SOC 43-5021 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Couriers and Messengers 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): Pick up and deliver messages, documents, packages, and other items between offices or departments within an establishment or directly to other business concerns, traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance.

Level I across metros$21,840 – $44,429Aguadilla, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$43,576Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Couriers and Messengers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Couriers and Messengers (SOC 43-5021) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,840 in Aguadilla, PR to $44,429 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $43,576. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $40,498, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 18 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	36,463	39,479	42,474	45,490
Anchorage, AK	36,733	39,666	42,599	45,532
Fairbanks-College, AK	35,901	39,000	42,079	45,178
Anniston-Oxford, AL	30,077	33,530	36,983	40,436
Auburn-Opelika, AL	25,002	29,266	33,530	37,794
Birmingham, AL	30,306	33,613	36,920	40,228
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	25,751	29,703	33,676	37,628
Decatur, AL	27,144	31,845	36,546	41,247
Dothan, AL	27,415	31,408	35,381	39,375
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	27,082	31,679	36,276	40,872
Gadsden, AL	30,077	33,530	36,983	40,436
Huntsville, AL	28,621	31,783	34,965	38,127
Mobile, AL	25,792	29,079	32,365	35,652
Montgomery, AL	26,936	30,202	33,447	36,712
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,037	32,677	36,338	39,978
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,600	32,490	36,380	40,269
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,919	29,183	33,447	37,711
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	27,727	31,533	35,319	39,125
Tuscaloosa, AL	23,941	27,207	30,472	33,738
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,861	37,877	40,914	43,930
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	30,556	33,239	35,922	38,605
Fort Smith, AR-OK	29,599	32,719	35,860	38,980
Hot Springs, AR	31,346	34,528	37,690	40,872
Jonesboro, AR	35,381	38,356	41,330	44,304
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	31,388	34,612	37,856	41,080
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	30,680	33,780	36,900	39,999
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	30,306	33,738	37,191	40,623
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	30,389	33,592	36,796	39,999
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	34,404	37,232	40,040	42,869
Flagstaff, AZ	34,404	36,546	38,709	40,852
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	34,404	36,546	38,709	40,852
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	35,069	37,794	40,498	43,223
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	34,924	37,648	40,352	43,077
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	32,823	35,568	38,314	41,060
Tucson, AZ	32,864	35,693	38,501	41,330
Yuma, AZ	34,528	37,357	40,165	42,994
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	34,320	38,168	42,016	45,864
Chico, CA	36,359	40,228	44,096	47,965
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	35,631	40,332	45,012	49,712
El Centro, CA	36,421	40,144	43,888	47,612
Fresno, CA	34,840	39,292	43,722	48,173
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	34,840	38,668	42,495	46,322
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	37,960	41,455	44,928	48,423
Merced, CA	39,541	45,552	51,543	57,554
Modesto, CA	38,189	44,970	51,730	58,511
Napa, CA	43,639	47,175	50,711	54,247
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,130	39,437	42,744	46,052
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,087	41,663	46,218	50,794
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	38,064	40,332	42,620	44,887
Redding, CA	36,359	38,772	41,184	43,597
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	35,340	39,063	42,807	46,530
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	37,628	42,453	47,258	52,084
Salinas, CA	36,588	37,628	38,647	39,687
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	37,648	41,143	44,616	48,111
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	42,536	45,740	48,943	52,146
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	44,429	49,858	55,308	60,736
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	35,527	38,813	42,079	45,365
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	42,308	46,364	50,399	54,455
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	38,751	40,706	42,640	44,596
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	41,788	45,240	48,714	52,167
Stockton-Lodi, CA	34,404	38,751	43,077	47,424
Vallejo, CA	40,415	44,408	48,381	52,375
Visalia, CA	36,796	38,855	40,893	42,952
Yuba City, CA	37,503	42,245	46,988	51,730
Boulder, CO	36,608	41,954	47,279	52,624
Colorado Springs, CO	33,738	37,440	41,122	44,824
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	36,962	42,308	47,674	53,020
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	35,652	40,789	45,948	51,085
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	35,756	38,959	42,162	45,365
Grand Junction, CO	34,612	38,730	42,828	46,946
Greeley, CO	36,296	41,663	47,050	52,416
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	36,421	41,704	46,988	52,271
Pueblo, CO	34,071	36,754	39,416	42,100
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	35,672	40,789	45,906	51,023
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	36,650	39,583	42,516	45,448
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	35,319	38,543	41,746	44,970
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	35,714	39,604	43,472	47,362
New Haven, CT	36,816	41,434	46,072	50,690
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	34,133	36,047	37,981	39,895
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	35,069	36,629	38,210	39,770
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	37,420	42,224	47,008	51,813
Dover, DE	34,674	38,501	42,328	46,156
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	32,573	35,111	37,628	40,165
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	33,800	36,463	39,125	41,788
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	30,535	33,759	37,004	40,228
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	30,098	33,468	36,858	40,228
Gainesville, FL	34,736	37,482	40,228	42,973
Homosassa Springs, FL	33,364	36,026	38,688	41,351
Jacksonville, FL	31,887	34,632	37,357	40,103
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	34,445	36,671	38,876	41,101
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	32,324	35,444	38,564	41,684
Naples-Marco Island, FL	32,864	36,400	39,957	43,493
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	30,847	33,988	37,149	40,290
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	31,284	35,360	39,437	43,514
Ocala, FL	29,869	32,781	35,714	38,626
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	33,280	36,380	39,479	42,578
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	32,469	35,714	38,959	42,204
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	31,076	33,863	36,650	39,437
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	30,389	33,634	36,858	40,103
Port St. Lucie, FL	31,117	35,111	39,104	43,098
Punta Gorda, FL	32,240	33,904	35,589	37,253
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	32,885	36,088	39,312	42,516
Sebring, FL	33,197	36,234	39,271	42,308
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	32,740	35,776	38,813	41,850
Tallahassee, FL	27,810	31,596	35,360	39,146
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	33,759	36,234	38,730	41,205
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	33,343	36,192	39,021	41,871
Albany, GA	29,328	32,844	36,338	39,853
Athens-Clarke County, GA	29,058	32,240	35,444	38,626
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	34,903	38,397	41,892	45,386
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	26,936	31,762	36,608	41,434
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	27,082	30,972	34,882	38,772
Columbus, GA-AL	23,816	28,559	33,301	38,044
Dalton, GA	30,202	33,800	37,378	40,976
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	23,421	27,976	32,532	37,087
Gainesville, GA	34,591	38,106	41,642	45,157
Hinesville, GA	26,520	31,138	35,735	40,352
Macon-Bibb County, GA	29,224	33,114	36,983	40,872
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	26,292	29,536	32,760	36,005
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	28,746	32,116	35,464	38,834
Rome, GA	26,000	29,120	32,220	35,340
Savannah, GA	28,892	33,447	38,002	42,557
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,311	31,346	35,360	39,396
Valdosta, GA	26,458	30,743	35,048	39,333
Warner Robins, GA	27,914	31,658	35,423	39,167
Guam MSA	22,236	24,877	27,519	30,160
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	36,047	37,357	38,668	39,978
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	35,818	37,981	40,144	42,308
Urban Honolulu, HI	35,652	37,773	39,916	42,037
Ames, IA	33,821	36,338	38,855	41,372
Cedar Rapids, IA	34,653	36,629	38,605	40,581
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	32,324	34,799	37,274	39,749
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	34,549	36,941	39,354	41,746
Dubuque, IA	34,216	36,130	38,023	39,936
Iowa City, IA	33,301	35,776	38,252	40,727
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	32,178	34,237	36,317	38,376
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	32,344	34,965	37,565	40,186
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	28,829	32,095	35,360	38,626
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	33,592	36,026	38,460	40,893
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	31,616	34,861	38,127	41,372
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	33,696	35,714	37,732	39,749
Boise City, ID	30,244	33,613	36,962	40,332
Coeur d'Alene, ID	26,000	31,679	37,357	43,036
Idaho Falls, ID	27,748	30,930	34,133	37,316
Lewiston, ID-WA	27,768	33,197	38,647	44,076
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	28,892	33,010	37,108	41,226
Pocatello, ID	28,080	34,404	40,706	47,029
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	29,120	32,989	36,837	40,706
Twin Falls, ID	30,826	34,133	37,440	40,748
Bloomington, IL	33,925	36,047	38,168	40,290
Champaign-Urbana, IL	35,672	36,920	38,189	39,437
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	35,797	39,229	42,682	46,114
Decatur, IL	32,823	35,860	38,917	41,954
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,716	37,877	41,060	44,221
Kankakee, IL	35,007	38,418	41,850	45,261
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,716	38,127	41,559	44,970
Peoria, IL	34,549	36,712	38,855	41,018
Rockford, IL	34,029	36,047	38,044	40,061
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,325	34,549	37,752	40,976
Springfield, IL	33,322	36,650	39,978	43,306
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,200	34,279	37,357	40,436
Bloomington, IN	33,384	36,816	40,228	43,660
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	32,552	36,068	39,562	43,077
Columbus, IN	33,509	36,816	40,144	43,452
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	26,791	31,346	35,880	40,436
Evansville, IN	33,260	35,652	38,023	40,415
Fort Wayne, IN	32,012	35,943	39,853	43,784
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	33,988	37,191	40,373	43,576
Kokomo, IN	32,864	36,276	39,666	43,077
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	34,383	38,148	41,892	45,656
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	34,882	38,522	42,162	45,802
Muncie, IN	33,613	36,900	40,186	43,472
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	34,196	37,940	41,684	45,428
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	30,285	33,572	36,837	40,124
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	31,866	35,381	38,876	42,391
Terre Haute, IN	30,202	34,112	38,044	41,954
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	29,016	32,261	35,485	38,730
Lawrence, KS	32,594	36,442	40,269	44,117
Manhattan, KS	29,536	33,218	36,879	40,560
Topeka, KS	31,533	35,527	39,520	43,514
Wichita, KS	24,440	29,744	35,048	40,352
Bowling Green, KY	23,109	27,020	30,930	34,840
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,039	32,032	36,026	40,020
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	26,916	30,306	33,717	37,108
Elizabethtown, KY	27,935	31,263	34,570	37,898
Lexington-Fayette, KY	26,583	30,452	34,300	38,168
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	28,122	31,429	34,716	38,023
Owensboro, KY	28,309	31,367	34,424	37,482
Paducah, KY-IL	28,455	32,012	35,568	39,125
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,455	31,471	34,508	37,524
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,184	31,221	34,279	37,316
Alexandria, LA	26,957	30,348	33,759	37,149
Baton Rouge, LA	25,335	29,391	33,426	37,482
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	25,730	29,620	33,488	37,378
Hammond, LA	25,709	29,952	34,175	38,418
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	25,148	29,204	33,239	37,295
Lafayette, LA	26,229	29,932	33,634	37,336
Lake Charles, LA	25,460	29,495	33,551	37,586
Monroe, LA	23,359	27,373	31,367	35,381
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	26,250	30,472	34,674	38,896
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	25,543	29,453	33,343	37,253
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	27,352	30,722	34,071	37,440
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	25,938	30,264	34,612	38,938
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	25,397	29,474	33,572	37,648
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	35,340	38,376	41,392	44,429
Barnstable Town, MA	36,858	39,728	42,620	45,490
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	37,128	41,122	45,095	49,088
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	35,735	39,624	43,535	47,424
Pittsfield, MA	34,861	37,773	40,685	43,597
Springfield, MA	34,986	37,877	40,748	43,639
Worcester, MA	35,818	38,959	42,100	45,240
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	35,152	38,460	41,767	45,074
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	35,423	40,373	45,324	50,274
Lexington Park, MD	36,192	40,768	45,365	49,941
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	33,634	35,839	38,044	40,248
Salisbury, MD	33,800	35,839	37,898	39,936
Bangor, ME	37,690	40,165	42,661	45,136
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	38,023	40,602	43,160	45,740
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	37,690	40,165	42,661	45,136
Portland-South Portland, ME	38,023	40,602	43,160	45,740
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	37,690	40,165	42,661	45,136
Ann Arbor, MI	32,781	36,068	39,375	42,661
Battle Creek, MI	32,053	34,924	37,815	40,685
Bay City, MI	32,615	35,028	37,461	39,874
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	33,384	36,588	39,812	43,015
Flint, MI	28,080	31,263	34,424	37,607
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	32,303	35,028	37,773	40,498
Jackson, MI	32,906	36,151	39,396	42,640
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	33,093	35,652	38,231	40,789
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	33,572	36,421	39,271	42,120
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	32,074	34,799	37,524	40,248
Midland, MI	33,135	34,466	35,776	37,108
Monroe, MI	32,719	36,047	39,396	42,724
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	32,324	34,924	37,544	40,144
Niles, MI	29,432	32,906	36,359	39,832
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	32,261	34,903	37,565	40,207
Saginaw, MI	33,156	35,444	37,732	40,020
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	27,727	30,639	33,551	36,463
Traverse City, MI	36,359	38,272	40,165	42,079
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	32,261	34,903	37,565	40,207
Duluth, MN-WI	37,066	40,040	42,994	45,968
Mankato, MN	38,543	42,952	47,341	51,751
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	39,354	43,722	48,069	52,437
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	38,085	42,224	46,384	50,524
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	36,879	38,356	39,853	41,330
Rochester, MN	39,687	43,264	46,842	50,420
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	36,588	40,956	45,303	49,671
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	35,652	40,207	44,783	49,338
St. Cloud, MN	31,200	35,672	40,144	44,616
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	31,741	34,778	37,794	40,831
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,924	38,064	41,226	44,367
Columbia, MO	30,556	33,925	37,316	40,685
Jefferson City, MO	30,556	33,925	37,316	40,685
Joplin, MO-KS	29,994	33,322	36,650	39,978
Kansas City, MO-KS	33,988	37,648	41,288	44,949
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,495	31,887	34,258	36,650
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,005	38,751	41,496	44,242
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,924	37,856	40,789	43,722
Springfield, MO	38,543	39,583	40,623	41,663
St. Joseph, MO-KS	31,970	35,901	39,832	43,764
St. Louis, MO-IL	36,130	39,208	42,266	45,344
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	28,247	31,949	35,672	39,375
Hattiesburg, MS	26,458	30,202	33,925	37,669
Jackson, MS	28,434	31,783	35,152	38,501
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	23,858	28,018	32,199	36,359
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	27,373	30,888	34,404	37,919
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	23,650	28,039	32,407	36,796
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	27,852	30,972	34,112	37,232
Billings, MT	29,869	34,736	39,604	44,471
Bozeman, MT	29,869	34,736	39,604	44,471
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	28,996	33,696	38,418	43,119
Great Falls, MT	29,869	34,736	39,604	44,471
Helena, MT	29,869	34,736	39,604	44,471
Missoula, MT	29,869	34,736	39,604	44,471
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	29,703	34,445	39,167	43,909
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	29,869	34,736	39,604	44,471
Asheville, NC	33,717	36,941	40,186	43,410
Burlington, NC	34,695	36,400	38,106	39,812
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	22,069	26,604	31,117	35,652
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	34,508	37,253	40,020	42,765
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	34,487	38,023	41,538	45,074
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	29,120	32,989	36,858	40,727
Fayetteville, NC	31,450	34,112	36,775	39,437
Goldsboro, NC	26,749	32,636	38,522	44,408
Greensboro-High Point, NC	27,935	32,781	37,628	42,474
Greenville, NC	27,976	32,261	36,567	40,852
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	28,060	31,949	35,839	39,728
Jacksonville, NC	28,621	32,760	36,900	41,039
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	28,330	33,197	38,085	42,952
Raleigh-Cary, NC	29,204	35,007	40,810	46,613
Rocky Mount, NC	26,312	32,240	38,189	44,117
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,010	36,629	40,228	43,847
Wilmington, NC	32,074	35,444	38,813	42,183
Winston-Salem, NC	28,767	32,428	36,088	39,749
Bismarck, ND	34,008	37,544	41,080	44,616
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	34,445	37,503	40,581	43,639
Fargo, ND-MN	35,527	37,690	39,874	42,037
Grand Forks, ND-MN	35,818	37,544	39,250	40,976
Minot, ND	34,008	37,544	41,080	44,616
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	34,008	37,544	41,080	44,616
Grand Island, NE	28,684	32,344	35,984	39,645
Lincoln, NE	28,517	32,844	37,170	41,496
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,829	32,760	36,692	40,623
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,663	31,783	34,903	38,023
Omaha, NE-IA	29,661	33,322	37,004	40,664
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,621	31,471	34,300	37,149
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	24,212	29,620	35,028	40,436
Manchester-Nashua, NH	30,951	36,484	41,996	47,528
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	36,421	40,581	44,762	48,922
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	27,540	33,821	40,082	46,364
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	36,026	40,311	44,596	48,880
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	34,799	37,711	40,644	43,556
Vineland, NJ	34,799	38,647	42,516	46,364
Albuquerque, NM	31,512	34,508	37,503	40,498
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	29,973	33,280	36,608	39,916
Farmington, NM	30,639	33,842	37,045	40,248
Las Cruces, NM	27,207	30,056	32,906	35,756
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,264	33,613	36,941	40,290
Santa Fe, NM	31,076	34,237	37,399	40,560
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	33,821	38,522	43,223	47,924
Carson City, NV	31,221	36,276	41,351	46,405
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	34,882	39,292	43,722	48,132
Reno, NV	31,908	37,045	42,183	47,320
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	34,487	36,796	39,125	41,434
Binghamton, NY	32,448	35,714	38,980	42,245
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	34,237	36,192	38,148	40,103
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	34,466	36,629	38,813	40,976
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	34,487	37,752	41,018	44,284
Elmira, NY	33,072	35,901	38,751	41,580
Glens Falls, NY	34,300	36,650	39,021	41,372
Ithaca, NY	33,447	36,421	39,375	42,349
Kingston, NY	35,277	39,167	43,077	46,967
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	35,818	39,936	44,076	48,194
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	36,359	40,727	45,074	49,442
Rochester, NY	33,634	36,088	38,543	40,997
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	33,135	35,756	38,356	40,976
Syracuse, NY	34,778	37,024	39,292	41,538
Utica-Rome, NY	32,615	34,986	37,357	39,728
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	33,967	36,276	38,564	40,872
Akron, OH	32,324	35,880	39,416	42,973
Canton-Massillon, OH	28,912	32,844	36,775	40,706
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	33,239	36,380	39,520	42,661
Cleveland, OH	33,592	36,816	40,040	43,264
Columbus, OH	33,717	36,816	39,895	42,994
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	33,072	35,485	37,898	40,311
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	28,517	31,637	34,778	37,898
Lima, OH	28,060	31,117	34,175	37,232
Mansfield, OH	32,074	35,423	38,772	42,120
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	26,354	29,349	32,324	35,319
Sandusky, OH	32,136	35,506	38,896	42,266
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	28,060	30,992	33,925	36,858
Springfield, OH	32,490	35,485	38,501	41,496
Toledo, OH	31,700	34,903	38,085	41,288
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	27,040	29,848	32,677	35,485
Youngstown-Warren, OH	32,095	35,568	39,021	42,495
Enid, OK	32,552	35,818	39,063	42,328
Lawton, OK	32,386	35,860	39,333	42,807
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	31,492	35,069	38,647	42,224
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,884	35,776	37,648	39,541
Oklahoma City, OK	32,511	35,880	39,271	42,640
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	28,372	32,178	35,984	39,791
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,074	35,548	39,000	42,474
Tulsa, OK	31,076	34,778	38,501	42,204
Albany, OR	34,986	39,458	43,930	48,402
Bend, OR	35,589	40,124	44,679	49,213
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	36,546	41,060	45,573	50,087
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	34,424	37,378	40,311	43,264
Corvallis, OR	36,109	38,792	41,476	44,159
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	38,543	42,536	46,551	50,544
Eugene-Springfield, OR	34,736	39,437	44,117	48,818
Grants Pass, OR	35,256	38,189	41,122	44,055
Medford, OR	35,818	38,876	41,954	45,012
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	37,253	41,892	46,551	51,189
Salem, OR	35,277	39,666	44,034	48,423
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	35,194	38,335	41,496	44,637
Altoona, PA	30,015	33,052	36,068	39,104
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	27,685	30,160	32,615	35,090
Chambersburg, PA	29,100	33,468	37,856	42,224
Erie, PA	34,840	37,128	39,396	41,684
Gettysburg, PA	31,658	35,984	40,311	44,637
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	34,237	37,732	41,226	44,720
Johnstown, PA	29,183	30,452	31,741	33,010
Lancaster, PA	31,533	34,986	38,460	41,912
Lebanon, PA	30,680	34,508	38,314	42,141
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	30,306	33,260	36,213	39,167
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	24,940	27,456	29,994	32,511
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	34,799	38,626	42,474	46,301
Pittsburgh, PA	33,447	37,336	41,205	45,095
Reading, PA	29,620	33,031	36,463	39,874
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	32,469	37,108	41,746	46,384
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	27,228	30,493	33,759	37,024
State College, PA	26,936	29,994	33,072	36,130
Williamsport, PA	27,165	29,994	32,844	35,672
York-Hanover, PA	30,784	35,028	39,271	43,514
Aguadilla, PR	21,840	22,464	23,109	23,733
Arecibo, PR	21,840	22,527	23,213	23,900
Guayama, PR	22,048	23,983	25,917	27,852
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	23,296	24,732	26,188
Ponce, PR	21,840	22,548	23,234	23,941
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	22,943	24,066	25,168
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,069	24,024	25,959	27,914
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	33,031	36,088	39,146	42,204
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	26,416	31,679	36,920	42,183
Columbia, SC	24,960	29,911	34,861	39,812
Florence, SC	27,477	32,490	37,482	42,495
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	26,208	30,223	34,237	38,252
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	26,084	31,908	37,711	43,535
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	24,212	29,599	34,986	40,373
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,160	34,300	38,439	42,578
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	28,663	32,532	36,421	40,290
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	25,605	30,826	36,026	41,247
Spartanburg, SC	33,218	36,213	39,188	42,183
Sumter, SC	24,960	30,119	35,256	40,415
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	30,306	32,469	34,653	36,816
Rapid City, SD	30,056	32,095	34,154	36,192
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	30,452	32,906	35,340	37,794
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	30,056	32,095	34,154	36,192
Chattanooga, TN-GA	31,180	34,716	38,231	41,767
Clarksville, TN-KY	29,120	32,719	36,317	39,916
Cleveland, TN	29,703	33,696	37,711	41,704
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,372	32,760	37,170	41,559
Jackson, TN	27,290	31,408	35,527	39,645
Johnson City, TN	28,580	31,388	34,216	37,024
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	30,992	33,613	36,255	38,876
Knoxville, TN	33,946	36,796	39,666	42,516
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	35,631	38,564	41,496	44,429
Morristown, TN	32,615	35,652	38,688	41,725
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	35,693	38,980	42,245	45,532
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	30,639	34,570	38,480	42,412
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	27,540	32,740	37,919	43,119
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	35,028	38,314	41,580	44,866
Abilene, TX	26,874	30,327	33,780	37,232
Amarillo, TX	28,829	33,759	38,668	43,597
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	35,818	39,957	44,096	48,236
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	31,450	35,173	38,876	42,599
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,743	34,840	38,917	43,015
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	26,916	30,264	33,613	36,962
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,906	36,837	40,789	44,720
College Station-Bryan, TX	22,506	27,456	32,386	37,336
Corpus Christi, TX	31,866	34,653	37,420	40,207
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	35,111	38,626	42,120	45,636
Eagle Pass, TX	28,080	31,429	34,799	38,148
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,364	37,045	40,706	44,388
El Paso, TX	32,116	35,693	39,250	42,828
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,634	37,440	41,247	45,053
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	34,404	37,919	41,434	44,949
Killeen-Temple, TX	34,008	38,293	42,599	46,884
Laredo, TX	28,372	31,554	34,757	37,940
Longview, TX	30,660	34,092	37,503	40,935
Lubbock, TX	29,432	33,551	37,648	41,767
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	28,413	31,720	35,028	38,335
Midland, TX	30,888	34,154	37,399	40,664
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	29,162	32,740	36,338	39,916
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,864	35,152	37,440	39,728
Odessa, TX	30,888	34,154	37,399	40,664
San Angelo, TX	30,535	33,364	36,172	39,000
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	32,948	36,816	40,685	44,554
Sherman-Denison, TX	34,695	38,252	41,808	45,365
Texarkana, TX-AR	27,477	31,492	35,506	39,520
Tyler, TX	32,116	34,549	37,004	39,437
Victoria, TX	26,770	31,076	35,360	39,666
Waco, TX	31,887	34,445	37,004	39,562
Wichita Falls, TX	30,951	33,800	36,671	39,520
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	33,093	36,796	40,498	44,200
Logan, UT-ID	35,964	38,605	41,226	43,868
Ogden, UT	39,354	40,082	40,789	41,517
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	31,076	34,008	36,941	39,874
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	39,063	41,184	43,285	45,407
St. George, UT	34,549	38,335	42,100	45,885
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	37,856	40,207	42,578	44,928
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	31,887	34,632	37,399	40,144
Charlottesville, VA	34,695	37,024	39,375	41,704
Harrisonburg, VA	28,330	32,199	36,088	39,957
Lynchburg, VA	29,994	33,260	36,525	39,791
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,111	39,229	43,348	47,466
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,570	39,458	44,325	49,213
Richmond, VA	33,176	37,191	41,226	45,240
Roanoke, VA	29,724	32,386	35,028	37,690
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	25,855	30,015	34,154	38,314
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	29,765	32,823	35,880	38,938
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	28,330	32,199	36,088	39,957
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	34,175	36,172	38,189	40,186
Winchester, VA-WV	29,661	33,759	37,877	41,975
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	21,840	24,170	26,479	28,808
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	37,191	40,373	43,535	46,717
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	37,191	40,373	43,535	46,717
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	39,458	42,016	44,554	47,112
Bellingham, WA	40,872	43,972	47,050	50,149
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	42,453	45,823	49,172	52,541
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	39,104	43,264	47,424	51,584
Kennewick-Richland, WA	37,711	39,541	41,351	43,181
Longview-Kelso, WA	37,232	41,808	46,405	50,981
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	41,725	45,199	48,672	52,146
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	42,204	45,594	49,005	52,396
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	42,786	46,072	49,380	52,666
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	37,253	39,479	41,725	43,951
Walla Walla, WA	37,898	40,872	43,826	46,800
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	41,975	45,448	48,901	52,375
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	39,770	43,764	47,757	51,751
Yakima, WA	39,520	43,597	47,674	51,751
Appleton, WI	33,239	35,340	37,461	39,562
Eau Claire, WI	30,160	33,052	35,964	38,855
Fond du Lac, WI	32,490	35,444	38,397	41,351
Green Bay, WI	28,080	32,594	37,108	41,621
Janesville-Beloit, WI	32,573	35,173	37,752	40,352
Kenosha, WI	31,096	34,112	37,149	40,165
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	33,821	36,109	38,418	40,706
Madison, WI	34,320	37,482	40,664	43,826
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	32,656	35,714	38,772	41,829
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	30,909	33,572	36,255	38,917
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	31,221	34,092	36,941	39,812
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	32,511	35,090	37,669	40,248
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	31,824	35,152	38,480	41,808
Sheboygan, WI	28,642	31,866	35,111	38,335
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	28,788	32,261	35,714	39,188
Wausau, WI	30,576	33,384	36,172	38,980
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	30,202	32,781	35,381	37,960
Beckley, WV	31,637	33,468	35,319	37,149
Charleston, WV	32,053	33,676	35,277	36,900
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	27,623	31,159	34,674	38,210
Morgantown, WV	30,826	32,948	35,090	37,212
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,036	32,698	35,360	38,023
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	29,453	32,116	34,757	37,420
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,368	32,760	35,132	37,524
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	28,268	31,554	34,820	38,106
Wheeling, WV-OH	29,391	32,199	34,986	37,794
Casper, WY	23,525	30,805	38,106	45,386
Cheyenne, WY	23,775	29,911	36,047	42,183
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	23,754	29,952	36,151	42,349
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	23,525	30,805	38,106	45,386

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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