SOC 51-3021 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Butchers and Meat Cutters 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): Cut, trim, or prepare consumer-sized portions of meat for use or sale in retail establishments.

Level I across metros$17,160 – $48,298Dalton, GA to Fairbanks, AK

Median Level IV, major metros$47,362Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Butchers and Meat Cutters?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Butchers and Meat Cutters (SOC 51-3021) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $17,160 in Dalton, GA to $48,298 in Fairbanks, AK, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $47,362. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $42,661, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 12 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	35,714	40,852	45,968	51,106
Anchorage, AK	41,018	47,445	53,872	60,300
Fairbanks-College, AK	48,298	55,120	61,943	68,765
Anniston-Oxford, AL	26,500	31,200	35,901	40,602
Auburn-Opelika, AL	31,200	35,360	39,500	43,660
Birmingham, AL	29,183	33,967	38,772	43,556
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	29,058	33,572	38,064	42,578
Decatur, AL	28,517	33,301	38,106	42,890
Dothan, AL	26,666	31,076	35,485	39,895
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	25,938	30,285	34,632	38,980
Gadsden, AL	27,124	31,180	35,256	39,312
Huntsville, AL	33,052	37,336	41,621	45,906
Mobile, AL	28,101	32,698	37,274	41,871
Montgomery, AL	28,413	32,968	37,503	42,058
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	25,938	29,557	33,176	36,796
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	26,292	29,994	33,676	37,378
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	25,751	30,368	34,986	39,604
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,586	28,559	32,552	36,525
Tuscaloosa, AL	27,352	31,804	36,234	40,685
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,876	28,892	31,928	34,944
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	29,058	33,239	37,440	41,621
Fort Smith, AR-OK	27,540	31,450	35,340	39,250
Hot Springs, AR	27,061	30,660	34,237	37,836
Jonesboro, AR	26,895	31,554	36,213	40,872
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	27,436	31,741	36,047	40,352
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,959	28,767	31,596	34,404
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	26,645	29,474	32,324	35,152
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,288	32,261	36,213	40,186
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	34,653	38,356	42,079	45,781
Flagstaff, AZ	38,626	41,413	44,221	47,008
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	35,111	38,730	42,349	45,968
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	36,192	41,080	45,948	50,836
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	36,733	41,226	45,740	50,232
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	35,485	40,040	44,596	49,151
Tucson, AZ	35,568	40,477	45,407	50,316
Yuma, AZ	33,738	37,316	40,914	44,492
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	35,152	40,020	44,887	49,754
Chico, CA	35,381	41,143	46,904	52,666
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,524	43,348	49,172	54,996
El Centro, CA	37,212	44,117	51,002	57,908
Fresno, CA	35,194	39,728	44,242	48,776
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	35,298	39,978	44,658	49,338
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	35,652	40,103	44,554	49,005
Merced, CA	35,277	40,103	44,949	49,775
Modesto, CA	35,839	40,644	45,448	50,253
Napa, CA	39,084	44,450	49,816	55,183
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,378	43,306	49,255	55,183
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,421	40,644	44,866	49,088
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	36,172	41,912	47,632	53,373
Redding, CA	35,048	40,748	46,426	52,125
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	35,735	40,893	46,072	51,231
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	36,504	42,599	48,693	54,788
Salinas, CA	36,588	41,413	46,239	51,064
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	37,108	42,412	47,695	52,999
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	40,124	44,741	49,338	53,956
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	41,829	47,778	53,727	59,676
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	36,712	42,308	47,882	53,477
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	37,066	41,829	46,572	51,335
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	36,359	41,788	47,216	52,645
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	38,584	43,972	49,380	54,767
Stockton-Lodi, CA	35,880	42,141	48,423	54,684
Vallejo, CA	38,730	44,554	50,378	56,202
Visalia, CA	34,632	38,439	42,224	46,031
Yuba City, CA	35,548	40,914	46,260	51,626
Boulder, CO	37,045	42,599	48,152	53,706
Colorado Springs, CO	37,066	42,412	47,736	53,082
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	37,482	42,911	48,340	53,768
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	32,573	37,232	41,892	46,551
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	35,860	40,831	45,823	50,794
Grand Junction, CO	34,944	38,772	42,620	46,447
Greeley, CO	35,527	40,020	44,533	49,026
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	38,106	42,911	47,695	52,500
Pueblo, CO	31,076	36,588	42,100	47,612
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	34,799	40,144	45,490	50,836
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	37,295	42,952	48,631	54,288
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	35,693	39,437	43,181	46,925
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	36,151	40,685	45,199	49,733
New Haven, CT	37,815	42,100	46,384	50,669
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	36,712	42,016	47,320	52,624
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	35,444	39,125	42,828	46,509
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	32,864	38,959	45,074	51,168
Dover, DE	37,752	42,599	47,466	52,312
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	39,250	42,536	45,844	49,130
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	34,258	38,813	43,389	47,944
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	34,320	39,354	44,367	49,400
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	33,530	37,420	41,309	45,199
Gainesville, FL	35,069	38,564	42,058	45,552
Homosassa Springs, FL	34,944	38,584	42,245	45,885
Jacksonville, FL	32,677	36,962	41,226	45,511
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	35,194	38,148	41,101	44,055
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	29,786	35,194	40,623	46,031
Naples-Marco Island, FL	37,045	41,538	46,010	50,503
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	29,599	33,010	36,400	39,812
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	33,988	38,335	42,682	47,029
Ocala, FL	31,242	35,568	39,874	44,200
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	34,778	38,792	42,828	46,842
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	34,071	38,480	42,911	47,320
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	31,180	35,693	40,186	44,700
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	30,680	35,381	40,061	44,762
Port St. Lucie, FL	34,008	37,856	41,704	45,552
Punta Gorda, FL	32,968	37,191	41,392	45,615
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	32,989	37,212	41,455	45,677
Sebring, FL	29,287	33,863	38,439	43,015
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	33,322	39,021	44,720	50,420
Tallahassee, FL	31,762	36,317	40,893	45,448
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	35,631	39,500	43,368	47,237
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	33,696	37,399	41,101	44,804
Albany, GA	29,495	34,258	39,000	43,764
Athens-Clarke County, GA	28,517	32,864	37,191	41,538
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	32,074	36,400	40,727	45,053
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	29,016	33,759	38,480	43,223
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	28,413	32,844	37,295	41,725
Columbus, GA-AL	25,730	30,826	35,922	41,018
Dalton, GA	17,160	23,109	29,058	35,007
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	26,791	31,762	36,733	41,704
Gainesville, GA	30,244	34,570	38,917	43,244
Hinesville, GA	28,205	33,176	38,148	43,119
Macon-Bibb County, GA	28,580	32,303	36,026	39,749
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	26,000	30,472	34,965	39,437
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,623	31,949	36,276	40,602
Rome, GA	31,367	35,797	40,207	44,637
Savannah, GA	30,909	35,485	40,040	44,616
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,269	32,116	36,983	41,829
Valdosta, GA	29,349	34,196	39,042	43,888
Warner Robins, GA	30,992	35,756	40,540	45,303
Guam MSA	27,956	33,135	38,335	43,514
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	40,040	46,426	52,812	59,197
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	40,581	46,613	52,666	58,698
Urban Honolulu, HI	36,400	43,202	50,004	56,805
Ames, IA	30,909	33,717	36,504	39,312
Cedar Rapids, IA	28,912	32,282	35,631	39,000
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	30,202	34,050	37,919	41,767
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	32,407	35,568	38,730	41,892
Dubuque, IA	31,928	34,882	37,815	40,768
Iowa City, IA	30,056	33,218	36,400	39,562
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	31,720	34,986	38,272	41,538
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	32,116	35,319	38,522	41,725
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	31,512	35,652	39,770	43,909
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	31,596	34,986	38,397	41,788
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	32,386	35,589	38,772	41,975
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	30,140	33,530	36,900	40,290
Boise City, ID	34,632	38,876	43,119	47,362
Coeur d'Alene, ID	34,903	39,853	44,824	49,775
Idaho Falls, ID	31,367	36,442	41,538	46,613
Lewiston, ID-WA	33,946	36,941	39,916	42,911
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	31,076	35,360	39,645	43,930
Pocatello, ID	30,119	35,194	40,248	45,324
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	29,162	32,656	36,130	39,624
Twin Falls, ID	30,722	34,133	37,524	40,935
Bloomington, IL	31,804	35,548	39,271	43,015
Champaign-Urbana, IL	32,802	36,754	40,727	44,679
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	35,194	38,959	42,744	46,509
Decatur, IL	33,863	37,773	41,684	45,594
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	32,136	35,568	38,980	42,412
Kankakee, IL	32,095	37,024	41,975	46,904
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	32,053	35,423	38,772	42,141
Peoria, IL	31,512	34,903	38,314	41,704
Rockford, IL	31,720	35,152	38,564	41,996
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	31,762	34,716	37,669	40,623
Springfield, IL	32,012	35,215	38,418	41,621
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,716	38,584	42,474	46,343
Bloomington, IN	34,279	36,941	39,624	42,287
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	34,154	39,292	44,429	49,567
Columbus, IN	33,572	36,151	38,709	41,288
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	29,578	34,653	39,749	44,824
Evansville, IN	31,034	35,048	39,063	43,077
Fort Wayne, IN	29,952	36,317	42,661	49,026
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	34,092	38,855	43,639	48,402
Kokomo, IN	33,592	38,501	43,389	48,298
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	31,845	36,338	40,831	45,324
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	29,744	34,674	39,624	44,554
Muncie, IN	33,884	38,792	43,722	48,631
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	32,594	37,752	42,932	48,090
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	32,469	36,692	40,914	45,136
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	32,136	37,856	43,556	49,276
Terre Haute, IN	32,261	35,693	39,104	42,536
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	25,584	30,660	35,714	40,789
Lawrence, KS	29,890	34,840	39,791	44,741
Manhattan, KS	29,328	34,757	40,165	45,594
Topeka, KS	30,056	34,320	38,605	42,869
Wichita, KS	29,308	34,528	39,770	44,991
Bowling Green, KY	26,167	30,410	34,674	38,917
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	24,024	28,247	32,469	36,692
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	22,527	26,354	30,181	34,008
Elizabethtown, KY	26,978	32,740	38,480	44,242
Lexington-Fayette, KY	30,140	34,320	38,480	42,661
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	28,767	33,613	38,460	43,306
Owensboro, KY	24,981	29,474	33,967	38,460
Paducah, KY-IL	24,960	29,349	33,738	38,127
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	22,922	26,916	30,930	34,924
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	22,423	26,583	30,743	34,903
Alexandria, LA	26,167	30,576	35,007	39,416
Baton Rouge, LA	27,519	32,968	38,439	43,888
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,375	30,556	34,716	38,896
Hammond, LA	26,333	30,909	35,485	40,061
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	26,728	31,471	36,234	40,976
Lafayette, LA	26,250	31,679	37,087	42,516
Lake Charles, LA	26,916	32,053	37,191	42,328
Monroe, LA	25,876	29,932	34,008	38,064
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	28,933	34,154	39,354	44,575
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,000	29,786	33,551	37,336
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	26,458	31,346	36,213	41,101
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	27,436	32,469	37,524	42,557
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	25,751	30,036	34,320	38,605
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	38,896	43,930	48,984	54,018
Barnstable Town, MA	38,605	45,178	51,751	58,324
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	41,455	45,573	49,671	53,789
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	39,520	44,180	48,860	53,519
Pittsfield, MA	37,482	43,036	48,610	54,164
Springfield, MA	36,546	42,079	47,612	53,144
Worcester, MA	38,314	43,015	47,695	52,396
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	33,114	39,354	45,594	51,834
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	29,661	33,696	37,711	41,746
Lexington Park, MD	32,261	38,501	44,741	50,981
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	31,221	34,528	37,815	41,122
Salisbury, MD	31,408	35,818	40,248	44,658
Bangor, ME	33,717	37,336	40,976	44,596
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	34,674	38,584	42,474	46,384
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	34,362	36,650	38,917	41,205
Portland-South Portland, ME	36,338	40,810	45,303	49,775
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	34,653	37,940	41,226	44,512
Ann Arbor, MI	32,844	37,586	42,349	47,092
Battle Creek, MI	29,308	33,946	38,605	43,244
Bay City, MI	27,768	31,616	35,444	39,292
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	31,866	36,692	41,496	46,322
Flint, MI	29,661	33,863	38,064	42,266
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	31,117	36,546	41,996	47,424
Jackson, MI	29,620	33,592	37,544	41,517
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	32,199	37,586	42,994	48,381
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	31,596	36,421	41,247	46,072
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	29,370	33,572	37,794	41,996
Midland, MI	30,639	34,029	37,420	40,810
Monroe, MI	29,370	33,384	37,399	41,413
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	30,493	35,360	40,207	45,074
Niles, MI	29,308	33,239	37,170	41,101
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	29,536	33,676	37,836	41,975
Saginaw, MI	28,413	32,324	36,255	40,165
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	39,292	42,640	45,989	49,338
Traverse City, MI	30,805	36,047	41,268	46,509
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	29,973	34,653	39,354	44,034
Duluth, MN-WI	35,256	39,853	44,450	49,047
Mankato, MN	28,829	34,029	39,208	44,408
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	36,484	41,725	46,988	52,229
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	35,839	40,956	46,093	51,210
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	33,884	38,480	43,077	47,674
Rochester, MN	33,176	37,524	41,871	46,218
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	33,676	39,416	45,178	50,919
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	32,968	37,565	42,183	46,780
St. Cloud, MN	33,738	38,834	43,951	49,047
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	29,474	34,112	38,730	43,368
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,704	33,218	37,732	42,245
Columbia, MO	29,661	33,488	37,336	41,164
Jefferson City, MO	29,474	34,903	40,332	45,760
Joplin, MO-KS	29,120	34,591	40,082	45,552
Kansas City, MO-KS	31,616	37,336	43,077	48,797
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,120	32,677	36,213	39,770
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	29,016	32,781	36,567	40,332
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	28,912	32,573	36,255	39,916
Springfield, MO	29,640	34,591	39,520	44,471
St. Joseph, MO-KS	30,888	36,463	42,037	47,612
St. Louis, MO-IL	32,324	37,669	42,994	48,340
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	23,879	29,724	35,589	41,434
Hattiesburg, MS	24,316	29,578	34,861	40,124
Jackson, MS	23,588	27,935	32,303	36,650
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	23,463	27,852	32,220	36,608
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	22,548	27,207	31,866	36,525
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	23,192	27,436	31,658	35,901
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	21,258	25,293	29,328	33,364
Billings, MT	35,964	42,890	49,796	56,722
Bozeman, MT	39,292	43,264	47,216	51,189
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	29,245	34,112	38,959	43,826
Great Falls, MT	33,488	37,877	42,287	46,676
Helena, MT	31,055	36,213	41,392	46,551
Missoula, MT	35,527	39,749	43,951	48,173
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	32,573	37,128	41,663	46,218
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	29,453	34,612	39,749	44,908
Asheville, NC	32,116	36,317	40,540	44,741
Burlington, NC	30,514	34,237	37,940	41,663
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	25,439	30,618	35,776	40,956
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	32,095	36,400	40,685	44,991
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	30,410	35,943	41,496	47,029
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	26,437	31,616	36,796	41,975
Fayetteville, NC	30,160	35,256	40,352	45,448
Goldsboro, NC	28,788	33,509	38,210	42,932
Greensboro-High Point, NC	30,535	35,340	40,165	44,970
Greenville, NC	29,037	32,698	36,359	40,020
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	31,845	36,026	40,186	44,367
Jacksonville, NC	30,223	37,004	43,784	50,565
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	32,136	35,672	39,208	42,744
Raleigh-Cary, NC	31,367	36,338	41,309	46,280
Rocky Mount, NC	28,247	32,740	37,212	41,704
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	27,269	31,346	35,444	39,520
Wilmington, NC	32,490	37,191	41,892	46,592
Winston-Salem, NC	28,788	33,322	37,836	42,370
Bismarck, ND	26,084	32,906	39,708	46,530
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	26,541	32,240	37,960	43,660
Fargo, ND-MN	34,903	39,978	45,032	50,108
Grand Forks, ND-MN	31,720	36,546	41,372	46,197
Minot, ND	26,333	32,948	39,541	46,156
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	24,877	31,388	37,919	44,429
Grand Island, NE	30,868	35,194	39,541	43,868
Lincoln, NE	29,911	34,362	38,813	43,264
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	28,538	33,655	38,792	43,909
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	29,287	33,967	38,647	43,327
Omaha, NE-IA	31,991	36,213	40,456	44,679
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	32,116	37,170	42,224	47,279
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	40,415	44,117	47,820	51,522
Manchester-Nashua, NH	39,125	43,098	47,092	51,064
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	39,832	43,972	48,132	52,271
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	40,311	44,034	47,778	51,501
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	33,551	39,458	45,386	51,293
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	32,740	37,648	42,557	47,466
Vineland, NJ	32,906	37,919	42,952	47,965
Albuquerque, NM	31,679	36,276	40,852	45,448
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	29,599	33,800	38,002	42,204
Farmington, NM	31,533	34,820	38,127	41,413
Las Cruces, NM	30,680	33,884	37,087	40,290
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,930	36,421	41,892	47,383
Santa Fe, NM	35,610	40,186	44,762	49,338
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	32,594	38,376	44,180	49,962
Carson City, NV	33,218	38,813	44,408	50,004
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	30,452	36,276	42,120	47,944
Reno, NV	33,322	38,584	43,826	49,088
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	35,548	41,101	46,676	52,229
Binghamton, NY	34,196	39,146	44,096	49,047
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	36,629	41,912	47,196	52,479
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	36,525	41,808	47,092	52,375
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	35,756	41,496	47,237	52,978
Elmira, NY	35,215	40,810	46,384	51,980
Glens Falls, NY	35,402	40,623	45,823	51,044
Ithaca, NY	35,381	41,018	46,655	52,292
Kingston, NY	36,671	43,223	49,754	56,306
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	37,794	44,388	51,002	57,596
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	35,194	41,559	47,944	54,309
Rochester, NY	35,485	40,789	46,114	51,418
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	35,256	41,351	47,445	53,540
Syracuse, NY	35,568	41,538	47,487	53,456
Utica-Rome, NY	35,277	40,124	44,991	49,837
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	35,818	41,788	47,757	53,727
Akron, OH	25,772	31,304	36,858	42,391
Canton-Massillon, OH	25,668	31,429	37,191	42,952
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	29,100	35,132	41,143	47,175
Cleveland, OH	27,082	32,199	37,316	42,432
Columbus, OH	30,015	35,485	40,956	46,426
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	28,850	34,549	40,228	45,927
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	27,664	33,301	38,938	44,575
Lima, OH	26,271	31,616	36,962	42,308
Mansfield, OH	30,015	35,215	40,415	45,615
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	27,311	32,844	38,397	43,930
Sandusky, OH	27,644	32,968	38,314	43,639
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	26,604	31,887	37,191	42,474
Springfield, OH	27,602	32,615	37,648	42,661
Toledo, OH	29,100	35,548	41,975	48,423
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	26,208	31,596	37,004	42,391
Youngstown-Warren, OH	26,000	31,637	37,274	42,911
Enid, OK	29,224	33,696	38,168	42,640
Lawton, OK	26,312	30,556	34,778	39,021
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	25,002	27,976	30,930	33,904
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	25,584	28,767	31,970	35,152
Oklahoma City, OK	28,517	32,511	36,525	40,519
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	25,876	29,245	32,636	36,005
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	25,356	29,536	33,738	37,919
Tulsa, OK	28,829	32,469	36,130	39,770
Albany, OR	37,316	41,975	46,613	51,272
Bend, OR	41,351	46,343	51,335	56,327
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	37,149	42,037	46,946	51,834
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	37,898	42,391	46,904	51,397
Corvallis, OR	38,168	42,620	47,071	51,522
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	36,733	41,268	45,781	50,316
Eugene-Springfield, OR	37,045	41,538	46,010	50,503
Grants Pass, OR	41,684	45,116	48,548	51,980
Medford, OR	40,415	44,492	48,568	52,645
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	42,952	47,362	51,772	56,181
Salem, OR	39,520	43,888	48,277	52,645
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	32,573	38,896	45,220	51,543
Altoona, PA	27,893	33,384	38,876	44,367
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	28,808	33,384	37,981	42,557
Chambersburg, PA	29,349	34,695	40,040	45,386
Erie, PA	27,477	33,280	39,084	44,887
Gettysburg, PA	30,722	36,109	41,517	46,904
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	31,783	37,108	42,412	47,736
Johnstown, PA	25,044	30,098	35,173	40,228
Lancaster, PA	29,100	34,861	40,644	46,405
Lebanon, PA	32,344	35,340	38,356	41,351
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	31,471	37,378	43,285	49,192
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	29,724	35,298	40,872	46,447
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	32,053	38,002	43,972	49,920
Pittsburgh, PA	32,178	37,087	41,996	46,904
Reading, PA	30,660	35,735	40,789	45,864
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	30,368	35,797	41,205	46,634
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	28,018	33,967	39,895	45,844
State College, PA	30,639	34,944	39,229	43,535
Williamsport, PA	29,848	35,152	40,436	45,740
York-Hanover, PA	31,200	36,504	41,808	47,112
Aguadilla, PR	21,924	23,359	24,815	26,250
Arecibo, PR	22,048	23,317	24,565	25,834
Guayama, PR	22,215	22,735	23,276	23,796
Mayaguez, PR	21,903	23,567	25,231	26,895
Ponce, PR	22,007	23,109	24,232	25,335
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	22,776	23,712	24,648
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	21,986	23,837	25,688	27,540
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	35,568	40,872	46,197	51,501
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	35,672	39,104	42,536	45,968
Columbia, SC	31,055	35,132	39,188	43,264
Florence, SC	27,540	30,951	34,362	37,773
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	33,717	37,087	40,436	43,805
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	35,756	39,271	42,807	46,322
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	32,386	35,672	38,938	42,224
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	31,180	34,237	37,274	40,332
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,844	36,712	40,602	44,471
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	31,450	34,071	36,712	39,333
Spartanburg, SC	33,946	37,336	40,748	44,138
Sumter, SC	29,869	33,780	37,690	41,600
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	33,551	37,170	40,810	44,429
Rapid City, SD	33,613	37,232	40,831	44,450
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	33,738	37,544	41,372	45,178
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	33,093	36,962	40,852	44,720
Chattanooga, TN-GA	28,892	33,759	38,647	43,514
Clarksville, TN-KY	30,119	34,549	38,980	43,410
Cleveland, TN	27,332	32,157	36,962	41,788
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	25,168	29,557	33,946	38,335
Jackson, TN	26,188	30,805	35,402	40,020
Johnson City, TN	28,912	32,573	36,213	39,874
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	28,351	31,783	35,236	38,668
Knoxville, TN	28,684	33,717	38,751	43,784
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	29,412	34,237	39,084	43,909
Morristown, TN	31,970	34,716	37,482	40,228
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	37,024	40,394	43,784	47,154
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	26,063	30,618	35,194	39,749
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	28,143	32,344	36,546	40,748
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	22,298	27,373	32,469	37,544
Abilene, TX	25,418	31,304	37,191	43,077
Amarillo, TX	26,375	31,866	37,357	42,848
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	30,368	36,941	43,535	50,108
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	24,399	29,474	34,528	39,604
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	25,792	33,093	40,373	47,674
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	22,797	30,660	38,522	46,384
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,773	30,701	36,650	42,578
College Station-Bryan, TX	25,501	31,845	38,189	44,533
Corpus Christi, TX	26,999	34,445	41,912	49,359
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	28,122	33,301	38,501	43,680
Eagle Pass, TX	22,756	30,389	38,023	45,656
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	22,776	27,664	32,532	37,420
El Paso, TX	22,631	27,664	32,698	37,732
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,711	29,661	34,632	39,583
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	26,208	32,615	39,000	45,407
Killeen-Temple, TX	28,164	34,861	41,559	48,256
Laredo, TX	22,111	29,786	37,440	45,116
Longview, TX	24,565	29,349	34,154	38,938
Lubbock, TX	25,127	30,472	35,818	41,164
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	23,588	30,015	36,463	42,890
Midland, TX	31,221	38,397	45,573	52,749
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,920	28,351	32,781	37,212
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	24,898	30,285	35,652	41,039
Odessa, TX	27,415	33,114	38,792	44,492
San Angelo, TX	26,604	32,906	39,188	45,490
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	26,000	33,884	41,767	49,650
Sherman-Denison, TX	27,623	32,864	38,106	43,348
Texarkana, TX-AR	24,648	28,600	32,573	36,525
Tyler, TX	23,380	27,165	30,930	34,716
Victoria, TX	24,794	31,013	37,232	43,452
Waco, TX	25,959	31,658	37,378	43,077
Wichita Falls, TX	26,063	31,388	36,692	42,016
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	28,143	33,592	39,063	44,512
Logan, UT-ID	37,607	41,226	44,845	48,464
Ogden, UT	32,511	36,463	40,436	44,388
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	34,237	38,896	43,535	48,194
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	34,820	38,730	42,661	46,572
St. George, UT	32,053	36,858	41,684	46,488
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	32,677	37,316	41,954	46,592
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	30,264	33,488	36,712	39,936
Charlottesville, VA	33,821	36,754	39,708	42,640
Harrisonburg, VA	35,173	36,837	38,522	40,186
Lynchburg, VA	30,056	33,447	36,837	40,228
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,114	34,445	35,756	37,087
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,093	38,064	43,015	47,986
Richmond, VA	34,716	37,607	40,519	43,410
Roanoke, VA	30,535	33,863	37,212	40,540
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,344	35,506	38,688	41,850
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,407	34,820	37,232	39,645
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	33,613	36,234	38,855	41,476
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	35,236	38,980	42,703	46,447
Winchester, VA-WV	31,263	37,336	43,389	49,463
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	25,896	29,308	32,740	36,151
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	37,274	42,183	47,112	52,021
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	35,839	40,477	45,116	49,754
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	34,570	39,021	43,452	47,903
Bellingham, WA	38,605	44,512	50,440	56,348
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	42,079	48,527	54,954	61,402
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,816	41,143	45,469	49,796
Kennewick-Richland, WA	36,879	41,039	45,199	49,359
Longview-Kelso, WA	41,871	45,802	49,712	53,644
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	39,271	44,970	50,690	56,389
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	38,668	44,658	50,648	56,639
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	44,679	50,628	56,576	62,525
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	37,898	42,661	47,404	52,167
Walla Walla, WA	36,796	41,018	45,261	49,484
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	38,460	43,680	48,880	54,101
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	37,191	43,098	49,026	54,933
Yakima, WA	36,962	41,517	46,072	50,628
Appleton, WI	34,924	40,311	45,677	51,064
Eau Claire, WI	32,095	37,066	42,058	47,029
Fond du Lac, WI	38,834	43,576	48,319	53,061
Green Bay, WI	34,986	38,064	41,122	44,200
Janesville-Beloit, WI	32,136	37,295	42,474	47,632
Kenosha, WI	37,836	42,412	46,988	51,564
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	33,052	37,128	41,184	45,261
Madison, WI	35,236	40,664	46,114	51,543
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	33,780	39,396	45,032	50,648
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	33,447	38,314	43,160	48,028
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	35,880	40,082	44,304	48,506
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	31,284	36,192	41,101	46,010
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	34,716	39,666	44,616	49,567
Sheboygan, WI	35,215	39,812	44,429	49,026
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,300	39,666	45,032	50,399
Wausau, WI	33,613	38,189	42,786	47,362
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,383	39,687	44,991	50,295
Beckley, WV	27,519	31,159	34,799	38,439
Charleston, WV	28,684	32,053	35,444	38,813
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	24,773	28,538	32,282	36,047
Morgantown, WV	24,045	28,538	33,031	37,524
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	24,919	28,205	31,471	34,757
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	26,208	29,141	32,074	35,007
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	24,336	27,456	30,597	33,717
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	26,957	31,034	35,132	39,208
Wheeling, WV-OH	24,170	28,663	33,135	37,628
Casper, WY	35,672	40,144	44,637	49,109
Cheyenne, WY	35,984	41,226	46,488	51,730
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	35,506	40,623	45,760	50,877
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	35,943	40,186	44,450	48,693

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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