SOC 51-4121 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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): Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

Level I across metros$25,356 – $58,074Aguadilla, PR to Fairbanks, AK

Median Level IV, major metros$63,149Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers (SOC 51-4121) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $25,356 in Aguadilla, PR to $58,074 in Fairbanks, AK, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $63,149. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $56,597, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 10 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	56,972	69,992	83,034	96,055
Anchorage, AK	53,124	63,503	73,903	84,282
Fairbanks-College, AK	58,074	70,616	83,180	95,722
Anniston-Oxford, AL	43,556	49,858	56,140	62,442
Auburn-Opelika, AL	36,754	41,330	45,906	50,482
Birmingham, AL	40,103	46,780	53,477	60,154
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	37,898	44,762	51,605	58,469
Decatur, AL	38,980	47,903	56,805	65,728
Dothan, AL	36,213	41,143	46,052	50,981
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	35,735	40,956	46,176	51,397
Gadsden, AL	35,672	39,874	44,055	48,256
Huntsville, AL	36,879	41,496	46,093	50,711
Mobile, AL	45,448	52,666	59,904	67,122
Montgomery, AL	38,314	44,637	50,960	57,284
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	36,234	42,349	48,485	54,600
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	38,044	42,599	47,175	51,730
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	32,511	37,981	43,431	48,901
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	32,968	40,581	48,173	55,786
Tuscaloosa, AL	40,373	47,924	55,474	63,024
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	40,415	44,949	49,463	53,997
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	38,252	43,660	49,088	54,496
Fort Smith, AR-OK	37,981	42,661	47,362	52,042
Hot Springs, AR	35,069	40,332	45,615	50,877
Jonesboro, AR	42,162	46,551	50,940	55,328
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	39,479	44,304	49,130	53,956
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,501	43,056	47,612	52,167
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	39,895	45,948	52,000	58,053
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,252	43,618	48,984	54,351
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	45,220	54,850	64,501	74,132
Flagstaff, AZ	43,764	52,624	61,464	70,325
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	40,082	47,237	54,413	61,568
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	45,199	52,541	59,904	67,247
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	40,810	47,424	54,060	60,674
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	40,394	49,754	59,135	68,495
Tucson, AZ	41,829	48,797	55,744	62,712
Yuma, AZ	40,727	47,175	53,644	60,092
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	41,975	50,274	58,552	66,852
Chico, CA	42,973	48,028	53,061	58,116
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	42,994	52,520	62,047	71,573
El Centro, CA	41,372	50,836	60,300	69,764
Fresno, CA	43,972	49,858	55,744	61,631
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	42,557	47,778	52,999	58,220
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	44,970	52,500	60,050	67,580
Merced, CA	43,452	47,944	52,416	56,909
Modesto, CA	44,076	50,815	57,554	64,293
Napa, CA	47,820	57,429	67,060	76,669
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	42,266	48,631	54,996	61,360
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	44,408	51,668	58,927	66,186
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	44,138	51,314	58,469	65,645
Redding, CA	41,954	49,421	56,909	64,376
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	44,637	50,940	57,263	63,565
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	46,842	53,852	60,861	67,871
Salinas, CA	44,367	52,708	61,028	69,368
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	47,466	56,368	65,250	74,152
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	51,751	61,173	70,575	79,997
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	52,895	60,965	69,056	77,127
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	44,824	51,980	59,156	66,311
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	43,389	50,940	58,490	66,040
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	43,639	51,356	59,093	66,810
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	46,509	53,872	61,256	68,620
Stockton-Lodi, CA	44,221	50,524	56,847	63,149
Vallejo, CA	48,444	58,220	68,016	77,792
Visalia, CA	38,647	44,949	51,231	57,533
Yuba City, CA	43,264	51,397	59,530	67,663
Boulder, CO	46,717	54,746	62,754	70,783
Colorado Springs, CO	43,847	51,480	59,114	66,748
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	44,866	53,124	61,381	69,639
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	41,871	48,922	55,994	63,045
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	43,930	51,730	59,530	67,330
Grand Junction, CO	43,015	49,650	56,285	62,920
Greeley, CO	45,095	52,292	59,509	66,706
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	46,696	56,992	67,288	77,584
Pueblo, CO	44,096	49,172	54,247	59,322
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	44,450	53,332	62,192	71,074
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	44,575	56,119	67,684	79,228
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	40,560	48,901	57,263	65,604
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	49,733	59,676	69,618	79,560
New Haven, CT	43,639	53,498	63,336	73,196
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	48,194	58,324	68,474	78,604
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	40,644	48,340	56,036	63,732
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	47,154	57,492	67,850	78,188
Dover, DE	44,117	49,317	54,517	59,717
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	42,578	47,778	52,999	58,199
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	43,972	49,546	55,120	60,695
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	44,242	49,484	54,746	59,988
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	39,188	44,512	49,816	55,141
Gainesville, FL	40,207	44,679	49,130	53,602
Homosassa Springs, FL	38,564	45,157	51,730	58,324
Jacksonville, FL	42,516	48,485	54,476	60,445
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	41,476	46,821	52,167	57,512
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	43,764	50,170	56,576	62,983
Naples-Marco Island, FL	42,828	50,482	58,136	65,791
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	36,567	43,160	49,733	56,327
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	44,325	49,900	55,474	61,048
Ocala, FL	40,082	44,575	49,088	53,581
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	42,328	48,236	54,164	60,071
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	38,938	45,324	51,709	58,095
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	37,066	44,284	51,480	58,698
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	41,559	46,904	52,229	57,575
Port St. Lucie, FL	44,076	49,671	55,245	60,840
Punta Gorda, FL	39,624	45,199	50,794	56,368
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	40,727	46,010	51,272	56,556
Sebring, FL	39,312	44,284	49,234	54,205
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	40,290	46,800	53,311	59,821
Tallahassee, FL	40,040	45,261	50,503	55,724
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	42,682	47,965	53,248	58,532
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	40,124	43,410	46,717	50,004
Albany, GA	38,189	44,554	50,898	57,263
Athens-Clarke County, GA	42,412	47,258	52,084	56,930
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	42,079	47,674	53,248	58,844
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	40,228	46,551	52,874	59,197
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	40,020	45,365	50,732	56,077
Columbus, GA-AL	31,429	36,879	42,328	47,778
Dalton, GA	37,087	42,162	47,258	52,333
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	36,047	40,997	45,968	50,919
Gainesville, GA	44,076	46,884	49,671	52,479
Hinesville, GA	38,460	44,637	50,815	56,992
Macon-Bibb County, GA	37,045	42,661	48,256	53,872
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	39,312	46,800	54,268	61,756
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	37,794	42,557	47,300	52,063
Rome, GA	38,210	41,538	44,866	48,194
Savannah, GA	41,663	47,965	54,288	60,591
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	38,480	44,762	51,044	57,325
Valdosta, GA	37,752	43,244	48,714	54,205
Warner Robins, GA	42,412	46,946	51,460	55,994
Guam MSA	37,940	40,956	43,992	47,008
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	48,776	59,468	70,159	80,850
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	44,866	55,204	65,562	75,900
Urban Honolulu, HI	57,824	68,557	79,290	90,023
Ames, IA	44,824	50,378	55,911	61,464
Cedar Rapids, IA	45,594	50,628	55,682	60,716
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	42,516	48,152	53,789	59,426
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	47,716	53,124	58,552	63,960
Dubuque, IA	46,904	51,023	55,162	59,280
Iowa City, IA	46,218	52,333	58,428	64,543
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	45,199	49,359	53,519	57,679
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	44,242	48,007	51,772	55,536
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	43,098	49,983	56,868	63,752
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	45,428	50,503	55,557	60,632
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	44,263	48,298	52,312	56,348
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	46,052	50,274	54,496	58,719
Boise City, ID	43,535	49,130	54,725	60,320
Coeur d'Alene, ID	43,743	48,464	53,207	57,928
Idaho Falls, ID	40,477	47,716	54,954	62,192
Lewiston, ID-WA	45,490	50,295	55,079	59,884
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	42,412	48,048	53,685	59,322
Pocatello, ID	45,490	50,482	55,453	60,445
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	42,308	48,485	54,684	60,861
Twin Falls, ID	42,245	46,696	51,127	55,578
Bloomington, IL	36,796	42,245	47,695	53,144
Champaign-Urbana, IL	42,412	47,029	51,668	56,285
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	42,037	49,068	56,119	63,149
Decatur, IL	46,447	52,312	58,178	64,044
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	40,415	46,364	52,312	58,261
Kankakee, IL	38,460	44,637	50,815	56,992
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,829	48,173	54,496	60,840
Peoria, IL	46,884	54,205	61,506	68,828
Rockford, IL	42,141	47,736	53,311	58,906
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	42,516	50,149	57,783	65,416
Springfield, IL	38,418	45,677	52,916	60,175
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	42,911	48,548	54,205	59,842
Bloomington, IN	37,586	43,930	50,295	56,639
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	38,709	45,864	53,020	60,175
Columbus, IN	39,084	44,866	50,628	56,410
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	41,933	49,317	56,701	64,085
Evansville, IN	40,144	47,861	55,557	63,274
Fort Wayne, IN	41,392	46,780	52,146	57,533
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	41,704	48,714	55,703	62,712
Kokomo, IN	40,248	48,714	57,200	65,666
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	43,285	47,466	51,626	55,807
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	40,872	47,944	54,996	62,068
Muncie, IN	42,932	47,799	52,666	57,533
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	40,415	46,010	51,626	57,221
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	40,748	45,927	51,106	56,285
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	39,645	45,906	52,146	58,407
Terre Haute, IN	41,538	45,448	49,338	53,248
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	39,916	45,240	50,544	55,869
Lawrence, KS	41,268	46,301	51,314	56,348
Manhattan, KS	41,933	46,218	50,503	54,788
Topeka, KS	40,269	47,008	53,768	60,508
Wichita, KS	41,538	48,589	55,661	62,712
Bowling Green, KY	44,429	48,256	52,063	55,890
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	36,941	43,056	49,151	55,266
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	41,060	51,293	61,527	71,760
Elizabethtown, KY	48,631	53,519	58,386	63,274
Lexington-Fayette, KY	42,807	48,880	54,954	61,028
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	43,660	49,192	54,746	60,279
Owensboro, KY	41,372	46,010	50,648	55,287
Paducah, KY-IL	41,392	46,800	52,229	57,637
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	37,087	42,890	48,714	54,517
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	40,186	46,655	53,144	59,613
Alexandria, LA	45,698	53,956	62,234	70,492
Baton Rouge, LA	53,560	62,941	72,343	81,724
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	39,458	48,818	58,157	67,517
Hammond, LA	42,287	50,482	58,656	66,852
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	43,493	49,920	56,327	62,754
Lafayette, LA	43,514	50,524	57,533	64,543
Lake Charles, LA	50,648	59,613	68,578	77,543
Monroe, LA	42,308	48,360	54,392	60,445
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	47,487	56,389	65,292	74,194
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	38,044	46,405	54,767	63,128
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	43,784	53,228	62,692	72,135
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	37,732	47,029	56,327	65,624
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	37,586	46,031	54,496	62,941
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	46,821	53,581	60,341	67,101
Barnstable Town, MA	45,448	53,852	62,255	70,658
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	50,940	58,532	66,124	73,716
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	45,656	53,956	62,255	70,554
Pittsfield, MA	45,053	51,543	58,053	64,543
Springfield, MA	44,221	50,170	56,119	62,068
Worcester, MA	49,296	55,869	62,421	68,994
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	44,575	55,328	66,082	76,836
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	42,848	49,650	56,431	63,232
Lexington Park, MD	44,596	53,748	62,920	72,072
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	39,874	47,612	55,370	63,108
Salisbury, MD	39,479	50,524	61,589	72,634
Bangor, ME	45,760	50,898	56,056	61,194
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	46,488	51,418	56,348	61,277
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	39,645	44,533	49,442	54,330
Portland-South Portland, ME	55,183	60,778	66,352	71,948
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	43,701	48,943	54,184	59,426
Ann Arbor, MI	43,826	50,752	57,679	64,605
Battle Creek, MI	46,031	50,108	54,184	58,261
Bay City, MI	43,597	54,184	64,751	75,338
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	42,204	49,026	55,828	62,650
Flint, MI	39,416	46,405	53,415	60,404
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	43,036	47,424	51,792	56,181
Jackson, MI	41,080	48,880	56,660	64,460
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	42,765	47,196	51,647	56,077
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	43,493	49,650	55,786	61,943
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	42,245	46,925	51,584	56,264
Midland, MI	40,976	46,946	52,936	58,906
Monroe, MI	38,127	45,261	52,416	59,551
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	42,391	46,904	51,418	55,932
Niles, MI	42,807	48,797	54,767	60,757
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	41,413	46,301	51,168	56,056
Saginaw, MI	41,559	47,924	54,309	60,674
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	41,039	46,135	51,252	56,348
Traverse City, MI	40,269	46,530	52,791	59,052
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	43,930	48,756	53,581	58,407
Duluth, MN-WI	47,716	53,976	60,216	66,477
Mankato, MN	45,677	50,357	55,058	59,738
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	50,565	56,909	63,232	69,576
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	45,760	52,104	58,469	64,813
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	44,284	49,338	54,392	59,447
Rochester, MN	50,232	54,621	59,031	63,420
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	45,199	50,773	56,327	61,901
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	46,634	52,458	58,303	64,127
St. Cloud, MN	52,125	57,512	62,879	68,266
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	40,893	45,178	49,463	53,748
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	38,605	43,223	47,840	52,458
Columbia, MO	43,264	47,258	51,272	55,266
Jefferson City, MO	44,034	48,381	52,708	57,055
Joplin, MO-KS	38,855	43,680	48,506	53,332
Kansas City, MO-KS	44,346	51,751	59,176	66,581
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	37,024	42,141	47,258	52,375
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	39,292	44,096	48,880	53,685
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,650	41,663	46,696	51,709
Springfield, MO	42,682	47,861	53,020	58,199
St. Joseph, MO-KS	49,442	54,996	60,549	66,103
St. Louis, MO-IL	42,204	48,485	54,788	61,069
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	45,573	51,938	58,324	64,688
Hattiesburg, MS	39,208	46,509	53,789	61,090
Jackson, MS	39,832	46,384	52,936	59,488
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	39,292	45,760	52,229	58,698
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	38,460	44,200	49,962	55,703
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	37,024	42,911	48,776	54,663
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	33,343	38,231	43,098	47,986
Billings, MT	45,053	51,605	58,178	64,730
Bozeman, MT	47,528	53,352	59,156	64,980
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	46,904	56,743	66,602	76,440
Great Falls, MT	47,445	54,122	60,820	67,496
Helena, MT	44,575	51,896	59,239	66,560
Missoula, MT	43,431	47,820	52,188	56,576
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	40,914	46,884	52,832	58,802
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	43,015	48,568	54,143	59,696
Asheville, NC	43,410	49,068	54,704	60,362
Burlington, NC	42,536	48,007	53,498	58,968
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	40,498	45,552	50,628	55,682
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	43,576	50,253	56,930	63,607
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	41,912	47,528	53,124	58,740
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	40,082	46,572	53,040	59,530
Fayetteville, NC	39,812	45,844	51,896	57,928
Goldsboro, NC	38,480	43,452	48,423	53,394
Greensboro-High Point, NC	42,724	48,693	54,642	60,612
Greenville, NC	40,311	47,466	54,642	61,797
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	38,917	43,930	48,922	53,935
Jacksonville, NC	40,893	47,112	53,311	59,530
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	41,517	47,154	52,770	58,407
Raleigh-Cary, NC	43,493	49,567	55,620	61,693
Rocky Mount, NC	42,578	47,799	53,040	58,261
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	40,040	45,053	50,066	55,079
Wilmington, NC	41,725	48,173	54,642	61,090
Winston-Salem, NC	40,727	46,218	51,709	57,200
Bismarck, ND	54,060	59,239	64,397	69,576
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	48,048	55,973	63,919	71,844
Fargo, ND-MN	48,527	54,372	60,196	66,040
Grand Forks, ND-MN	46,468	53,248	60,050	66,831
Minot, ND	47,778	56,868	65,978	75,068
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	50,212	60,653	71,074	81,516
Grand Island, NE	44,492	48,548	52,583	56,639
Lincoln, NE	45,740	50,524	55,328	60,112
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	43,285	48,007	52,728	57,450
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	39,666	45,324	50,981	56,639
Omaha, NE-IA	45,719	50,752	55,807	60,840
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	44,242	49,380	54,517	59,655
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	50,378	57,762	65,146	72,530
Manchester-Nashua, NH	47,008	53,768	60,528	67,288
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	45,407	51,522	57,616	63,732
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	47,154	52,583	58,032	63,461
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	43,348	54,018	64,668	75,338
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	44,804	52,167	59,530	66,893
Vineland, NJ	44,117	49,879	55,661	61,423
Albuquerque, NM	39,957	48,215	56,493	64,751
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	41,496	55,037	68,557	82,098
Farmington, NM	39,583	50,815	62,068	73,300
Las Cruces, NM	37,066	44,575	52,063	59,572
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	37,232	48,381	59,551	70,700
Santa Fe, NM	45,136	51,210	57,263	63,336
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	54,392	66,165	77,938	89,711
Carson City, NV	50,773	57,200	63,648	70,076
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	43,036	51,023	59,031	67,018
Reno, NV	46,093	53,644	61,215	68,765
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	46,842	53,602	60,383	67,143
Binghamton, NY	41,767	47,549	53,332	59,114
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	44,200	50,482	56,743	63,024
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	45,532	50,128	54,704	59,301
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	43,368	50,648	57,949	65,229
Elmira, NY	44,284	48,506	52,749	56,972
Glens Falls, NY	48,943	54,455	59,967	65,479
Ithaca, NY	44,492	49,879	55,245	60,632
Kingston, NY	43,639	50,960	58,282	65,604
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	45,157	52,874	60,591	68,308
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	47,986	57,658	67,330	77,002
Rochester, NY	43,036	49,442	55,848	62,255
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	42,058	48,028	53,976	59,946
Syracuse, NY	45,199	51,834	58,490	65,125
Utica-Rome, NY	40,040	46,343	52,624	58,927
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	45,178	51,210	57,263	63,295
Akron, OH	43,764	49,504	55,245	60,986
Canton-Massillon, OH	44,325	48,818	53,311	57,804
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	42,724	49,192	55,682	62,151
Cleveland, OH	40,706	46,364	52,021	57,679
Columbus, OH	43,181	48,880	54,559	60,258
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	40,124	46,509	52,874	59,260
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	41,496	47,986	54,455	60,944
Lima, OH	48,984	59,904	70,824	81,744
Mansfield, OH	36,151	40,831	45,490	50,170
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	40,893	45,844	50,794	55,744
Sandusky, OH	40,706	45,448	50,212	54,954
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	40,248	47,445	54,663	61,860
Springfield, OH	40,040	45,490	50,960	56,410
Toledo, OH	39,520	45,053	50,607	56,140
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	41,559	46,842	52,104	57,388
Youngstown-Warren, OH	40,373	45,116	49,858	54,600
Enid, OK	38,439	46,925	55,432	63,919
Lawton, OK	38,605	45,573	52,541	59,509
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	34,237	40,581	46,946	53,290
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	39,396	45,823	52,229	58,656
Oklahoma City, OK	39,520	45,781	52,063	58,324
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	37,316	42,058	46,800	51,543
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	40,935	48,215	55,516	62,796
Tulsa, OK	43,389	49,442	55,474	61,527
Albany, OR	47,570	54,684	61,776	68,890
Bend, OR	46,946	51,876	56,826	61,756
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	44,554	50,607	56,660	62,712
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	43,015	48,194	53,373	58,552
Corvallis, OR	46,010	51,834	57,658	63,482
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	42,724	47,528	52,333	57,138
Eugene-Springfield, OR	45,407	50,565	55,744	60,903
Grants Pass, OR	46,530	50,503	54,496	58,469
Medford, OR	44,284	48,880	53,498	58,095
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	49,754	56,930	64,106	71,282
Salem, OR	45,864	51,189	56,514	61,839
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	44,450	50,524	56,597	62,671
Altoona, PA	41,996	47,424	52,832	58,261
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	41,476	46,759	52,042	57,325
Chambersburg, PA	44,429	50,482	56,514	62,567
Erie, PA	41,455	48,132	54,788	61,464
Gettysburg, PA	41,996	47,695	53,373	59,072
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	42,703	49,546	56,410	63,253
Johnstown, PA	37,898	42,786	47,674	52,562
Lancaster, PA	43,701	49,837	55,952	62,088
Lebanon, PA	42,100	47,674	53,248	58,823
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	41,143	47,757	54,392	61,007
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	41,829	47,404	52,999	58,573
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	45,532	53,061	60,570	68,100
Pittsburgh, PA	43,722	50,586	57,471	64,335
Reading, PA	44,450	49,650	54,850	60,050
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	41,996	48,028	54,039	60,071
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	42,432	47,341	52,250	57,159
State College, PA	38,855	44,804	50,752	56,701
Williamsport, PA	41,600	47,237	52,853	58,490
York-Hanover, PA	43,140	49,629	56,098	62,588
Aguadilla, PR	25,356	27,373	29,412	31,429
Arecibo, PR	27,685	29,245	30,826	32,386
Guayama, PR	26,333	28,829	31,325	33,821
Mayaguez, PR	27,020	29,349	31,658	33,988
Ponce, PR	27,664	30,472	33,280	36,088
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	26,396	28,850	31,304	33,759
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	26,458	28,892	31,304	33,738
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	42,703	50,711	58,719	66,727
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	44,346	50,440	56,535	62,629
Columbia, SC	39,500	45,095	50,669	56,264
Florence, SC	39,728	43,389	47,071	50,732
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	41,850	46,676	51,522	56,348
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	42,828	48,776	54,746	60,695
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	37,191	42,599	48,007	53,415
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	39,978	45,012	50,066	55,100
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	41,996	46,884	51,772	56,660
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,316	42,620	47,944	53,248
Spartanburg, SC	42,245	47,549	52,853	58,157
Sumter, SC	36,088	42,703	49,338	55,952
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	41,330	45,698	50,066	54,434
Rapid City, SD	41,122	47,591	54,039	60,508
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	43,306	50,149	57,013	63,856
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	35,028	40,976	46,925	52,874
Chattanooga, TN-GA	39,437	45,656	51,855	58,074
Clarksville, TN-KY	43,992	48,568	53,144	57,720
Cleveland, TN	41,517	46,239	50,940	55,661
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	38,148	42,765	47,383	52,000
Jackson, TN	37,128	41,434	45,760	50,066
Johnson City, TN	38,168	42,786	47,404	52,021
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	40,352	47,279	54,184	61,111
Knoxville, TN	39,562	44,512	49,484	54,434
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	39,229	45,116	51,002	56,888
Morristown, TN	37,440	43,972	50,524	57,055
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	40,997	46,988	52,957	58,948
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	36,567	41,351	46,135	50,919
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	38,792	43,140	47,508	51,855
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	41,288	46,176	51,044	55,932
Abilene, TX	40,165	46,343	52,520	58,698
Amarillo, TX	40,269	47,008	53,768	60,508
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	43,181	50,877	58,552	66,248
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	44,180	53,082	62,005	70,908
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	40,768	48,901	57,013	65,146
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	32,552	40,581	48,589	56,618
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	41,247	50,108	58,989	67,850
College Station-Bryan, TX	40,706	47,965	55,224	62,484
Corpus Christi, TX	39,832	48,756	57,679	66,602
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	42,308	49,068	55,828	62,588
Eagle Pass, TX	37,253	45,303	53,373	61,423
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	40,228	48,048	55,869	63,690
El Paso, TX	31,866	38,792	45,719	52,645
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	41,621	49,317	57,013	64,709
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	42,287	50,877	59,447	68,037
Killeen-Temple, TX	40,040	46,488	52,936	59,384
Laredo, TX	34,092	41,621	49,151	56,680
Longview, TX	40,872	47,341	53,831	60,300
Lubbock, TX	36,900	43,389	49,879	56,368
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	30,472	36,712	42,973	49,213
Midland, TX	45,615	55,453	65,292	75,130
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	41,413	47,924	54,434	60,944
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	41,392	49,192	56,972	64,772
Odessa, TX	45,698	55,828	65,978	76,108
San Angelo, TX	36,671	43,160	49,650	56,140
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	40,394	46,780	53,144	59,530
Sherman-Denison, TX	41,413	47,695	53,997	60,279
Texarkana, TX-AR	34,840	40,394	45,968	51,522
Tyler, TX	37,940	42,765	47,612	52,437
Victoria, TX	40,914	47,404	53,872	60,362
Waco, TX	38,980	43,951	48,922	53,893
Wichita Falls, TX	36,463	43,348	50,253	57,138
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	43,264	52,354	61,464	70,554
Logan, UT-ID	40,144	45,594	51,023	56,472
Ogden, UT	45,365	52,832	60,300	67,767
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	45,698	51,356	57,013	62,671
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	46,634	53,852	61,090	68,308
St. George, UT	42,079	47,528	52,978	58,428
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	41,621	52,541	63,440	74,360
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	42,932	48,714	54,496	60,279
Charlottesville, VA	42,536	50,815	59,072	67,351
Harrisonburg, VA	40,623	47,716	54,808	61,901
Lynchburg, VA	41,850	48,943	56,015	63,108
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,376	45,053	51,730	58,407
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,354	46,946	54,559	62,151
Richmond, VA	44,117	51,876	59,634	67,392
Roanoke, VA	43,764	49,692	55,599	61,527
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	43,618	50,357	57,096	63,836
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	41,663	47,986	54,330	60,653
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	48,277	55,911	63,524	71,157
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	46,717	54,330	61,922	69,535
Winchester, VA-WV	43,327	49,234	55,162	61,069
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	39,895	47,237	54,600	61,943
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	53,144	58,698	64,272	69,826
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	42,952	49,047	55,162	61,256
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	48,319	53,997	59,655	65,333
Bellingham, WA	51,356	58,199	65,021	71,864
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	57,408	67,143	76,898	86,632
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	48,423	54,996	61,548	68,120
Kennewick-Richland, WA	52,624	61,693	70,741	79,810
Longview-Kelso, WA	46,488	53,248	60,029	66,789
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	50,586	56,930	63,295	69,639
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	49,816	56,244	62,692	69,119
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	53,144	60,757	68,349	75,962
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	45,677	52,125	58,594	65,042
Walla Walla, WA	47,445	53,269	59,114	64,938
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	41,039	47,528	53,997	60,487
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	49,026	55,994	62,941	69,909
Yakima, WA	45,324	51,064	56,805	62,546
Appleton, WI	47,216	53,872	60,549	67,205
Eau Claire, WI	46,176	51,418	56,680	61,922
Fond du Lac, WI	48,215	53,685	59,156	64,626
Green Bay, WI	47,029	52,333	57,658	62,962
Janesville-Beloit, WI	49,296	54,538	59,759	65,000
Kenosha, WI	48,069	52,624	57,180	61,735
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	50,357	56,764	63,149	69,556
Madison, WI	47,383	53,103	58,844	64,564
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	48,069	53,352	58,656	63,940
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	45,116	50,773	56,431	62,088
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	46,572	50,919	55,266	59,613
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	48,340	53,893	59,447	65,000
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	47,029	52,500	57,991	63,461
Sheboygan, WI	53,373	55,952	58,552	61,132
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	46,218	50,960	55,724	60,466
Wausau, WI	47,612	51,688	55,744	59,821
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	45,844	50,524	55,224	59,904
Beckley, WV	37,919	45,948	53,976	62,005
Charleston, WV	38,293	46,093	53,872	61,672
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	37,524	44,242	50,940	57,658
Morgantown, WV	36,900	44,492	52,063	59,655
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	37,357	46,260	55,141	64,044
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	38,376	44,928	51,501	58,053
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,148	44,325	50,524	56,701
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	38,335	46,967	55,599	64,231
Wheeling, WV-OH	38,980	48,402	57,845	67,268
Casper, WY	50,565	58,469	66,352	74,256
Cheyenne, WY	45,095	51,314	57,554	63,773
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	50,191	60,487	70,762	81,058
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	50,960	59,280	67,580	75,900

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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