SOC 35-2014 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Cooks, Restaurant 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, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants. May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on menu, or plan menu.

Level I across metros$20,904 – $42,516Monroe, LA to San Francisco, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$41,455Across 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, Restaurant?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Cooks, Restaurant (SOC 35-2014) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $20,904 in Monroe, LA to $42,516 in San Francisco, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $41,455. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $38,064, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 9 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	33,967	37,711	41,434	45,178
Anchorage, AK	35,652	38,751	41,829	44,928
Fairbanks-College, AK	35,402	38,730	42,058	45,386
Anniston-Oxford, AL	24,919	27,893	30,888	33,863
Auburn-Opelika, AL	25,834	28,912	31,991	35,069
Birmingham, AL	28,018	30,992	33,988	36,962
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	27,103	30,431	33,780	37,108
Decatur, AL	26,208	29,640	33,052	36,484
Dothan, AL	25,064	28,080	31,076	34,092
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	24,898	28,164	31,450	34,716
Gadsden, AL	23,920	26,624	29,308	32,012
Huntsville, AL	27,935	31,429	34,944	38,439
Mobile, AL	26,687	29,973	33,239	36,525
Montgomery, AL	26,500	29,724	32,968	36,192
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,295	27,956	31,596	35,256
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	23,858	27,498	31,117	34,757
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	23,879	27,498	31,096	34,716
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,024	27,789	31,575	35,340
Tuscaloosa, AL	26,208	29,204	32,220	35,215
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	24,524	26,645	28,767	30,888
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	28,580	31,013	33,426	35,860
Fort Smith, AR-OK	25,751	28,122	30,472	32,844
Hot Springs, AR	26,042	28,247	30,431	32,636
Jonesboro, AR	27,061	29,516	31,991	34,445
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	27,352	29,744	32,136	34,528
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	24,752	27,082	29,391	31,720
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	24,940	26,978	29,016	31,055
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	24,960	27,144	29,308	31,492
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	31,679	34,196	36,692	39,208
Flagstaff, AZ	35,069	37,586	40,082	42,599
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	32,053	34,674	37,274	39,895
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	35,340	38,106	40,893	43,660
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	33,260	36,047	38,855	41,642
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	31,159	33,301	35,464	37,607
Tucson, AZ	33,010	35,589	38,189	40,768
Yuma, AZ	31,554	34,133	36,733	39,312
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	35,548	37,794	40,020	42,266
Chico, CA	35,652	37,856	40,082	42,287
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,004	40,519	44,034	47,549
El Centro, CA	35,360	37,544	39,749	41,933
Fresno, CA	35,693	38,064	40,436	42,807
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	36,192	38,189	40,165	42,162
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	37,752	41,247	44,720	48,215
Merced, CA	35,880	38,376	40,893	43,389
Modesto, CA	36,900	39,541	42,204	44,845
Napa, CA	40,498	44,138	47,799	51,439
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,712	39,770	42,807	45,864
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,983	40,103	43,244	46,364
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	37,087	39,812	42,516	45,240
Redding, CA	35,319	37,836	40,373	42,890
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	36,754	39,728	42,724	45,698
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	37,149	40,165	43,181	46,197
Salinas, CA	37,607	41,434	45,282	49,109
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	39,250	42,495	45,740	48,984
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	42,516	45,552	48,610	51,647
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	40,436	44,887	49,359	53,810
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	37,128	40,061	42,994	45,927
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	37,336	40,685	44,055	47,404
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	36,983	40,269	43,535	46,821
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	39,624	43,036	46,447	49,858
Stockton-Lodi, CA	36,775	39,583	42,412	45,220
Vallejo, CA	38,168	41,164	44,180	47,175
Visalia, CA	35,360	37,482	39,583	41,704
Yuba City, CA	36,567	39,084	41,600	44,117
Boulder, CO	35,548	39,250	42,932	46,634
Colorado Springs, CO	34,445	37,253	40,040	42,848
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	36,712	40,103	43,514	46,904
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	31,741	35,028	38,335	41,621
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	34,924	37,856	40,810	43,743
Grand Junction, CO	33,072	35,672	38,293	40,893
Greeley, CO	33,052	36,151	39,250	42,349
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	35,236	39,312	43,410	47,487
Pueblo, CO	33,343	35,901	38,480	41,039
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	34,050	37,607	41,164	44,720
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	36,754	40,061	43,368	46,676
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	35,194	38,023	40,872	43,701
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	36,005	38,980	41,954	44,928
New Haven, CT	36,213	39,084	41,954	44,824
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	35,672	38,397	41,101	43,826
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	35,277	38,002	40,727	43,452
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	35,236	38,896	42,557	46,218
Dover, DE	31,700	34,112	36,546	38,959
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	32,906	35,860	38,792	41,746
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	33,405	36,234	39,042	41,871
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	32,386	35,340	38,314	41,268
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	32,261	34,612	36,983	39,333
Gainesville, FL	31,471	34,071	36,671	39,271
Homosassa Springs, FL	29,620	32,386	35,132	37,898
Jacksonville, FL	32,032	34,716	37,378	40,061
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	30,264	33,093	35,943	38,772
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	30,514	34,383	38,272	42,141
Naples-Marco Island, FL	36,296	39,520	42,765	45,989
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	32,095	38,127	44,159	50,191
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	33,468	36,463	39,458	42,453
Ocala, FL	29,890	32,719	35,548	38,376
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	32,927	36,130	39,354	42,557
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	32,282	35,007	37,752	40,477
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	31,180	33,904	36,629	39,354
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	31,221	33,904	36,608	39,292
Port St. Lucie, FL	31,824	34,736	37,669	40,581
Punta Gorda, FL	31,679	34,528	37,399	40,248
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	32,469	35,152	37,815	40,498
Sebring, FL	29,412	32,511	35,589	38,688
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	33,156	36,421	39,708	42,973
Tallahassee, FL	29,266	32,116	34,944	37,794
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	31,200	34,362	37,524	40,685
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	31,783	34,362	36,941	39,520
Albany, GA	24,191	27,436	30,660	33,904
Athens-Clarke County, GA	25,668	29,079	32,490	35,901
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	27,810	31,783	35,735	39,708
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	25,023	28,704	32,407	36,088
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	25,834	29,432	33,031	36,629
Columbus, GA-AL	24,191	27,519	30,847	34,175
Dalton, GA	23,650	27,269	30,888	34,508
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	23,484	27,124	30,743	34,383
Gainesville, GA	25,917	29,724	33,530	37,336
Hinesville, GA	25,127	29,141	33,135	37,149
Macon-Bibb County, GA	25,397	28,663	31,949	35,215
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	23,047	26,583	30,140	33,676
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	24,066	28,039	32,032	36,005
Rome, GA	24,898	28,455	31,991	35,548
Savannah, GA	27,436	31,450	35,464	39,479
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	22,901	26,749	30,618	34,466
Valdosta, GA	23,255	26,583	29,911	33,239
Warner Robins, GA	25,231	28,808	32,365	35,943
Guam MSA	22,048	23,484	24,919	26,354
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	36,192	42,474	48,776	55,058
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	41,413	47,903	54,392	60,882
Urban Honolulu, HI	34,092	39,333	44,575	49,816
Ames, IA	29,079	33,114	37,128	41,164
Cedar Rapids, IA	27,727	31,575	35,402	39,250
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	29,724	32,740	35,776	38,792
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	29,495	33,218	36,941	40,664
Dubuque, IA	28,892	32,428	35,964	39,500
Iowa City, IA	28,684	32,220	35,756	39,292
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	26,895	30,639	34,362	38,106
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	27,290	30,244	33,176	36,130
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	28,621	32,365	36,109	39,853
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	27,020	30,410	33,780	37,170
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	26,666	30,015	33,343	36,692
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	28,413	31,908	35,423	38,917
Boise City, ID	28,476	33,260	38,064	42,848
Coeur d'Alene, ID	30,306	35,007	39,708	44,408
Idaho Falls, ID	26,021	30,826	35,631	40,436
Lewiston, ID-WA	30,743	34,029	37,295	40,581
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	24,648	29,287	33,946	38,584
Pocatello, ID	25,584	30,036	34,487	38,938
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	25,335	30,015	34,674	39,354
Twin Falls, ID	26,853	31,242	35,610	39,999
Bloomington, IL	31,471	33,655	35,839	38,023
Champaign-Urbana, IL	32,344	34,674	36,983	39,312
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	33,946	37,191	40,415	43,660
Decatur, IL	31,824	34,300	36,775	39,250
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,242	33,384	35,506	37,648
Kankakee, IL	31,450	33,925	36,400	38,876
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,221	33,322	35,444	37,544
Peoria, IL	31,492	33,946	36,380	38,834
Rockford, IL	31,845	34,279	36,712	39,146
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,221	33,426	35,610	37,815
Springfield, IL	32,365	34,882	37,399	39,916
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,221	33,280	35,319	37,378
Bloomington, IN	27,082	30,348	33,634	36,900
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	22,568	26,687	30,826	34,944
Columbus, IN	26,292	29,432	32,573	35,714
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	27,290	30,639	33,967	37,316
Evansville, IN	26,520	29,848	33,176	36,504
Fort Wayne, IN	26,562	29,848	33,156	36,442
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	27,519	31,512	35,506	39,500
Kokomo, IN	27,124	30,639	34,154	37,669
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	26,541	29,911	33,260	36,629
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	25,813	29,287	32,781	36,255
Muncie, IN	25,959	28,767	31,596	34,404
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	24,732	28,455	32,178	35,901
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	26,645	30,181	33,696	37,232
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	24,399	27,997	31,596	35,194
Terre Haute, IN	25,168	28,351	31,533	34,716
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	25,210	28,288	31,346	34,424
Lawrence, KS	27,872	31,200	34,528	37,856
Manhattan, KS	26,624	29,807	33,010	36,192
Topeka, KS	27,415	30,597	33,780	36,962
Wichita, KS	27,165	30,743	34,341	37,919
Bowling Green, KY	26,188	29,328	32,490	35,631
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	25,210	28,247	31,284	34,320
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	24,316	27,373	30,452	33,509
Elizabethtown, KY	25,356	28,455	31,533	34,632
Lexington-Fayette, KY	27,623	31,159	34,716	38,252
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	27,748	31,533	35,319	39,104
Owensboro, KY	26,229	29,224	32,199	35,194
Paducah, KY-IL	26,645	29,557	32,490	35,402
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	25,044	27,997	30,972	33,925
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	23,588	26,708	29,807	32,927
Alexandria, LA	21,383	24,565	27,748	30,930
Baton Rouge, LA	23,192	27,373	31,554	35,735
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	20,031	23,837	27,644	31,450
Hammond, LA	21,549	25,085	28,600	32,136
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	21,112	24,815	28,496	32,199
Lafayette, LA	21,570	25,127	28,704	32,261
Lake Charles, LA	23,775	27,020	30,244	33,488
Monroe, LA	20,904	24,253	27,623	30,972
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	24,919	28,933	32,948	36,962
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	20,696	23,900	27,082	30,285
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	22,402	26,000	29,620	33,218
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	22,589	26,416	30,244	34,071
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	20,010	23,463	26,936	30,389
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	36,172	40,103	44,034	47,965
Barnstable Town, MA	37,794	42,287	46,780	51,272
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	37,544	41,684	45,844	49,983
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	38,168	42,474	46,780	51,085
Pittsfield, MA	35,381	39,229	43,056	46,904
Springfield, MA	35,776	39,146	42,495	45,864
Worcester, MA	36,442	40,186	43,930	47,674
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	35,277	37,295	39,312	41,330
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	28,767	31,720	34,653	37,607
Lexington Park, MD	34,362	36,421	38,480	40,540
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	34,362	36,504	38,668	40,810
Salisbury, MD	33,093	35,090	37,066	39,063
Bangor, ME	37,357	39,770	42,183	44,596
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	38,543	41,496	44,429	47,383
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	37,648	40,831	44,034	47,216
Portland-South Portland, ME	40,040	43,348	46,634	49,941
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	37,669	40,768	43,847	46,946
Ann Arbor, MI	33,260	36,296	39,354	42,391
Battle Creek, MI	31,367	34,487	37,628	40,748
Bay City, MI	29,016	31,741	34,466	37,191
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	32,344	35,485	38,605	41,746
Flint, MI	29,828	32,968	36,130	39,271
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	32,469	35,173	37,898	40,602
Jackson, MI	30,431	33,551	36,671	39,791
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	30,909	34,050	37,191	40,332
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	30,826	33,904	37,004	40,082
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,684	31,741	34,778	37,836
Midland, MI	30,576	33,384	36,172	38,980
Monroe, MI	29,557	32,698	35,818	38,959
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	29,869	32,844	35,839	38,813
Niles, MI	30,639	33,655	36,692	39,708
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,975	32,261	35,527	38,813
Saginaw, MI	30,119	33,093	36,088	39,063
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,392	31,845	35,298	38,751
Traverse City, MI	31,346	34,736	38,127	41,517
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	29,536	32,532	35,527	38,522
Duluth, MN-WI	30,140	33,572	36,983	40,415
Mankato, MN	31,367	34,528	37,669	40,831
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	35,048	38,439	41,808	45,199
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	29,370	32,906	36,442	39,978
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	29,557	32,906	36,255	39,604
Rochester, MN	33,239	36,255	39,292	42,308
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	30,223	33,384	36,567	39,728
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	28,268	31,970	35,652	39,354
St. Cloud, MN	30,535	33,780	37,004	40,248
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	29,287	31,741	34,216	36,671
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,725	32,365	36,026	39,666
Columbia, MO	29,474	32,552	35,631	38,709
Jefferson City, MO	28,975	31,783	34,612	37,420
Joplin, MO-KS	28,559	31,346	34,133	36,920
Kansas City, MO-KS	32,157	35,402	38,626	41,871
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,746	31,200	33,655	36,109
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,704	31,263	33,842	36,400
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,933	32,053	35,173	38,293
Springfield, MO	29,599	32,469	35,360	38,231
St. Joseph, MO-KS	30,098	33,093	36,109	39,104
St. Louis, MO-IL	32,095	36,276	40,456	44,637
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	25,231	28,122	31,013	33,904
Hattiesburg, MS	23,775	26,541	29,328	32,095
Jackson, MS	22,589	25,772	28,975	32,157
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,404	24,544	27,664	30,805
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,508	24,669	27,810	30,972
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	22,922	26,021	29,141	32,240
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,757	24,836	27,935	31,013
Billings, MT	31,408	34,986	38,564	42,141
Bozeman, MT	34,050	38,064	42,079	46,093
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	27,436	32,303	37,170	42,037
Great Falls, MT	29,037	32,885	36,712	40,560
Helena, MT	30,847	34,695	38,522	42,370
Missoula, MT	31,429	35,111	38,772	42,453
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	28,538	33,239	37,940	42,640
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	30,202	34,404	38,626	42,828
Asheville, NC	28,892	32,927	36,962	40,997
Burlington, NC	27,228	30,244	33,280	36,296
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	25,730	28,808	31,908	34,986
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	29,204	33,135	37,066	40,997
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	28,455	32,240	36,005	39,791
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	26,895	30,223	33,572	36,900
Fayetteville, NC	26,604	29,599	32,615	35,610
Goldsboro, NC	26,188	29,120	32,053	34,986
Greensboro-High Point, NC	27,477	30,743	34,008	37,274
Greenville, NC	26,957	30,036	33,093	36,172
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	26,749	29,807	32,844	35,901
Jacksonville, NC	25,252	28,143	31,013	33,904
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	27,207	30,888	34,591	38,272
Raleigh-Cary, NC	28,725	32,511	36,317	40,103
Rocky Mount, NC	25,522	28,538	31,554	34,570
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	27,456	30,784	34,133	37,461
Wilmington, NC	26,853	30,472	34,112	37,732
Winston-Salem, NC	27,082	30,348	33,592	36,858
Bismarck, ND	29,786	33,384	36,983	40,581
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	27,872	31,512	35,173	38,813
Fargo, ND-MN	30,348	33,904	37,461	41,018
Grand Forks, ND-MN	29,703	33,135	36,546	39,978
Minot, ND	28,954	32,615	36,276	39,936
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	28,642	32,428	36,213	39,999
Grand Island, NE	30,805	33,696	36,567	39,458
Lincoln, NE	32,157	34,986	37,794	40,623
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	29,557	31,804	34,071	36,317
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	29,058	31,450	33,821	36,213
Omaha, NE-IA	32,199	35,277	38,376	41,455
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,496	31,325	34,154	36,983
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	32,927	36,692	40,477	44,242
Manchester-Nashua, NH	33,696	37,045	40,394	43,743
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	32,989	37,024	41,039	45,074
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	32,615	36,130	39,624	43,140
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	35,090	38,876	42,640	46,426
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	34,404	37,586	40,748	43,930
Vineland, NJ	32,636	35,506	38,376	41,247
Albuquerque, NM	30,056	32,740	35,402	38,085
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	27,394	30,244	33,072	35,922
Farmington, NM	29,016	31,658	34,279	36,920
Las Cruces, NM	28,184	30,472	32,740	35,028
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	28,392	31,741	35,069	38,418
Santa Fe, NM	32,220	35,298	38,356	41,434
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	29,661	33,613	37,586	41,538
Carson City, NV	33,364	36,276	39,208	42,120
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	33,343	37,960	42,599	47,216
Reno, NV	32,802	36,629	40,456	44,284
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	35,485	38,397	41,288	44,200
Binghamton, NY	34,237	36,484	38,751	40,997
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	35,381	37,981	40,602	43,202
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	34,383	37,357	40,352	43,327
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	35,423	39,125	42,807	46,509
Elmira, NY	33,884	36,068	38,252	40,436
Glens Falls, NY	35,090	38,002	40,935	43,847
Ithaca, NY	35,360	38,356	41,330	44,325
Kingston, NY	35,402	38,792	42,204	45,594
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	36,005	39,416	42,828	46,239
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	34,799	38,980	43,140	47,320
Rochester, NY	34,674	37,440	40,228	42,994
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	34,258	37,045	39,853	42,640
Syracuse, NY	34,965	37,794	40,644	43,472
Utica-Rome, NY	35,111	38,127	41,164	44,180
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	33,488	35,652	37,794	39,957
Akron, OH	28,080	31,679	35,256	38,855
Canton-Massillon, OH	28,184	31,887	35,568	39,271
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	27,456	31,221	34,965	38,730
Cleveland, OH	29,640	33,468	37,295	41,122
Columbus, OH	29,932	33,405	36,879	40,352
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	29,328	32,240	35,173	38,085
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	26,021	29,079	32,136	35,194
Lima, OH	27,789	30,701	33,613	36,525
Mansfield, OH	27,228	30,098	32,989	35,860
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	27,020	29,828	32,636	35,444
Sandusky, OH	27,789	31,096	34,404	37,711
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	26,375	29,287	32,178	35,090
Springfield, OH	27,852	31,221	34,591	37,960
Toledo, OH	27,852	31,325	34,799	38,272
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	25,543	28,725	31,908	35,090
Youngstown-Warren, OH	27,498	30,452	33,426	36,380
Enid, OK	23,338	26,520	29,682	32,864
Lawton, OK	24,087	27,519	30,951	34,383
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	24,108	27,061	29,994	32,948
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	22,111	25,564	28,996	32,448
Oklahoma City, OK	27,165	31,783	36,400	41,018
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	24,378	27,748	31,138	34,508
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	21,570	25,148	28,704	32,282
Tulsa, OK	27,186	30,847	34,487	38,148
Albany, OR	34,591	37,732	40,852	43,992
Bend, OR	37,108	40,935	44,762	48,589
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	34,549	37,815	41,080	44,346
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	34,986	38,106	41,205	44,325
Corvallis, OR	34,508	37,711	40,914	44,117
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	33,655	36,796	39,957	43,098
Eugene-Springfield, OR	35,028	37,960	40,872	43,805
Grants Pass, OR	35,277	38,917	42,578	46,218
Medford, OR	34,965	38,064	41,143	44,242
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	37,524	41,850	46,197	50,524
Salem, OR	34,445	37,960	41,476	44,991
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	28,663	32,906	37,128	41,372
Altoona, PA	24,565	28,455	32,324	36,213
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	25,148	28,684	32,199	35,735
Chambersburg, PA	24,586	28,704	32,844	36,962
Erie, PA	24,856	28,580	32,303	36,026
Gettysburg, PA	26,146	30,327	34,528	38,709
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	27,456	31,991	36,546	41,080
Johnstown, PA	23,504	27,228	30,972	34,695
Lancaster, PA	26,541	31,055	35,548	40,061
Lebanon, PA	26,583	31,076	35,589	40,082
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	25,168	29,412	33,676	37,919
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	24,503	28,184	31,866	35,548
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	30,909	34,924	38,917	42,932
Pittsburgh, PA	25,543	29,869	34,196	38,522
Reading, PA	25,376	29,952	34,528	39,104
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	24,794	29,162	33,509	37,877
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	25,314	28,996	32,698	36,380
State College, PA	27,082	31,263	35,464	39,645
Williamsport, PA	25,231	28,850	32,490	36,109
York-Hanover, PA	28,080	31,949	35,818	39,687
Aguadilla, PR	21,861	23,525	25,168	26,832
Arecibo, PR	22,028	23,733	25,439	27,144
Guayama, PR	21,903	23,546	25,168	26,812
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	23,192	24,544	25,896
Ponce, PR	22,132	23,608	25,106	26,583
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	23,068	24,295	25,522
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,589	24,648	26,687	28,746
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	33,447	37,087	40,727	44,367
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	28,517	32,864	37,232	41,580
Columbia, SC	27,352	30,951	34,528	38,127
Florence, SC	25,480	29,391	33,301	37,212
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	27,706	31,596	35,485	39,375
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	29,308	33,405	37,482	41,580
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	28,143	31,492	34,861	38,210
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	25,626	29,848	34,071	38,293
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	25,148	29,058	32,968	36,879
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	24,940	28,559	32,178	35,797
Spartanburg, SC	26,978	30,992	35,007	39,021
Sumter, SC	26,188	29,516	32,844	36,172
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	30,056	32,511	34,965	37,420
Rapid City, SD	31,450	34,092	36,754	39,396
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	32,448	35,236	38,002	40,789
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	30,535	33,280	36,047	38,792
Chattanooga, TN-GA	27,540	31,346	35,173	38,980
Clarksville, TN-KY	25,626	29,557	33,468	37,399
Cleveland, TN	26,728	30,389	34,071	37,732
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	27,685	31,200	34,695	38,210
Jackson, TN	26,895	30,722	34,549	38,376
Johnson City, TN	26,520	30,077	33,634	37,191
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	26,936	30,348	33,780	37,191
Knoxville, TN	28,288	32,095	35,880	39,687
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	27,581	31,512	35,464	39,396
Morristown, TN	26,791	30,805	34,820	38,834
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	31,096	35,048	39,000	42,952
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	26,125	29,744	33,343	36,962
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	25,564	29,224	32,864	36,525
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	25,231	29,079	32,927	36,775
Abilene, TX	24,170	27,436	30,680	33,946
Amarillo, TX	24,045	27,456	30,847	34,258
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	28,746	32,573	36,380	40,207
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	24,108	27,644	31,180	34,716
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,380	26,728	30,056	33,405
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	21,736	24,960	28,205	31,429
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,151	26,687	30,202	33,738
College Station-Bryan, TX	25,168	28,392	31,637	34,861
Corpus Christi, TX	24,253	27,664	31,096	34,508
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	28,330	32,074	35,818	39,562
Eagle Pass, TX	21,549	25,023	28,476	31,949
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,544	27,602	30,680	33,738
El Paso, TX	22,756	25,855	28,933	32,032
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,775	27,186	30,576	33,988
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	25,543	29,245	32,927	36,629
Killeen-Temple, TX	23,650	27,144	30,618	34,112
Laredo, TX	20,967	24,316	27,685	31,034
Longview, TX	24,045	27,269	30,472	33,696
Lubbock, TX	23,733	27,061	30,389	33,717
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	21,300	24,648	27,976	31,325
Midland, TX	26,333	30,368	34,424	38,460
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,359	26,832	30,285	33,759
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,775	26,978	30,181	33,384
Odessa, TX	25,813	29,495	33,176	36,858
San Angelo, TX	23,005	26,687	30,389	34,071
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	25,917	29,432	32,948	36,463
Sherman-Denison, TX	24,711	28,455	32,178	35,922
Texarkana, TX-AR	23,546	26,458	29,349	32,261
Tyler, TX	23,900	27,248	30,618	33,967
Victoria, TX	23,047	26,396	29,724	33,072
Waco, TX	24,316	27,852	31,367	34,903
Wichita Falls, TX	23,255	26,624	29,973	33,343
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	27,664	32,136	36,629	41,101
Logan, UT-ID	28,434	31,824	35,236	38,626
Ogden, UT	29,287	32,885	36,463	40,061
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	29,703	33,239	36,775	40,311
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	29,994	34,050	38,127	42,183
St. George, UT	27,935	31,554	35,194	38,813
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	29,391	34,071	38,730	43,410
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	28,684	31,741	34,820	37,877
Charlottesville, VA	31,575	34,716	37,877	41,018
Harrisonburg, VA	29,328	32,448	35,568	38,688
Lynchburg, VA	28,517	31,637	34,757	37,877
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,912	32,199	35,485	38,772
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,933	32,490	36,026	39,583
Richmond, VA	30,576	33,821	37,066	40,311
Roanoke, VA	28,392	31,367	34,341	37,316
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	29,016	32,240	35,444	38,668
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,455	31,741	35,028	38,314
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	29,620	32,740	35,860	38,980
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	29,640	33,072	36,504	39,936
Winchester, VA-WV	29,245	32,324	35,381	38,460
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	31,512	34,840	38,148	41,476
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	34,820	39,520	44,242	48,943
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	35,236	39,687	44,117	48,568
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	33,447	37,919	42,391	46,863
Bellingham, WA	38,023	41,767	45,511	49,255
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	38,855	42,661	46,488	50,295
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,796	40,831	44,866	48,901
Kennewick-Richland, WA	37,399	41,060	44,741	48,402
Longview-Kelso, WA	35,860	39,604	43,327	47,071
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	38,647	42,432	46,197	49,983
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	37,108	40,748	44,408	48,048
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	42,370	45,677	48,964	52,271
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	36,837	40,186	43,556	46,904
Walla Walla, WA	36,276	39,708	43,140	46,572
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	37,732	40,956	44,200	47,424
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	37,461	40,935	44,408	47,882
Yakima, WA	36,525	39,978	43,431	46,884
Appleton, WI	27,602	31,658	35,693	39,749
Eau Claire, WI	27,623	31,221	34,820	38,418
Fond du Lac, WI	26,770	30,597	34,445	38,272
Green Bay, WI	28,039	32,136	36,234	40,332
Janesville-Beloit, WI	27,644	31,471	35,277	39,104
Kenosha, WI	28,372	32,532	36,671	40,831
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	28,413	32,095	35,797	39,479
Madison, WI	31,325	35,215	39,125	43,015
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	29,765	33,759	37,773	41,767
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	28,268	31,804	35,360	38,896
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	27,207	30,992	34,757	38,543
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	27,852	31,845	35,839	39,832
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	28,184	31,762	35,340	38,917
Sheboygan, WI	27,810	31,616	35,444	39,250
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	27,685	31,762	35,839	39,916
Wausau, WI	27,352	31,138	34,944	38,730
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	25,564	29,432	33,322	37,191
Beckley, WV	23,941	26,749	29,536	32,344
Charleston, WV	23,255	26,479	29,703	32,927
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	24,336	27,436	30,535	33,634
Morgantown, WV	24,420	27,332	30,264	33,176
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	23,296	26,999	30,722	34,424
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	22,839	26,021	29,224	32,407
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	23,525	27,165	30,784	34,424
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	25,543	28,476	31,429	34,362
Wheeling, WV-OH	25,023	28,080	31,159	34,216
Casper, WY	28,226	31,970	35,735	39,479
Cheyenne, WY	28,767	32,677	36,608	40,519
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	27,519	31,991	36,463	40,935
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	28,746	34,404	40,082	45,740

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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