SOC 51-3011 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Bakers 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): Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.

Level I across metros$19,594 – $41,413Auburn, AL to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$41,288Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Bakers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Bakers (SOC 51-3011) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $19,594 in Auburn, AL to $41,413 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $41,288. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $37,669, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 14 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	35,818	40,061	44,304	48,548
Anchorage, AK	35,756	39,562	43,389	47,196
Fairbanks-College, AK	36,088	40,685	45,303	49,900
Anniston-Oxford, AL	24,898	29,266	33,634	38,002
Auburn-Opelika, AL	19,594	23,983	28,372	32,760
Birmingham, AL	25,397	29,952	34,487	39,042
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	25,210	29,620	34,008	38,418
Decatur, AL	24,232	28,663	33,093	37,524
Dothan, AL	21,799	26,104	30,389	34,695
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	24,420	29,141	33,884	38,605
Gadsden, AL	24,898	29,266	33,634	38,002
Huntsville, AL	24,108	28,996	33,863	38,751
Mobile, AL	21,466	26,645	31,824	37,004
Montgomery, AL	27,373	31,512	35,631	39,770
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	23,900	27,020	30,160	33,280
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	26,645	30,514	34,404	38,272
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	19,656	23,567	27,456	31,367
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,274	29,141	34,008	38,876
Tuscaloosa, AL	30,431	35,048	39,645	44,263
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	24,690	26,375	28,060	29,744
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	29,724	31,928	34,154	36,359
Fort Smith, AR-OK	26,292	27,852	29,432	30,992
Hot Springs, AR	26,167	28,413	30,660	32,906
Jonesboro, AR	27,207	28,642	30,098	31,533
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	26,978	29,079	31,200	33,301
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,002	27,103	29,204	31,304
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	24,108	26,687	29,287	31,866
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	24,336	26,791	29,245	31,700
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	33,634	35,693	37,732	39,791
Flagstaff, AZ	36,359	38,522	40,685	42,848
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	33,842	35,714	37,607	39,479
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	35,152	37,690	40,248	42,786
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	33,904	37,440	40,956	44,492
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	32,469	34,300	36,109	37,940
Tucson, AZ	33,364	36,421	39,479	42,536
Yuma, AZ	33,468	35,402	37,316	39,250
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	35,943	39,208	42,474	45,740
Chico, CA	35,527	39,084	42,640	46,197
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,232	40,914	44,575	48,256
El Centro, CA	35,132	38,605	42,079	45,552
Fresno, CA	35,464	38,335	41,226	44,096
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	35,277	39,416	43,556	47,695
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	37,108	40,082	43,056	46,031
Merced, CA	36,192	39,791	43,410	47,008
Modesto, CA	34,695	38,522	42,349	46,176
Napa, CA	38,813	42,599	46,364	50,149
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,484	39,916	43,368	46,800
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,650	39,687	42,744	45,781
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	35,984	39,583	43,181	46,780
Redding, CA	34,861	37,919	40,997	44,055
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	36,588	39,624	42,661	45,698
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	36,816	40,207	43,618	47,008
Salinas, CA	36,338	39,687	43,056	46,405
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	37,399	40,685	43,951	47,237
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	39,084	43,285	47,508	51,709
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	41,413	44,991	48,568	52,146
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	36,504	39,770	43,015	46,280
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	36,525	39,978	43,431	46,884
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	36,692	40,290	43,868	47,466
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	38,397	41,704	44,991	48,298
Stockton-Lodi, CA	36,213	40,332	44,450	48,568
Vallejo, CA	36,858	41,018	45,157	49,317
Visalia, CA	34,944	38,168	41,372	44,596
Yuba City, CA	36,608	39,312	42,016	44,720
Boulder, CO	35,423	39,666	43,888	48,132
Colorado Springs, CO	32,511	37,087	41,684	46,260
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	35,756	39,853	43,972	48,069
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	30,992	37,628	44,242	50,877
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	32,823	37,482	42,120	46,780
Grand Junction, CO	32,428	36,442	40,456	44,471
Greeley, CO	30,805	35,236	39,687	44,117
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	33,904	39,708	45,511	51,314
Pueblo, CO	30,972	35,069	39,167	43,264
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	32,095	36,463	40,810	45,178
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	35,215	37,794	40,373	42,952
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	34,008	35,922	37,856	39,770
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	34,216	36,608	39,021	41,413
New Haven, CT	34,549	36,733	38,917	41,101
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	34,133	36,442	38,730	41,039
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	34,050	35,943	37,836	39,728
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	33,488	37,212	40,935	44,658
Dover, DE	33,717	36,588	39,479	42,349
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	31,200	36,005	40,810	45,615
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	30,327	34,196	38,064	41,933
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	30,452	33,821	37,191	40,560
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	29,412	32,823	36,213	39,624
Gainesville, FL	30,077	32,968	35,860	38,751
Homosassa Springs, FL	29,224	32,220	35,215	38,210
Jacksonville, FL	30,264	33,572	36,900	40,207
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	28,829	32,511	36,213	39,895
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	29,620	33,447	37,253	41,080
Naples-Marco Island, FL	31,596	35,485	39,375	43,264
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	29,266	32,365	35,444	38,543
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	32,282	35,007	37,732	40,456
Ocala, FL	29,890	33,010	36,130	39,250
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	29,412	32,511	35,631	38,730
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	29,620	33,613	37,628	41,621
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	28,580	31,492	34,404	37,316
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	28,080	31,034	33,967	36,920
Port St. Lucie, FL	29,786	33,031	36,276	39,520
Punta Gorda, FL	31,596	34,924	38,252	41,580
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	30,181	33,509	36,837	40,165
Sebring, FL	27,415	31,076	34,757	38,418
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	31,970	35,256	38,564	41,850
Tallahassee, FL	29,703	32,573	35,423	38,293
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	28,767	32,157	35,568	38,959
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	32,781	35,152	37,544	39,916
Albany, GA	23,317	27,581	31,866	36,130
Athens-Clarke County, GA	21,196	25,252	29,328	33,384
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	27,020	31,575	36,151	40,706
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	22,402	26,791	31,200	35,589
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	21,757	26,791	31,824	36,858
Columbus, GA-AL	23,754	26,895	30,015	33,156
Dalton, GA	24,336	27,810	31,304	34,778
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	22,652	26,188	29,703	33,239
Gainesville, GA	24,087	29,204	34,341	39,458
Hinesville, GA	24,128	28,600	33,093	37,565
Macon-Bibb County, GA	24,108	27,872	31,637	35,402
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	23,213	26,125	29,016	31,928
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	24,836	27,872	30,930	33,967
Rome, GA	25,605	28,663	31,720	34,778
Savannah, GA	26,312	30,576	34,840	39,104
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	23,546	27,831	32,136	36,421
Valdosta, GA	22,672	26,021	29,391	32,740
Warner Robins, GA	23,629	28,060	32,469	36,900
Guam MSA	20,530	23,234	25,938	28,642
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	35,007	41,205	47,404	53,602
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	38,023	45,178	52,354	59,509
Urban Honolulu, HI	34,799	41,330	47,882	54,413
Ames, IA	25,148	29,994	34,820	39,666
Cedar Rapids, IA	26,936	32,740	38,522	44,325
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	27,061	31,720	36,400	41,060
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	29,828	34,279	38,709	43,160
Dubuque, IA	27,935	33,655	39,396	45,116
Iowa City, IA	25,272	31,471	37,669	43,868
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	24,524	29,308	34,112	38,896
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	25,460	30,639	35,839	41,018
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	24,170	28,767	33,343	37,940
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	27,997	33,114	38,252	43,368
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	27,664	32,740	37,815	42,890
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	22,964	27,852	32,740	37,628
Boise City, ID	24,586	30,098	35,589	41,101
Coeur d'Alene, ID	24,004	29,828	35,652	41,476
Idaho Falls, ID	20,426	25,772	31,138	36,484
Lewiston, ID-WA	27,810	31,221	34,653	38,064
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	21,674	26,957	32,261	37,544
Pocatello, ID	24,732	28,808	32,885	36,962
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	23,317	27,956	32,594	37,232
Twin Falls, ID	20,717	25,959	31,180	36,421
Bloomington, IL	31,200	33,821	36,442	39,063
Champaign-Urbana, IL	32,968	35,402	37,815	40,248
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	33,738	36,775	39,791	42,828
Decatur, IL	32,032	34,383	36,733	39,084
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	32,573	34,695	36,837	38,959
Kankakee, IL	33,093	35,984	38,855	41,746
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,221	33,093	34,986	36,858
Peoria, IL	31,429	34,300	37,191	40,061
Rockford, IL	31,762	34,466	37,170	39,874
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,263	34,071	36,879	39,687
Springfield, IL	31,637	33,988	36,317	38,668
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,616	33,655	35,714	37,752
Bloomington, IN	27,020	30,327	33,613	36,920
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	24,898	29,744	34,612	39,458
Columbus, IN	28,850	32,240	35,631	39,021
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	28,600	33,530	38,460	43,389
Evansville, IN	28,496	32,532	36,546	40,581
Fort Wayne, IN	27,727	32,740	37,752	42,765
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	27,831	32,407	36,983	41,559
Kokomo, IN	28,101	31,783	35,485	39,167
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	25,356	29,495	33,655	37,794
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	28,704	33,468	38,231	42,994
Muncie, IN	27,248	31,928	36,608	41,288
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	24,399	29,308	34,196	39,104
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	26,375	30,972	35,589	40,186
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	23,463	27,602	31,720	35,860
Terre Haute, IN	23,900	27,997	32,095	36,192
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	25,584	28,808	32,053	35,277
Lawrence, KS	28,871	31,408	33,925	36,463
Manhattan, KS	27,394	29,911	32,407	34,924
Topeka, KS	26,167	30,015	33,884	37,732
Wichita, KS	26,354	29,495	32,615	35,756
Bowling Green, KY	26,520	31,096	35,693	40,269
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	23,858	27,040	30,223	33,405
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	24,274	26,936	29,578	32,240
Elizabethtown, KY	25,772	30,722	35,693	40,644
Lexington-Fayette, KY	26,520	30,514	34,508	38,501
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	27,560	32,740	37,919	43,098
Owensboro, KY	23,796	27,498	31,200	34,903
Paducah, KY-IL	27,436	30,784	34,154	37,503
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	22,901	26,146	29,391	32,636
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	23,712	26,853	29,973	33,114
Alexandria, LA	21,300	24,274	27,248	30,223
Baton Rouge, LA	22,839	26,000	29,162	32,324
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	22,277	26,021	29,744	33,488
Hammond, LA	21,570	24,295	26,999	29,724
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	21,279	24,087	26,895	29,703
Lafayette, LA	21,320	25,772	30,202	34,653
Lake Charles, LA	22,132	26,000	29,869	33,738
Monroe, LA	22,152	25,293	28,455	31,596
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	23,380	27,477	31,554	35,652
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	22,610	25,876	29,141	32,407
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	22,256	25,938	29,599	33,280
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	22,860	26,000	29,141	32,282
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	21,487	24,524	27,581	30,618
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	35,631	38,688	41,767	44,824
Barnstable Town, MA	36,172	38,917	41,663	44,408
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	35,610	38,751	41,912	45,053
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	35,381	39,333	43,306	47,258
Pittsfield, MA	35,152	38,231	41,330	44,408
Springfield, MA	34,216	37,024	39,832	42,640
Worcester, MA	34,528	37,149	39,791	42,412
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	32,844	36,151	39,437	42,744
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	28,413	31,804	35,173	38,564
Lexington Park, MD	32,719	35,402	38,106	40,789
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	34,029	37,565	41,122	44,658
Salisbury, MD	32,948	36,317	39,687	43,056
Bangor, ME	32,594	35,506	38,439	41,351
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	34,799	36,546	38,293	40,040
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	32,344	35,069	37,773	40,498
Portland-South Portland, ME	34,258	37,253	40,228	43,223
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	31,970	34,820	37,669	40,519
Ann Arbor, MI	30,556	34,092	37,648	41,184
Battle Creek, MI	30,389	33,468	36,567	39,645
Bay City, MI	28,039	30,992	33,946	36,900
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	30,306	34,300	38,314	42,308
Flint, MI	29,682	32,615	35,527	38,460
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	29,640	33,426	37,191	40,976
Jackson, MI	29,620	33,343	37,066	40,789
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	29,765	33,447	37,128	40,810
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	28,912	32,116	35,319	38,522
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,455	30,805	33,176	35,527
Midland, MI	29,869	32,220	34,570	36,920
Monroe, MI	28,704	31,616	34,549	37,461
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	28,746	31,783	34,820	37,856
Niles, MI	28,434	31,596	34,757	37,919
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	27,852	30,223	32,594	34,965
Saginaw, MI	29,100	32,220	35,319	38,439
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,080	30,972	33,863	36,754
Traverse City, MI	30,036	33,863	37,669	41,496
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	28,309	31,741	35,173	38,605
Duluth, MN-WI	30,535	34,383	38,210	42,058
Mankato, MN	29,328	32,802	36,276	39,749
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	35,340	39,541	43,743	47,944
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	34,820	39,021	43,244	47,445
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	33,572	37,399	41,247	45,074
Rochester, MN	31,138	36,068	41,018	45,948
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	30,327	33,884	37,440	40,997
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	30,140	33,343	36,525	39,728
St. Cloud, MN	34,133	37,628	41,143	44,637
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	28,954	31,700	34,445	37,191
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,120	30,868	32,615	34,362
Columbia, MO	29,412	31,637	33,842	36,068
Jefferson City, MO	30,098	33,322	36,546	39,770
Joplin, MO-KS	27,061	29,640	32,199	34,778
Kansas City, MO-KS	30,140	33,655	37,191	40,706
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,120	31,346	33,572	35,797
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,183	31,304	33,426	35,548
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,349	30,535	31,700	32,885
Springfield, MO	29,120	31,949	34,757	37,586
St. Joseph, MO-KS	30,285	33,384	36,484	39,583
St. Louis, MO-IL	31,408	34,237	37,087	39,916
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	22,964	26,500	30,015	33,551
Hattiesburg, MS	21,632	25,231	28,808	32,407
Jackson, MS	21,133	26,333	31,512	36,712
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,466	25,189	28,933	32,656
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,154	25,626	30,077	34,549
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	20,738	24,607	28,496	32,365
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,071	24,815	28,538	32,282
Billings, MT	31,450	35,922	40,394	44,866
Bozeman, MT	34,071	38,647	43,223	47,799
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	26,042	29,682	33,343	36,983
Great Falls, MT	30,847	33,655	36,484	39,292
Helena, MT	30,556	34,362	38,168	41,975
Missoula, MT	29,349	33,717	38,064	42,432
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	27,997	32,844	37,690	42,536
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	25,439	30,264	35,111	39,936
Asheville, NC	27,664	31,679	35,693	39,708
Burlington, NC	25,564	29,848	34,154	38,439
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	27,124	32,573	38,002	43,452
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	25,293	30,597	35,901	41,205
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	23,546	28,975	34,383	39,812
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	21,050	25,896	30,743	35,589
Fayetteville, NC	20,780	25,064	29,370	33,655
Goldsboro, NC	29,370	33,135	36,900	40,664
Greensboro-High Point, NC	25,501	29,911	34,320	38,730
Greenville, NC	26,146	29,661	33,197	36,712
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	27,831	31,304	34,757	38,231
Jacksonville, NC	24,732	27,997	31,263	34,528
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	26,125	29,828	33,509	37,212
Raleigh-Cary, NC	23,796	29,204	34,632	40,040
Rocky Mount, NC	26,583	30,327	34,050	37,794
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	25,688	29,453	33,197	36,962
Wilmington, NC	23,983	28,829	33,696	38,543
Winston-Salem, NC	21,840	26,749	31,679	36,588
Bismarck, ND	32,844	35,319	37,794	40,269
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	29,911	33,800	37,711	41,600
Fargo, ND-MN	32,532	35,693	38,834	41,996
Grand Forks, ND-MN	32,823	35,527	38,231	40,935
Minot, ND	31,388	34,861	38,335	41,808
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	32,615	35,922	39,229	42,536
Grand Island, NE	32,802	35,215	37,648	40,061
Lincoln, NE	29,994	33,759	37,524	41,288
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,725	31,512	34,279	37,066
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,725	30,743	32,781	34,799
Omaha, NE-IA	30,119	34,279	38,439	42,599
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	29,141	31,304	33,468	35,631
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	34,986	37,815	40,644	43,472
Manchester-Nashua, NH	33,655	37,004	40,373	43,722
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	33,218	37,045	40,872	44,700
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	33,572	36,692	39,832	42,952
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	32,261	36,130	39,978	43,847
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	32,490	36,192	39,874	43,576
Vineland, NJ	33,863	36,421	38,959	41,517
Albuquerque, NM	31,242	33,780	36,296	38,834
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	29,162	31,679	34,175	36,692
Farmington, NM	30,722	33,176	35,652	38,106
Las Cruces, NM	29,141	31,034	32,927	34,820
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	29,765	31,949	34,112	36,296
Santa Fe, NM	34,320	36,796	39,292	41,767
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	28,559	32,448	36,359	40,248
Carson City, NV	35,256	39,479	43,701	47,924
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	31,180	36,837	42,516	48,173
Reno, NV	30,847	35,485	40,103	44,741
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	34,112	37,482	40,831	44,200
Binghamton, NY	32,240	35,360	38,501	41,621
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	33,780	36,400	39,000	41,621
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	33,010	35,693	38,397	41,080
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	33,135	36,588	40,061	43,514
Elmira, NY	33,301	35,797	38,272	40,768
Glens Falls, NY	32,448	34,944	37,440	39,936
Ithaca, NY	32,594	36,026	39,437	42,869
Kingston, NY	33,384	36,712	40,020	43,348
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	33,988	37,004	40,020	43,036
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	34,903	38,584	42,266	45,948
Rochester, NY	32,282	35,735	39,167	42,620
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	32,677	36,213	39,749	43,285
Syracuse, NY	33,592	36,920	40,228	43,556
Utica-Rome, NY	32,344	34,528	36,712	38,896
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	32,240	34,279	36,338	38,376
Akron, OH	26,416	31,138	35,880	40,602
Canton-Massillon, OH	25,314	28,663	31,991	35,340
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	26,770	31,013	35,277	39,520
Cleveland, OH	27,332	31,221	35,111	39,000
Columbus, OH	25,896	30,764	35,610	40,477
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	25,584	29,204	32,823	36,442
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	25,772	29,308	32,823	36,359
Lima, OH	25,460	28,996	32,552	36,088
Mansfield, OH	26,396	29,536	32,677	35,818
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	24,898	30,264	35,652	41,018
Sandusky, OH	25,668	30,077	34,487	38,896
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	25,272	29,516	33,738	37,981
Springfield, OH	25,896	28,892	31,908	34,903
Toledo, OH	24,399	28,954	33,488	38,044
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	24,066	28,788	33,530	38,252
Youngstown-Warren, OH	25,106	28,288	31,450	34,632
Enid, OK	24,316	28,018	31,741	35,444
Lawton, OK	24,669	27,872	31,076	34,279
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	21,424	24,628	27,831	31,034
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	18,346	22,277	26,188	30,119
Oklahoma City, OK	25,314	28,871	32,407	35,964
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	22,402	25,418	28,413	31,429
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	19,240	22,548	25,834	29,141
Tulsa, OK	25,584	29,141	32,698	36,255
Albany, OR	33,884	38,980	44,096	49,192
Bend, OR	34,071	37,378	40,664	43,972
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	32,844	36,255	39,687	43,098
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	32,012	35,901	39,791	43,680
Corvallis, OR	32,864	35,464	38,064	40,664
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	30,826	33,988	37,149	40,311
Eugene-Springfield, OR	32,240	36,026	39,812	43,597
Grants Pass, OR	33,884	36,400	38,938	41,455
Medford, OR	33,613	37,919	42,204	46,509
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	35,277	39,104	42,911	46,738
Salem, OR	33,010	36,296	39,562	42,848
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	29,120	34,924	40,706	46,509
Altoona, PA	25,293	29,079	32,844	36,629
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	24,586	28,767	32,948	37,128
Chambersburg, PA	33,676	38,959	44,263	49,546
Erie, PA	26,292	30,348	34,424	38,480
Gettysburg, PA	25,626	29,828	34,008	38,210
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	28,247	32,511	36,754	41,018
Johnstown, PA	22,672	26,687	30,701	34,716
Lancaster, PA	27,997	33,197	38,397	43,597
Lebanon, PA	31,263	33,884	36,504	39,125
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	25,335	29,349	33,343	37,357
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	23,775	27,644	31,512	35,381
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	30,098	34,653	39,188	43,743
Pittsburgh, PA	25,813	30,618	35,402	40,207
Reading, PA	26,749	30,743	34,757	38,751
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	27,082	31,575	36,088	40,581
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	24,378	28,517	32,656	36,796
State College, PA	25,210	29,183	33,156	37,128
Williamsport, PA	25,480	30,202	34,924	39,645
York-Hanover, PA	28,018	33,197	38,376	43,556
Aguadilla, PR	21,840	22,132	22,423	22,714
Arecibo, PR	21,840	22,631	23,421	24,212
Guayama, PR	21,840	22,319	22,818	23,296
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	22,485	23,130	23,775
Ponce, PR	21,840	22,776	23,712	24,648
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	22,277	22,714	23,151
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	21,861	23,172	24,461	25,772
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	33,280	36,733	40,186	43,639
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	29,287	33,967	38,647	43,327
Columbia, SC	25,792	29,661	33,551	37,420
Florence, SC	25,584	29,453	33,322	37,191
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	25,813	29,682	33,572	37,440
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	29,100	33,426	37,773	42,100
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	26,250	29,682	33,093	36,525
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	28,413	31,408	34,404	37,399
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	27,394	30,202	33,010	35,818
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	26,188	30,764	35,360	39,936
Spartanburg, SC	26,479	30,784	35,069	39,375
Sumter, SC	25,584	29,453	33,322	37,191
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	30,784	34,487	38,189	41,892
Rapid City, SD	30,805	34,237	37,690	41,122
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	31,096	35,860	40,602	45,365
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	27,768	31,367	34,944	38,543
Chattanooga, TN-GA	27,644	33,114	38,564	44,034
Clarksville, TN-KY	23,400	27,269	31,117	34,986
Cleveland, TN	22,360	26,271	30,202	34,112
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	23,234	27,394	31,575	35,735
Jackson, TN	21,820	28,268	34,736	41,184
Johnson City, TN	24,191	27,248	30,306	33,364
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	23,088	26,146	29,224	32,282
Knoxville, TN	22,839	27,748	32,656	37,565
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	24,440	28,684	32,948	37,191
Morristown, TN	22,215	25,314	28,434	31,533
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	23,962	29,370	34,778	40,186
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,829	34,986	41,164	47,320
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	21,466	24,856	28,247	31,637
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	21,861	26,520	31,159	35,818
Abilene, TX	25,376	29,911	34,424	38,959
Amarillo, TX	25,376	28,496	31,616	34,736
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	29,807	33,280	36,775	40,248
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	24,836	28,101	31,367	34,632
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	25,584	29,765	33,946	38,127
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	21,258	25,002	28,746	32,490
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	25,397	29,599	33,800	38,002
College Station-Bryan, TX	24,940	28,975	32,989	37,024
Corpus Christi, TX	25,460	29,308	33,156	37,004
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	26,562	30,389	34,216	38,044
Eagle Pass, TX	22,256	26,146	30,036	33,925
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,898	28,621	32,344	36,068
El Paso, TX	22,943	26,624	30,306	33,988
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	25,231	28,808	32,386	35,964
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	26,416	30,244	34,092	37,919
Killeen-Temple, TX	24,586	28,351	32,095	35,860
Laredo, TX	22,090	25,647	29,183	32,740
Longview, TX	25,376	28,538	31,700	34,861
Lubbock, TX	26,853	30,306	33,738	37,191
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	21,757	25,460	29,162	32,864
Midland, TX	26,853	30,992	35,132	39,271
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,333	29,807	33,280	36,754
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,357	27,935	31,492	35,069
Odessa, TX	26,084	29,765	33,426	37,108
San Angelo, TX	23,296	26,645	29,994	33,343
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	26,500	30,805	35,111	39,416
Sherman-Denison, TX	27,103	30,368	33,655	36,920
Texarkana, TX-AR	26,583	30,847	35,132	39,396
Tyler, TX	23,962	26,895	29,807	32,740
Victoria, TX	24,336	27,290	30,223	33,176
Waco, TX	26,396	29,100	31,824	34,528
Wichita Falls, TX	25,231	28,392	31,575	34,736
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	25,272	29,349	33,426	37,503
Logan, UT-ID	22,506	26,188	29,890	33,572
Ogden, UT	27,436	31,554	35,693	39,812
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	27,997	32,386	36,775	41,164
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	29,328	33,904	38,460	43,036
St. George, UT	28,268	31,804	35,360	38,896
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	28,413	33,301	38,210	43,098
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	27,248	29,703	32,157	34,612
Charlottesville, VA	28,164	31,928	35,672	39,437
Harrisonburg, VA	27,831	30,847	33,863	36,879
Lynchburg, VA	27,061	29,848	32,636	35,423
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,644	29,224	30,826	32,407
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,431	34,466	38,480	42,516
Richmond, VA	29,412	32,053	34,674	37,316
Roanoke, VA	27,519	29,765	32,032	34,279
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,207	29,370	31,533	33,696
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,290	29,932	32,594	35,236
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	27,581	30,660	33,759	36,837
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	28,600	31,367	34,133	36,900
Winchester, VA-WV	28,268	32,220	36,151	40,103
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	28,746	29,682	30,639	31,575
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	36,442	40,997	45,552	50,108
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	32,490	36,255	40,040	43,805
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	35,194	38,543	41,871	45,220
Bellingham, WA	36,608	40,727	44,824	48,943
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	36,733	40,893	45,032	49,192
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	35,693	39,292	42,911	46,509
Kennewick-Richland, WA	36,338	39,853	43,389	46,904
Longview-Kelso, WA	36,172	40,124	44,076	48,028
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	36,442	40,810	45,157	49,525
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	37,607	42,557	47,487	52,437
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	39,624	44,263	48,880	53,519
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	35,839	39,229	42,620	46,010
Walla Walla, WA	35,672	37,981	40,290	42,599
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	35,485	39,645	43,826	47,986
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,088	39,728	43,348	46,988
Yakima, WA	34,965	38,980	42,994	47,008
Appleton, WI	31,096	34,487	37,898	41,288
Eau Claire, WI	30,764	34,175	37,565	40,976
Fond du Lac, WI	29,682	32,095	34,528	36,941
Green Bay, WI	30,951	35,069	39,167	43,285
Janesville-Beloit, WI	31,741	35,090	38,418	41,767
Kenosha, WI	27,373	32,199	37,045	41,871
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	32,220	36,796	41,351	45,927
Madison, WI	31,991	35,984	39,999	43,992
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	30,160	34,404	38,668	42,911
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	29,848	33,301	36,775	40,228
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	29,890	33,093	36,317	39,520
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	31,013	34,071	37,149	40,207
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	29,994	33,988	38,002	41,996
Sheboygan, WI	32,698	36,816	40,914	45,032
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	30,015	33,946	37,856	41,788
Wausau, WI	29,807	32,760	35,693	38,647
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	29,973	32,885	35,776	38,688
Beckley, WV	22,111	25,813	29,495	33,197
Charleston, WV	22,298	25,917	29,536	33,156
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	25,626	30,909	36,192	41,476
Morgantown, WV	25,917	29,266	32,615	35,964
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	20,967	23,858	26,749	29,640
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	21,196	24,149	27,124	30,077
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	21,861	25,293	28,746	32,178
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	23,047	26,021	28,996	31,970
Wheeling, WV-OH	24,253	27,165	30,098	33,010
Casper, WY	34,133	37,087	40,020	42,973
Cheyenne, WY	31,304	35,589	39,895	44,180
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	32,199	36,005	39,812	43,618
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	33,260	37,732	42,224	46,696

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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