SOC 35-2012 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria prevailing wage by city

Level I–IV H-1B prevailing wages in all 530 U.S. wage areas, from official DOL data.

What this job covers (DOL definition): Prepare and cook large quantities of food for institutions, such as schools, hospitals, or cafeterias.

Level I across metros$19,261 – $46,010Sumter, SC to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$42,016Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria (SOC 35-2012) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $19,261 in Sumter, SC to $46,010 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $42,016. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $38,751, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 11 of 100 major metros but only Level II or below in 49. DHS projects selection odds of about 15%, 31%, 46% and 61% for Levels I to IV. The table below lists all four levels for every area, straight from the DOL OFLC wage file.

Salary bands in major H-1B metros

Where each wage level starts, on one salary scale. Further right means you need a bigger salary for the same entries.

Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	39,292	44,221	49,130	54,060
Anchorage, AK	41,580	45,282	48,984	52,687
Fairbanks-College, AK	44,221	47,840	51,460	55,079
Anniston-Oxford, AL	19,864	22,797	25,751	28,684
Auburn-Opelika, AL	20,426	24,960	29,474	34,008
Birmingham, AL	20,717	24,836	28,933	33,052
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	20,738	24,295	27,852	31,408
Decatur, AL	19,552	22,776	26,000	29,224
Dothan, AL	19,781	23,276	26,749	30,244
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	20,447	23,421	26,375	29,349
Gadsden, AL	19,386	22,319	25,231	28,164
Huntsville, AL	21,612	25,356	29,079	32,823
Mobile, AL	20,488	24,440	28,372	32,324
Montgomery, AL	19,532	23,005	26,458	29,932
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	20,572	23,484	26,416	29,328
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	19,677	22,485	25,314	28,122
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	20,780	23,962	27,144	30,327
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	19,823	22,319	24,815	27,311
Tuscaloosa, AL	23,234	27,415	31,575	35,756
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	26,167	28,351	30,535	32,719
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	28,288	31,824	35,381	38,917
Fort Smith, AR-OK	24,503	27,124	29,724	32,344
Hot Springs, AR	27,290	30,743	34,196	37,648
Jonesboro, AR	27,893	33,551	39,188	44,845
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	27,540	30,368	33,197	36,026
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,834	28,496	31,180	33,842
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,688	28,018	30,368	32,698
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,480	27,664	29,848	32,032
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	34,112	37,836	41,580	45,303
Flagstaff, AZ	34,237	38,023	41,808	45,594
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	32,823	35,381	37,960	40,519
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	36,546	39,396	42,224	45,074
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	34,175	37,648	41,143	44,616
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	32,012	33,967	35,901	37,856
Tucson, AZ	33,530	36,359	39,188	42,016
Yuma, AZ	31,388	33,925	36,442	38,980
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	37,440	41,184	44,908	48,652
Chico, CA	37,399	40,103	42,828	45,532
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,940	42,412	46,904	51,376
El Centro, CA	35,964	38,876	41,767	44,679
Fresno, CA	36,463	39,666	42,848	46,052
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	38,252	42,869	47,487	52,104
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	37,856	42,141	46,447	50,732
Merced, CA	37,669	41,309	44,970	48,610
Modesto, CA	38,252	42,370	46,488	50,607
Napa, CA	40,727	45,511	50,274	55,058
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,024	41,184	45,365	49,525
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	38,460	42,412	46,364	50,316
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	38,085	42,141	46,197	50,253
Redding, CA	37,336	41,330	45,344	49,338
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	37,108	41,351	45,615	49,858
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	37,440	41,580	45,740	49,879
Salinas, CA	39,541	43,826	48,132	52,416
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	39,832	43,992	48,132	52,292
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	43,410	47,903	52,396	56,888
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	46,010	50,128	54,247	58,365
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	38,314	41,975	45,636	49,296
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	39,604	44,450	49,296	54,143
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	39,104	44,055	49,026	53,976
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	40,976	44,970	48,964	52,957
Stockton-Lodi, CA	37,648	41,330	45,012	48,693
Vallejo, CA	39,728	45,095	50,440	55,807
Visalia, CA	36,588	39,791	43,015	46,218
Yuba City, CA	37,628	41,288	44,928	48,589
Boulder, CO	38,480	42,474	46,488	50,482
Colorado Springs, CO	36,276	39,021	41,767	44,512
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	38,792	41,788	44,783	47,778
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	33,800	37,170	40,519	43,888
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	37,004	39,728	42,453	45,178
Grand Junction, CO	35,381	37,690	40,020	42,328
Greeley, CO	37,004	40,248	43,514	46,759
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	36,380	41,288	46,176	51,085
Pueblo, CO	31,471	35,444	39,416	43,389
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	34,487	38,085	41,684	45,282
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	42,391	45,428	48,485	51,522
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	37,420	40,768	44,096	47,445
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	38,792	42,536	46,280	50,024
New Haven, CT	39,208	43,015	46,821	50,628
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	37,544	40,768	43,992	47,216
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	37,399	40,436	43,452	46,488
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	37,648	41,164	44,679	48,194
Dover, DE	36,608	38,938	41,268	43,597
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	37,232	39,437	41,621	43,826
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	34,300	35,610	36,941	38,252
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	32,511	35,860	39,229	42,578
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	32,407	34,508	36,588	38,688
Gainesville, FL	30,992	34,092	37,170	40,269
Homosassa Springs, FL	31,991	33,676	35,360	37,045
Jacksonville, FL	32,012	34,716	37,420	40,124
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	32,760	35,360	37,940	40,540
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	33,384	36,068	38,751	41,434
Naples-Marco Island, FL	36,234	40,290	44,325	48,381
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	30,015	32,802	35,589	38,376
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	31,824	35,069	38,314	41,559
Ocala, FL	30,098	32,074	34,050	36,026
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	33,072	36,608	40,165	43,701
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	31,367	34,092	36,816	39,541
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	32,178	34,279	36,400	38,501
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	30,639	33,239	35,818	38,418
Port St. Lucie, FL	32,178	34,778	37,357	39,957
Punta Gorda, FL	31,492	34,570	37,669	40,748
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	33,447	36,172	38,876	41,600
Sebring, FL	31,887	34,549	37,191	39,853
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	32,074	35,922	39,791	43,639
Tallahassee, FL	29,557	32,178	34,820	37,440
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	32,844	34,965	37,066	39,188
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	31,866	34,632	37,399	40,165
Albany, GA	25,522	28,808	32,074	35,360
Athens-Clarke County, GA	27,623	30,389	33,135	35,901
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	31,575	34,653	37,711	40,789
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	26,791	30,805	34,840	38,855
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	27,373	31,076	34,799	38,501
Columbus, GA-AL	24,856	28,538	32,220	35,901
Dalton, GA	28,496	30,992	33,468	35,964
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	26,500	28,954	31,429	33,884
Gainesville, GA	31,096	34,882	38,647	42,432
Hinesville, GA	26,853	29,661	32,469	35,277
Macon-Bibb County, GA	27,477	30,160	32,844	35,527
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	26,125	29,079	32,053	35,007
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,893	30,389	32,885	35,381
Rome, GA	27,935	30,493	33,031	35,589
Savannah, GA	28,767	31,824	34,882	37,940
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	26,021	28,580	31,138	33,696
Valdosta, GA	25,085	27,893	30,722	33,530
Warner Robins, GA	26,354	29,016	31,658	34,320
Guam MSA	25,231	28,621	32,032	35,423
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	41,538	48,048	54,559	61,069
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	43,368	50,524	57,700	64,855
Urban Honolulu, HI	38,106	44,138	50,191	56,223
Ames, IA	30,036	33,592	37,170	40,727
Cedar Rapids, IA	28,912	32,282	35,652	39,021
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	30,202	32,844	35,506	38,148
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	28,996	32,532	36,088	39,624
Dubuque, IA	27,560	31,512	35,485	39,437
Iowa City, IA	27,477	31,408	35,319	39,250
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	29,204	32,178	35,173	38,148
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	28,392	31,783	35,152	38,543
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	28,912	32,032	35,173	38,293
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	27,872	30,722	33,551	36,400
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	29,495	32,324	35,152	37,981
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	27,914	31,263	34,612	37,960
Boise City, ID	29,994	33,738	37,482	41,226
Coeur d'Alene, ID	31,055	34,508	37,960	41,413
Idaho Falls, ID	28,392	31,471	34,549	37,628
Lewiston, ID-WA	31,450	34,924	38,397	41,871
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	29,516	32,573	35,631	38,688
Pocatello, ID	27,727	30,556	33,405	36,234
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	28,122	31,408	34,716	38,002
Twin Falls, ID	27,290	31,096	34,924	38,730
Bloomington, IL	32,511	35,818	39,146	42,453
Champaign-Urbana, IL	33,426	36,900	40,352	43,826
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	33,904	37,336	40,768	44,200
Decatur, IL	31,866	34,903	37,940	40,976
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,928	34,736	37,524	40,332
Kankakee, IL	31,908	34,591	37,274	39,957
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,284	33,759	36,234	38,709
Peoria, IL	32,157	34,528	36,879	39,250
Rockford, IL	31,200	33,488	35,776	38,064
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,512	33,925	36,338	38,751
Springfield, IL	31,304	33,842	36,380	38,917
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,304	33,239	35,194	37,128
Bloomington, IN	31,117	34,154	37,212	40,248
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	28,892	31,700	34,487	37,295
Columbus, IN	28,226	31,554	34,903	38,231
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	30,618	33,405	36,172	38,959
Evansville, IN	29,620	32,032	34,466	36,879
Fort Wayne, IN	29,724	33,135	36,567	39,978
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	30,660	33,655	36,629	39,624
Kokomo, IN	27,935	31,616	35,319	39,000
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	31,242	34,820	38,418	41,996
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	26,957	31,159	35,381	39,583
Muncie, IN	28,642	31,388	34,112	36,858
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	28,850	31,492	34,154	36,796
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	31,845	34,674	37,503	40,332
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	28,434	30,992	33,551	36,109
Terre Haute, IN	27,706	30,639	33,592	36,525
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	25,896	28,580	31,263	33,946
Lawrence, KS	28,892	32,802	36,733	40,644
Manhattan, KS	26,874	29,890	32,885	35,901
Topeka, KS	27,914	30,909	33,925	36,920
Wichita, KS	26,042	29,183	32,303	35,444
Bowling Green, KY	28,143	30,244	32,344	34,445
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	26,416	28,767	31,117	33,468
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	23,504	25,626	27,727	29,848
Elizabethtown, KY	28,580	30,348	32,095	33,863
Lexington-Fayette, KY	30,639	34,216	37,794	41,372
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	31,117	34,820	38,501	42,204
Owensboro, KY	28,309	29,807	31,304	32,802
Paducah, KY-IL	28,226	33,384	38,564	43,722
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	25,564	27,623	29,661	31,720
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	25,314	27,789	30,264	32,740
Alexandria, LA	19,573	22,360	25,168	27,956
Baton Rouge, LA	21,778	24,420	27,061	29,703
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	18,866	21,196	23,546	25,876
Hammond, LA	20,197	22,797	25,397	27,997
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	22,527	24,316	26,125	27,914
Lafayette, LA	19,760	23,359	26,957	30,556
Lake Charles, LA	24,607	28,247	31,908	35,548
Monroe, LA	19,781	22,173	24,586	26,978
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	20,800	25,439	30,056	34,695
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	19,178	21,653	24,108	26,583
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	24,212	27,373	30,556	33,717
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	26,292	28,933	31,554	34,196
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	20,634	23,421	26,208	28,996
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	40,311	42,932	45,573	48,194
Barnstable Town, MA	43,181	47,986	52,812	57,616
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	42,432	46,072	49,692	53,332
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	39,188	44,013	48,818	53,644
Pittsfield, MA	40,144	43,888	47,632	51,376
Springfield, MA	37,940	41,496	45,032	48,589
Worcester, MA	40,269	43,576	46,884	50,191
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	35,818	38,730	41,642	44,554
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	28,039	32,178	36,338	40,477
Lexington Park, MD	35,548	38,605	41,684	44,741
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	33,655	36,484	39,292	42,120
Salisbury, MD	35,236	40,644	46,072	51,480
Bangor, ME	36,858	40,103	43,327	46,572
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	36,296	39,666	43,056	46,426
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	35,548	38,148	40,748	43,348
Portland-South Portland, ME	38,772	42,224	45,677	49,130
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	36,463	39,541	42,640	45,719
Ann Arbor, MI	34,591	38,127	41,642	45,178
Battle Creek, MI	31,284	35,132	39,000	42,848
Bay City, MI	29,682	32,220	34,778	37,316
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	32,012	34,820	37,607	40,415
Flint, MI	29,245	31,783	34,320	36,858
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	32,740	35,631	38,501	41,392
Jackson, MI	32,594	35,485	38,356	41,247
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	29,703	32,906	36,130	39,333
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	29,640	33,260	36,879	40,498
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	29,432	32,448	35,444	38,460
Midland, MI	31,762	33,988	36,213	38,439
Monroe, MI	30,431	32,927	35,444	37,940
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	29,932	32,927	35,922	38,917
Niles, MI	31,450	33,884	36,338	38,772
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	29,037	32,074	35,090	38,127
Saginaw, MI	29,370	32,719	36,068	39,416
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	29,557	33,260	36,962	40,664
Traverse City, MI	35,340	37,628	39,936	42,224
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	30,348	33,655	36,962	40,269
Duluth, MN-WI	34,279	37,732	41,184	44,637
Mankato, MN	36,068	38,938	41,788	44,658
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	37,191	40,914	44,658	48,381
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	35,215	38,543	41,892	45,220
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	35,152	38,293	41,434	44,575
Rochester, MN	35,423	38,730	42,037	45,344
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	32,386	35,756	39,125	42,495
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	34,778	37,815	40,831	43,868
St. Cloud, MN	36,109	39,042	41,954	44,887
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	29,287	31,492	33,676	35,880
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,079	31,533	33,988	36,442
Columbia, MO	29,287	32,199	35,132	38,044
Jefferson City, MO	28,746	31,076	33,426	35,756
Joplin, MO-KS	28,476	30,556	32,615	34,695
Kansas City, MO-KS	29,391	32,968	36,567	40,144
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,684	30,597	32,511	34,424
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,704	30,181	31,637	33,114
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,600	30,181	31,762	33,343
Springfield, MO	29,557	31,949	34,320	36,712
St. Joseph, MO-KS	29,287	32,012	34,757	37,482
St. Louis, MO-IL	30,930	33,946	36,983	39,999
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	22,735	26,271	29,828	33,364
Hattiesburg, MS	22,152	25,231	28,309	31,388
Jackson, MS	21,549	24,856	28,184	31,492
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	20,613	23,380	26,167	28,933
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,404	24,544	27,685	30,826
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,903	24,773	27,644	30,514
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,133	23,692	26,250	28,808
Billings, MT	31,346	35,152	38,980	42,786
Bozeman, MT	33,488	38,792	44,096	49,400
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	30,556	34,112	37,669	41,226
Great Falls, MT	30,306	33,842	37,357	40,893
Helena, MT	32,448	35,756	39,084	42,391
Missoula, MT	31,824	35,132	38,418	41,725
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	31,762	35,360	38,959	42,557
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	30,701	34,237	37,752	41,288
Asheville, NC	30,764	34,695	38,647	42,578
Burlington, NC	26,916	30,868	34,840	38,792
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	25,127	29,016	32,885	36,775
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	29,744	33,509	37,274	41,039
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	30,493	34,653	38,813	42,973
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	26,271	29,620	32,948	36,296
Fayetteville, NC	28,704	32,677	36,629	40,602
Goldsboro, NC	27,748	31,388	35,028	38,668
Greensboro-High Point, NC	29,724	32,968	36,213	39,458
Greenville, NC	28,621	31,512	34,424	37,316
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	27,290	30,701	34,112	37,524
Jacksonville, NC	27,228	30,764	34,300	37,836
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	29,079	32,677	36,276	39,874
Raleigh-Cary, NC	29,016	33,031	37,066	41,080
Rocky Mount, NC	26,000	29,224	32,428	35,652
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	27,872	30,847	33,842	36,816
Wilmington, NC	28,871	32,199	35,548	38,876
Winston-Salem, NC	30,160	33,052	35,922	38,813
Bismarck, ND	34,216	37,212	40,207	43,202
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	32,428	36,338	40,269	44,180
Fargo, ND-MN	34,632	38,501	42,391	46,260
Grand Forks, ND-MN	32,594	36,588	40,602	44,596
Minot, ND	33,384	37,295	41,226	45,136
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	34,320	38,085	41,871	45,636
Grand Island, NE	30,784	33,280	35,776	38,272
Lincoln, NE	33,260	36,026	38,813	41,580
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	31,887	34,362	36,858	39,333
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	29,911	32,615	35,298	38,002
Omaha, NE-IA	31,679	34,612	37,524	40,456
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	30,285	33,280	36,255	39,250
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	37,024	40,706	44,408	48,090
Manchester-Nashua, NH	35,402	39,416	43,452	47,466
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	37,357	42,370	47,383	52,396
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	36,900	40,207	43,493	46,800
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	35,714	38,813	41,912	45,012
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	35,631	39,458	43,264	47,092
Vineland, NJ	36,650	40,789	44,908	49,047
Albuquerque, NM	32,636	35,506	38,356	41,226
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	27,456	30,597	33,759	36,900
Farmington, NM	30,639	34,112	37,586	41,060
Las Cruces, NM	32,012	34,029	36,047	38,064
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,431	34,404	38,397	42,370
Santa Fe, NM	34,674	38,210	41,767	45,303
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	33,468	37,004	40,540	44,076
Carson City, NV	28,538	33,530	38,543	43,535
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	34,258	38,210	42,183	46,135
Reno, NV	33,988	38,210	42,412	46,634
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	36,962	40,352	43,722	47,112
Binghamton, NY	35,714	38,855	41,975	45,116
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	36,317	39,749	43,202	46,634
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	35,610	39,375	43,140	46,904
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	36,026	39,458	42,869	46,301
Elmira, NY	33,530	36,796	40,082	43,348
Glens Falls, NY	37,087	39,437	41,788	44,138
Ithaca, NY	38,501	41,767	45,032	48,298
Kingston, NY	37,607	41,600	45,573	49,567
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	37,856	42,245	46,613	51,002
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	38,335	43,202	48,090	52,957
Rochester, NY	35,693	38,335	40,976	43,618
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	35,464	38,896	42,349	45,781
Syracuse, NY	36,296	39,832	43,389	46,925
Utica-Rome, NY	35,568	38,980	42,391	45,802
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	34,986	38,002	41,018	44,034
Akron, OH	31,762	34,799	37,836	40,872
Canton-Massillon, OH	28,996	32,157	35,298	38,460
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	31,242	34,424	37,586	40,768
Cleveland, OH	31,596	34,508	37,440	40,352
Columbus, OH	33,239	36,421	39,583	42,765
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	30,119	33,592	37,045	40,519
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	28,330	31,637	34,965	38,272
Lima, OH	29,620	32,615	35,610	38,605
Mansfield, OH	28,663	32,178	35,672	39,188
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	29,952	32,573	35,194	37,815
Sandusky, OH	30,368	33,072	35,776	38,480
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	29,224	33,031	36,837	40,644
Springfield, OH	29,620	32,844	36,047	39,271
Toledo, OH	30,410	33,613	36,796	39,999
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	28,746	32,032	35,340	38,626
Youngstown-Warren, OH	27,852	30,972	34,112	37,232
Enid, OK	23,109	25,397	27,706	29,994
Lawton, OK	25,397	29,786	34,196	38,584
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	20,925	24,648	28,392	32,116
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	22,298	24,648	26,999	29,349
Oklahoma City, OK	24,004	27,768	31,554	35,319
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	21,424	25,210	28,996	32,781
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	21,840	24,752	27,644	30,556
Tulsa, OK	25,480	28,538	31,575	34,632
Albany, OR	34,903	38,397	41,871	45,365
Bend, OR	37,898	42,266	46,634	51,002
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	34,279	37,191	40,124	43,036
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	35,776	39,458	43,119	46,800
Corvallis, OR	36,816	39,458	42,100	44,741
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	34,341	37,836	41,351	44,845
Eugene-Springfield, OR	36,317	40,165	44,034	47,882
Grants Pass, OR	37,253	40,831	44,388	47,965
Medford, OR	36,629	40,124	43,618	47,112
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	38,959	42,973	46,988	51,002
Salem, OR	36,920	41,434	45,968	50,482
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	32,178	35,589	39,000	42,412
Altoona, PA	27,061	30,680	34,279	37,898
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	26,708	29,869	33,010	36,172
Chambersburg, PA	26,312	30,181	34,071	37,940
Erie, PA	28,496	32,386	36,255	40,144
Gettysburg, PA	28,912	32,199	35,464	38,751
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	29,828	33,260	36,712	40,144
Johnstown, PA	26,479	29,349	32,220	35,090
Lancaster, PA	30,285	34,029	37,794	41,538
Lebanon, PA	30,452	33,967	37,461	40,976
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	27,144	30,888	34,632	38,376
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	25,647	29,453	33,239	37,045
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	31,700	35,818	39,936	44,055
Pittsburgh, PA	29,765	33,093	36,442	39,770
Reading, PA	30,077	33,530	37,004	40,456
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	28,455	31,824	35,173	38,543
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	27,103	30,223	33,364	36,484
State College, PA	29,516	33,301	37,108	40,893
Williamsport, PA	28,413	31,762	35,090	38,439
York-Hanover, PA	29,100	33,093	37,087	41,080
Aguadilla, PR	21,924	24,981	28,039	31,096
Arecibo, PR	21,840	24,420	27,020	29,599
Guayama, PR	21,840	24,690	27,540	30,389
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	24,378	26,936	29,474
Ponce, PR	22,048	25,272	28,517	31,741
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	22,631	26,812	30,972	35,152
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,236	25,044	27,872	30,680
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	38,439	42,245	46,031	49,837
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	28,933	32,906	36,879	40,852
Columbia, SC	26,167	30,098	34,008	37,940
Florence, SC	25,127	28,496	31,887	35,256
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	27,498	30,680	33,884	37,066
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	31,679	35,340	39,021	42,682
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	29,245	32,074	34,924	37,752
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	18,117	22,548	26,957	31,388
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	18,325	23,234	28,143	33,052
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	19,968	23,629	27,311	30,972
Spartanburg, SC	24,711	28,621	32,532	36,442
Sumter, SC	19,261	23,525	27,789	32,053
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	31,263	34,237	37,212	40,186
Rapid City, SD	31,949	34,965	38,002	41,018
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	31,263	34,591	37,940	41,268
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	30,306	34,008	37,732	41,434
Chattanooga, TN-GA	28,788	31,762	34,736	37,711
Clarksville, TN-KY	27,852	30,826	33,780	36,754
Cleveland, TN	24,690	29,266	33,821	38,397
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	25,917	29,204	32,490	35,776
Jackson, TN	27,352	31,096	34,861	38,605
Johnson City, TN	26,146	29,058	31,949	34,861
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	28,039	31,429	34,820	38,210
Knoxville, TN	28,018	31,221	34,445	37,648
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	26,312	30,348	34,362	38,397
Morristown, TN	24,045	27,186	30,306	33,447
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	31,887	35,256	38,647	42,016
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	27,352	30,493	33,613	36,754
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	26,458	29,557	32,656	35,756
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	26,666	30,389	34,133	37,856
Abilene, TX	25,210	28,372	31,533	34,695
Amarillo, TX	25,688	29,224	32,760	36,296
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	28,455	32,760	37,087	41,392
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	25,460	28,392	31,304	34,237
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	25,418	28,392	31,346	34,320
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	24,295	28,476	32,677	36,858
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,669	27,477	30,285	33,093
College Station-Bryan, TX	27,831	30,909	33,967	37,045
Corpus Christi, TX	25,189	28,413	31,616	34,840
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	30,202	33,946	37,669	41,413
Eagle Pass, TX	23,296	25,938	28,559	31,200
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,775	27,436	31,076	34,736
El Paso, TX	21,112	25,085	29,058	33,031
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,877	28,413	31,970	35,506
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	27,311	31,388	35,464	39,541
Killeen-Temple, TX	26,645	30,680	34,736	38,772
Laredo, TX	21,112	24,711	28,330	31,928
Longview, TX	24,274	27,436	30,618	33,780
Lubbock, TX	24,690	27,852	31,013	34,175
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	22,880	26,250	29,599	32,968
Midland, TX	30,140	33,800	37,461	41,122
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,856	28,039	31,221	34,404
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,316	28,226	32,116	36,026
Odessa, TX	26,999	30,264	33,509	36,775
San Angelo, TX	24,794	29,349	33,925	38,480
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	27,456	31,346	35,256	39,146
Sherman-Denison, TX	27,311	30,722	34,133	37,544
Texarkana, TX-AR	23,109	25,543	27,976	30,410
Tyler, TX	25,938	28,954	31,970	34,986
Victoria, TX	24,128	27,144	30,181	33,197
Waco, TX	27,124	30,660	34,175	37,711
Wichita Falls, TX	26,271	29,890	33,530	37,149
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	31,783	35,714	39,624	43,556
Logan, UT-ID	30,514	34,112	37,711	41,309
Ogden, UT	28,351	32,344	36,338	40,332
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	30,535	34,528	38,543	42,536
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	35,069	38,564	42,058	45,552
St. George, UT	31,117	34,757	38,376	42,016
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	34,175	38,938	43,701	48,464
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	30,160	33,468	36,775	40,082
Charlottesville, VA	32,823	35,672	38,501	41,351
Harrisonburg, VA	32,636	35,402	38,148	40,914
Lynchburg, VA	28,767	32,116	35,444	38,792
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	29,391	32,178	34,986	37,773
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,912	32,344	35,797	39,229
Richmond, VA	32,573	35,256	37,960	40,644
Roanoke, VA	31,575	34,175	36,754	39,354
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,954	31,804	34,653	37,503
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	29,100	31,325	33,572	35,797
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	30,181	32,989	35,776	38,584
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	32,615	36,650	40,706	44,741
Winchester, VA-WV	31,720	34,279	36,837	39,396
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	24,711	26,978	29,224	31,492
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	40,768	44,429	48,111	51,772
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	38,772	41,954	45,136	48,319
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	38,293	41,684	45,074	48,464
Bellingham, WA	41,039	45,428	49,837	54,226
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	40,498	44,575	48,631	52,708
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	39,520	43,223	46,925	50,628
Kennewick-Richland, WA	41,205	44,429	47,632	50,856
Longview-Kelso, WA	40,685	43,639	46,592	49,546
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	42,100	46,988	51,876	56,764
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	41,247	45,906	50,586	55,245
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	45,220	49,504	53,768	58,053
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	39,146	42,786	46,426	50,066
Walla Walla, WA	38,605	42,495	46,384	50,274
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	40,498	43,556	46,634	49,692
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	40,124	45,116	50,087	55,079
Yakima, WA	40,124	43,493	46,863	50,232
Appleton, WI	32,802	35,860	38,917	41,975
Eau Claire, WI	33,114	35,880	38,626	41,392
Fond du Lac, WI	31,949	35,132	38,335	41,517
Green Bay, WI	32,989	36,276	39,541	42,828
Janesville-Beloit, WI	33,197	36,172	39,125	42,100
Kenosha, WI	33,551	36,796	40,061	43,306
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	33,322	36,234	39,146	42,058
Madison, WI	34,445	38,210	41,975	45,740
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	33,551	36,983	40,394	43,826
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	33,135	36,400	39,645	42,911
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	31,887	35,069	38,231	41,413
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	33,364	36,775	40,186	43,597
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	32,927	36,359	39,812	43,244
Sheboygan, WI	26,708	31,658	36,629	41,580
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	31,949	35,111	38,293	41,455
Wausau, WI	32,740	35,693	38,626	41,580
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,549	37,170	39,770	42,391
Beckley, WV	25,168	28,247	31,325	34,404
Charleston, WV	25,168	27,935	30,701	33,468
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	25,460	28,372	31,284	34,196
Morgantown, WV	26,708	29,994	33,280	36,567
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	24,981	27,872	30,743	33,634
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	24,898	27,456	30,015	32,573
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	22,964	25,855	28,746	31,637
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	26,458	29,453	32,428	35,423
Wheeling, WV-OH	26,188	29,141	32,095	35,048
Casper, WY	31,200	34,424	37,648	40,872
Cheyenne, WY	28,829	32,656	36,484	40,311
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	30,223	33,613	36,983	40,373
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	31,200	34,799	38,418	42,016

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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