448	68,308
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	40,623	50,482	60,362	70,221
Cleveland, OH	42,432	53,644	64,834	76,045
Columbus, OH	42,308	53,269	64,231	75,192
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	37,544	46,072	54,580	63,108
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	37,045	43,951	50,877	57,783
Lima, OH	35,756	43,992	52,229	60,466
Mansfield, OH	41,392	52,146	62,900	73,653
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	38,855	48,090	57,304	66,540
Sandusky, OH	48,132	60,175	72,197	84,240
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	39,479	47,695	55,932	64,148
Springfield, OH	40,103	50,357	60,612	70,866
Toledo, OH	38,584	48,381	58,178	67,975
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	37,336	44,429	51,522	58,615
Youngstown-Warren, OH	37,524	46,301	55,079	63,856
Enid, OK	36,733	48,464	60,216	71,948
Lawton, OK	37,066	48,818	60,570	72,322
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	37,295	46,135	54,975	63,815
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,765	39,812	49,858	59,904
Oklahoma City, OK	37,898	49,567	61,236	72,904
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	35,340	45,532	55,703	65,895
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	35,943	47,570	59,176	70,804
Tulsa, OK	30,847	42,453	54,060	65,666
Albany, OR	47,487	56,264	65,021	73,799
Bend, OR	47,882	57,180	66,456	75,754
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	48,173	58,157	68,120	78,104
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	48,589	56,951	65,312	73,674
Corvallis, OR	46,197	54,184	62,151	70,138
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	47,799	57,762	67,704	77,668
Eugene-Springfield, OR	46,426	55,204	63,960	72,738
Grants Pass, OR	48,568	57,055	65,562	74,048
Medford, OR	49,068	57,741	66,436	75,109
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	50,316	59,821	69,348	78,853
Salem, OR	48,839	57,492	66,165	74,818
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	42,911	54,413	65,895	77,397
Altoona, PA	33,925	43,784	53,644	63,503
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	36,962	49,879	62,816	75,733
Chambersburg, PA	37,669	48,402	59,114	69,847
Erie, PA	37,232	46,197	55,183	64,148
Gettysburg, PA	40,332	48,444	56,576	64,688
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	39,063	50,357	61,631	72,925
Johnstown, PA	39,271	50,482	61,693	72,904
Lancaster, PA	44,471	53,103	61,756	70,388
Lebanon, PA	36,920	47,029	57,138	67,247
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	38,148	49,088	60,029	70,970
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	34,466	45,740	57,034	68,308
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	46,967	59,072	71,199	83,304
Pittsburgh, PA	48,423	58,802	69,181	79,560
Reading, PA	46,925	58,490	70,034	81,599
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	38,834	51,564	64,272	77,002
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	34,840	44,949	55,058	65,167
State College, PA	39,500	49,775	60,050	70,325
Williamsport, PA	35,818	46,551	57,263	67,996
York-Hanover, PA	42,120	52,416	62,692	72,988
Aguadilla, PR	24,752	30,992	37,212	43,452
Arecibo, PR	25,189	33,634	42,100	50,544
Guayama, PR	25,252	33,904	42,557	51,210
Mayaguez, PR	23,151	30,015	36,900	43,764
Ponce, PR	23,026	29,599	36,172	42,744
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	22,964	29,058	35,152	41,247
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	25,501	34,320	43,160	51,980
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	54,892	67,101	79,311	91,520
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	52,624	62,172	71,698	81,245
Columbia, SC	49,380	58,989	68,620	78,229
Florence, SC	42,765	53,269	63,752	74,256
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	50,503	58,968	67,455	75,920
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	56,868	67,309	77,751	88,192
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	51,751	60,050	68,349	76,648
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	53,831	63,482	73,133	82,784
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	51,564	59,218	66,852	74,506
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	59,218	65,500	71,760	78,042
Spartanburg, SC	53,852	61,672	69,472	77,293
Sumter, SC	45,428	53,914	62,421	70,908
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	36,151	41,746	47,362	52,957
Rapid City, SD	40,519	43,805	47,092	50,378
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	40,602	44,637	48,652	52,687
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	33,655	40,519	47,383	54,247
Chattanooga, TN-GA	41,143	53,248	65,354	77,460
Clarksville, TN-KY	40,415	51,584	62,754	73,924
Cleveland, TN	45,012	55,058	65,125	75,172
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	42,890	55,370	67,850	80,330
Jackson, TN	45,053	56,160	67,268	78,375
Johnson City, TN	32,823	45,407	57,991	70,575
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	35,069	46,343	57,637	68,911
Knoxville, TN	46,967	57,284	67,580	77,896
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	45,220	56,888	68,536	80,205
Morristown, TN	28,122	42,661	57,200	71,740
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	55,516	65,500	75,484	85,468
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	40,020	52,084	64,148	76,212
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	38,522	50,170	61,797	73,445
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	42,432	54,642	66,872	79,082
Abilene, TX	31,616	41,205	50,773	60,362
Amarillo, TX	29,890	40,290	50,711	61,111
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	46,239	57,117	68,016	78,895
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	34,050	47,008	59,967	72,925
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,677	44,200	55,703	67,226
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	30,992	39,978	48,943	57,928
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,029	41,268	48,485	55,724
College Station-Bryan, TX	35,132	45,781	56,452	67,101
Corpus Christi, TX	33,239	42,224	51,231	60,216
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	41,871	54,309	66,768	79,207
Eagle Pass, TX	32,490	41,226	49,962	58,698
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,845	43,244	54,663	66,061
El Paso, TX	31,429	40,269	49,109	57,949
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	36,276	45,864	55,453	65,042
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	31,471	43,077	54,704	66,311
Killeen-Temple, TX	34,716	44,200	53,664	63,149
Laredo, TX	31,949	40,831	49,733	58,615
Longview, TX	32,802	42,370	51,959	61,527
Lubbock, TX	36,463	47,300	58,116	68,952
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	29,578	37,690	45,823	53,935
Midland, TX	35,506	47,903	60,279	72,676
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,074	41,871	51,668	61,464
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	43,722	55,204	66,706	78,188
Odessa, TX	37,170	46,863	56,535	66,228
San Angelo, TX	32,178	41,018	49,837	58,677
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	31,700	43,868	56,056	68,224
Sherman-Denison, TX	28,226	38,688	49,151	59,613
Texarkana, TX-AR	28,621	40,997	53,352	65,728
Tyler, TX	32,948	42,890	52,853	62,796
Victoria, TX	33,863	41,455	49,047	56,639
Waco, TX	34,383	43,015	51,668	60,300
Wichita Falls, TX	34,154	44,658	55,162	65,666
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	35,256	49,172	63,066	76,981
Logan, UT-ID	31,533	44,346	57,159	69,972
Ogden, UT	33,800	44,845	55,911	66,956
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	29,786	41,663	53,560	65,437
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	33,384	46,218	59,031	71,864
St. George, UT	28,954	39,645	50,357	61,048
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	48,007	59,759	71,532	83,284
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	43,389	52,645	61,922	71,178
Charlottesville, VA	46,780	55,474	64,148	72,842
Harrisonburg, VA	44,200	54,080	63,960	73,840
Lynchburg, VA	40,498	48,901	57,304	65,708
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,957	48,007	56,036	64,085
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	43,036	53,082	63,128	73,175
Richmond, VA	47,736	56,389	65,042	73,695
Roanoke, VA	44,658	52,146	59,613	67,101
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	44,388	53,831	63,253	72,696
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	41,933	52,125	62,338	72,530
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	44,720	53,914	63,128	72,322
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	44,824	52,874	60,924	68,973
Winchester, VA-WV	41,746	49,463	57,159	64,876
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	43,410	56,202	68,973	81,765
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	54,392	62,359	70,325	78,292
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	51,023	58,740	66,456	74,173
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	48,589	57,970	67,351	76,732
Bellingham, WA	48,964	58,240	67,517	76,794
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	51,252	61,194	71,136	81,079
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	53,352	62,900	72,468	82,015
Kennewick-Richland, WA	49,296	59,218	69,140	79,061
Longview-Kelso, WA	48,402	56,972	65,520	74,090
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	54,954	65,396	75,858	86,300
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	50,232	59,613	68,994	78,375
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	55,640	66,165	76,711	87,236
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	50,981	59,592	68,204	76,815
Walla Walla, WA	47,757	57,408	67,039	76,690
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	53,560	62,192	70,804	79,436
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	54,642	62,400	70,138	77,896
Yakima, WA	47,570	56,223	64,876	73,528
Appleton, WI	41,372	51,148	60,903	70,679
Eau Claire, WI	40,935	50,919	60,924	70,908
Fond du Lac, WI	45,136	55,037	64,959	74,860
Green Bay, WI	40,519	51,293	62,068	72,842
Janesville-Beloit, WI	41,829	49,588	57,346	65,104
Kenosha, WI	41,912	52,541	63,149	73,778
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	37,898	46,988	56,056	65,146
Madison, WI	50,045	59,197	68,370	77,522
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	45,698	55,973	66,269	76,544
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	42,848	53,352	63,856	74,360
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	42,328	51,855	61,381	70,908
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	40,727	50,128	59,530	68,932
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	40,727	50,482	60,237	69,992
Sheboygan, WI	45,781	54,164	62,567	70,949
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	47,279	56,493	65,728	74,943
Wausau, WI	41,600	53,082	64,543	76,024
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	44,013	51,210	58,386	65,583
Beckley, WV	43,327	54,517	65,687	76,877
Charleston, WV	39,416	50,108	60,778	71,469
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	35,943	45,698	55,453	65,208
Morgantown, WV	41,788	56,493	71,178	85,884
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,064	47,986	57,928	67,850
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	38,855	48,610	58,365	68,120
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	40,581	50,898	61,194	71,511
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	38,272	46,884	55,495	64,106
Wheeling, WV-OH	40,332	48,236	56,160	64,064
Casper, WY	54,330	64,855	75,359	85,884
Cheyenne, WY	50,482	58,386	66,290	74,194
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	50,170	58,178	66,186	74,194
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	62,421	72,280	82,160	92,020

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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