SOC 49-9052 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 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 and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.

Level I across metros$23,400 – $91,312Arecibo, PR to Trenton, NJ

Median Level IV, major metros$80,434Across 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 Line Installers and Repairers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers (SOC 49-9052) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $23,400 in Arecibo, PR to $91,312 in Trenton, NJ, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $80,434. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $69,764, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 16 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$109,637
San Francisco, CA$110,552
San Jose, CA$114,588
Seattle, WA$89,628
Dallas, TX$91,084
Houston, TX$88,733
Austin, TX$89,170
Chicago, IL$90,959
Boston, MA$105,103
Washington, DC$97,261
Atlanta, GA$70,762
Los Angeles, CA$100,319

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	68,474	79,228	90,002	100,756
Anchorage, AK	60,924	73,383	85,863	98,322
Fairbanks-College, AK	65,916	77,792	89,669	101,546
Anniston-Oxford, AL	48,340	58,282	68,224	78,167
Auburn-Opelika, AL	43,535	51,501	59,468	67,434
Birmingham, AL	48,964	59,322	69,680	80,039
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	44,450	51,148	57,866	64,564
Decatur, AL	46,676	55,932	65,188	74,444
Dothan, AL	44,117	51,855	59,613	67,351
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	48,090	56,847	65,583	74,340
Gadsden, AL	48,340	58,282	68,224	78,167
Huntsville, AL	51,335	59,072	66,789	74,527
Mobile, AL	49,338	57,824	66,332	74,818
Montgomery, AL	46,988	56,348	65,708	75,068
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	46,114	54,600	63,066	71,552
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	47,466	57,284	67,101	76,919
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	45,012	52,708	60,383	68,079
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	38,480	46,738	55,016	63,274
Tuscaloosa, AL	47,133	56,015	64,876	73,757
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	50,170	55,037	59,925	64,792
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	40,498	51,231	61,984	72,717
Fort Smith, AR-OK	44,866	60,341	75,796	91,271
Hot Springs, AR	40,498	53,976	67,455	80,933
Jonesboro, AR	42,391	56,285	70,180	84,074
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	40,124	53,789	67,434	81,100
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	36,692	49,109	61,548	73,965
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	43,223	55,661	68,079	80,517
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	40,872	52,021	63,149	74,298
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	37,128	44,013	50,898	57,783
Flagstaff, AZ	37,191	44,908	52,624	60,341
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	37,191	44,908	52,624	60,341
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	45,677	53,519	61,360	69,202
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	44,200	52,250	60,279	68,328
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	36,234	43,327	50,420	57,512
Tucson, AZ	43,743	51,792	59,863	67,912
Yuma, AZ	43,826	51,876	59,904	67,954
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	68,703	78,125	87,568	96,991
Chico, CA	78,188	88,588	98,988	109,388
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	81,578	88,109	94,661	101,192
El Centro, CA	86,653	94,890	103,106	111,343
Fresno, CA	61,527	73,924	86,341	98,738
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	63,773	76,004	88,213	100,444
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	69,140	79,540	89,919	100,319
Merced, CA	68,058	81,224	94,370	107,536
Modesto, CA	75,983	84,532	93,060	101,608
Napa, CA	69,306	80,288	91,292	102,274
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	79,727	87,069	94,432	101,775
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	69,972	82,036	94,120	106,184
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	69,660	79,644	89,648	99,632
Redding, CA	42,724	59,904	77,064	94,245
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	63,149	74,028	84,885	95,764
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	65,396	77,543	89,690	101,837
Salinas, CA	75,421	86,237	97,053	107,869
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	65,479	76,960	88,442	99,924
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	78,978	89,503	100,028	110,552
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	87,776	96,720	105,644	114,588
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	64,792	80,164	95,556	110,927
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	80,309	90,709	101,130	111,530
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	55,807	69,348	82,909	96,450
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	78,208	86,320	94,412	102,524
Stockton-Lodi, CA	75,172	84,240	93,330	102,399
Vallejo, CA	69,181	80,039	90,876	101,733
Visalia, CA	45,802	60,362	74,901	89,461
Yuba City, CA	66,602	78,728	90,834	102,960
Boulder, CO	50,732	61,423	72,093	82,784
Colorado Springs, CO	44,180	51,543	58,906	66,269
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	50,482	61,236	71,989	82,743
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	51,397	63,815	76,232	88,650
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	49,400	60,196	70,991	81,786
Grand Junction, CO	49,983	60,071	70,138	80,226
Greeley, CO	50,607	61,360	72,114	82,868
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	54,184	64,792	75,380	85,988
Pueblo, CO	47,112	56,764	66,415	76,066
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	50,524	61,319	72,114	82,909
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	81,474	89,108	96,741	104,375
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	76,524	85,135	93,767	102,378
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	77,501	85,343	93,184	101,026
New Haven, CT	78,687	86,903	95,119	103,335
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	81,100	87,256	93,392	99,549
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	77,668	87,048	96,429	105,810
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	57,450	70,720	83,991	97,261
Dover, DE	56,639	68,370	80,080	91,812
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	47,674	62,317	76,981	91,624
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	44,284	53,664	63,066	72,447
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	42,682	51,231	59,800	68,349
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	41,268	49,983	58,698	67,413
Gainesville, FL	40,373	50,586	60,799	71,012
Homosassa Springs, FL	46,072	55,245	64,439	73,612
Jacksonville, FL	37,295	44,887	52,458	60,050
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	50,378	58,615	66,852	75,088
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	45,677	54,933	64,189	73,445
Naples-Marco Island, FL	38,356	46,655	54,933	63,232
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	45,490	52,999	60,487	67,996
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	46,176	53,394	60,612	67,829
Ocala, FL	42,807	51,564	60,300	69,056
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	43,348	51,980	60,632	69,264
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	44,824	53,789	62,775	71,740
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	43,493	52,458	61,444	70,408
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	38,959	46,884	54,829	62,754
Port St. Lucie, FL	43,743	52,708	61,693	70,658
Punta Gorda, FL	44,845	53,020	61,173	69,348
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	37,295	45,740	54,164	62,608
Sebring, FL	44,450	53,248	62,026	70,824
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	43,098	50,378	57,637	64,917
Tallahassee, FL	38,855	46,135	53,415	60,695
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	47,216	56,181	65,146	74,111
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	45,532	54,600	63,669	72,738
Albany, GA	45,532	55,807	66,061	76,336
Athens-Clarke County, GA	45,927	53,186	60,424	67,684
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	43,992	52,916	61,839	70,762
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	44,013	52,229	60,466	68,682
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	45,552	56,119	66,664	77,231
Columbus, GA-AL	41,080	47,820	54,538	61,277
Dalton, GA	44,658	52,167	59,655	67,164
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	45,719	52,978	60,216	67,476
Gainesville, GA	43,930	52,728	61,548	70,346
Hinesville, GA	46,343	55,807	65,271	74,735
Macon-Bibb County, GA	43,951	52,812	61,652	70,512
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	46,052	54,704	63,378	72,031
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	43,327	50,565	57,824	65,063
Rome, GA	44,096	52,749	61,381	70,034
Savannah, GA	52,146	58,428	64,709	70,991
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	45,989	56,701	67,434	78,146
Valdosta, GA	37,836	43,680	49,525	55,370
Warner Robins, GA	43,576	50,357	57,159	63,940
Guam MSA	29,224	34,279	39,354	44,408
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	69,202	78,957	88,733	98,488
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	68,640	75,816	82,972	90,148
Urban Honolulu, HI	63,024	73,466	83,908	94,349
Ames, IA	45,282	54,996	64,730	74,444
Cedar Rapids, IA	41,892	50,732	59,572	68,412
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	43,909	52,708	61,527	70,325
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	44,804	54,413	64,023	73,632
Dubuque, IA	43,597	54,080	64,543	75,026
Iowa City, IA	49,567	58,532	67,496	76,461
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	48,735	59,696	70,658	81,620
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	46,759	55,370	63,960	72,572
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	38,064	46,863	55,661	64,460
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	51,356	61,173	71,012	80,829
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	44,637	54,184	63,711	73,258
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	44,013	54,434	64,855	75,276
Boise City, ID	49,796	54,621	59,447	64,272
Coeur d'Alene, ID	47,924	52,229	56,514	60,820
Idaho Falls, ID	44,637	51,272	57,908	64,543
Lewiston, ID-WA	47,820	54,767	61,735	68,682
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	46,988	52,104	57,242	62,359
Pocatello, ID	40,956	46,239	51,543	56,826
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	42,932	47,570	52,229	56,868
Twin Falls, ID	47,092	51,959	56,826	61,693
Bloomington, IL	42,412	50,316	58,240	66,144
Champaign-Urbana, IL	44,388	56,556	68,724	80,892
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	45,615	60,736	75,837	90,959
Decatur, IL	43,639	53,186	62,754	72,301
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,039	48,319	55,599	62,879
Kankakee, IL	44,762	59,613	74,444	89,295
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	44,096	58,719	73,362	87,984
Peoria, IL	46,592	59,156	71,740	84,303
Rockford, IL	31,200	38,397	45,594	52,791
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,380	45,864	55,349	64,834
Springfield, IL	44,263	54,746	65,229	75,712
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	47,300	52,749	58,199	63,648
Bloomington, IN	47,258	54,871	62,484	70,096
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	40,727	48,922	57,117	65,312
Columbus, IN	43,452	51,584	59,717	67,850
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	41,143	48,631	56,098	63,586
Evansville, IN	40,831	48,589	56,327	64,085
Fort Wayne, IN	42,370	52,292	62,192	72,114
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	44,117	52,250	60,404	68,536
Kokomo, IN	42,682	51,023	59,384	67,725
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	34,008	45,760	57,533	69,285
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	44,824	59,655	74,506	89,336
Muncie, IN	43,743	51,917	60,071	68,245
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	40,311	47,944	55,557	63,191
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	44,117	53,456	62,796	72,135
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	41,642	49,712	57,804	65,874
Terre Haute, IN	46,426	52,000	57,596	63,170
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	43,098	55,848	68,620	81,370
Lawrence, KS	42,932	52,853	62,775	72,696
Manhattan, KS	44,783	58,074	71,365	84,656
Topeka, KS	44,388	59,072	73,736	88,421
Wichita, KS	51,148	61,735	72,343	82,930
Bowling Green, KY	39,832	49,047	58,261	67,476
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	40,602	49,255	57,908	66,560
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	45,261	54,060	62,837	71,636
Elizabethtown, KY	43,472	53,207	62,962	72,696
Lexington-Fayette, KY	48,756	57,013	65,292	73,549
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	52,666	61,215	69,764	78,312
Owensboro, KY	41,580	52,104	62,650	73,175
Paducah, KY-IL	51,543	58,344	65,125	71,927
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	39,916	49,920	59,904	69,909
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	40,020	48,319	56,597	64,896
Alexandria, LA	37,752	47,029	56,306	65,583
Baton Rouge, LA	42,037	47,008	52,000	56,972
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	40,498	47,778	55,058	62,338
Hammond, LA	42,620	49,192	55,765	62,338
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	42,599	49,484	56,348	63,232
Lafayette, LA	40,748	47,632	54,517	61,402
Lake Charles, LA	39,021	48,548	58,074	67,600
Monroe, LA	38,543	48,568	58,594	68,620
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	42,391	49,068	55,765	62,442
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	40,852	47,674	54,496	61,319
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	39,749	49,338	58,948	68,536
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	40,623	48,485	56,348	64,210
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	41,060	48,028	54,996	61,964
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	64,314	77,584	90,855	104,125
Barnstable Town, MA	85,509	93,164	100,818	108,472
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	64,522	78,042	91,583	105,103
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	67,184	79,872	92,560	105,248
Pittsfield, MA	53,040	68,453	83,866	99,279
Springfield, MA	76,004	85,530	95,036	104,562
Worcester, MA	63,669	76,877	90,085	103,293
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	54,372	67,143	79,914	92,685
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	57,388	70,596	83,824	97,032
Lexington Park, MD	53,914	62,109	70,284	78,479
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	52,250	64,855	77,480	90,085
Salisbury, MD	51,272	63,357	75,421	87,506
Bangor, ME	60,237	69,202	78,188	87,152
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	71,240	78,812	86,383	93,954
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	75,400	81,578	87,776	93,954
Portland-South Portland, ME	76,607	83,284	89,940	96,616
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	70,887	78,146	85,384	92,644
Ann Arbor, MI	52,708	62,712	72,717	82,722
Battle Creek, MI	47,674	56,472	65,292	74,090
Bay City, MI	44,762	52,000	59,260	66,498
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	56,805	65,333	73,882	82,410
Flint, MI	54,559	64,272	74,007	83,720
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	46,468	54,933	63,399	71,864
Jackson, MI	53,914	62,837	71,740	80,663
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	57,450	64,834	72,197	79,581
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	50,648	59,114	67,600	76,066
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	50,461	58,636	66,831	75,005
Midland, MI	48,048	56,680	65,312	73,944
Monroe, MI	58,344	63,877	69,389	74,922
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	47,944	56,556	65,188	73,799
Niles, MI	45,552	55,328	65,084	74,860
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	46,197	55,474	64,751	74,028
Saginaw, MI	49,588	58,677	67,746	76,836
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	46,572	56,202	65,853	75,484
Traverse City, MI	59,488	67,226	74,984	82,722
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	49,712	58,032	66,352	74,672
Duluth, MN-WI	52,541	62,192	71,823	81,474
Mankato, MN	57,616	66,186	74,735	83,304
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	57,117	67,184	77,252	87,319
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	53,165	63,004	72,863	82,701
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	48,943	54,767	60,591	66,415
Rochester, MN	53,581	62,276	70,991	79,685
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	55,079	65,229	75,380	85,530
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	47,632	55,807	64,002	72,176
St. Cloud, MN	52,042	60,820	69,576	78,354
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	41,933	53,540	65,167	76,773
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	44,117	52,895	61,693	70,471
Columbia, MO	44,367	53,082	61,797	70,512
Jefferson City, MO	39,188	48,776	58,386	67,975
Joplin, MO-KS	42,828	52,292	61,776	71,240
Kansas City, MO-KS	42,994	52,063	61,152	70,221
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	47,570	56,660	65,728	74,818
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	48,693	58,594	68,516	78,416
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	42,536	51,688	60,840	69,992
Springfield, MO	43,701	52,458	61,215	69,972
St. Joseph, MO-KS	43,140	52,604	62,068	71,532
St. Louis, MO-IL	44,325	54,996	65,666	76,336
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	32,261	39,250	46,218	53,207
Hattiesburg, MS	35,943	48,277	60,612	72,946
Jackson, MS	35,943	45,365	54,788	64,210
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	47,154	56,722	66,290	75,858
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	39,479	51,002	62,504	74,028
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	34,466	43,805	53,144	62,484
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	39,687	50,253	60,840	71,407
Billings, MT	42,245	52,333	62,400	72,488
Bozeman, MT	52,957	61,943	70,949	79,935
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	59,488	68,016	76,565	85,093
Great Falls, MT	57,845	66,332	74,839	83,325
Helena, MT	52,874	62,192	71,490	80,808
Missoula, MT	48,568	58,095	67,600	77,127
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	50,773	60,466	70,180	79,872
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	46,135	55,287	64,418	73,570
Asheville, NC	43,264	51,772	60,258	68,765
Burlington, NC	41,538	50,232	58,906	67,600
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	39,687	45,365	51,044	56,722
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	45,760	53,332	60,882	68,453
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	41,850	49,026	56,223	63,399
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	41,767	49,442	57,138	64,813
Fayetteville, NC	41,018	49,983	58,927	67,892
Goldsboro, NC	40,644	48,506	56,389	64,252
Greensboro-High Point, NC	40,540	48,818	57,076	65,354
Greenville, NC	40,560	48,069	55,599	63,108
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	44,679	55,204	65,728	76,253
Jacksonville, NC	42,890	51,564	60,216	68,890
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	41,143	49,733	58,344	66,935
Raleigh-Cary, NC	40,768	49,172	57,575	65,978
Rocky Mount, NC	40,893	49,088	57,263	65,458
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	42,744	52,520	62,276	72,052
Wilmington, NC	43,514	52,104	60,674	69,264
Winston-Salem, NC	38,210	45,448	52,666	59,904
Bismarck, ND	45,552	52,708	59,863	67,018
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	47,154	60,258	73,383	86,487
Fargo, ND-MN	44,512	52,687	60,840	69,015
Grand Forks, ND-MN	46,551	55,474	64,376	73,300
Minot, ND	47,279	61,797	76,295	90,813
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	45,719	57,887	70,034	82,202
Grand Island, NE	43,368	49,962	56,576	63,170
Lincoln, NE	43,826	47,591	51,356	55,120
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	43,639	50,898	58,178	65,437
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	43,701	50,357	57,034	63,690
Omaha, NE-IA	43,576	53,165	62,775	72,364
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	45,490	52,271	59,052	65,832
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	59,343	70,242	81,141	92,040
Manchester-Nashua, NH	61,943	72,093	82,244	92,394
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	58,511	68,308	78,125	87,922
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	65,084	73,258	81,412	89,586
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	66,810	78,541	90,272	102,004
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	91,312	95,618	99,903	104,208
Vineland, NJ	58,344	71,469	84,573	97,698
Albuquerque, NM	50,565	57,908	65,271	72,613
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	40,893	48,693	56,493	64,293
Farmington, NM	49,192	56,223	63,253	70,284
Las Cruces, NM	41,247	48,922	56,597	64,272
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	43,784	52,000	60,196	68,412
Santa Fe, NM	45,927	54,434	62,920	71,428
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	49,608	61,756	73,903	86,050
Carson City, NV	50,711	62,109	73,528	84,927
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	45,885	56,160	66,456	76,732
Reno, NV	52,479	63,004	73,508	84,032
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	54,829	68,037	81,245	94,453
Binghamton, NY	50,773	61,277	71,781	82,285
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	49,380	65,749	82,140	98,509
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	48,152	63,295	78,416	93,559
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	50,191	67,205	84,240	101,255
Elmira, NY	60,008	70,429	80,829	91,250
Glens Falls, NY	52,125	70,117	88,130	106,122
Ithaca, NY	51,460	65,520	79,581	93,642
Kingston, NY	51,959	65,063	78,188	91,292
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	64,127	79,228	94,349	109,450
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	65,271	80,060	94,848	109,637
Rochester, NY	52,916	65,354	77,792	90,231
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	50,274	66,872	83,471	100,069
Syracuse, NY	50,108	63,357	76,586	89,836
Utica-Rome, NY	53,914	66,248	78,562	90,896
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	56,472	72,780	89,087	105,394
Akron, OH	46,634	55,432	64,210	73,008
Canton-Massillon, OH	39,292	44,970	50,669	56,348
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	51,293	60,487	69,701	78,895
Cleveland, OH	47,861	56,160	64,439	72,738
Columbus, OH	50,565	59,468	68,370	77,272
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	48,943	54,892	60,861	66,810
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	49,504	57,991	66,456	74,943
Lima, OH	49,608	58,324	67,018	75,733
Mansfield, OH	49,296	58,178	67,080	75,962
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	46,301	53,186	60,050	66,935
Sandusky, OH	46,592	54,871	63,149	71,428
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	47,903	57,284	66,685	76,066
Springfield, OH	49,359	58,199	67,060	75,900
Toledo, OH	44,991	53,768	62,567	71,344
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	48,402	57,159	65,916	74,672
Youngstown-Warren, OH	45,178	53,290	61,381	69,493
Enid, OK	37,212	50,128	63,024	75,941
Lawton, OK	34,404	41,018	47,653	54,268
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,551	41,621	49,712	57,783
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	37,524	50,752	64,002	77,231
Oklahoma City, OK	37,440	50,108	62,754	75,421
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	34,237	43,431	52,604	61,797
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	36,380	41,892	47,424	52,936
Tulsa, OK	39,624	50,461	61,277	72,114
Albany, OR	47,092	54,039	61,007	67,954
Bend, OR	42,016	49,047	56,056	63,087
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	48,527	56,868	65,188	73,528
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	53,872	60,445	67,039	73,612
Corvallis, OR	50,232	58,136	66,061	73,965
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	43,514	51,335	59,176	66,997
Eugene-Springfield, OR	48,007	55,183	62,380	69,556
Grants Pass, OR	51,272	58,469	65,687	72,884
Medford, OR	48,922	56,514	64,085	71,677
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	49,983	59,135	68,266	77,418
Salem, OR	49,172	55,516	61,880	68,224
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	61,340	71,095	80,850	90,605
Altoona, PA	38,938	52,853	66,768	80,684
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	45,968	60,674	75,380	90,085
Chambersburg, PA	45,199	57,325	69,452	81,578
Erie, PA	45,781	59,031	72,260	85,509
Gettysburg, PA	45,428	56,972	68,516	80,060
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	46,967	59,863	72,759	85,655
Johnstown, PA	49,754	63,524	77,272	91,042
Lancaster, PA	55,724	68,973	82,244	95,493
Lebanon, PA	55,266	66,789	78,292	89,815
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	43,660	57,762	71,844	85,946
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	46,592	59,031	71,469	83,908
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	57,554	70,783	84,032	97,261
Pittsburgh, PA	55,016	68,162	81,287	94,432
Reading, PA	52,520	64,876	77,231	89,586
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	53,810	65,125	76,440	87,756
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	44,928	54,330	63,732	73,133
State College, PA	64,626	75,130	85,655	96,159
Williamsport, PA	47,528	60,653	73,778	86,903
York-Hanover, PA	44,887	55,308	65,728	76,149
Aguadilla, PR	23,900	28,580	33,260	37,940
Arecibo, PR	23,400	28,808	34,216	39,624
Guayama, PR	23,567	29,079	34,612	40,124
Mayaguez, PR	23,463	27,852	32,261	36,650
Ponce, PR	23,484	28,933	34,362	39,812
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	23,380	28,704	34,029	39,354
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	23,525	29,100	34,674	40,248
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	79,373	87,756	96,159	104,541
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	47,820	54,496	61,152	67,829
Columbia, SC	46,093	54,642	63,191	71,740
Florence, SC	50,544	59,759	68,952	78,167
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	41,954	49,213	56,452	63,711
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	54,205	62,650	71,095	79,540
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	45,012	53,061	61,111	69,160
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	46,260	54,621	63,004	71,365
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	44,492	52,416	60,320	68,245
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	48,943	57,013	65,084	73,154
Spartanburg, SC	44,533	52,437	60,320	68,224
Sumter, SC	50,544	59,759	68,952	78,167
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	40,685	49,276	57,866	66,456
Rapid City, SD	35,527	42,890	50,274	57,637
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	34,778	42,599	50,420	58,240
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	39,687	47,279	54,850	62,442
Chattanooga, TN-GA	45,823	52,978	60,112	67,268
Clarksville, TN-KY	44,200	50,960	57,720	64,480
Cleveland, TN	47,154	54,767	62,400	70,013
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	58,511	64,980	71,448	77,917
Jackson, TN	46,447	54,517	62,567	70,637
Johnson City, TN	45,594	56,140	66,685	77,231
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	43,181	54,538	65,895	77,252
Knoxville, TN	47,175	55,245	63,295	71,365
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	43,722	54,143	64,543	74,964
Morristown, TN	46,696	55,869	65,021	74,194
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	48,152	55,994	63,856	71,698
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	44,055	52,375	60,674	68,994
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	46,738	55,516	64,272	73,050
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	44,200	50,482	56,743	63,024
Abilene, TX	47,050	58,760	70,450	82,160
Amarillo, TX	42,370	55,724	69,056	82,410
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	52,042	64,418	76,794	89,170
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	45,136	55,973	66,810	77,647
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	50,648	61,901	73,154	84,407
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	46,218	59,052	71,906	84,740
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	42,536	57,284	72,052	86,799
College Station-Bryan, TX	47,653	59,405	71,136	82,888
Corpus Christi, TX	54,892	66,914	78,957	90,980
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	55,370	67,268	79,186	91,084
Eagle Pass, TX	55,058	65,271	75,484	85,696
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	50,690	62,588	74,506	86,404
El Paso, TX	45,448	56,160	66,893	77,605
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	50,836	60,944	71,053	81,162
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	48,735	62,068	75,400	88,733
Killeen-Temple, TX	47,903	59,613	71,344	83,055
Laredo, TX	52,791	62,421	72,052	81,682
Longview, TX	54,954	65,791	76,607	87,444
Lubbock, TX	37,919	48,776	59,655	70,512
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	53,186	64,626	76,087	87,527
Midland, TX	51,772	66,269	80,788	95,285
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	52,416	63,648	74,860	86,092
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	43,514	54,704	65,874	77,064
Odessa, TX	55,786	68,578	81,391	94,183
San Angelo, TX	46,717	57,658	68,578	79,519
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	53,207	64,127	75,026	85,946
Sherman-Denison, TX	54,871	66,789	78,728	90,647
Texarkana, TX-AR	38,314	53,352	68,412	83,450
Tyler, TX	44,304	56,930	69,535	82,160
Victoria, TX	43,805	58,157	72,509	86,861
Waco, TX	54,600	66,477	78,375	90,252
Wichita Falls, TX	60,508	68,620	76,732	84,844
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	44,492	51,896	59,280	66,685
Logan, UT-ID	41,746	48,277	54,808	61,340
Ogden, UT	41,975	49,068	56,140	63,232
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	44,866	53,872	62,900	71,906
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	45,864	54,392	62,900	71,428
St. George, UT	40,602	47,237	53,852	60,487
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	43,264	51,564	59,842	68,141
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	39,853	52,728	65,624	78,500
Charlottesville, VA	46,696	60,445	74,194	87,943
Harrisonburg, VA	49,068	61,735	74,381	87,048
Lynchburg, VA	68,266	76,628	84,968	93,330
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	53,311	66,748	80,205	93,642
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	41,746	52,167	62,567	72,988
Richmond, VA	46,821	60,383	73,965	87,527
Roanoke, VA	59,738	72,176	84,594	97,032
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,613	51,460	69,285	87,132
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	46,176	58,948	71,719	84,490
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	65,396	74,298	83,200	92,103
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	46,904	57,616	68,308	79,020
Winchester, VA-WV	57,034	70,034	83,034	96,034
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	48,007	60,903	73,820	86,716
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	53,810	62,338	70,845	79,373
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	50,295	55,349	60,404	65,458
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	49,983	57,949	65,936	73,903
Bellingham, WA	49,650	61,527	73,404	85,280
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	52,479	64,876	77,272	89,669
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	48,028	57,388	66,768	76,128
Kennewick-Richland, WA	56,514	65,416	74,319	83,221
Longview-Kelso, WA	50,212	60,050	69,888	79,727
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	51,792	64,148	76,503	88,858
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	58,220	69,972	81,724	93,476
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	52,583	64,938	77,272	89,628
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	49,234	59,634	70,034	80,434
Walla Walla, WA	49,733	59,572	69,410	79,248
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	51,855	64,148	76,440	88,733
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	50,399	63,461	76,503	89,565
Yakima, WA	57,824	65,978	74,152	82,306
Appleton, WI	48,485	55,557	62,629	69,701
Eau Claire, WI	48,652	57,263	65,874	74,485
Fond du Lac, WI	50,295	58,698	67,080	75,484
Green Bay, WI	48,277	56,514	64,730	72,967
Janesville-Beloit, WI	50,711	59,343	67,996	76,628
Kenosha, WI	48,839	53,332	57,845	62,338
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	49,172	56,972	64,792	72,592
Madison, WI	55,703	64,252	72,780	81,328
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	56,452	64,584	72,738	80,871
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	49,650	57,970	66,311	74,631
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	48,735	56,660	64,564	72,488
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	48,964	55,266	61,589	67,892
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	50,024	58,365	66,727	75,068
Sheboygan, WI	52,687	61,152	69,597	78,063
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	48,839	52,167	55,495	58,823
Wausau, WI	48,360	53,519	58,698	63,856
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	53,290	63,108	72,904	82,722
Beckley, WV	72,821	78,500	84,157	89,836
Charleston, WV	62,733	71,823	80,933	90,023
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	58,532	68,578	78,645	88,692
Morgantown, WV	55,474	64,813	74,173	83,512
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	59,135	68,703	78,271	87,839
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	59,530	68,994	78,479	87,943
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	66,976	75,317	83,679	92,020
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	44,159	54,164	64,148	74,152
Wheeling, WV-OH	66,935	75,525	84,095	92,685
Casper, WY	41,954	51,980	61,984	72,010
Cheyenne, WY	41,684	51,855	62,047	72,218
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	40,228	49,775	59,322	68,869
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	41,663	51,730	61,776	71,844

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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