SOC 39-9011 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Childcare Workers prevailing wage by city

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

What this job covers (DOL definition): Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.

Level I across metros$16,432 – $39,583Idaho Falls, ID to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$36,629Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Childcare Workers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Childcare Workers (SOC 39-9011) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $16,432 in Idaho Falls, ID to $39,583 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $36,629. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $33,468, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 20 of 100 major metros but only Level II or below in 48. 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	31,970	34,487	37,024	39,541
Anchorage, AK	33,218	35,423	37,628	39,832
Fairbanks-College, AK	32,282	36,088	39,895	43,701
Anniston-Oxford, AL	18,013	20,509	22,984	25,480
Auburn-Opelika, AL	18,471	21,279	24,066	26,874
Birmingham, AL	21,050	23,296	25,543	27,789
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	20,592	22,527	24,482	26,416
Decatur, AL	20,925	22,340	23,775	25,189
Dothan, AL	19,552	21,653	23,775	25,876
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	20,384	22,735	25,064	27,415
Gadsden, AL	18,928	20,468	22,028	23,567
Huntsville, AL	20,946	23,608	26,292	28,954
Mobile, AL	20,072	22,215	24,357	26,500
Montgomery, AL	20,613	23,192	25,751	28,330
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	20,280	23,775	27,248	30,743
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	19,448	21,632	23,796	25,980
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	20,572	22,652	24,732	26,812
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	18,346	20,780	23,213	25,647
Tuscaloosa, AL	19,552	21,757	23,983	26,188
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	23,941	25,584	27,228	28,871
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	27,477	28,933	30,368	31,824
Fort Smith, AR-OK	23,005	25,543	28,080	30,618
Hot Springs, AR	25,335	27,789	30,223	32,677
Jonesboro, AR	26,229	27,664	29,079	30,514
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	26,042	27,956	29,869	31,783
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	24,232	25,647	27,082	28,496
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	23,650	25,210	26,770	28,330
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	23,629	25,335	27,020	28,725
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	30,722	31,949	33,156	34,383
Flagstaff, AZ	34,237	36,608	38,980	41,351
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	31,429	33,488	35,568	37,628
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	31,866	34,320	36,796	39,250
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	32,157	34,424	36,692	38,959
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	30,576	31,346	32,116	32,885
Tucson, AZ	31,408	32,968	34,549	36,109
Yuma, AZ	30,992	31,970	32,948	33,925
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	35,527	36,962	38,376	39,812
Chico, CA	34,716	37,045	39,375	41,704
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,296	39,520	42,765	45,989
El Centro, CA	34,840	38,917	42,973	47,050
Fresno, CA	34,508	36,629	38,772	40,893
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	34,861	37,336	39,832	42,308
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	36,380	39,146	41,892	44,658
Merced, CA	34,466	36,712	38,959	41,205
Modesto, CA	36,380	39,479	42,578	45,677
Napa, CA	36,588	39,708	42,848	45,968
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,068	39,271	42,474	45,677
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,463	39,375	42,266	45,178
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	35,631	38,148	40,664	43,181
Redding, CA	34,882	37,253	39,604	41,975
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	36,754	39,791	42,848	45,885
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	36,068	38,709	41,351	43,992
Salinas, CA	36,484	39,416	42,349	45,282
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	36,255	39,292	42,328	45,365
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	38,564	42,308	46,072	49,816
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	39,583	43,992	48,423	52,832
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	35,984	38,772	41,538	44,325
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	35,464	38,314	41,184	44,034
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	36,255	38,917	41,600	44,263
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	37,336	40,560	43,805	47,029
Stockton-Lodi, CA	35,735	38,668	41,621	44,554
Vallejo, CA	35,568	38,668	41,788	44,887
Visalia, CA	34,903	37,482	40,040	42,620
Yuba City, CA	34,861	37,461	40,061	42,661
Boulder, CO	35,860	40,040	44,242	48,423
Colorado Springs, CO	33,114	36,109	39,084	42,079
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	36,962	40,352	43,722	47,112
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	32,469	35,880	39,271	42,682
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	32,760	35,007	37,253	39,500
Grand Junction, CO	32,282	34,445	36,608	38,772
Greeley, CO	32,532	35,194	37,877	40,540
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	34,216	39,874	45,532	51,189
Pueblo, CO	32,178	34,320	36,442	38,584
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	32,407	35,381	38,376	41,351
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	36,484	38,272	40,040	41,829
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	34,882	36,234	37,565	38,917
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	34,944	36,068	37,191	38,314
New Haven, CT	35,360	36,608	37,877	39,125
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	34,986	36,234	37,503	38,751
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	34,757	35,797	36,816	37,856
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	33,426	36,775	40,144	43,493
Dover, DE	31,200	32,698	34,216	35,714
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,532	33,863	35,194
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	29,079	31,263	33,426	35,610
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	30,264	32,199	34,154	36,088
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	29,724	31,908	34,071	36,255
Gainesville, FL	28,309	30,306	32,282	34,279
Homosassa Springs, FL	29,287	31,908	34,508	37,128
Jacksonville, FL	29,744	33,405	37,045	40,706
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	28,746	30,452	32,178	33,884
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	29,536	32,469	35,381	38,314
Naples-Marco Island, FL	31,346	33,717	36,109	38,480
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	29,495	31,679	33,863	36,047
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	33,176	42,869	52,583	62,276
Ocala, FL	29,932	36,442	42,932	49,442
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	27,727	30,285	32,864	35,423
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	30,680	32,781	34,882	36,983
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	27,768	30,223	32,698	35,152
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	28,912	30,680	32,428	34,196
Port St. Lucie, FL	29,079	31,637	34,216	36,775
Punta Gorda, FL	31,055	33,572	36,088	38,605
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	28,372	30,930	33,468	36,026
Sebring, FL	27,040	29,328	31,596	33,884
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	30,389	33,114	35,839	38,564
Tallahassee, FL	27,768	29,661	31,575	33,468
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	29,412	31,741	34,050	36,380
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	28,621	31,200	33,759	36,338
Albany, GA	20,634	23,213	25,813	28,392
Athens-Clarke County, GA	21,320	24,045	26,770	29,495
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	24,357	27,020	29,703	32,365
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	22,090	24,856	27,623	30,389
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	22,152	25,356	28,559	31,762
Columbus, GA-AL	20,426	23,151	25,855	28,580
Dalton, GA	21,071	23,837	26,604	29,370
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	21,071	24,066	27,082	30,077
Gainesville, GA	22,568	25,480	28,413	31,325
Hinesville, GA	22,111	24,794	27,498	30,181
Macon-Bibb County, GA	21,445	24,024	26,604	29,183
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	21,154	23,879	26,583	29,308
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	21,549	24,232	26,936	29,620
Rome, GA	21,196	22,797	24,420	26,021
Savannah, GA	22,943	26,666	30,368	34,092
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	20,114	23,005	25,896	28,788
Valdosta, GA	20,717	23,359	26,000	28,642
Warner Robins, GA	21,653	23,962	26,292	28,600
Guam MSA	21,903	22,922	23,962	24,981
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	32,906	36,109	39,292	42,495
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	34,965	38,064	41,184	44,284
Urban Honolulu, HI	31,055	34,300	37,565	40,810
Ames, IA	24,461	26,666	28,850	31,055
Cedar Rapids, IA	21,820	25,002	28,164	31,346
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	27,976	30,306	32,615	34,944
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	25,314	28,455	31,596	34,736
Dubuque, IA	26,292	29,328	32,365	35,402
Iowa City, IA	24,149	27,124	30,098	33,072
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	22,194	24,669	27,165	29,640
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	20,364	22,984	25,584	28,205
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	26,125	27,914	29,682	31,471
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	21,716	24,544	27,373	30,202
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	21,383	24,004	26,645	29,266
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	23,047	25,584	28,101	30,639
Boise City, ID	22,277	26,999	31,720	36,442
Coeur d'Alene, ID	26,000	29,994	33,967	37,960
Idaho Falls, ID	16,432	21,549	26,666	31,783
Lewiston, ID-WA	25,855	29,308	32,760	36,213
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	24,919	28,767	32,636	36,484
Pocatello, ID	23,900	26,874	29,828	32,802
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	24,919	28,684	32,428	36,192
Twin Falls, ID	25,293	28,850	32,386	35,943
Bloomington, IL	31,720	33,072	34,424	35,776
Champaign-Urbana, IL	31,471	33,260	35,048	36,837
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	32,261	34,736	37,191	39,666
Decatur, IL	31,325	33,322	35,340	37,336
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,263	33,052	34,820	36,608
Kankakee, IL	31,221	32,573	33,904	35,256
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,781	34,383	35,964
Peoria, IL	31,200	32,615	34,008	35,423
Rockford, IL	31,388	32,823	34,279	35,714
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,719	34,216	35,735
Springfield, IL	31,221	33,176	35,111	37,066
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,511	33,800	35,111
Bloomington, IN	25,189	27,394	29,620	31,824
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	24,316	27,020	29,724	32,428
Columbus, IN	26,104	28,850	31,616	34,362
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	26,333	28,559	30,764	32,989
Evansville, IN	24,482	28,351	32,199	36,068
Fort Wayne, IN	25,002	27,935	30,868	33,800
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	26,562	29,308	32,032	34,778
Kokomo, IN	23,983	26,957	29,952	32,927
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	26,604	28,954	31,304	33,655
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	25,564	27,602	29,620	31,658
Muncie, IN	26,562	29,557	32,552	35,548
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	22,256	25,314	28,351	31,408
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	26,063	28,164	30,285	32,386
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	25,106	27,768	30,431	33,093
Terre Haute, IN	23,047	25,418	27,768	30,140
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	22,984	25,917	28,871	31,804
Lawrence, KS	24,898	27,498	30,077	32,677
Manhattan, KS	22,194	25,314	28,455	31,575
Topeka, KS	24,960	28,829	32,677	36,546
Wichita, KS	22,860	25,564	28,247	30,951
Bowling Green, KY	21,133	24,212	27,290	30,368
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	22,818	25,584	28,351	31,117
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	21,528	24,128	26,728	29,328
Elizabethtown, KY	22,048	25,189	28,330	31,471
Lexington-Fayette, KY	25,376	29,620	33,863	38,106
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	24,024	28,621	33,239	37,836
Owensboro, KY	25,064	27,248	29,412	31,596
Paducah, KY-IL	22,797	25,044	27,269	29,516
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	21,716	24,316	26,916	29,516
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	22,381	24,960	27,540	30,119
Alexandria, LA	19,407	22,028	24,648	27,269
Baton Rouge, LA	20,676	23,400	26,125	28,850
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	18,076	20,405	22,756	25,085
Hammond, LA	19,698	22,360	25,044	27,706
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	19,927	22,277	24,628	26,978
Lafayette, LA	19,261	21,612	23,941	26,292
Lake Charles, LA	19,823	22,340	24,877	27,394
Monroe, LA	18,783	21,508	24,212	26,936
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	21,362	24,440	27,540	30,618
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	18,575	21,653	24,732	27,810
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	20,405	22,444	24,503	26,541
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	20,176	22,693	25,210	27,727
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	19,012	21,320	23,608	25,917
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	34,674	38,106	41,538	44,970
Barnstable Town, MA	36,276	39,416	42,536	45,677
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	35,381	39,125	42,890	46,634
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	36,983	41,018	45,053	49,088
Pittsfield, MA	34,320	37,274	40,207	43,160
Springfield, MA	33,780	36,567	39,375	42,162
Worcester, MA	33,488	36,962	40,436	43,909
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	32,365	34,528	36,671	38,834
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	29,578	31,741	33,925	36,088
Lexington Park, MD	31,887	34,320	36,733	39,167
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	31,575	35,048	38,501	41,975
Salisbury, MD	31,263	32,906	34,528	36,172
Bangor, ME	30,888	33,218	35,568	37,898
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	32,261	34,383	36,525	38,647
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	32,573	35,277	37,981	40,685
Portland-South Portland, ME	34,196	35,984	37,773	39,562
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	31,845	34,341	36,858	39,354
Ann Arbor, MI	28,829	31,096	33,364	35,631
Battle Creek, MI	27,082	29,100	31,096	33,114
Bay City, MI	26,229	28,351	30,493	32,615
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	28,164	30,992	33,800	36,629
Flint, MI	27,498	31,159	34,799	38,460
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	27,810	30,514	33,239	35,943
Jackson, MI	28,247	30,514	32,760	35,028
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	28,309	30,410	32,532	34,632
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	28,496	30,576	32,636	34,716
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	27,124	29,328	31,533	33,738
Midland, MI	27,352	29,495	31,637	33,780
Monroe, MI	26,708	28,580	30,472	32,344
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	26,978	29,058	31,117	33,197
Niles, MI	27,664	29,120	30,576	32,032
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	27,436	29,620	31,804	33,988
Saginaw, MI	27,706	29,869	32,012	34,175
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	27,061	29,391	31,720	34,050
Traverse City, MI	29,349	31,804	34,237	36,692
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	26,624	28,663	30,701	32,740
Duluth, MN-WI	28,060	30,888	33,696	36,525
Mankato, MN	28,288	30,597	32,906	35,215
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	30,535	33,759	36,962	40,186
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	28,621	31,055	33,468	35,901
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	27,664	30,181	32,677	35,194
Rochester, MN	27,872	30,805	33,717	36,650
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	27,269	29,869	32,490	35,090
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	26,916	30,972	35,048	39,104
St. Cloud, MN	27,935	30,556	33,156	35,776
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	28,600	29,973	31,325	32,698
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,600	29,848	31,076	32,324
Columbia, MO	28,600	30,285	31,949	33,634
Jefferson City, MO	28,600	29,724	30,826	31,949
Joplin, MO-KS	27,498	29,141	30,764	32,407
Kansas City, MO-KS	27,852	30,368	32,885	35,402
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,600	30,348	32,116	33,863
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,600	29,682	30,764	31,845
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,600	31,117	33,634	36,151
Springfield, MO	28,663	30,493	32,324	34,154
St. Joseph, MO-KS	28,372	30,368	32,365	34,362
St. Louis, MO-IL	29,807	32,136	34,487	36,816
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	20,156	22,194	24,232	26,271
Hattiesburg, MS	18,096	20,280	22,485	24,669
Jackson, MS	19,032	21,778	24,544	27,290
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	18,908	22,048	25,168	28,309
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	17,888	20,031	22,194	24,336
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	18,949	21,466	23,983	26,500
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	18,658	21,383	24,128	26,853
Billings, MT	28,288	30,805	33,343	35,860
Bozeman, MT	30,160	33,135	36,130	39,104
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	27,519	30,514	33,488	36,484
Great Falls, MT	27,477	29,765	32,053	34,341
Helena, MT	27,082	30,140	33,176	36,234
Missoula, MT	28,226	30,930	33,655	36,359
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	27,789	30,660	33,509	36,380
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	27,498	30,368	33,260	36,130
Asheville, NC	26,271	29,848	33,405	36,983
Burlington, NC	24,045	27,477	30,888	34,320
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	22,568	26,375	30,202	34,008
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	23,920	28,580	33,239	37,898
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	25,460	29,141	32,844	36,525
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	22,360	25,460	28,559	31,658
Fayetteville, NC	24,898	28,392	31,908	35,402
Goldsboro, NC	23,442	26,666	29,869	33,093
Greensboro-High Point, NC	23,546	27,269	31,013	34,736
Greenville, NC	21,778	25,189	28,580	31,991
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	24,544	27,685	30,847	33,988
Jacksonville, NC	23,754	26,624	29,495	32,365
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	22,527	25,647	28,788	31,908
Raleigh-Cary, NC	23,463	26,936	30,410	33,884
Rocky Mount, NC	22,901	26,125	29,370	32,594
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	23,733	27,519	31,304	35,090
Wilmington, NC	23,900	27,269	30,618	33,988
Winston-Salem, NC	22,818	26,916	30,992	35,090
Bismarck, ND	27,373	29,620	31,845	34,092
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	23,712	27,332	30,930	34,549
Fargo, ND-MN	27,477	29,848	32,220	34,591
Grand Forks, ND-MN	27,394	29,932	32,448	34,986
Minot, ND	26,791	29,952	33,114	36,276
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	24,087	28,018	31,949	35,880
Grand Island, NE	28,538	30,140	31,741	33,343
Lincoln, NE	28,600	30,576	32,573	34,549
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,268	30,306	32,344	34,383
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,684	30,160	31,616	33,093
Omaha, NE-IA	29,079	31,096	33,114	35,132
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,226	29,828	31,429	33,031
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	29,016	32,906	36,775	40,664
Manchester-Nashua, NH	26,208	30,036	33,884	37,711
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	28,788	32,948	37,108	41,268
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	30,202	33,364	36,546	39,708
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	32,677	33,904	35,152	36,380
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	33,967	35,589	37,191	38,813
Vineland, NJ	32,220	33,592	34,986	36,359
Albuquerque, NM	31,034	33,509	35,984	38,460
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,264	32,448	34,632	36,816
Farmington, NM	29,994	32,365	34,716	37,087
Las Cruces, NM	29,516	31,928	34,362	36,775
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,244	32,864	35,464	38,085
Santa Fe, NM	32,032	35,256	38,460	41,684
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	27,373	30,452	33,509	36,588
Carson City, NV	28,122	30,452	32,802	35,132
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	27,456	29,370	31,304	33,218
Reno, NV	28,413	30,930	33,447	35,964
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	33,343	35,776	38,189	40,623
Binghamton, NY	32,448	34,466	36,504	38,522
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	32,365	34,466	36,546	38,647
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	32,594	34,196	35,818	37,420
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	32,656	34,341	36,047	37,732
Elmira, NY	32,261	34,029	35,818	37,586
Glens Falls, NY	32,573	34,445	36,338	38,210
Ithaca, NY	34,279	36,172	38,064	39,957
Kingston, NY	33,447	35,464	37,461	39,479
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	33,634	35,839	38,044	40,248
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	34,861	37,420	39,999	42,557
Rochester, NY	32,656	34,154	35,672	37,170
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	32,781	34,320	35,860	37,399
Syracuse, NY	32,386	33,988	35,589	37,191
Utica-Rome, NY	32,303	34,154	36,005	37,856
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	32,428	33,717	35,007	36,296
Akron, OH	26,271	29,869	33,468	37,066
Canton-Massillon, OH	22,901	25,418	27,935	30,452
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	25,896	29,016	32,136	35,256
Cleveland, OH	26,957	30,056	33,135	36,234
Columbus, OH	27,020	30,056	33,093	36,130
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	24,128	27,207	30,264	33,343
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	23,546	26,812	30,098	33,364
Lima, OH	23,151	26,188	29,224	32,261
Mansfield, OH	24,232	26,999	29,786	32,552
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	23,380	26,042	28,704	31,367
Sandusky, OH	25,148	28,060	30,992	33,904
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	24,815	27,810	30,805	33,800
Springfield, OH	24,836	27,976	31,138	34,279
Toledo, OH	24,669	27,623	30,556	33,509
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	23,213	25,792	28,372	30,951
Youngstown-Warren, OH	25,335	28,476	31,596	34,736
Enid, OK	19,636	22,506	25,397	28,268
Lawton, OK	21,549	28,850	36,172	43,472
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	22,860	25,876	28,912	31,928
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	20,967	23,941	26,916	29,890
Oklahoma City, OK	22,319	24,940	27,581	30,202
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	22,984	26,999	30,992	35,007
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	20,634	23,692	26,770	29,828
Tulsa, OK	22,194	26,458	30,743	35,007
Albany, OR	31,512	33,322	35,152	36,962
Bend, OR	33,551	35,797	38,023	40,269
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	32,428	34,112	35,776	37,461
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	32,116	34,237	36,380	38,501
Corvallis, OR	32,199	34,320	36,421	38,543
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	33,447	35,464	37,461	39,479
Eugene-Springfield, OR	33,197	35,256	37,336	39,396
Grants Pass, OR	33,967	35,943	37,919	39,895
Medford, OR	33,156	34,840	36,504	38,189
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	35,506	38,127	40,768	43,389
Salem, OR	32,344	35,277	38,231	41,164
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	25,252	28,767	32,282	35,797
Altoona, PA	21,175	24,170	27,144	30,140
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	21,508	24,586	27,664	30,743
Chambersburg, PA	23,775	25,959	28,164	30,348
Erie, PA	23,047	26,104	29,162	32,220
Gettysburg, PA	25,272	28,663	32,074	35,464
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	25,314	28,164	30,992	33,842
Johnstown, PA	22,132	24,503	26,895	29,266
Lancaster, PA	24,461	27,935	31,408	34,882
Lebanon, PA	23,234	26,416	29,620	32,802
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	22,714	25,668	28,642	31,596
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	22,485	25,148	27,810	30,472
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	29,328	32,053	34,799	37,524
Pittsburgh, PA	22,548	26,271	29,994	33,717
Reading, PA	24,856	28,039	31,221	34,404
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	25,522	28,725	31,928	35,132
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	22,943	25,813	28,684	31,554
State College, PA	22,173	25,148	28,122	31,096
Williamsport, PA	22,797	25,855	28,933	31,991
York-Hanover, PA	24,461	28,351	32,240	36,130
Aguadilla, PR	21,882	23,671	25,439	27,228
Arecibo, PR	21,840	22,340	22,860	23,359
Guayama, PR	22,090	23,213	24,357	25,480
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	22,256	22,652	23,068
Ponce, PR	21,840	22,672	23,504	24,336
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	24,648	27,436	30,244
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,090	22,943	23,816	24,669
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	31,824	34,695	37,565	40,436
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	26,999	30,160	33,322	36,484
Columbia, SC	23,692	26,895	30,119	33,322
Florence, SC	21,216	24,108	26,978	29,869
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	21,965	25,272	28,559	31,866
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	25,210	28,205	31,180	34,175
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	23,816	26,812	29,786	32,781
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	21,799	24,628	27,436	30,264
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	22,610	25,730	28,829	31,949
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	22,298	24,919	27,560	30,181
Spartanburg, SC	24,940	27,602	30,244	32,906
Sumter, SC	23,005	25,418	27,852	30,264
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	25,855	27,103	28,372	29,620
Rapid City, SD	26,562	29,266	31,970	34,674
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	26,791	28,351	29,911	31,471
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	26,687	27,914	29,120	30,348
Chattanooga, TN-GA	23,733	26,479	29,204	31,949
Clarksville, TN-KY	21,612	24,794	27,976	31,159
Cleveland, TN	22,194	24,815	27,456	30,077
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	20,572	23,276	26,000	28,704
Jackson, TN	20,343	23,234	26,146	29,037
Johnson City, TN	23,338	26,624	29,911	33,197
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	23,816	25,980	28,164	30,327
Knoxville, TN	23,463	26,500	29,536	32,573
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	22,693	26,021	29,370	32,698
Morristown, TN	23,421	25,480	27,540	29,599
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	26,500	30,202	33,925	37,628
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	20,800	23,692	26,604	29,495
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	20,696	23,588	26,500	29,391
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	20,426	23,068	25,730	28,372
Abilene, TX	21,092	23,983	26,895	29,786
Amarillo, TX	21,258	23,962	26,666	29,370
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	24,004	27,165	30,306	33,468
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	20,717	23,172	25,626	28,080
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	21,320	25,023	28,746	32,448
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	19,469	21,820	24,191	26,541
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	21,383	23,442	25,480	27,540
College Station-Bryan, TX	21,591	25,231	28,871	32,511
Corpus Christi, TX	21,716	24,919	28,101	31,304
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	24,732	27,852	30,992	34,112
Eagle Pass, TX	20,322	22,506	24,711	26,895
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	21,133	23,047	24,960	26,874
El Paso, TX	20,176	22,256	24,336	26,416
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	21,882	23,920	25,959	27,997
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	22,880	26,479	30,077	33,676
Killeen-Temple, TX	21,341	23,858	26,354	28,871
Laredo, TX	19,740	21,882	24,045	26,188
Longview, TX	21,383	23,504	25,605	27,727
Lubbock, TX	20,780	23,650	26,541	29,412
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	19,407	21,549	23,671	25,813
Midland, TX	23,775	27,103	30,431	33,759
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	21,008	23,338	25,688	28,018
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	20,946	23,088	25,231	27,373
Odessa, TX	22,818	25,314	27,831	30,327
San Angelo, TX	20,280	23,484	26,687	29,890
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	22,631	25,855	29,079	32,303
Sherman-Denison, TX	21,258	23,317	25,376	27,436
Texarkana, TX-AR	20,904	23,130	25,356	27,581
Tyler, TX	21,612	24,128	26,624	29,141
Victoria, TX	21,404	23,504	25,626	27,727
Waco, TX	21,632	24,336	27,061	29,765
Wichita Falls, TX	21,258	23,338	25,439	27,519
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	27,456	30,119	32,781	35,444
Logan, UT-ID	26,874	29,308	31,762	34,196
Ogden, UT	26,000	29,100	32,220	35,319
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	25,688	28,850	32,032	35,194
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	26,292	29,869	33,468	37,045
St. George, UT	23,920	27,311	30,701	34,092
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	27,103	30,847	34,570	38,314
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	27,560	29,204	30,868	32,511
Charlottesville, VA	28,392	30,909	33,447	35,964
Harrisonburg, VA	28,018	30,244	32,490	34,716
Lynchburg, VA	27,061	29,100	31,117	33,156
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,935	30,576	33,218	35,860
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,122	30,056	32,012	33,946
Richmond, VA	28,663	30,930	33,218	35,485
Roanoke, VA	27,394	28,912	30,452	31,970
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,351	30,764	33,197	35,610
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,228	29,536	31,866	34,175
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	27,311	29,952	32,594	35,236
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	27,664	29,682	31,700	33,717
Winchester, VA-WV	27,415	29,640	31,845	34,071
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	24,898	26,874	28,871	30,847
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	34,965	37,274	39,562	41,871
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	33,426	36,546	39,645	42,765
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	33,530	36,151	38,751	41,372
Bellingham, WA	36,712	37,856	39,021	40,165
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	35,568	37,877	40,207	42,516
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,837	38,730	40,644	42,536
Kennewick-Richland, WA	36,047	37,399	38,772	40,124
Longview-Kelso, WA	37,108	39,416	41,704	44,013
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	37,004	39,375	41,725	44,096
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	35,568	37,586	39,604	41,621
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	37,274	40,810	44,367	47,903
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	35,423	37,815	40,207	42,599
Walla Walla, WA	35,152	36,088	37,024	37,960
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	36,276	38,085	39,895	41,704
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	35,028	37,045	39,042	41,060
Yakima, WA	35,652	37,232	38,813	40,394
Appleton, WI	26,250	29,141	32,012	34,903
Eau Claire, WI	26,853	29,557	32,261	34,965
Fond du Lac, WI	21,944	25,272	28,580	31,908
Green Bay, WI	29,432	31,991	34,570	37,128
Janesville-Beloit, WI	25,522	28,600	31,700	34,778
Kenosha, WI	22,984	27,040	31,076	35,132
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	27,228	29,890	32,532	35,194
Madison, WI	27,061	31,117	35,152	39,208
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	26,021	29,724	33,405	37,108
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	25,106	28,309	31,492	34,695
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	26,936	31,013	35,069	39,146
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	28,268	30,556	32,864	35,152
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	28,080	31,408	34,716	38,044
Sheboygan, WI	29,599	32,407	35,194	38,002
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	26,000	29,391	32,781	36,172
Wausau, WI	25,002	27,727	30,472	33,197
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	28,247	30,285	32,344	34,383
Beckley, WV	22,256	24,544	26,853	29,141
Charleston, WV	23,151	25,335	27,519	29,703
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	21,466	23,608	25,772	27,914
Morgantown, WV	25,148	27,207	29,287	31,346
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	22,194	23,816	25,418	27,040
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	22,527	24,794	27,061	29,328
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	21,882	24,170	26,437	28,725
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	22,714	25,335	27,956	30,576
Wheeling, WV-OH	25,023	26,895	28,746	30,618
Casper, WY	22,028	24,898	27,768	30,639
Cheyenne, WY	21,508	24,461	27,415	30,368
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	22,111	27,040	31,991	36,920
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	23,837	29,432	35,028	40,623

Annual salary in U.S. dollars, rounded up. Source: DOL OFLC prevailing wage data, effective July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027, computed directly from the DOL file (methodology). Page updated 2026-10-14.

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