SOC 51-4031 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 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): Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.

Level I across metros$21,965 – $47,757San Juan, PR to San Jose, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$52,770Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (SOC 51-4031) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,965 in San Juan, PR to $47,757 in San Jose, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $52,770. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $47,757, 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	43,410	47,320	51,231	55,141
Anchorage, AK	43,618	47,258	50,919	54,559
Fairbanks-College, AK	43,410	47,320	51,231	55,141
Anniston-Oxford, AL	37,108	40,124	43,160	46,176
Auburn-Opelika, AL	30,223	34,050	37,898	41,725
Birmingham, AL	37,316	41,164	45,032	48,880
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	35,631	39,999	44,346	48,714
Decatur, AL	38,189	42,141	46,114	50,066
Dothan, AL	34,674	36,712	38,751	40,789
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	32,469	35,839	39,188	42,557
Gadsden, AL	31,242	34,944	38,626	42,328
Huntsville, AL	36,796	41,559	46,343	51,106
Mobile, AL	36,317	40,332	44,346	48,360
Montgomery, AL	34,487	38,917	43,348	47,778
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	31,637	36,650	41,642	46,655
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	36,962	40,020	43,098	46,156
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	34,840	37,607	40,373	43,140
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	38,044	47,778	57,492	67,226
Tuscaloosa, AL	35,215	38,896	42,599	46,280
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	32,324	37,357	42,391	47,424
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	41,184	45,573	49,983	54,372
Fort Smith, AR-OK	35,402	38,917	42,453	45,968
Hot Springs, AR	33,717	37,877	42,058	46,218
Jonesboro, AR	38,751	42,932	47,133	51,314
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	35,340	39,104	42,869	46,634
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,204	34,029	38,834	43,660
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	35,901	40,144	44,388	48,631
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	31,304	35,964	40,644	45,303
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	37,940	42,786	47,653	52,500
Flagstaff, AZ	37,232	42,599	47,965	53,332
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	37,232	42,599	47,965	53,332
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	38,168	42,952	47,757	52,541
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	38,106	42,932	47,778	52,604
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	36,879	41,996	47,112	52,229
Tucson, AZ	36,816	41,975	47,133	52,292
Yuma, AZ	38,002	42,828	47,632	52,458
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	37,607	42,079	46,572	51,044
Chico, CA	34,944	40,477	45,989	51,522
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	38,709	43,722	48,756	53,768
El Centro, CA	38,855	43,826	48,797	53,768
Fresno, CA	37,794	42,682	47,549	52,437
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	37,108	41,788	46,488	51,168
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	40,082	45,968	51,855	57,741
Merced, CA	35,839	42,100	48,340	54,600
Modesto, CA	42,516	49,400	56,306	63,191
Napa, CA	42,599	47,320	52,042	56,764
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	41,912	47,175	52,416	57,679
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	39,812	45,344	50,898	56,431
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	40,269	45,303	50,336	55,370
Redding, CA	39,520	44,263	48,984	53,727
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	38,314	43,036	47,757	52,479
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	41,351	46,863	52,375	57,887
Salinas, CA	42,245	51,376	60,508	69,639
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	40,498	46,072	51,626	57,200
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	36,629	43,410	50,212	56,992
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	47,757	58,116	68,495	78,853
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	38,626	43,389	48,132	52,895
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	39,812	48,693	57,554	66,436
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	39,541	44,492	49,463	54,413
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	43,764	48,714	53,664	58,615
Stockton-Lodi, CA	39,874	44,242	48,589	52,957
Vallejo, CA	43,493	48,568	53,623	58,698
Visalia, CA	36,421	39,791	43,181	46,551
Yuba City, CA	39,916	45,636	51,335	57,055
Boulder, CO	46,260	50,149	54,060	57,949
Colorado Springs, CO	42,037	45,823	49,588	53,373
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	47,008	54,184	61,360	68,536
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	43,285	49,400	55,495	61,610
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	42,474	46,010	49,567	53,103
Grand Junction, CO	39,541	42,495	45,428	48,381
Greeley, CO	41,434	46,052	50,648	55,266
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	45,656	52,520	59,364	66,228
Pueblo, CO	40,644	46,301	51,938	57,596
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	43,368	49,525	55,661	61,818
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	41,621	46,405	51,189	55,973
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	36,442	41,496	46,530	51,584
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	37,752	42,932	48,132	53,311
New Haven, CT	38,085	43,493	48,922	54,330
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	41,871	45,532	49,213	52,874
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	36,567	41,392	46,239	51,064
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	35,402	42,058	48,735	55,391
Dover, DE	39,853	42,661	45,490	48,298
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	35,860	40,144	44,408	48,693
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	36,671	39,416	42,162	44,908
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	32,844	35,173	37,482	39,812
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	34,799	37,108	39,437	41,746
Gainesville, FL	33,592	37,628	41,642	45,677
Homosassa Springs, FL	35,922	40,248	44,554	48,880
Jacksonville, FL	35,652	39,895	44,117	48,360
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	33,925	37,960	41,975	46,010
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	33,800	37,399	41,018	44,616
Naples-Marco Island, FL	33,967	37,524	41,101	44,658
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	33,239	34,736	36,213	37,711
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	33,343	36,359	39,375	42,391
Ocala, FL	35,194	39,000	42,828	46,634
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	34,196	38,148	42,079	46,031
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	33,509	37,461	41,413	45,365
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	33,135	35,423	37,732	40,020
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	34,112	38,002	41,912	45,802
Port St. Lucie, FL	34,196	37,336	40,477	43,618
Punta Gorda, FL	33,842	36,858	39,895	42,911
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	34,050	38,002	41,933	45,885
Sebring, FL	34,071	38,064	42,058	46,052
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	34,404	38,335	42,266	46,197
Tallahassee, FL	33,114	34,944	36,775	38,605
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	36,359	40,768	45,178	49,588
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	34,965	39,167	43,368	47,570
Albany, GA	35,610	43,015	50,420	57,824
Athens-Clarke County, GA	34,404	37,794	41,184	44,575
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	38,231	43,036	47,861	52,666
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	32,656	36,692	40,748	44,783
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	34,882	41,226	47,570	53,914
Columbus, GA-AL	32,261	35,194	38,127	41,060
Dalton, GA	38,210	39,936	41,642	43,368
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	32,594	37,253	41,912	46,572
Gainesville, GA	38,647	44,034	49,421	54,808
Hinesville, GA	33,842	39,208	44,554	49,920
Macon-Bibb County, GA	33,509	37,544	41,580	45,615
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	36,276	44,616	52,978	61,319
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	35,984	39,687	43,410	47,112
Rome, GA	41,850	51,813	61,776	71,740
Savannah, GA	34,216	38,189	42,141	46,114
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	35,360	41,829	48,277	54,746
Valdosta, GA	30,618	32,719	34,840	36,941
Warner Robins, GA	35,631	42,661	49,692	56,722
Guam MSA	36,525	42,453	48,360	54,288
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	36,525	42,453	48,360	54,288
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	36,525	42,453	48,360	54,288
Urban Honolulu, HI	36,525	42,453	48,360	54,288
Ames, IA	38,085	42,682	47,279	51,876
Cedar Rapids, IA	37,773	41,808	45,823	49,858
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	39,084	45,469	51,876	58,261
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	37,940	43,181	48,423	53,664
Dubuque, IA	41,892	45,386	48,860	52,354
Iowa City, IA	36,692	41,372	46,052	50,732
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	37,586	42,349	47,133	51,896
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	41,621	45,074	48,527	51,980
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	34,736	39,500	44,284	49,047
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	36,712	41,559	46,384	51,231
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	41,434	44,637	47,840	51,044
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	41,746	45,490	49,213	52,957
Boise City, ID	35,610	39,791	43,951	48,132
Coeur d'Alene, ID	35,901	38,314	40,706	43,119
Idaho Falls, ID	34,175	37,607	41,018	44,450
Lewiston, ID-WA	38,792	40,768	42,724	44,700
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	38,938	44,388	49,837	55,287
Pocatello, ID	41,309	42,973	44,658	46,322
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	36,671	40,540	44,388	48,256
Twin Falls, ID	35,194	37,087	38,980	40,872
Bloomington, IL	37,648	42,557	47,445	52,354
Champaign-Urbana, IL	37,773	43,098	48,402	53,727
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	40,082	46,676	53,290	59,884
Decatur, IL	37,004	42,474	47,944	53,415
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,880	40,789	45,677	50,586
Kankakee, IL	40,394	44,949	49,484	54,039
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,106	44,533	50,960	57,388
Peoria, IL	39,416	43,056	46,676	50,316
Rockford, IL	37,628	42,474	47,300	52,146
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,335	43,514	48,672	53,852
Springfield, IL	39,312	45,719	52,104	58,511
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,754	42,266	47,778	53,290
Bloomington, IN	36,172	40,706	45,261	49,796
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	38,896	46,592	54,288	61,984
Columbus, IN	35,984	41,413	46,821	52,250
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	36,941	41,351	45,781	50,191
Evansville, IN	37,836	43,348	48,839	54,351
Fort Wayne, IN	37,711	41,309	44,887	48,485
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	38,418	42,848	47,279	51,709
Kokomo, IN	39,770	44,928	50,087	55,245
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	43,348	48,631	53,893	59,176
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	35,964	39,749	43,514	47,300
Muncie, IN	35,277	39,770	44,284	48,776
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	37,544	41,996	46,426	50,877
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	36,754	41,143	45,511	49,900
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	39,063	49,088	59,093	69,119
Terre Haute, IN	38,938	47,695	56,431	65,188
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	35,964	40,228	44,492	48,756
Lawrence, KS	42,349	44,637	46,925	49,213
Manhattan, KS	37,960	42,308	46,655	51,002
Topeka, KS	39,333	45,740	52,125	58,532
Wichita, KS	36,192	41,164	46,135	51,106
Bowling Green, KY	32,344	41,080	49,837	58,573
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	36,671	39,125	41,600	44,055
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,487	37,544	40,623	43,680
Elizabethtown, KY	37,856	44,741	51,647	58,532
Lexington-Fayette, KY	35,610	39,541	43,472	47,404
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	41,580	48,776	55,952	63,149
Owensboro, KY	31,512	36,858	42,183	47,528
Paducah, KY-IL	32,532	37,607	42,661	47,736
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	33,072	37,024	40,956	44,908
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	36,380	39,541	42,703	45,864
Alexandria, LA	36,588	38,855	41,143	43,410
Baton Rouge, LA	36,858	41,975	47,112	52,229
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	35,776	40,415	45,074	49,712
Hammond, LA	36,525	41,767	47,008	52,250
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	33,488	38,148	42,786	47,445
Lafayette, LA	36,068	41,247	46,405	51,584
Lake Charles, LA	35,485	40,207	44,949	49,671
Monroe, LA	38,605	43,410	48,215	53,020
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	36,151	41,684	47,237	52,770
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	40,748	45,532	50,336	55,120
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	35,464	38,855	42,266	45,656
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	35,381	40,976	46,551	52,146
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	35,714	40,852	45,989	51,127
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	38,813	42,869	46,925	50,981
Barnstable Town, MA	39,541	44,991	50,420	55,869
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	40,602	46,135	51,647	57,180
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	41,122	45,906	50,669	55,453
Pittsfield, MA	37,440	39,125	40,810	42,495
Springfield, MA	36,359	41,080	45,802	50,524
Worcester, MA	37,648	43,535	49,442	55,328
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	38,023	42,911	47,820	52,708
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	39,333	42,391	45,448	48,506
Lexington Park, MD	36,463	42,349	48,256	54,143
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	38,980	44,804	50,648	56,472
Salisbury, MD	37,586	42,412	47,237	52,063
Bangor, ME	36,879	41,850	46,842	51,813
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	45,698	50,752	55,807	60,861
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	36,879	41,850	46,842	51,813
Portland-South Portland, ME	44,533	49,172	53,831	58,469
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	38,980	43,805	48,631	53,456
Ann Arbor, MI	36,338	41,933	47,549	53,144
Battle Creek, MI	34,487	38,376	42,287	46,176
Bay City, MI	32,344	37,274	42,183	47,112
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	37,919	47,216	56,514	65,812
Flint, MI	37,399	49,484	61,548	73,632
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	36,546	41,496	46,468	51,418
Jackson, MI	36,047	39,957	43,868	47,778
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	35,672	39,936	44,180	48,444
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	36,317	44,824	53,332	61,839
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	34,986	38,252	41,538	44,804
Midland, MI	35,381	40,789	46,176	51,584
Monroe, MI	32,760	36,629	40,519	44,388
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	37,669	41,912	46,176	50,420
Niles, MI	35,319	39,063	42,807	46,551
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	34,237	36,775	39,312	41,850
Saginaw, MI	37,232	46,031	54,808	63,607
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	38,002	43,036	48,048	53,082
Traverse City, MI	33,696	38,023	42,370	46,696
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	36,588	41,039	45,469	49,920
Duluth, MN-WI	43,951	48,007	52,063	56,119
Mankato, MN	45,344	50,274	55,224	60,154
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	36,629	43,327	50,004	56,701
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	43,181	48,506	53,852	59,176
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	41,434	45,511	49,608	53,685
Rochester, MN	42,828	47,570	52,312	57,055
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	45,469	50,524	55,578	60,632
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	41,476	46,676	51,896	57,096
St. Cloud, MN	45,490	49,255	52,999	56,764
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	34,736	39,541	44,325	49,130
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	34,154	38,189	42,224	46,260
Columbia, MO	38,397	42,828	47,258	51,688
Jefferson City, MO	35,964	38,876	41,767	44,679
Joplin, MO-KS	35,631	39,874	44,138	48,381
Kansas City, MO-KS	41,392	49,026	56,639	64,272
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	35,277	40,664	46,072	51,460
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,072	36,484	39,895	43,306
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,255	40,020	43,805	47,570
Springfield, MO	37,461	40,893	44,304	47,736
St. Joseph, MO-KS	38,834	45,760	52,687	59,613
St. Louis, MO-IL	39,916	46,530	53,144	59,759
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	31,970	37,732	43,493	49,255
Hattiesburg, MS	32,636	37,524	42,412	47,300
Jackson, MS	33,551	39,042	44,554	50,045
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	33,239	37,815	42,391	46,967
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	35,901	38,127	40,373	42,599
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	34,133	39,916	45,677	51,460
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	36,130	38,480	40,852	43,202
Billings, MT	43,472	46,738	50,004	53,269
Bozeman, MT	39,999	44,637	49,296	53,935
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	40,144	45,053	49,962	54,871
Great Falls, MT	38,085	44,658	51,210	57,783
Helena, MT	38,917	44,221	49,525	54,829
Missoula, MT	36,879	40,415	43,972	47,508
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	39,999	44,637	49,296	53,935
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	36,775	42,703	48,631	54,559
Asheville, NC	38,127	43,223	48,340	53,436
Burlington, NC	35,672	39,271	42,869	46,468
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,428	35,880	39,354	42,807
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	37,357	43,098	48,839	54,580
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	38,917	42,994	47,050	51,127
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,320	38,834	43,368	47,882
Fayetteville, NC	32,906	38,044	43,202	48,340
Goldsboro, NC	36,380	38,543	40,685	42,848
Greensboro-High Point, NC	35,464	38,813	42,141	45,490
Greenville, NC	34,300	38,626	42,973	47,300
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	35,880	39,437	42,973	46,530
Jacksonville, NC	33,530	37,732	41,954	46,156
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	34,424	38,834	43,223	47,632
Raleigh-Cary, NC	35,215	39,229	43,223	47,237
Rocky Mount, NC	32,199	35,984	39,770	43,556
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,258	37,440	40,644	43,826
Wilmington, NC	35,381	39,583	43,805	48,007
Winston-Salem, NC	36,109	44,804	53,477	62,172
Bismarck, ND	43,264	48,672	54,080	59,488
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	41,850	46,572	51,293	56,015
Fargo, ND-MN	46,925	49,047	51,148	53,269
Grand Forks, ND-MN	41,101	45,365	49,650	53,914
Minot, ND	42,599	48,173	53,768	59,343
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,453	48,132	53,789	59,468
Grand Island, NE	38,293	42,952	47,632	52,292
Lincoln, NE	41,268	47,487	53,685	59,904
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	38,356	41,580	44,804	48,028
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	37,232	41,288	45,344	49,400
Omaha, NE-IA	37,087	43,472	49,858	56,244
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	35,839	40,831	45,802	50,794
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	36,941	42,100	47,237	52,396
Manchester-Nashua, NH	38,002	42,474	46,967	51,439
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	45,407	48,568	51,730	54,892
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	37,877	42,536	47,196	51,855
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	38,668	44,408	50,149	55,890
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	37,669	40,581	43,472	46,384
Vineland, NJ	38,834	44,783	50,711	56,660
Albuquerque, NM	35,173	38,231	41,268	44,325
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	34,196	37,440	40,664	43,909
Farmington, NM	34,404	37,544	40,706	43,847
Las Cruces, NM	33,904	37,045	40,165	43,306
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	34,300	37,503	40,685	43,888
Santa Fe, NM	34,362	37,628	40,893	44,159
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	36,754	41,746	46,717	51,709
Carson City, NV	38,272	43,306	48,340	53,373
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	36,276	41,205	46,156	51,085
Reno, NV	36,546	41,580	46,634	51,668
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	40,061	47,071	54,080	61,090
Binghamton, NY	34,757	39,666	44,596	49,504
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	39,978	46,842	53,706	60,570
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	36,733	39,708	42,703	45,677
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	36,421	40,768	45,116	49,463
Elmira, NY	35,215	39,084	42,973	46,842
Glens Falls, NY	42,349	47,424	52,479	57,554
Ithaca, NY	42,578	46,925	51,272	55,620
Kingston, NY	39,354	44,367	49,380	54,392
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	39,458	46,988	54,496	62,026
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	38,751	44,221	49,712	55,183
Rochester, NY	36,317	41,559	46,821	52,063
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	36,296	40,456	44,616	48,776
Syracuse, NY	35,527	39,853	44,159	48,485
Utica-Rome, NY	35,568	43,202	50,836	58,469
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	37,898	44,076	50,274	56,452
Akron, OH	34,986	40,685	46,405	52,104
Canton-Massillon, OH	35,444	41,039	46,634	52,229
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	37,732	43,056	48,402	53,727
Cleveland, OH	35,652	41,122	46,572	52,042
Columbus, OH	37,815	42,391	46,988	51,564
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	35,444	39,999	44,575	49,130
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	36,130	41,247	46,343	51,460
Lima, OH	31,325	37,295	43,285	49,255
Mansfield, OH	34,778	38,688	42,599	46,509
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	36,588	40,082	43,597	47,092
Sandusky, OH	40,956	48,090	55,224	62,359
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	36,192	40,456	44,741	49,005
Springfield, OH	33,010	37,420	41,808	46,218
Toledo, OH	36,421	41,268	46,114	50,960
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	38,252	42,869	47,487	52,104
Youngstown-Warren, OH	33,280	38,314	43,348	48,381
Enid, OK	32,906	39,146	45,407	51,647
Lawton, OK	33,135	39,416	45,719	52,000
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	30,764	35,485	40,207	44,928
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	30,160	35,277	40,415	45,532
Oklahoma City, OK	33,468	39,770	46,052	52,354
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,948	36,692	40,456	44,200
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,864	38,480	44,096	49,712
Tulsa, OK	35,152	40,332	45,511	50,690
Albany, OR	45,740	53,581	61,402	69,244
Bend, OR	46,759	49,775	52,770	55,786
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	44,616	49,671	54,746	59,800
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	44,471	49,629	54,808	59,967
Corvallis, OR	42,016	46,551	51,064	55,599
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	44,200	47,570	50,960	54,330
Eugene-Springfield, OR	41,912	44,492	47,071	49,650
Grants Pass, OR	40,852	45,407	49,983	54,538
Medford, OR	42,682	46,676	50,690	54,684
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	46,842	52,104	57,388	62,650
Salem, OR	44,596	48,506	52,396	56,306
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	40,644	46,925	53,207	59,488
Altoona, PA	31,325	37,108	42,890	48,672
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	35,132	40,664	46,197	51,730
Chambersburg, PA	37,420	44,034	50,648	57,263
Erie, PA	32,344	38,376	44,429	50,461
Gettysburg, PA	36,338	41,538	46,717	51,917
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	38,730	42,682	46,655	50,607
Johnstown, PA	28,268	32,927	37,565	42,224
Lancaster, PA	39,479	44,637	49,816	54,975
Lebanon, PA	34,903	39,936	44,970	50,004
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	36,359	40,540	44,741	48,922
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	36,629	41,372	46,135	50,877
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	39,104	45,053	51,023	56,972
Pittsburgh, PA	35,984	42,016	48,069	54,101
Reading, PA	42,557	48,194	53,852	59,488
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	40,727	48,028	55,308	62,608
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	38,522	43,618	48,714	53,810
State College, PA	33,384	37,503	41,621	45,740
Williamsport, PA	36,192	41,018	45,823	50,648
York-Hanover, PA	38,896	43,452	48,028	52,583
Aguadilla, PR	22,756	25,397	28,039	30,680
Arecibo, PR	22,069	24,482	26,916	29,328
Guayama, PR	22,069	24,440	26,832	29,204
Mayaguez, PR	22,132	24,565	27,020	29,453
Ponce, PR	22,007	24,357	26,708	29,058
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,986	24,357	26,749	29,120
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	21,965	24,295	26,645	28,975
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	38,044	43,327	48,610	53,893
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	30,327	35,527	40,727	45,927
Columbia, SC	35,631	39,333	43,056	46,759
Florence, SC	36,026	40,560	45,074	49,608
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	37,440	43,888	50,357	56,805
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	37,004	40,207	43,431	46,634
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	32,968	39,250	45,532	51,813
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	38,792	44,076	49,380	54,663
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,797	40,831	45,864	50,898
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,087	40,269	43,431	46,613
Spartanburg, SC	39,416	41,642	43,847	46,072
Sumter, SC	35,860	40,186	44,533	48,860
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,272	43,701	49,130	54,559
Rapid City, SD	39,250	43,285	47,341	51,376
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	39,916	43,036	46,156	49,276
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,397	43,660	48,901	54,164
Chattanooga, TN-GA	35,132	38,959	42,807	46,634
Clarksville, TN-KY	36,400	40,144	43,909	47,653
Cleveland, TN	34,591	38,231	41,850	45,490
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	37,856	42,308	46,780	51,231
Jackson, TN	35,194	38,855	42,495	46,156
Johnson City, TN	32,823	36,359	39,874	43,410
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	37,503	40,581	43,639	46,717
Knoxville, TN	36,400	40,207	43,992	47,799
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	34,466	38,210	41,975	45,719
Morristown, TN	36,359	39,916	43,472	47,029
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	37,108	41,684	46,280	50,856
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,944	39,396	43,847	48,298
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,071	38,293	42,516	46,738
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,258	38,584	42,890	47,216
Abilene, TX	36,026	38,688	41,372	44,034
Amarillo, TX	33,468	39,708	45,948	52,188
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	37,669	42,308	46,946	51,584
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	35,298	39,541	43,764	48,007
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,799	39,104	43,389	47,695
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	28,725	32,490	36,234	39,999
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	37,648	41,725	45,781	49,858
College Station-Bryan, TX	33,218	36,671	40,124	43,576
Corpus Christi, TX	30,826	35,548	40,248	44,970
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	35,631	40,020	44,429	48,818
Eagle Pass, TX	30,389	34,133	37,856	41,600
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,637	36,484	41,309	46,156
El Paso, TX	26,084	30,784	35,464	40,165
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,300	39,188	44,055	48,943
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	35,423	39,645	43,888	48,111
Killeen-Temple, TX	35,589	39,978	44,367	48,756
Laredo, TX	35,880	40,352	44,824	49,296
Longview, TX	33,821	38,272	42,724	47,175
Lubbock, TX	29,599	34,612	39,645	44,658
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	27,040	30,805	34,591	38,356
Midland, TX	35,215	40,144	45,095	50,024
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,218	37,586	41,954	46,322
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,511	37,461	42,391	47,341
Odessa, TX	35,984	40,789	45,594	50,399
San Angelo, TX	34,112	38,772	43,452	48,111
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	35,069	38,959	42,828	46,717
Sherman-Denison, TX	33,634	38,896	44,138	49,400
Texarkana, TX-AR	34,196	40,165	46,156	52,125
Tyler, TX	33,759	36,858	39,936	43,036
Victoria, TX	37,503	41,684	45,864	50,045
Waco, TX	33,925	37,440	40,935	44,450
Wichita Falls, TX	33,114	38,293	43,493	48,672
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	34,341	39,063	43,784	48,506
Logan, UT-ID	37,066	40,352	43,618	46,904
Ogden, UT	39,895	45,719	51,564	57,388
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	41,642	44,263	46,884	49,504
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	41,871	45,927	49,983	54,039
St. George, UT	34,716	39,188	43,639	48,111
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	31,013	37,836	44,679	51,501
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	37,794	42,911	48,048	53,165
Charlottesville, VA	37,732	43,306	48,860	54,434
Harrisonburg, VA	36,796	42,453	48,090	53,748
Lynchburg, VA	39,292	45,864	52,416	58,989
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,548	41,621	47,695	53,768
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,840	40,956	47,071	53,186
Richmond, VA	36,068	41,704	47,341	52,978
Roanoke, VA	41,559	45,448	49,359	53,248
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	41,829	45,719	49,629	53,519
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	37,128	42,370	47,612	52,853
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	40,248	45,365	50,461	55,578
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	35,860	41,892	47,944	53,976
Winchester, VA-WV	35,984	42,204	48,444	54,663
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	36,525	42,453	48,360	54,288
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	39,749	43,618	47,466	51,335
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	38,626	42,724	46,821	50,919
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	38,085	41,746	45,407	49,068
Bellingham, WA	42,911	49,296	55,703	62,088
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	45,199	51,314	57,408	63,524
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	43,514	49,504	55,474	61,464
Kennewick-Richland, WA	41,933	46,280	50,607	54,954
Longview-Kelso, WA	43,888	49,775	55,682	61,568
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	44,034	49,442	54,871	60,279
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	45,220	51,356	57,492	63,628
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	45,864	51,959	58,032	64,127
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	40,415	45,511	50,586	55,682
Walla Walla, WA	42,016	47,341	52,666	57,991
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	45,511	51,605	57,679	63,773
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	40,061	42,432	44,824	47,196
Yakima, WA	41,871	45,428	48,964	52,520
Appleton, WI	45,885	49,567	53,248	56,930
Eau Claire, WI	38,688	42,744	46,821	50,877
Fond du Lac, WI	39,125	44,824	50,524	56,223
Green Bay, WI	42,661	47,092	51,543	55,973
Janesville-Beloit, WI	42,890	46,904	50,919	54,933
Kenosha, WI	42,100	46,696	51,272	55,869
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	38,168	41,496	44,845	48,173
Madison, WI	41,018	45,511	49,983	54,476
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	40,748	45,428	50,128	54,808
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	37,732	42,141	46,551	50,960
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	38,460	41,434	44,429	47,404
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	45,968	52,292	58,615	64,938
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	40,020	45,511	50,981	56,472
Sheboygan, WI	45,032	49,546	54,039	58,552
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	41,559	46,114	50,690	55,245
Wausau, WI	41,060	44,471	47,903	51,314
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	35,298	40,228	45,157	50,087
Beckley, WV	32,157	35,880	39,604	43,327
Charleston, WV	33,946	40,290	46,613	52,957
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	34,175	39,749	45,344	50,919
Morgantown, WV	36,005	42,786	49,588	56,368
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	36,151	43,202	50,274	57,325
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	35,215	42,328	49,463	56,576
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,946	40,290	46,613	52,957
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	36,068	40,685	45,282	49,900
Wheeling, WV-OH	35,818	43,098	50,357	57,637
Casper, WY	42,391	45,199	48,007	50,815
Cheyenne, WY	42,287	44,471	46,634	48,818
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	42,744	44,783	46,842	48,880
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	42,391	45,199	48,007	50,815

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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