SOC 39-2021 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Animal Caretakers 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): Feed, water, groom, bathe, exercise, or otherwise provide care to promote and maintain the well-being of pets and other animals that are not raised for consumption, such as dogs, cats, race horses, ornamental fish or birds, zoo animals, and mice. Work in settings such as kennels, animal shelters, zoos, circuses, and aquariums. May keep records of feedings, treatments, and animals received or discharged. May clean, disinfect, and repair cages, pens, or fish tanks.

Level I across metros$18,970 – $40,456Enid, OK to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$40,269Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Animal Caretakers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Animal Caretakers (SOC 39-2021) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $18,970 in Enid, OK to $40,456 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $40,269. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $35,922, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 4 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	29,037	35,173	41,288	47,424
Anchorage, AK	29,786	34,695	39,583	44,492
Fairbanks-College, AK	31,221	36,754	42,287	47,820
Anniston-Oxford, AL	20,468	23,525	26,562	29,620
Auburn-Opelika, AL	23,338	26,957	30,597	34,216
Birmingham, AL	24,357	28,060	31,762	35,464
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	23,317	28,580	33,842	39,104
Decatur, AL	21,778	26,437	31,076	35,735
Dothan, AL	22,340	26,666	31,013	35,340
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	21,799	25,584	29,349	33,135
Gadsden, AL	19,303	22,922	26,562	30,181
Huntsville, AL	24,607	29,079	33,551	38,023
Mobile, AL	23,317	27,623	31,928	36,234
Montgomery, AL	21,487	25,543	29,599	33,655
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	20,925	24,711	28,496	32,282
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	21,008	25,168	29,308	33,468
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	20,509	24,149	27,810	31,450
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	19,636	22,402	25,189	27,956
Tuscaloosa, AL	23,317	26,957	30,618	34,258
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,584	28,434	31,284	34,133
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	28,829	32,199	35,548	38,917
Fort Smith, AR-OK	27,311	30,514	33,696	36,900
Hot Springs, AR	26,624	29,453	32,261	35,090
Jonesboro, AR	28,226	30,722	33,197	35,693
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	27,290	30,264	33,239	36,213
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,917	28,912	31,887	34,882
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	26,812	33,218	39,604	46,010
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	26,312	29,703	33,093	36,484
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	31,263	34,986	38,730	42,453
Flagstaff, AZ	36,130	39,188	42,245	45,303
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	31,700	33,904	36,088	38,293
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	35,007	40,498	45,989	51,480
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	32,844	36,983	41,122	45,261
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	31,596	35,568	39,520	43,493
Tucson, AZ	33,031	37,482	41,933	46,384
Yuma, AZ	30,660	35,506	40,373	45,220
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	34,653	36,796	38,938	41,080
Chico, CA	34,820	37,461	40,103	42,744
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	35,901	39,125	42,328	45,552
El Centro, CA	34,924	38,293	41,663	45,032
Fresno, CA	35,007	37,836	40,685	43,514
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	35,360	37,773	40,186	42,599
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	36,109	38,896	41,684	44,471
Merced, CA	34,903	37,524	40,165	42,786
Modesto, CA	36,088	39,084	42,100	45,095
Napa, CA	37,170	40,935	44,679	48,444
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	35,901	38,834	41,788	44,720
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	35,943	39,396	42,869	46,322
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	35,610	38,293	40,997	43,680
Redding, CA	34,716	37,544	40,352	43,181
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	35,340	37,877	40,415	42,952
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	36,172	38,980	41,808	44,616
Salinas, CA	36,296	39,874	43,452	47,029
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	36,296	39,624	42,932	46,260
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	39,708	43,306	46,925	50,524
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	40,456	44,180	47,882	51,605
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	35,756	39,042	42,308	45,594
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	36,650	39,999	43,327	46,676
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	35,839	39,063	42,266	45,490
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	36,442	39,396	42,328	45,282
Stockton-Lodi, CA	35,423	37,960	40,477	43,015
Vallejo, CA	36,858	40,976	45,095	49,213
Visalia, CA	34,820	37,066	39,292	41,538
Yuba City, CA	35,548	40,415	45,282	50,149
Boulder, CO	35,548	38,938	42,308	45,698
Colorado Springs, CO	32,032	36,109	40,165	44,242
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	35,173	38,397	41,642	44,866
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	31,720	35,964	40,186	44,429
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	32,552	36,047	39,541	43,036
Grand Junction, CO	30,847	33,925	37,004	40,082
Greeley, CO	32,365	35,818	39,250	42,703
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	33,925	37,399	40,852	44,325
Pueblo, CO	31,471	35,277	39,084	42,890
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	32,116	35,485	38,834	42,204
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	36,733	40,373	44,034	47,674
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	34,549	38,002	41,455	44,908
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	35,402	38,501	41,600	44,700
New Haven, CT	35,610	39,167	42,703	46,260
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	34,757	38,730	42,682	46,655
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	34,903	38,813	42,724	46,634
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	32,240	36,546	40,872	45,178
Dover, DE	31,200	32,365	33,551	34,716
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	31,304	34,071	36,816	39,583
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	29,516	32,885	36,234	39,604
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	29,141	32,344	35,548	38,751
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	28,746	31,887	35,007	38,148
Gainesville, FL	28,600	32,261	35,922	39,583
Homosassa Springs, FL	27,789	30,847	33,925	36,983
Jacksonville, FL	28,871	32,199	35,527	38,855
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	28,268	31,304	34,320	37,357
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	29,682	34,362	39,021	43,701
Naples-Marco Island, FL	30,098	33,572	37,045	40,519
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	29,079	32,407	35,735	39,063
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	29,661	32,885	36,088	39,312
Ocala, FL	28,808	32,469	36,109	39,770
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	29,245	32,968	36,712	40,436
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	29,183	32,698	36,192	39,708
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	27,893	31,159	34,445	37,711
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	28,684	32,719	36,775	40,810
Port St. Lucie, FL	28,496	31,304	34,133	36,941
Punta Gorda, FL	29,162	31,533	33,884	36,255
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	28,767	32,116	35,464	38,813
Sebring, FL	27,332	29,703	32,074	34,445
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	29,724	33,551	37,399	41,226
Tallahassee, FL	28,247	30,951	33,634	36,338
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	29,536	33,114	36,712	40,290
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	28,663	32,032	35,381	38,751
Albany, GA	19,740	23,421	27,103	30,784
Athens-Clarke County, GA	24,253	30,348	36,421	42,516
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	24,794	28,746	32,719	36,671
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	23,567	27,477	31,367	35,277
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	23,650	27,124	30,576	34,050
Columbus, GA-AL	21,445	25,335	29,204	33,093
Dalton, GA	21,341	24,628	27,935	31,221
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	21,903	26,375	30,826	35,298
Gainesville, GA	24,960	28,517	32,074	35,631
Hinesville, GA	23,567	27,477	31,408	35,319
Macon-Bibb County, GA	21,736	25,709	29,682	33,655
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	20,967	24,752	28,559	32,344
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	22,589	26,250	29,932	33,592
Rome, GA	20,863	24,212	27,540	30,888
Savannah, GA	24,066	27,602	31,117	34,653
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	23,338	27,852	32,344	36,858
Valdosta, GA	20,364	23,775	27,165	30,576
Warner Robins, GA	21,986	25,314	28,663	31,991
Guam MSA	27,498	32,386	37,253	42,141
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	33,384	38,959	44,533	50,108
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	34,653	40,124	45,594	51,064
Urban Honolulu, HI	31,616	37,960	44,325	50,669
Ames, IA	27,872	33,821	39,749	45,698
Cedar Rapids, IA	23,276	27,228	31,159	35,111
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	26,624	30,618	34,591	38,584
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	26,146	30,327	34,528	38,709
Dubuque, IA	23,068	26,853	30,618	34,404
Iowa City, IA	27,810	32,053	36,317	40,560
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	21,820	26,853	31,887	36,920
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	22,277	26,957	31,637	36,317
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	23,172	27,352	31,512	35,693
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	21,757	24,940	28,101	31,284
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	21,528	25,231	28,954	32,656
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	25,376	28,288	31,180	34,092
Boise City, ID	26,853	31,783	36,733	41,663
Coeur d'Alene, ID	26,125	31,034	35,943	40,852
Idaho Falls, ID	24,066	28,663	33,260	37,856
Lewiston, ID-WA	28,413	31,304	34,216	37,108
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	21,799	26,687	31,575	36,463
Pocatello, ID	23,816	28,912	34,008	39,104
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	22,943	27,519	32,074	36,650
Twin Falls, ID	24,024	27,623	31,200	34,799
Bloomington, IL	31,200	33,509	35,818	38,127
Champaign-Urbana, IL	31,200	33,384	35,568	37,752
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	32,282	35,984	39,687	43,389
Decatur, IL	31,200	32,490	33,780	35,069
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,844	34,508	36,151
Kankakee, IL	31,200	32,074	32,927	33,800
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,636	34,092	35,527
Peoria, IL	31,200	32,927	34,674	36,400
Rockford, IL	31,200	33,239	35,256	37,295
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,864	34,508	36,172
Springfield, IL	31,200	33,572	35,964	38,335
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,885	34,549	36,234
Bloomington, IN	24,836	29,058	33,301	37,524
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	21,695	25,709	29,744	33,759
Columbus, IN	24,399	28,330	32,282	36,213
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	24,420	28,143	31,866	35,589
Evansville, IN	24,004	28,060	32,116	36,172
Fort Wayne, IN	24,232	28,247	32,240	36,255
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	25,210	28,808	32,386	35,984
Kokomo, IN	22,901	27,124	31,325	35,548
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	22,340	26,645	30,972	35,277
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	23,504	27,727	31,928	36,151
Muncie, IN	19,906	23,858	27,831	31,783
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	22,069	26,375	30,660	34,965
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	25,148	29,016	32,885	36,754
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	21,799	25,397	28,975	32,573
Terre Haute, IN	19,511	23,317	27,144	30,951
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	20,821	25,480	30,119	34,778
Lawrence, KS	23,588	28,247	32,927	37,586
Manhattan, KS	22,672	29,328	35,984	42,640
Topeka, KS	21,695	24,919	28,122	31,346
Wichita, KS	23,567	29,266	34,944	40,644
Bowling Green, KY	25,189	28,122	31,076	34,008
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	22,901	26,895	30,909	34,903
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	21,237	26,250	31,263	36,276
Elizabethtown, KY	24,357	29,058	33,780	38,480
Lexington-Fayette, KY	26,333	31,034	35,714	40,415
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	24,461	29,453	34,424	39,416
Owensboro, KY	23,712	27,997	32,282	36,567
Paducah, KY-IL	25,168	29,828	34,508	39,167
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	22,506	26,562	30,597	34,653
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	20,696	25,647	30,576	35,527
Alexandria, LA	21,508	25,439	29,370	33,301
Baton Rouge, LA	22,839	26,458	30,077	33,696
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	21,820	25,293	28,788	32,261
Hammond, LA	21,653	24,773	27,872	30,992
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	22,069	25,439	28,829	32,199
Lafayette, LA	20,884	24,232	27,560	30,909
Lake Charles, LA	21,674	25,002	28,351	31,679
Monroe, LA	20,093	24,024	27,976	31,908
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	23,088	27,560	32,053	36,525
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	21,008	24,024	27,040	30,056
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	21,778	25,584	29,370	33,176
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	21,944	25,231	28,496	31,783
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	19,844	22,901	25,959	29,016
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	34,508	39,146	43,784	48,423
Barnstable Town, MA	36,047	40,956	45,864	50,773
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	33,884	39,541	45,178	50,836
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	34,279	39,562	44,845	50,128
Pittsfield, MA	33,156	37,461	41,788	46,093
Springfield, MA	33,468	37,336	41,184	45,053
Worcester, MA	34,487	38,314	42,120	45,948
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	32,552	36,671	40,789	44,908
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	30,140	33,717	37,316	40,893
Lexington Park, MD	31,658	35,527	39,396	43,264
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	31,346	34,133	36,900	39,687
Salisbury, MD	31,221	34,383	37,544	40,706
Bangor, ME	32,344	34,924	37,524	40,103
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	31,991	34,258	36,546	38,813
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	30,784	33,572	36,359	39,146
Portland-South Portland, ME	35,423	38,564	41,725	44,866
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	30,992	33,759	36,525	39,292
Ann Arbor, MI	28,184	31,138	34,092	37,045
Battle Creek, MI	26,666	31,180	35,693	40,207
Bay City, MI	27,040	29,204	31,388	33,551
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	28,850	31,783	34,736	37,669
Flint, MI	27,935	30,514	33,093	35,672
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	28,164	30,951	33,738	36,525
Jackson, MI	27,519	29,994	32,490	34,965
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	28,205	30,618	33,010	35,423
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	27,727	30,909	34,092	37,274
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	27,664	30,244	32,802	35,381
Midland, MI	27,748	29,640	31,554	33,447
Monroe, MI	27,519	29,765	32,012	34,258
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	26,687	28,704	30,722	32,740
Niles, MI	27,872	29,786	31,679	33,592
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	27,144	29,266	31,388	33,509
Saginaw, MI	27,436	30,077	32,719	35,360
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	27,207	29,890	32,573	35,256
Traverse City, MI	28,580	31,575	34,591	37,586
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	27,893	30,119	32,324	34,549
Duluth, MN-WI	27,061	30,972	34,861	38,772
Mankato, MN	29,370	33,052	36,754	40,436
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	31,908	35,610	39,292	42,994
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	30,056	33,759	37,440	41,143
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	27,706	31,242	34,799	38,335
Rochester, MN	30,743	35,901	41,080	46,239
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	27,248	32,012	36,796	41,559
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	25,959	29,932	33,925	37,898
St. Cloud, MN	28,018	32,012	36,026	40,020
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	28,725	30,223	31,741	33,239
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,642	30,660	32,677	34,695
Columbia, MO	28,663	30,493	32,324	34,154
Jefferson City, MO	28,621	30,119	31,637	33,135
Joplin, MO-KS	28,496	30,244	31,970	33,717
Kansas City, MO-KS	27,207	31,616	36,005	40,415
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,642	30,244	31,824	33,426
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,600	30,722	32,823	34,944
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,600	31,242	33,904	36,546
Springfield, MO	28,663	31,242	33,821	36,400
St. Joseph, MO-KS	28,975	31,679	34,383	37,087
St. Louis, MO-IL	29,432	32,220	35,007	37,794
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	21,300	25,460	29,599	33,759
Hattiesburg, MS	20,717	24,295	27,893	31,471
Jackson, MS	21,549	24,628	27,727	30,805
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,071	23,608	26,167	28,704
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	20,738	22,776	24,794	26,832
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	20,904	24,919	28,954	32,968
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	19,698	22,631	25,564	28,496
Billings, MT	28,621	32,428	36,234	40,040
Bozeman, MT	30,743	35,568	40,394	45,220
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	23,421	27,685	31,928	36,192
Great Falls, MT	27,706	31,304	34,924	38,522
Helena, MT	26,874	31,554	36,213	40,893
Missoula, MT	29,682	33,176	36,692	40,186
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	24,607	29,370	34,112	38,876
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	27,165	31,512	35,860	40,207
Asheville, NC	26,375	31,159	35,922	40,706
Burlington, NC	25,647	29,661	33,676	37,690
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	22,818	27,560	32,324	37,066
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	26,853	30,888	34,944	38,980
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	26,520	31,138	35,735	40,352
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	24,212	27,831	31,450	35,069
Fayetteville, NC	23,567	27,914	32,282	36,629
Goldsboro, NC	24,648	28,268	31,887	35,506
Greensboro-High Point, NC	24,773	29,079	33,384	37,690
Greenville, NC	24,565	27,893	31,242	34,570
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	24,836	28,704	32,552	36,421
Jacksonville, NC	23,775	28,039	32,282	36,546
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	23,276	27,124	30,992	34,840
Raleigh-Cary, NC	26,895	30,639	34,404	38,148
Rocky Mount, NC	21,632	26,396	31,138	35,901
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	23,879	27,935	32,012	36,068
Wilmington, NC	26,042	29,016	31,991	34,965
Winston-Salem, NC	25,314	29,661	34,008	38,356
Bismarck, ND	29,308	34,695	40,082	45,469
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	28,996	33,655	38,293	42,952
Fargo, ND-MN	28,850	33,218	37,565	41,933
Grand Forks, ND-MN	29,266	34,237	39,188	44,159
Minot, ND	29,224	36,816	44,408	52,000
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	27,976	34,008	40,020	46,052
Grand Island, NE	28,330	31,554	34,778	38,002
Lincoln, NE	28,351	31,637	34,903	38,189
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,392	31,824	35,236	38,668
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,538	31,616	34,716	37,794
Omaha, NE-IA	28,850	34,092	39,333	44,575
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,080	31,180	34,279	37,378
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	27,228	31,138	35,069	38,980
Manchester-Nashua, NH	25,751	29,973	34,175	38,397
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	27,560	32,261	36,941	41,642
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	28,392	33,634	38,855	44,096
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	32,740	36,692	40,623	44,575
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	32,760	35,901	39,021	42,162
Vineland, NJ	32,469	35,069	37,648	40,248
Albuquerque, NM	28,496	31,679	34,882	38,064
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	27,789	31,180	34,570	37,960
Farmington, NM	28,434	31,616	34,799	37,981
Las Cruces, NM	26,978	29,828	32,698	35,548
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	28,684	31,783	34,861	37,960
Santa Fe, NM	32,656	35,360	38,044	40,748
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	26,604	30,264	33,904	37,565
Carson City, NV	27,165	30,743	34,341	37,919
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	27,727	30,888	34,050	37,212
Reno, NV	28,413	32,053	35,714	39,354
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	32,864	35,464	38,064	40,664
Binghamton, NY	32,240	33,967	35,693	37,420
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	33,114	35,256	37,420	39,562
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	33,655	35,901	38,168	40,415
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	33,114	35,152	37,212	39,250
Elmira, NY	32,864	34,466	36,047	37,648
Glens Falls, NY	32,864	35,277	37,690	40,103
Ithaca, NY	34,508	36,359	38,189	40,040
Kingston, NY	33,530	35,880	38,252	40,602
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	34,071	36,962	39,832	42,724
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	34,924	38,189	41,455	44,720
Rochester, NY	32,469	34,799	37,149	39,479
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	32,740	34,487	36,213	37,960
Syracuse, NY	33,364	35,693	38,023	40,352
Utica-Rome, NY	32,719	35,028	37,316	39,624
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	32,448	33,759	35,048	36,359
Akron, OH	26,250	30,285	34,341	38,376
Canton-Massillon, OH	24,981	28,351	31,741	35,111
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	26,479	30,951	35,423	39,895
Cleveland, OH	26,500	30,472	34,445	38,418
Columbus, OH	27,664	31,908	36,151	40,394
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	25,980	29,932	33,904	37,856
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	23,754	27,373	31,013	34,632
Lima, OH	24,607	29,100	33,613	38,106
Mansfield, OH	26,167	29,536	32,927	36,296
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	24,732	28,226	31,741	35,236
Sandusky, OH	24,773	28,476	32,157	35,860
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	25,314	29,516	33,717	37,919
Springfield, OH	24,919	28,205	31,512	34,799
Toledo, OH	26,437	31,720	37,004	42,287
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	24,981	28,580	32,199	35,797
Youngstown-Warren, OH	24,316	27,186	30,036	32,906
Enid, OK	18,970	24,108	29,266	34,404
Lawton, OK	19,469	23,920	28,392	32,844
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	20,572	24,732	28,871	33,031
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	23,837	29,100	34,362	39,624
Oklahoma City, OK	23,130	26,936	30,722	34,528
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	20,717	24,732	28,767	32,781
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	20,426	25,231	30,015	34,820
Tulsa, OK	22,548	27,311	32,074	36,837
Albany, OR	32,636	35,548	38,480	41,392
Bend, OR	33,863	36,962	40,082	43,181
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	31,429	34,362	37,295	40,228
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	31,720	34,570	37,420	40,269
Corvallis, OR	32,386	35,215	38,023	40,852
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	30,244	34,133	38,002	41,892
Eugene-Springfield, OR	31,991	34,528	37,045	39,583
Grants Pass, OR	32,823	35,319	37,794	40,290
Medford, OR	32,365	37,357	42,370	47,362
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	35,756	39,042	42,349	45,636
Salem, OR	33,780	37,045	40,311	43,576
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	26,520	30,909	35,298	39,687
Altoona, PA	23,983	27,914	31,824	35,756
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	24,066	26,812	29,557	32,303
Chambersburg, PA	21,799	26,084	30,389	34,674
Erie, PA	25,023	28,455	31,908	35,340
Gettysburg, PA	26,708	30,285	33,863	37,440
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	24,711	28,621	32,511	36,421
Johnstown, PA	20,967	26,666	32,344	38,044
Lancaster, PA	26,687	30,306	33,946	37,565
Lebanon, PA	26,624	30,036	33,447	36,858
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	24,524	28,101	31,700	35,277
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	20,364	23,234	26,104	28,975
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	28,933	33,114	37,295	41,476
Pittsburgh, PA	25,917	30,119	34,320	38,522
Reading, PA	25,730	29,828	33,904	38,002
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	25,376	28,912	32,469	36,005
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	20,613	24,004	27,373	30,764
State College, PA	24,940	28,268	31,616	34,944
Williamsport, PA	21,986	26,437	30,868	35,319
York-Hanover, PA	25,605	29,183	32,781	36,359
Aguadilla, PR	21,861	23,712	25,584	27,436
Arecibo, PR	22,319	24,773	27,207	29,661
Guayama, PR	22,340	24,856	27,373	29,890
Mayaguez, PR	21,861	23,796	25,730	27,664
Ponce, PR	21,840	23,172	24,482	25,813
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	22,173	24,544	26,916	29,287
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,402	24,940	27,477	30,015
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	32,864	37,274	41,704	46,114
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	26,853	31,200	35,568	39,916
Columbia, SC	23,650	28,247	32,823	37,420
Florence, SC	22,984	26,812	30,618	34,445
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	25,834	30,015	34,196	38,376
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	27,311	32,074	36,858	41,621
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	25,231	29,162	33,093	37,024
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	24,357	27,602	30,847	34,092
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	23,088	26,749	30,410	34,071
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	21,050	24,898	28,746	32,594
Spartanburg, SC	25,480	30,264	35,048	39,832
Sumter, SC	24,648	27,103	29,536	31,991
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	25,813	28,268	30,743	33,197
Rapid City, SD	27,976	30,743	33,530	36,296
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	28,580	32,490	36,400	40,311
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	26,063	28,268	30,493	32,698
Chattanooga, TN-GA	25,335	29,349	33,343	37,357
Clarksville, TN-KY	25,252	28,954	32,636	36,338
Cleveland, TN	23,317	26,749	30,202	33,634
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	25,023	28,018	31,034	34,029
Jackson, TN	24,191	27,727	31,242	34,778
Johnson City, TN	23,442	26,749	30,036	33,343
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	24,815	28,039	31,263	34,487
Knoxville, TN	27,020	31,325	35,652	39,957
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	25,335	29,599	33,884	38,148
Morristown, TN	23,255	26,791	30,327	33,863
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	27,186	31,471	35,776	40,061
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	25,813	28,496	31,159	33,842
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	23,837	27,436	31,034	34,632
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	24,212	27,664	31,138	34,591
Abilene, TX	24,836	30,472	36,130	41,767
Amarillo, TX	23,629	28,101	32,552	37,024
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	27,436	32,532	37,607	42,703
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	23,359	28,455	33,530	38,626
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	25,626	30,431	35,215	40,020
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	23,400	28,205	32,989	37,794
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	21,674	27,207	32,719	38,252
College Station-Bryan, TX	24,253	28,164	32,095	36,005
Corpus Christi, TX	23,192	27,685	32,178	36,671
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	27,040	32,407	37,794	43,160
Eagle Pass, TX	22,797	27,852	32,927	37,981
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,940	30,431	35,922	41,413
El Paso, TX	23,671	28,039	32,428	36,796
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,920	29,162	34,383	39,624
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	25,085	29,828	34,591	39,333
Killeen-Temple, TX	24,773	30,410	36,068	41,704
Laredo, TX	23,109	27,956	32,823	37,669
Longview, TX	23,754	28,184	32,615	37,045
Lubbock, TX	24,108	29,536	34,965	40,394
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	23,234	29,744	36,276	42,786
Midland, TX	26,354	31,304	36,276	41,226
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,378	29,599	34,799	40,020
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,172	28,476	33,800	39,104
Odessa, TX	26,167	31,970	37,773	43,576
San Angelo, TX	24,856	30,368	35,880	41,392
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	26,437	31,055	35,652	40,269
Sherman-Denison, TX	23,276	28,684	34,071	39,479
Texarkana, TX-AR	21,320	26,416	31,512	36,608
Tyler, TX	24,191	28,018	31,845	35,672
Victoria, TX	22,236	25,709	29,183	32,656
Waco, TX	24,212	29,703	35,215	40,706
Wichita Falls, TX	20,655	26,271	31,887	37,503
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	30,223	38,460	46,696	54,933
Logan, UT-ID	24,399	29,058	33,738	38,397
Ogden, UT	26,229	30,493	34,778	39,042
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	23,005	29,391	35,756	42,141
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	28,226	32,656	37,066	41,496
St. George, UT	27,165	32,012	36,858	41,704
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	26,292	31,720	37,149	42,578
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	27,290	29,890	32,511	35,111
Charlottesville, VA	29,162	32,656	36,130	39,624
Harrisonburg, VA	27,748	30,868	33,967	37,087
Lynchburg, VA	26,853	29,848	32,823	35,818
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,039	30,701	33,343	36,005
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,477	30,535	33,592	36,650
Richmond, VA	28,330	31,720	35,090	38,480
Roanoke, VA	27,020	30,306	33,613	36,900
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,436	30,514	33,613	36,692
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,768	30,597	33,447	36,276
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	27,352	30,327	33,301	36,276
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	28,122	30,992	33,884	36,754
Winchester, VA-WV	26,936	29,952	32,968	35,984
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	29,100	32,844	36,608	40,352
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	34,924	38,647	42,349	46,072
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	32,178	34,050	35,922	37,794
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	31,928	33,863	35,797	37,732
Bellingham, WA	36,151	39,749	43,348	46,946
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	36,816	41,268	45,719	50,170
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	35,984	38,938	41,871	44,824
Kennewick-Richland, WA	36,130	40,685	45,220	49,775
Longview-Kelso, WA	35,090	39,104	43,098	47,112
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	37,316	40,477	43,639	46,800
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	35,839	40,082	44,325	48,568
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	37,503	42,640	47,757	52,895
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	35,423	39,458	43,514	47,549
Walla Walla, WA	35,839	39,645	43,452	47,258
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	35,797	38,709	41,642	44,554
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,380	39,104	41,850	44,575
Yakima, WA	34,653	37,815	40,976	44,138
Appleton, WI	25,813	29,786	33,738	37,711
Eau Claire, WI	25,002	29,453	33,884	38,335
Fond du Lac, WI	24,877	28,413	31,928	35,464
Green Bay, WI	26,188	29,453	32,740	36,005
Janesville-Beloit, WI	26,084	29,162	32,220	35,298
Kenosha, WI	25,085	28,580	32,095	35,589
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	25,272	28,600	31,908	35,236
Madison, WI	26,895	32,053	37,212	42,370
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	25,938	30,160	34,383	38,605
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	24,440	28,954	33,488	38,002
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	25,584	28,871	32,136	35,423
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	25,980	30,472	34,965	39,458
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	25,751	29,328	32,885	36,463
Sheboygan, WI	26,874	30,452	34,008	37,586
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	25,085	28,704	32,324	35,943
Wausau, WI	25,751	29,640	33,551	37,440
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	23,941	27,935	31,908	35,901
Beckley, WV	24,274	27,103	29,932	32,760
Charleston, WV	22,423	26,479	30,556	34,612
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	22,631	26,458	30,306	34,133
Morgantown, WV	24,191	27,935	31,658	35,402
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	22,256	26,271	30,264	34,279
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	22,652	26,791	30,951	35,090
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	23,754	26,749	29,744	32,740
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	22,340	26,333	30,306	34,300
Wheeling, WV-OH	24,191	27,706	31,221	34,736
Casper, WY	25,376	28,642	31,887	35,152
Cheyenne, WY	23,588	27,456	31,304	35,173
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	22,568	27,872	33,197	38,501
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	22,090	30,098	38,106	46,114

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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