SOC 43-2011 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 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): Operate telephone business systems equipment or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing, and interoffice calls. May supply information to callers and record messages.

Level I across metros$21,258 – $54,496El Paso, TX to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$43,888Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service (SOC 43-2011) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,258 in El Paso, TX to $54,496 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $43,888. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $40,352, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 24 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

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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	33,613	36,796	39,957	43,140
Anchorage, AK	33,509	36,068	38,647	41,205
Fairbanks-College, AK	33,655	36,733	39,832	42,911
Anniston-Oxford, AL	28,850	31,284	33,696	36,130
Auburn-Opelika, AL	26,271	28,850	31,450	34,029
Birmingham, AL	30,951	32,885	34,820	36,754
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	29,744	30,576	31,408	32,240
Decatur, AL	27,976	30,805	33,655	36,484
Dothan, AL	22,256	25,980	29,724	33,447
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	29,349	31,908	34,466	37,024
Gadsden, AL	28,850	31,284	33,696	36,130
Huntsville, AL	29,141	32,157	35,194	38,210
Mobile, AL	29,578	30,722	31,866	33,010
Montgomery, AL	27,935	30,098	32,261	34,424
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,767	31,200	33,655	36,088
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,370	31,700	34,029	36,359
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	26,000	28,580	31,180	33,759
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,725	30,888	33,031	35,194
Tuscaloosa, AL	28,621	31,450	34,279	37,108
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,703	32,781	35,839	38,917
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	29,391	32,240	35,111	37,960
Fort Smith, AR-OK	29,079	31,616	34,175	36,712
Hot Springs, AR	30,368	33,156	35,922	38,709
Jonesboro, AR	29,474	32,760	36,068	39,354
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	30,493	33,322	36,151	38,980
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,744	32,511	35,298	38,064
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,495	31,783	34,092	36,380
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,890	32,615	35,319	38,044
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	35,943	38,647	41,372	44,076
Flagstaff, AZ	35,319	37,794	40,269	42,744
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	35,319	37,794	40,269	42,744
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	37,004	39,604	42,183	44,783
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	36,546	39,167	41,767	44,388
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	34,466	37,274	40,061	42,869
Tucson, AZ	34,591	37,357	40,144	42,911
Yuma, AZ	35,964	38,709	41,476	44,221
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	36,047	40,602	45,178	49,733
Chico, CA	38,064	43,535	49,026	54,496
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,108	43,327	49,525	55,744
El Centro, CA	38,293	43,348	48,381	53,436
Fresno, CA	37,544	41,621	45,677	49,754
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	37,399	41,850	46,280	50,732
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	38,335	43,909	49,463	55,037
Merced, CA	37,648	41,039	44,450	47,840
Modesto, CA	36,941	42,911	48,880	54,850
Napa, CA	41,746	47,383	52,999	58,636
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,440	41,538	45,656	49,754
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	38,688	45,240	51,792	58,344
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	40,810	46,800	52,791	58,781
Redding, CA	39,167	45,885	52,624	59,343
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	36,671	41,871	47,050	52,250
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	39,354	46,405	53,477	60,528
Salinas, CA	41,434	44,949	48,444	51,959
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	40,332	44,970	49,608	54,247
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	43,701	52,396	61,069	69,764
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	54,496	63,919	73,362	82,784
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	37,295	41,912	46,551	51,168
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	44,866	54,600	64,356	74,090
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	36,837	41,330	45,844	50,336
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	40,727	46,530	52,354	58,157
Stockton-Lodi, CA	36,983	47,216	57,450	67,684
Vallejo, CA	42,890	52,728	62,567	72,405
Visalia, CA	37,378	41,330	45,303	49,255
Yuba City, CA	39,146	46,031	52,916	59,800
Boulder, CO	38,751	41,351	43,951	46,551
Colorado Springs, CO	36,712	39,146	41,600	44,034
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	38,564	41,101	43,618	46,156
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	37,066	39,749	42,412	45,095
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	39,604	42,453	45,324	48,173
Grand Junction, CO	33,135	37,420	41,684	45,968
Greeley, CO	38,418	40,956	43,493	46,031
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	37,420	40,373	43,306	46,260
Pueblo, CO	35,589	38,231	40,893	43,535
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	36,941	39,770	42,599	45,428
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	34,549	38,210	41,892	45,552
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	35,069	39,167	43,285	47,383
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	34,944	39,354	43,784	48,194
New Haven, CT	34,320	38,356	42,370	46,405
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	35,236	39,645	44,055	48,464
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	34,674	38,730	42,807	46,863
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	36,255	41,559	46,863	52,167
Dover, DE	31,346	34,840	38,335	41,829
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	31,200	32,157	33,135	34,092
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	30,660	34,050	37,420	40,810
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	30,368	33,135	35,901	38,668
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	30,639	33,280	35,943	38,584
Gainesville, FL	30,368	33,343	36,338	39,312
Homosassa Springs, FL	30,764	33,676	36,567	39,479
Jacksonville, FL	30,036	33,197	36,338	39,500
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	32,656	35,714	38,792	41,850
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	31,679	34,112	36,546	38,980
Naples-Marco Island, FL	31,575	34,196	36,837	39,458
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	30,202	33,093	35,964	38,855
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	31,388	34,799	38,189	41,600
Ocala, FL	30,868	32,823	34,778	36,733
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	31,242	33,904	36,567	39,229
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	28,725	31,575	34,424	37,274
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	29,848	33,031	36,192	39,375
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	31,429	33,468	35,485	37,524
Port St. Lucie, FL	31,616	34,196	36,775	39,354
Punta Gorda, FL	30,743	34,695	38,668	42,620
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	30,826	33,884	36,941	39,999
Sebring, FL	31,325	34,362	37,420	40,456
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	30,368	38,023	45,677	53,332
Tallahassee, FL	31,200	34,196	37,170	40,165
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	30,701	33,800	36,900	39,999
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	31,076	33,946	36,837	39,708
Albany, GA	28,996	32,095	35,173	38,272
Athens-Clarke County, GA	34,300	37,898	41,517	45,116
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	35,756	39,104	42,453	45,802
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	29,911	32,365	34,840	37,295
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	28,704	31,596	34,487	37,378
Columbus, GA-AL	29,890	31,221	32,552	33,884
Dalton, GA	29,370	32,594	35,797	39,021
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	29,100	31,845	34,591	37,336
Gainesville, GA	35,173	38,626	42,058	45,511
Hinesville, GA	28,871	31,762	34,653	37,544
Macon-Bibb County, GA	34,882	38,293	41,704	45,116
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	32,324	36,088	39,874	43,639
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	32,448	36,172	39,874	43,597
Rome, GA	33,904	37,482	41,060	44,637
Savannah, GA	29,100	31,928	34,736	37,565
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	28,184	31,221	34,237	37,274
Valdosta, GA	27,852	30,826	33,821	36,796
Warner Robins, GA	31,679	34,695	37,711	40,727
Guam MSA	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	42,391	47,840	53,290	58,740
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	49,296	54,725	60,175	65,604
Urban Honolulu, HI	45,948	51,751	57,533	63,336
Ames, IA	32,656	36,192	39,708	43,244
Cedar Rapids, IA	32,989	36,796	40,602	44,408
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	32,989	35,943	38,876	41,829
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	36,733	39,188	41,642	44,096
Dubuque, IA	32,573	35,631	38,688	41,746
Iowa City, IA	33,405	37,711	42,037	46,343
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	32,428	35,340	38,231	41,143
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	35,090	37,212	39,312	41,434
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	34,570	36,712	38,876	41,018
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	30,472	34,591	38,688	42,807
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	33,842	36,796	39,728	42,682
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	31,720	34,778	37,836	40,893
Boise City, ID	29,245	33,093	36,962	40,810
Coeur d'Alene, ID	29,058	32,864	36,650	40,456
Idaho Falls, ID	29,058	32,864	36,650	40,456
Lewiston, ID-WA	35,236	38,168	41,101	44,034
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	30,056	33,592	37,108	40,644
Pocatello, ID	29,058	32,864	36,650	40,456
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	28,829	33,884	38,959	44,013
Twin Falls, ID	29,245	33,093	36,962	40,810
Bloomington, IL	33,967	35,880	37,773	39,687
Champaign-Urbana, IL	33,988	36,400	38,813	41,226
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	37,212	41,205	45,178	49,172
Decatur, IL	33,821	36,567	39,312	42,058
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,485	37,128	38,772	40,415
Kankakee, IL	36,671	40,623	44,596	48,548
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,504	40,394	44,304	48,194
Peoria, IL	36,192	38,064	39,936	41,808
Rockford, IL	36,296	38,293	40,269	42,266
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,653	36,650	38,668	40,664
Springfield, IL	34,861	37,336	39,791	42,266
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,631	39,146	42,661	46,176
Bloomington, IN	29,786	35,277	40,748	46,239
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	28,538	33,010	37,461	41,933
Columbus, IN	30,077	35,464	40,872	46,260
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	30,680	34,944	39,229	43,493
Evansville, IN	30,160	32,740	35,340	37,919
Fort Wayne, IN	29,079	33,447	37,794	42,162
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	31,284	37,149	43,036	48,901
Kokomo, IN	30,264	35,631	40,997	46,364
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	36,213	40,415	44,596	48,797
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	35,943	40,248	44,533	48,839
Muncie, IN	30,348	35,922	41,517	47,092
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	35,236	39,666	44,076	48,506
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	29,266	33,613	37,960	42,308
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	31,679	35,589	39,479	43,389
Terre Haute, IN	28,684	32,573	36,463	40,352
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	29,204	32,199	35,215	38,210
Lawrence, KS	33,717	36,879	40,061	43,223
Manhattan, KS	30,348	33,863	37,378	40,893
Topeka, KS	33,738	36,900	40,040	43,202
Wichita, KS	36,380	37,628	38,896	40,144
Bowling Green, KY	30,410	33,114	35,818	38,522
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,184	30,951	33,717	36,484
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	29,599	32,552	35,485	38,439
Elizabethtown, KY	32,989	36,005	39,000	42,016
Lexington-Fayette, KY	36,192	37,877	39,562	41,247
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	36,255	38,543	40,810	43,098
Owensboro, KY	29,370	32,365	35,381	38,376
Paducah, KY-IL	30,618	33,717	36,837	39,936
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	30,701	32,864	35,048	37,212
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	29,287	32,303	35,298	38,314
Alexandria, LA	28,434	33,364	38,293	43,223
Baton Rouge, LA	27,872	33,072	38,293	43,493
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	20,842	26,479	32,095	37,732
Hammond, LA	34,050	36,900	39,728	42,578
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	23,692	29,349	35,028	40,685
Lafayette, LA	23,754	29,620	35,485	41,351
Lake Charles, LA	22,423	28,538	34,632	40,748
Monroe, LA	26,936	31,034	35,152	39,250
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	27,207	31,845	36,504	41,143
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	21,757	26,957	32,178	37,378
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	27,872	33,613	39,375	45,116
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	25,626	30,015	34,383	38,772
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	20,384	22,839	25,314	27,768
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	36,463	39,458	42,432	45,428
Barnstable Town, MA	40,748	47,757	54,767	61,776
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	38,460	42,245	46,031	49,816
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	37,212	41,060	44,928	48,776
Pittsfield, MA	36,255	38,730	41,226	43,701
Springfield, MA	36,088	38,688	41,268	43,868
Worcester, MA	36,754	40,290	43,805	47,341
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	32,032	35,194	38,335	41,496
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	36,109	41,351	46,613	51,855
Lexington Park, MD	34,279	38,917	43,535	48,173
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	32,053	36,068	40,082	44,096
Salisbury, MD	34,924	37,440	39,957	42,474
Bangor, ME	38,584	40,810	43,036	45,261
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	38,480	41,268	44,055	46,842
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	38,584	40,810	43,036	45,261
Portland-South Portland, ME	38,480	41,268	44,055	46,842
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	38,813	40,914	43,015	45,116
Ann Arbor, MI	32,095	36,234	40,352	44,492
Battle Creek, MI	34,549	36,858	39,146	41,455
Bay City, MI	32,719	35,173	37,628	40,082
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	31,720	35,756	39,770	43,805
Flint, MI	31,596	35,423	39,271	43,098
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	34,549	36,733	38,896	41,080
Jackson, MI	32,324	36,504	40,685	44,866
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	35,069	37,212	39,375	41,517
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	32,532	36,338	40,165	43,972
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	32,490	35,610	38,709	41,829
Midland, MI	32,719	35,173	37,628	40,082
Monroe, MI	31,845	36,172	40,477	44,804
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	34,196	36,380	38,543	40,727
Niles, MI	32,864	36,088	39,292	42,516
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,156	35,714	38,293	40,852
Saginaw, MI	32,573	35,152	37,732	40,311
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,280	37,045	40,810	44,575
Traverse City, MI	33,052	35,693	38,314	40,956
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,946	35,714	37,503	39,271
Duluth, MN-WI	36,380	39,000	41,621	44,242
Mankato, MN	42,224	46,322	50,440	54,538
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	43,306	47,487	51,647	55,828
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	39,708	44,284	48,880	53,456
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	41,247	45,636	50,045	54,434
Rochester, MN	37,108	40,352	43,618	46,863
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	40,727	45,178	49,629	54,080
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	40,831	45,032	49,234	53,436
St. Cloud, MN	41,247	45,677	50,128	54,559
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	32,490	35,090	37,690	40,290
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,175	36,525	38,896	41,247
Columbia, MO	33,218	35,256	37,274	39,312
Jefferson City, MO	32,428	34,528	36,650	38,751
Joplin, MO-KS	29,578	32,116	34,653	37,191
Kansas City, MO-KS	35,298	38,168	41,039	43,909
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	31,180	33,592	36,005	38,418
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,133	36,151	38,148	40,165
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,717	36,484	39,229	41,996
Springfield, MO	33,364	35,048	36,712	38,397
St. Joseph, MO-KS	32,948	36,088	39,208	42,349
St. Louis, MO-IL	35,007	36,920	38,813	40,727
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	21,882	25,460	29,037	32,615
Hattiesburg, MS	22,776	25,397	28,039	30,660
Jackson, MS	28,122	31,408	34,674	37,960
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	24,503	27,519	30,514	33,530
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	24,773	27,685	30,618	33,530
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	27,352	30,972	34,591	38,210
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	26,458	30,119	33,800	37,461
Billings, MT	31,200	34,154	37,087	40,040
Bozeman, MT	32,615	35,256	37,919	40,560
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	32,220	34,757	37,316	39,853
Great Falls, MT	30,951	35,007	39,084	43,140
Helena, MT	31,700	34,924	38,127	41,351
Missoula, MT	32,781	34,341	35,922	37,482
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	32,615	35,256	37,919	40,560
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	31,284	34,092	36,920	39,728
Asheville, NC	33,821	37,648	41,455	45,282
Burlington, NC	32,199	36,109	40,020	43,930
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,303	35,901	39,479	43,077
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	35,319	37,960	40,581	43,223
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	32,116	36,068	40,040	43,992
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	26,728	31,096	35,464	39,832
Fayetteville, NC	29,557	32,053	34,570	37,066
Goldsboro, NC	28,080	32,469	36,879	41,268
Greensboro-High Point, NC	33,301	36,816	40,332	43,847
Greenville, NC	36,172	36,983	37,773	38,584
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	30,368	34,175	37,960	41,767
Jacksonville, NC	27,165	31,200	35,215	39,250
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	31,720	35,506	39,292	43,077
Raleigh-Cary, NC	30,015	34,383	38,730	43,098
Rocky Mount, NC	28,039	32,240	36,463	40,664
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	23,983	26,708	29,453	32,178
Wilmington, NC	26,916	30,639	34,383	38,106
Winston-Salem, NC	35,173	38,106	41,039	43,972
Bismarck, ND	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Fargo, ND-MN	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Grand Forks, ND-MN	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Minot, ND	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Grand Island, NE	33,925	36,255	38,605	40,935
Lincoln, NE	32,552	34,903	37,253	39,604
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	33,426	35,880	38,335	40,789
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	33,925	36,255	38,605	40,935
Omaha, NE-IA	34,591	37,045	39,520	41,975
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	33,156	35,610	38,085	40,540
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	38,335	42,037	45,740	49,442
Manchester-Nashua, NH	37,024	40,456	43,868	47,300
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	38,439	42,162	45,864	49,588
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	37,461	40,373	43,285	46,197
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	36,026	42,204	48,360	54,538
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	36,088	42,287	48,464	54,663
Vineland, NJ	32,032	36,504	40,997	45,469
Albuquerque, NM	36,650	40,144	43,660	47,154
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	31,908	35,173	38,418	41,684
Farmington, NM	33,197	37,045	40,914	44,762
Las Cruces, NM	31,159	34,216	37,295	40,352
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,472	33,426	36,400	39,354
Santa Fe, NM	33,239	37,108	40,997	44,866
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	32,136	35,485	38,834	42,183
Carson City, NV	29,391	32,719	36,068	39,396
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	32,719	36,026	39,333	42,640
Reno, NV	32,656	35,360	38,044	40,748
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	34,549	37,836	41,143	44,429
Binghamton, NY	35,132	38,335	41,538	44,741
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	36,608	40,040	43,452	46,884
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	35,568	38,772	41,954	45,157
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	35,069	37,669	40,290	42,890
Elmira, NY	35,381	38,335	41,309	44,263
Glens Falls, NY	35,111	38,647	42,162	45,698
Ithaca, NY	35,298	38,168	41,018	43,888
Kingston, NY	36,442	39,916	43,389	46,863
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	37,940	41,309	44,700	48,069
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	38,605	45,116	51,605	58,116
Rochester, NY	35,610	37,378	39,125	40,893
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	37,440	40,394	43,327	46,280
Syracuse, NY	37,274	40,186	43,098	46,010
Utica-Rome, NY	36,317	39,333	42,328	45,344
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	36,962	39,916	42,890	45,844
Akron, OH	28,954	31,762	34,591	37,399
Canton-Massillon, OH	29,245	32,032	34,820	37,607
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	30,868	33,884	36,920	39,936
Cleveland, OH	34,695	36,650	38,605	40,560
Columbus, OH	31,346	33,967	36,608	39,229
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	33,384	35,797	38,210	40,623
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	31,138	33,717	36,296	38,876
Lima, OH	31,096	33,842	36,588	39,333
Mansfield, OH	30,660	33,364	36,068	38,772
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	31,117	33,842	36,546	39,271
Sandusky, OH	33,405	35,672	37,940	40,207
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	34,008	35,360	36,712	38,064
Springfield, OH	31,221	33,967	36,733	39,479
Toledo, OH	30,972	33,488	35,984	38,501
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	31,034	33,863	36,671	39,500
Youngstown-Warren, OH	31,700	34,279	36,837	39,416
Enid, OK	30,722	33,405	36,088	38,772
Lawton, OK	30,472	32,968	35,464	37,960
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,890	32,053	34,237	36,400
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	31,263	33,904	36,525	39,167
Oklahoma City, OK	31,180	33,509	35,839	38,168
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	28,580	31,200	33,800	36,421
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,869	32,428	35,007	37,565
Tulsa, OK	32,116	34,632	37,149	39,666
Albany, OR	36,816	41,954	47,071	52,208
Bend, OR	42,557	47,674	52,770	57,887
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	36,879	40,748	44,637	48,506
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	36,733	40,269	43,784	47,320
Corvallis, OR	34,778	38,543	42,328	46,093
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	37,503	43,140	48,797	54,434
Eugene-Springfield, OR	35,402	40,768	46,156	51,522
Grants Pass, OR	34,612	37,004	39,375	41,767
Medford, OR	35,984	38,231	40,456	42,703
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Salem, OR	37,420	41,392	45,365	49,338
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	35,007	41,205	47,383	53,581
Altoona, PA	23,026	27,436	31,845	36,255
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	25,959	30,805	35,631	40,477
Chambersburg, PA	29,495	33,343	37,170	41,018
Erie, PA	23,733	28,476	33,197	37,940
Gettysburg, PA	31,970	35,319	38,668	42,016
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	33,717	36,629	39,562	42,474
Johnstown, PA	26,042	30,930	35,839	40,727
Lancaster, PA	31,284	34,924	38,564	42,204
Lebanon, PA	30,722	34,508	38,314	42,100
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	24,856	29,744	34,612	39,500
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	21,861	25,855	29,828	33,821
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	31,866	36,442	41,018	45,594
Pittsburgh, PA	29,058	33,384	37,711	42,037
Reading, PA	30,140	34,570	39,021	43,452
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	30,410	32,906	35,402	37,898
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	25,834	30,701	35,589	40,456
State College, PA	23,920	28,871	33,821	38,772
Williamsport, PA	22,340	26,978	31,616	36,255
York-Hanover, PA	32,740	35,964	39,188	42,412
Aguadilla, PR	21,840	23,068	24,295	25,522
Arecibo, PR	22,028	25,127	28,247	31,346
Guayama, PR	22,028	25,210	28,413	31,596
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	24,108	26,354	28,621
Ponce, PR	21,986	25,189	28,413	31,616
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,965	25,085	28,184	31,304
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,069	25,293	28,517	31,741
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	35,527	38,605	41,663	44,741
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	33,384	35,818	38,231	40,664
Columbia, SC	31,512	32,490	33,447	34,424
Florence, SC	29,848	31,658	33,488	35,298
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	32,781	35,028	37,253	39,500
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	30,077	32,677	35,277	37,877
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	30,764	32,469	34,175	35,880
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,805	33,821	36,816	39,832
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,303	35,402	38,480	41,580
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	31,928	34,216	36,504	38,792
Spartanburg, SC	32,677	35,735	38,813	41,871
Sumter, SC	29,848	31,658	33,488	35,298
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	35,423	37,461	39,500	41,538
Rapid City, SD	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	35,048	37,232	39,396	41,580
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Chattanooga, TN-GA	28,933	32,303	35,693	39,063
Clarksville, TN-KY	28,663	32,844	37,045	41,226
Cleveland, TN	28,080	31,450	34,799	38,168
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,039	31,284	34,549	37,794
Jackson, TN	26,916	31,096	35,256	39,437
Johnson City, TN	26,874	30,056	33,218	36,400
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	27,332	30,576	33,842	37,087
Knoxville, TN	28,351	31,408	34,487	37,544
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	29,786	33,384	37,004	40,602
Morristown, TN	27,498	30,660	33,800	36,962
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	30,639	34,466	38,314	42,141
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,559	32,365	36,192	39,999
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,372	32,573	36,796	40,997
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,268	32,511	36,775	41,018
Abilene, TX	27,477	32,157	36,858	41,538
Amarillo, TX	30,493	35,381	40,269	45,157
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	29,994	34,404	38,813	43,223
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	21,965	25,148	28,330	31,512
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,375	30,930	35,485	40,040
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	24,482	26,562	28,663	30,743
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,687	30,701	34,736	38,751
College Station-Bryan, TX	26,541	30,160	33,780	37,399
Corpus Christi, TX	23,255	26,250	29,266	32,261
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	27,956	30,972	34,008	37,024
Eagle Pass, TX	24,149	28,871	33,592	38,314
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,628	26,936	29,245	31,554
El Paso, TX	21,258	25,834	30,410	34,986
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	27,540	30,514	33,468	36,442
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	27,394	31,076	34,757	38,439
Killeen-Temple, TX	24,253	27,872	31,512	35,132
Laredo, TX	26,250	31,429	36,588	41,767
Longview, TX	26,167	29,536	32,906	36,276
Lubbock, TX	25,980	28,413	30,868	33,301
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	23,484	26,978	30,472	33,967
Midland, TX	30,992	35,007	39,042	43,056
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	27,186	31,741	36,296	40,852
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,181	35,943	41,684	47,445
Odessa, TX	30,992	35,007	39,042	43,056
San Angelo, TX	28,101	32,282	36,442	40,623
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	25,917	30,285	34,674	39,042
Sherman-Denison, TX	27,914	30,992	34,092	37,170
Texarkana, TX-AR	27,332	31,284	35,256	39,208
Tyler, TX	26,687	30,264	33,863	37,440
Victoria, TX	25,792	30,493	35,215	39,916
Waco, TX	27,436	30,639	33,821	37,024
Wichita Falls, TX	26,874	32,032	37,191	42,349
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Logan, UT-ID	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Ogden, UT	40,394	44,575	48,756	52,936
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	40,311	44,096	47,903	51,688
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
St. George, UT	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	40,144	44,284	48,423	52,562
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	29,495	31,700	33,925	36,130
Charlottesville, VA	32,823	34,840	36,879	38,896
Harrisonburg, VA	31,887	34,757	37,607	40,477
Lynchburg, VA	30,868	33,613	36,359	39,104
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,695	39,021	43,348	47,674
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,778	39,333	43,888	48,444
Richmond, VA	33,676	35,215	36,754	38,293
Roanoke, VA	29,869	32,469	35,090	37,690
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,116	34,320	36,546	38,751
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,559	31,076	33,592	36,109
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	31,887	34,757	37,607	40,477
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	32,261	34,487	36,733	38,959
Winchester, VA-WV	35,652	40,956	46,239	51,543
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	39,666	40,935	42,183	43,452
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	38,605	40,768	42,911	45,074
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	37,711	40,644	43,597	46,530
Bellingham, WA	36,754	40,644	44,533	48,423
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	41,226	45,864	50,503	55,141
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	37,794	42,183	46,592	50,981
Kennewick-Richland, WA	36,796	40,082	43,389	46,676
Longview-Kelso, WA	37,482	41,330	45,178	49,026
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	40,602	45,261	49,941	54,600
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	40,831	45,532	50,253	54,954
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	42,287	46,717	51,148	55,578
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	36,442	40,748	45,053	49,359
Walla Walla, WA	38,584	43,327	48,090	52,832
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	41,122	45,740	50,357	54,975
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	38,106	42,661	47,196	51,751
Yakima, WA	37,981	42,370	46,780	51,168
Appleton, WI	34,840	37,336	39,853	42,349
Eau Claire, WI	35,860	41,122	46,384	51,647
Fond du Lac, WI	37,170	40,810	44,429	48,069
Green Bay, WI	36,733	38,293	39,832	41,392
Janesville-Beloit, WI	36,692	39,125	41,538	43,972
Kenosha, WI	33,696	36,255	38,813	41,372
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	34,570	39,084	43,576	48,090
Madison, WI	38,647	40,935	43,244	45,532
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	38,023	41,912	45,802	49,692
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	35,860	38,917	41,996	45,053
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,840	39,271	43,680	48,111
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	32,968	35,423	37,898	40,352
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	36,941	40,727	44,512	48,298
Sheboygan, WI	37,191	41,039	44,887	48,735
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	36,712	40,332	43,951	47,570
Wausau, WI	33,072	37,836	42,620	47,383
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	36,650	41,268	45,885	50,503
Beckley, WV	27,831	32,303	36,754	41,226
Charleston, WV	28,788	32,532	36,296	40,040
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	32,324	34,986	37,669	40,332
Morgantown, WV	27,831	32,303	36,754	41,226
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,580	32,448	36,317	40,186
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	27,831	32,303	36,754	41,226
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,788	32,532	36,296	40,040
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	29,287	32,261	35,256	38,231
Wheeling, WV-OH	27,311	31,055	34,799	38,543
Casper, WY	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Cheyenne, WY	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	31,492	36,879	42,245	47,632

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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