SOC 49-2022 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 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): Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends. Service or repair telephone, cable television, Internet, and other communications equipment on customers' property. May install communications equipment or communications wiring in buildings.

Level I across metros$24,877 – $72,592Aguadilla, PR to Manchester, NH

Median Level IV, major metros$77,751Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (SOC 49-2022) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $24,877 in Aguadilla, PR to $72,592 in Manchester, NH, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $77,751. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $67,309, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 6 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

New York, NY$89,690
San Francisco, CA$110,511
San Jose, CA$103,023
Seattle, WA$91,250
Dallas, TX$71,636
Houston, TX$69,306
Austin, TX$74,652
Chicago, IL$80,143
Boston, MA$89,919
Washington, DC$84,469
Atlanta, GA$85,780
Los Angeles, CA$86,778

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	43,493	56,264	69,056	81,828
Anchorage, AK	65,666	77,231	88,816	100,381
Fairbanks-College, AK	70,575	81,079	91,583	102,087
Anniston-Oxford, AL	50,524	58,136	65,749	73,362
Auburn-Opelika, AL	48,360	55,516	62,650	69,805
Birmingham, AL	47,050	57,117	67,205	77,272
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	43,264	52,541	61,818	71,095
Decatur, AL	46,592	57,117	67,621	78,146
Dothan, AL	42,120	50,669	59,197	67,746
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	39,624	47,424	55,224	63,024
Gadsden, AL	47,008	56,389	65,770	75,151
Huntsville, AL	48,839	56,244	63,648	71,053
Mobile, AL	48,631	56,202	63,773	71,344
Montgomery, AL	46,551	53,623	60,716	67,788
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	47,133	55,994	64,834	73,695
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	46,197	55,869	65,520	75,192
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	42,640	53,706	64,772	75,837
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	39,749	49,442	59,135	68,828
Tuscaloosa, AL	46,010	55,245	64,480	73,716
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	39,562	47,341	55,120	62,900
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	33,904	42,786	51,668	60,549
Fort Smith, AR-OK	35,797	41,621	47,445	53,269
Hot Springs, AR	38,189	44,325	50,440	56,576
Jonesboro, AR	42,682	48,132	53,581	59,031
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	39,312	46,821	54,351	61,860
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	37,919	44,596	51,252	57,928
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,980	46,946	54,933	62,900
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	39,146	46,218	53,290	60,362
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	70,492	75,234	79,997	84,740
Flagstaff, AZ	52,978	61,776	70,596	79,394
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	48,444	60,112	71,802	83,471
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	40,061	53,082	66,103	79,124
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	40,311	53,498	66,706	79,893
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	40,165	50,565	60,965	71,365
Tucson, AZ	37,981	52,000	66,040	80,060
Yuma, AZ	47,404	58,053	68,724	79,373
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	45,261	58,344	71,428	84,511
Chico, CA	57,429	67,996	78,541	89,108
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	57,512	66,789	76,045	85,322
El Centro, CA	55,287	72,384	89,461	106,559
Fresno, CA	56,327	66,727	77,148	87,548
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	54,767	65,021	75,296	85,551
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	57,949	67,559	77,168	86,778
Merced, CA	53,623	63,316	72,988	82,680
Modesto, CA	51,064	60,674	70,263	79,872
Napa, CA	58,573	69,764	80,975	92,165
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	53,394	65,645	77,896	90,148
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	61,194	69,472	77,730	86,008
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	58,261	67,309	76,336	85,384
Redding, CA	48,797	58,656	68,516	78,375
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	52,812	62,816	72,800	82,805
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	58,823	69,743	80,642	91,562
Salinas, CA	58,844	68,911	78,978	89,045
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	58,573	69,181	79,789	90,397
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	68,890	82,764	96,637	110,511
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	67,247	79,165	91,104	103,023
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	53,748	65,770	77,772	89,794
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	65,624	75,400	85,156	94,932
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	58,344	68,100	77,855	87,610
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	64,418	75,338	86,258	97,178
Stockton-Lodi, CA	61,444	69,909	78,354	86,820
Vallejo, CA	54,600	66,685	78,749	90,834
Visalia, CA	50,752	61,485	72,197	82,930
Yuba City, CA	61,860	74,090	86,341	98,572
Boulder, CO	61,236	69,472	77,709	85,946
Colorado Springs, CO	58,428	65,936	73,445	80,954
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	57,679	66,186	74,672	83,180
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	46,676	54,975	63,295	71,594
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	55,183	62,380	69,597	76,794
Grand Junction, CO	50,711	60,050	69,410	78,749
Greeley, CO	49,192	57,949	66,727	75,484
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	45,386	54,247	63,128	71,989
Pueblo, CO	44,908	53,935	62,941	71,968
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	50,565	58,095	65,645	73,175
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	52,770	63,253	73,757	84,240
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	50,940	63,940	76,940	89,940
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	51,792	62,213	72,613	83,034
New Haven, CT	54,600	64,584	74,548	84,532
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	48,444	58,906	69,348	79,810
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	52,042	61,548	71,074	80,580
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	51,210	62,296	73,383	84,469
Dover, DE	55,744	62,130	68,516	74,901
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	46,280	53,914	61,568	69,202
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	48,152	56,056	63,981	71,885
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	43,535	51,730	59,946	68,141
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	45,906	54,164	62,442	70,700
Gainesville, FL	50,732	62,338	73,924	85,530
Homosassa Springs, FL	43,764	50,232	56,680	63,149
Jacksonville, FL	43,514	52,666	61,818	70,970
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	46,197	53,540	60,861	68,204
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	47,820	56,202	64,584	72,967
Naples-Marco Island, FL	45,698	52,874	60,071	67,247
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	44,949	54,101	63,253	72,405
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	46,592	54,455	62,317	70,180
Ocala, FL	48,215	56,119	64,044	71,948
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	46,135	54,704	63,253	71,823
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	45,989	55,765	65,520	75,296
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	46,592	55,890	65,167	74,464
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	49,005	57,096	65,208	73,300
Port St. Lucie, FL	45,906	54,580	63,232	71,906
Punta Gorda, FL	46,343	53,248	60,133	67,039
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	44,575	54,725	64,896	75,047
Sebring, FL	42,661	50,898	59,135	67,372
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	49,109	58,802	68,495	78,188
Tallahassee, FL	44,221	51,522	58,823	66,124
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	45,448	52,312	59,197	66,061
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	45,344	53,165	60,986	68,807
Albany, GA	40,311	51,647	62,962	74,298
Athens-Clarke County, GA	42,890	50,898	58,906	66,914
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	51,085	62,650	74,215	85,780
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	44,554	55,640	66,748	77,834
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	51,792	58,906	66,020	73,133
Columbus, GA-AL	40,269	52,354	64,439	76,524
Dalton, GA	40,685	50,836	61,007	71,157
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	47,778	57,492	67,226	76,940
Gainesville, GA	45,781	58,823	71,844	84,885
Hinesville, GA	43,015	52,375	61,735	71,095
Macon-Bibb County, GA	53,394	59,114	64,834	70,554
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	41,330	48,818	56,327	63,815
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	46,156	54,912	63,669	72,426
Rome, GA	39,853	54,642	69,431	84,220
Savannah, GA	45,552	53,664	61,776	69,888
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	37,836	47,424	56,992	66,581
Valdosta, GA	36,276	47,528	58,802	70,055
Warner Robins, GA	41,933	53,020	64,127	75,213
Guam MSA	30,015	39,957	49,920	59,863
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	56,847	67,143	77,460	87,756
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	60,778	70,408	80,060	89,690
Urban Honolulu, HI	54,871	65,021	75,192	85,343
Ames, IA	46,135	55,828	65,500	75,192
Cedar Rapids, IA	47,736	57,346	66,935	76,544
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	43,639	54,080	64,501	74,943
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	48,672	58,448	68,204	77,980
Dubuque, IA	48,444	57,991	67,559	77,106
Iowa City, IA	43,348	51,980	60,591	69,223
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	49,109	56,888	64,647	72,426
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	45,303	54,476	63,648	72,821
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	46,655	56,202	65,749	75,296
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	44,928	54,788	64,626	74,485
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	46,239	55,287	64,314	73,362
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	43,826	55,100	66,394	77,668
Boise City, ID	45,386	56,701	67,996	79,311
Coeur d'Alene, ID	43,098	52,666	62,234	71,802
Idaho Falls, ID	45,053	53,290	61,548	69,784
Lewiston, ID-WA	41,663	47,924	54,164	60,424
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	43,868	52,999	62,130	71,261
Pocatello, ID	45,968	54,725	63,461	72,218
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	45,906	54,746	63,607	72,447
Twin Falls, ID	49,733	58,719	67,725	76,711
Bloomington, IL	42,370	50,024	57,679	65,333
Champaign-Urbana, IL	43,410	53,165	62,920	72,676
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	49,983	60,029	70,096	80,143
Decatur, IL	45,136	56,930	68,703	80,496
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	44,970	54,184	63,399	72,613
Kankakee, IL	48,132	58,344	68,578	78,791
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	46,655	58,261	69,868	81,474
Peoria, IL	43,285	53,415	63,565	73,695
Rockford, IL	38,834	51,980	65,125	78,271
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	43,285	52,791	62,317	71,823
Springfield, IL	46,010	56,743	67,476	78,208
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	42,869	49,567	56,244	62,941
Bloomington, IN	48,360	55,432	62,484	69,556
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	46,343	52,687	59,010	65,354
Columbus, IN	47,008	54,143	61,298	68,432
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	47,986	56,202	64,439	72,655
Evansville, IN	42,412	49,816	57,200	64,605
Fort Wayne, IN	49,712	56,431	63,128	69,847
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	47,279	54,746	62,192	69,660
Kokomo, IN	47,237	54,351	61,444	68,557
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	48,152	54,663	61,152	67,663
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	48,880	58,948	69,036	79,103
Muncie, IN	47,092	54,330	61,548	68,786
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	47,820	54,351	60,882	67,413
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	45,324	49,962	54,600	59,239
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	47,112	53,727	60,341	66,956
Terre Haute, IN	40,727	49,088	57,429	65,791
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	42,848	49,650	56,452	63,253
Lawrence, KS	48,527	54,996	61,485	67,954
Manhattan, KS	43,618	51,127	58,656	66,165
Topeka, KS	43,868	52,104	60,320	68,557
Wichita, KS	46,509	53,124	59,759	66,373
Bowling Green, KY	44,055	54,351	64,626	74,922
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	42,287	52,125	61,964	71,802
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	39,749	48,610	57,450	66,311
Elizabethtown, KY	42,744	52,666	62,567	72,488
Lexington-Fayette, KY	45,677	56,722	67,746	78,791
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	42,724	52,728	62,712	72,717
Owensboro, KY	42,890	54,122	65,375	76,607
Paducah, KY-IL	45,532	55,224	64,917	74,610
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	42,204	50,877	59,572	68,245
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	43,160	54,247	65,333	76,420
Alexandria, LA	51,335	62,172	73,029	83,866
Baton Rouge, LA	56,930	67,122	77,335	87,527
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	50,836	62,026	73,237	84,428
Hammond, LA	57,200	67,413	77,647	87,860
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	52,978	63,482	73,986	84,490
Lafayette, LA	51,626	62,068	72,488	82,930
Lake Charles, LA	54,205	64,064	73,944	83,804
Monroe, LA	51,709	61,256	70,783	80,330
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	58,698	68,620	78,520	88,442
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	52,021	62,796	73,549	84,324
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	51,647	60,695	69,743	78,791
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	58,677	69,202	79,706	90,231
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	52,541	61,776	71,012	80,247
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	40,103	53,498	66,914	80,309
Barnstable Town, MA	51,938	64,314	76,669	89,045
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	52,167	64,751	77,335	89,919
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	49,525	62,172	74,818	87,464
Pittsfield, MA	42,724	56,556	70,408	84,240
Springfield, MA	51,751	65,583	79,415	93,247
Worcester, MA	37,690	50,253	62,796	75,359
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	43,077	53,040	62,983	72,946
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	45,989	57,429	68,869	80,309
Lexington Park, MD	48,444	59,301	70,180	81,037
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	47,487	56,327	65,188	74,028
Salisbury, MD	42,932	52,104	61,277	70,450
Bangor, ME	47,112	56,556	66,020	75,463
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	47,487	55,869	64,231	72,613
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	46,738	54,538	62,338	70,138
Portland-South Portland, ME	50,399	58,885	67,351	75,837
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	46,904	53,540	60,196	66,831
Ann Arbor, MI	49,567	59,676	69,784	79,893
Battle Creek, MI	45,386	53,956	62,525	71,095
Bay City, MI	46,280	54,122	61,964	69,805
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	47,986	57,159	66,311	75,484
Flint, MI	47,757	56,784	65,832	74,860
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	44,596	52,645	60,716	68,765
Jackson, MI	47,986	57,180	66,352	75,546
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	43,140	50,170	57,180	64,210
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	46,925	55,432	63,919	72,426
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	42,890	49,920	56,930	63,960
Midland, MI	46,280	54,122	61,964	69,805
Monroe, MI	48,132	57,325	66,540	75,733
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	39,604	48,236	56,888	65,520
Niles, MI	45,240	51,896	58,573	65,229
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	49,005	55,287	61,548	67,829
Saginaw, MI	52,562	60,404	68,245	76,087
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	53,082	60,029	66,976	73,924
Traverse City, MI	49,650	57,200	64,730	72,280
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	47,071	54,039	61,028	67,996
Duluth, MN-WI	59,343	66,540	73,757	80,954
Mankato, MN	53,061	61,464	69,888	78,292
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	55,120	64,647	74,194	83,720
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	51,730	61,880	72,052	82,202
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	42,183	53,144	64,085	75,047
Rochester, MN	50,399	59,426	68,453	77,480
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	49,504	57,575	65,666	73,736
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	50,503	59,156	67,829	76,482
St. Cloud, MN	51,272	61,444	71,615	81,786
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	35,340	45,136	54,912	64,709
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	38,044	46,821	55,599	64,376
Columbia, MO	36,234	45,282	54,330	63,378
Jefferson City, MO	45,324	51,543	57,783	64,002
Joplin, MO-KS	39,708	50,628	61,568	72,488
Kansas City, MO-KS	47,112	54,621	62,151	69,660
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	43,452	50,690	57,949	65,188
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	44,076	50,815	57,533	64,272
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	40,935	49,546	58,136	66,748
Springfield, MO	41,309	48,756	56,223	63,669
St. Joseph, MO-KS	46,634	57,575	68,516	79,456
St. Louis, MO-IL	42,058	52,604	63,128	73,674
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	51,293	58,428	65,583	72,717
Hattiesburg, MS	40,040	50,170	60,300	70,429
Jackson, MS	40,852	49,900	58,968	68,016
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	43,743	57,221	70,700	84,178
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	43,660	57,013	70,388	83,741
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	40,831	56,119	71,386	86,674
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	48,631	60,757	72,904	85,031
Billings, MT	50,648	61,776	72,904	84,032
Bozeman, MT	55,370	62,879	70,408	77,917
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	58,240	66,893	75,525	84,178
Great Falls, MT	54,871	63,732	72,572	81,432
Helena, MT	51,709	59,967	68,204	76,461
Missoula, MT	54,933	63,336	71,760	80,164
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	52,562	62,255	71,927	81,620
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	55,120	63,336	71,552	79,768
Asheville, NC	48,818	58,490	68,183	77,855
Burlington, NC	49,192	56,888	64,605	72,301
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	47,570	53,623	59,676	65,728
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	53,020	63,524	74,028	84,532
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	55,100	63,981	72,842	81,724
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	51,460	58,760	66,040	73,341
Fayetteville, NC	48,298	54,268	60,258	66,228
Goldsboro, NC	49,296	56,805	64,314	71,823
Greensboro-High Point, NC	49,068	55,682	62,317	68,932
Greenville, NC	50,482	57,783	65,104	72,405
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	49,255	55,724	62,172	68,640
Jacksonville, NC	59,010	63,607	68,224	72,821
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	49,068	56,410	63,732	71,074
Raleigh-Cary, NC	49,858	57,388	64,938	72,468
Rocky Mount, NC	49,588	57,076	64,564	72,052
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	48,922	56,160	63,399	70,637
Wilmington, NC	51,564	58,428	65,271	72,135
Winston-Salem, NC	50,607	59,509	68,432	77,335
Bismarck, ND	62,463	73,716	84,989	96,242
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	63,711	73,404	83,117	92,810
Fargo, ND-MN	53,519	63,877	74,215	84,573
Grand Forks, ND-MN	63,399	72,426	81,453	90,480
Minot, ND	68,266	78,271	88,296	98,301
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	68,224	77,584	86,924	96,284
Grand Island, NE	44,367	53,685	63,004	72,322
Lincoln, NE	40,560	47,924	55,266	62,629
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	43,015	52,916	62,837	72,738
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	46,613	54,538	62,463	70,388
Omaha, NE-IA	48,506	57,471	66,456	75,421
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	43,556	52,916	62,255	71,615
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	60,050	68,973	77,876	86,799
Manchester-Nashua, NH	72,592	78,312	84,032	89,752
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	60,799	69,784	78,791	87,776
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	66,290	73,944	81,599	89,253
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	52,812	63,690	74,589	85,468
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	56,285	67,330	78,396	89,440
Vineland, NJ	52,978	65,229	77,501	89,752
Albuquerque, NM	44,180	54,330	64,460	74,610
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	46,260	56,389	66,519	76,648
Farmington, NM	41,288	51,543	61,818	72,072
Las Cruces, NM	42,058	54,642	67,247	79,831
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	41,060	52,604	64,148	75,692
Santa Fe, NM	47,528	59,738	71,968	84,178
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	48,984	59,176	69,348	79,540
Carson City, NV	48,423	58,261	68,079	77,917
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	45,927	54,018	62,109	70,200
Reno, NV	48,007	57,658	67,309	76,960
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	47,570	57,159	66,727	76,316
Binghamton, NY	45,407	55,599	65,770	75,962
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	48,277	57,304	66,311	75,338
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	46,509	55,495	64,501	73,487
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	42,869	53,082	63,274	73,487
Elmira, NY	48,568	61,381	74,173	86,986
Glens Falls, NY	47,362	56,826	66,311	75,775
Ithaca, NY	44,845	57,200	69,556	81,911
Kingston, NY	49,359	58,802	68,266	77,709
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	48,485	58,448	68,391	78,354
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	51,980	64,543	77,127	89,690
Rochester, NY	49,109	60,591	72,072	83,554
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	47,944	60,653	73,383	86,092
Syracuse, NY	45,386	55,370	65,354	75,338
Utica-Rome, NY	46,613	54,268	61,901	69,556
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	48,901	55,744	62,588	69,431
Akron, OH	47,799	57,720	67,621	77,543
Canton-Massillon, OH	45,178	51,813	58,448	65,084
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	44,200	53,581	62,962	72,343
Cleveland, OH	46,634	58,136	69,660	81,162
Columbus, OH	43,264	55,079	66,872	78,687
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	45,636	56,701	67,788	78,853
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	49,650	60,112	70,596	81,058
Lima, OH	42,100	52,895	63,690	74,485
Mansfield, OH	43,410	55,037	66,685	78,312
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	44,658	54,704	64,730	74,776
Sandusky, OH	46,551	57,512	68,495	79,456
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	45,407	54,975	64,522	74,090
Springfield, OH	43,389	55,037	66,664	78,312
Toledo, OH	47,632	58,074	68,536	78,978
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	42,162	52,853	63,524	74,215
Youngstown-Warren, OH	46,135	56,722	67,330	77,917
Enid, OK	41,268	49,359	57,471	65,562
Lawton, OK	35,922	44,138	52,333	60,549
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,572	39,812	46,072	52,312
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	43,722	52,708	61,714	70,700
Oklahoma City, OK	40,976	48,756	56,535	64,314
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	40,332	47,196	54,060	60,924
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	44,096	53,872	63,628	73,404
Tulsa, OK	44,284	50,232	56,202	62,151
Albany, OR	54,829	63,212	71,573	79,956
Bend, OR	49,650	57,783	65,895	74,028
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	53,186	64,272	75,338	86,424
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	52,749	60,695	68,661	76,607
Corvallis, OR	47,050	56,618	66,165	75,733
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	53,269	62,130	71,012	79,872
Eugene-Springfield, OR	52,770	61,132	69,493	77,855
Grants Pass, OR	52,957	62,317	71,656	81,016
Medford, OR	52,645	64,002	75,338	86,695
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	54,039	66,061	78,104	90,127
Salem, OR	51,668	61,236	70,804	80,372
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	54,704	63,856	73,029	82,181
Altoona, PA	44,616	52,416	60,216	68,016
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	49,234	58,511	67,808	77,085
Chambersburg, PA	48,818	59,405	69,972	80,559
Erie, PA	47,362	54,704	62,026	69,368
Gettysburg, PA	48,901	59,156	69,431	79,685
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	48,901	60,133	71,344	82,576
Johnstown, PA	45,615	57,533	69,452	81,370
Lancaster, PA	48,194	58,469	68,724	78,999
Lebanon, PA	47,986	56,119	64,231	72,364
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	48,048	57,637	67,247	76,836
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	47,445	59,676	71,927	84,157
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	52,791	65,188	77,584	89,981
Pittsburgh, PA	49,172	59,488	69,826	80,143
Reading, PA	53,727	65,208	76,690	88,172
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	51,210	60,882	70,554	80,226
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	50,191	59,384	68,557	77,751
State College, PA	44,741	55,620	66,498	77,376
Williamsport, PA	44,512	53,872	63,253	72,613
York-Hanover, PA	49,858	58,116	66,352	74,610
Aguadilla, PR	24,877	27,186	29,474	31,783
Arecibo, PR	26,354	31,034	35,735	40,415
Guayama, PR	26,624	31,450	36,276	41,101
Mayaguez, PR	24,919	28,663	32,407	36,151
Ponce, PR	26,583	31,429	36,255	41,101
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	26,312	31,034	35,735	40,456
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	26,645	31,471	36,317	41,143
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	51,376	61,672	71,968	82,264
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	46,114	53,893	61,672	69,452
Columbia, SC	43,888	57,180	70,450	83,741
Florence, SC	38,335	48,797	59,260	69,722
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	47,508	58,719	69,930	81,141
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	45,178	55,412	65,666	75,900
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	48,444	57,304	66,144	75,005
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	48,589	57,388	66,207	75,005
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,380	47,029	57,700	68,349
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	44,616	55,120	65,624	76,128
Spartanburg, SC	41,392	51,168	60,924	70,700
Sumter, SC	43,077	55,100	67,101	79,124
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	44,824	54,559	64,314	74,048
Rapid City, SD	45,074	53,415	61,735	70,076
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	44,804	54,663	64,522	74,381
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	54,808	62,400	70,013	77,605
Chattanooga, TN-GA	46,738	56,431	66,103	75,796
Clarksville, TN-KY	50,919	61,506	72,072	82,660
Cleveland, TN	44,055	52,812	61,589	70,346
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	47,092	53,768	60,445	67,122
Jackson, TN	47,154	59,239	71,344	83,429
Johnson City, TN	50,877	57,221	63,544	69,888
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	46,197	54,413	62,629	70,845
Knoxville, TN	48,028	58,344	68,640	78,957
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	45,116	55,994	66,872	77,751
Morristown, TN	47,424	57,180	66,914	76,669
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	45,740	55,266	64,813	74,340
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	50,919	58,906	66,893	74,880
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	47,300	54,996	62,692	70,388
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	48,693	55,266	61,839	68,412
Abilene, TX	40,290	49,172	58,053	66,935
Amarillo, TX	44,824	51,709	58,573	65,458
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	49,047	57,575	66,124	74,652
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	42,599	52,104	61,589	71,095
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	42,204	51,543	60,861	70,200
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	37,232	45,157	53,082	61,007
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	44,055	52,874	61,672	70,492
College Station-Bryan, TX	48,069	54,850	61,631	68,412
Corpus Christi, TX	46,634	54,850	63,066	71,282
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	42,391	52,146	61,880	71,636
Eagle Pass, TX	36,775	47,237	57,700	68,162
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	43,930	53,373	62,796	72,239
El Paso, TX	37,960	44,616	51,293	57,949
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	42,744	52,021	61,277	70,554
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	43,368	52,021	60,653	69,306
Killeen-Temple, TX	41,288	49,775	58,282	66,768
Laredo, TX	34,653	45,282	55,890	66,519
Longview, TX	44,887	54,226	63,586	72,925
Lubbock, TX	42,183	50,503	58,802	67,122
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	40,664	47,154	53,644	60,133
Midland, TX	51,044	58,032	65,042	72,031
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	42,328	52,292	62,234	72,197
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	42,266	51,959	61,631	71,324
Odessa, TX	38,772	51,210	63,628	76,066
San Angelo, TX	34,695	42,828	50,940	59,072
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	46,218	55,183	64,127	73,092
Sherman-Denison, TX	42,391	52,146	61,901	71,656
Texarkana, TX-AR	42,349	50,045	57,720	65,416
Tyler, TX	42,848	49,650	56,452	63,253
Victoria, TX	38,106	46,551	54,996	63,440
Waco, TX	42,661	49,172	55,682	62,192
Wichita Falls, TX	42,495	49,733	56,951	64,189
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	43,327	51,959	60,570	69,202
Logan, UT-ID	46,447	54,975	63,482	72,010
Ogden, UT	46,967	55,141	63,336	71,511
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	45,116	54,621	64,148	73,653
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	50,149	61,090	72,052	82,992
St. George, UT	47,341	55,474	63,628	71,760
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	47,383	57,783	68,162	78,562
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	41,268	49,442	57,637	65,812
Charlottesville, VA	54,101	64,044	74,007	83,949
Harrisonburg, VA	46,821	56,410	65,999	75,588
Lynchburg, VA	46,925	54,226	61,548	68,848
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	48,048	58,864	69,680	80,496
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	49,380	60,154	70,928	81,703
Richmond, VA	46,114	55,120	64,148	73,154
Roanoke, VA	39,146	46,946	54,725	62,525
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	50,357	57,824	65,271	72,738
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	44,741	53,020	61,277	69,556
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	46,738	53,956	61,152	68,370
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	42,120	49,879	57,616	65,375
Winchester, VA-WV	50,420	61,527	72,655	83,762
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	39,333	46,468	53,581	60,716
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	57,429	67,143	76,877	86,591
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	59,072	68,994	78,916	88,837
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	50,773	61,652	72,530	83,408
Bellingham, WA	47,320	59,218	71,116	83,013
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	54,663	65,396	76,149	86,882
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	49,588	60,487	71,365	82,264
Kennewick-Richland, WA	46,260	58,095	69,909	81,744
Longview-Kelso, WA	53,831	65,728	77,647	89,544
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	57,575	68,620	79,664	90,709
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	57,325	66,269	75,213	84,157
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	60,736	70,908	81,079	91,250
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	50,648	59,384	68,120	76,856
Walla Walla, WA	48,236	59,301	70,346	81,412
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	42,973	58,844	74,735	90,605
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	51,896	63,544	75,192	86,840
Yakima, WA	56,410	67,642	78,874	90,106
Appleton, WI	50,045	56,285	62,546	68,786
Eau Claire, WI	50,524	57,221	63,940	70,637
Fond du Lac, WI	49,983	56,431	62,858	69,306
Green Bay, WI	47,716	54,413	61,111	67,808
Janesville-Beloit, WI	47,050	54,226	61,402	68,578
Kenosha, WI	50,815	56,576	62,359	68,120
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	51,356	57,492	63,628	69,764
Madison, WI	52,708	59,759	66,831	73,882
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	50,711	57,013	63,295	69,597
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	49,234	57,804	66,352	74,922
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	50,149	57,700	65,229	72,780
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	43,951	52,021	60,112	68,183
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	55,079	58,948	62,837	66,706
Sheboygan, WI	50,128	56,493	62,879	69,244
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	50,524	56,472	62,442	68,391
Wausau, WI	46,946	53,706	60,487	67,247
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	51,751	57,804	63,877	69,930
Beckley, WV	47,778	59,114	70,471	81,807
Charleston, WV	46,052	55,744	65,416	75,109
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	45,344	55,162	64,980	74,797
Morgantown, WV	50,669	60,258	69,847	79,436
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	42,058	53,332	64,626	75,900
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	42,599	53,394	64,210	75,005
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	41,788	52,708	63,628	74,548
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	42,744	51,044	59,364	67,663
Wheeling, WV-OH	42,786	50,565	58,344	66,124
Casper, WY	46,800	54,808	62,816	70,824
Cheyenne, WY	47,320	55,453	63,565	71,698
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	49,837	58,074	66,311	74,548
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	45,906	52,541	59,176	65,812

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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