SOC 51-8031 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 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): Operate or control an entire process or system of machines, often through the use of control boards, to transfer or treat water or wastewater.

Level I across metros$22,069 – $81,100San Juan, PR to San Francisco, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$70,887Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators (SOC 51-8031) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $22,069 in San Juan, PR to $81,100 in San Francisco, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $70,887. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $63,191, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 18 of 100 major metros but only Level II or below in 49. DHS projects selection odds of about 15%, 31%, 46% and 61% for Levels I to IV. The table below lists all four levels for every area, straight from the DOL OFLC wage file.

Salary bands in major H-1B metros

Where each wage level starts, on one salary scale. Further right means you need a bigger salary for the same entries.

Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV

New York, NY$93,933
San Francisco, CA$134,368
San Jose, CA$125,071
Seattle, WA$103,376
Dallas, TX$60,799
Houston, TX$62,484
Austin, TX$67,309
Chicago, IL$92,789
Boston, MA$79,040
Washington, DC$83,388
Atlanta, GA$63,524
Los Angeles, CA$99,279

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	35,776	49,671	63,586	77,480
Anchorage, AK	51,252	65,666	80,060	94,474
Fairbanks-College, AK	65,666	79,706	93,725	107,765
Anniston-Oxford, AL	34,320	41,392	48,464	55,536
Auburn-Opelika, AL	37,732	47,071	56,431	65,770
Birmingham, AL	38,876	46,613	54,351	62,088
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	41,912	49,796	57,679	65,562
Decatur, AL	43,410	52,916	62,442	71,948
Dothan, AL	32,719	40,623	48,506	56,410
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	45,053	56,098	67,122	78,167
Gadsden, AL	39,167	48,693	58,220	67,746
Huntsville, AL	39,666	51,044	62,400	73,778
Mobile, AL	32,511	41,164	49,796	58,448
Montgomery, AL	41,309	48,132	54,933	61,756
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	36,754	46,468	56,202	65,916
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	36,775	46,031	55,266	64,522
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	34,799	44,367	53,914	63,482
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	33,135	42,266	51,376	60,508
Tuscaloosa, AL	40,810	47,487	54,164	60,840
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	32,012	36,712	41,434	46,135
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	39,957	45,074	50,170	55,287
Fort Smith, AR-OK	35,069	39,458	43,847	48,236
Hot Springs, AR	27,893	33,114	38,356	43,576
Jonesboro, AR	31,596	37,544	43,493	49,442
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	36,837	43,368	49,879	56,410
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	31,845	37,669	43,514	49,338
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	32,968	37,836	42,703	47,570
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,632	39,999	45,386	50,752
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	40,748	47,133	53,498	59,884
Flagstaff, AZ	45,823	52,666	59,488	66,332
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	43,535	48,943	54,351	59,759
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	49,920	57,117	64,293	71,490
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	44,512	50,253	55,973	61,714
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	38,127	45,511	52,916	60,300
Tucson, AZ	43,888	50,440	56,992	63,544
Yuma, AZ	37,981	45,344	52,708	60,071
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	53,956	63,295	72,655	81,994
Chico, CA	53,436	66,477	79,540	92,581
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	55,807	67,101	78,396	89,690
El Centro, CA	51,876	63,669	75,484	87,277
Fresno, CA	50,149	60,362	70,554	80,767
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	50,024	58,199	66,373	74,548
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	60,424	73,383	86,320	99,279
Merced, CA	50,378	61,298	72,239	83,159
Modesto, CA	58,032	68,037	78,021	88,026
Napa, CA	69,535	83,367	97,178	111,010
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	53,228	61,652	70,096	78,520
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	52,437	62,296	72,176	82,036
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	55,141	67,122	79,124	91,104
Redding, CA	53,810	65,895	77,959	90,044
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	60,029	72,613	85,176	97,760
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	66,602	78,063	89,503	100,964
Salinas, CA	63,669	75,380	87,111	98,821
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	63,274	73,924	84,573	95,223
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	81,100	98,863	116,605	134,368
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	70,284	88,546	106,808	125,071
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	59,655	71,178	82,680	94,204
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	63,711	77,127	90,543	103,959
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	61,527	74,797	88,047	101,317
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	61,860	73,258	84,677	96,076
Stockton-Lodi, CA	57,200	71,157	85,093	99,050
Vallejo, CA	68,474	83,908	99,341	114,775
Visalia, CA	51,168	63,045	74,943	86,820
Yuba City, CA	55,453	68,100	80,746	93,392
Boulder, CO	58,157	65,312	72,488	79,644
Colorado Springs, CO	52,936	61,464	70,013	78,541
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	57,159	66,103	75,047	83,991
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	42,848	52,333	61,839	71,324
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	56,077	64,127	72,197	80,247
Grand Junction, CO	57,471	64,564	71,656	78,749
Greeley, CO	51,938	60,008	68,079	76,149
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	55,807	66,124	76,440	86,757
Pueblo, CO	49,463	59,717	69,972	80,226
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	49,816	59,780	69,722	79,685
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	65,999	74,506	83,034	91,541
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	42,349	53,332	64,293	75,276
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	60,924	70,221	79,498	88,796
New Haven, CT	61,090	69,223	77,356	85,488
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	64,917	73,528	82,160	90,772
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	58,781	67,268	75,754	84,240
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	53,290	63,316	73,362	83,388
Dover, DE	49,234	56,784	64,314	71,864
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	47,508	53,872	60,237	66,602
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	44,700	51,813	58,906	66,020
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	44,180	49,733	55,287	60,840
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	41,247	47,196	53,144	59,093
Gainesville, FL	40,248	49,234	58,220	67,205
Homosassa Springs, FL	44,200	52,832	61,485	70,117
Jacksonville, FL	49,192	62,920	76,628	90,356
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	37,773	45,927	54,101	62,255
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	47,404	56,805	66,228	75,629
Naples-Marco Island, FL	50,212	59,780	69,327	78,895
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	32,282	40,436	48,610	56,764
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	44,138	52,749	61,360	69,972
Ocala, FL	42,516	48,506	54,476	60,466
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	41,101	48,818	56,535	64,252
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	39,479	44,866	50,253	55,640
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	38,002	43,618	49,234	54,850
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	40,664	47,133	53,602	60,071
Port St. Lucie, FL	47,112	54,621	62,130	69,639
Punta Gorda, FL	44,762	49,754	54,746	59,738
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	44,034	52,895	61,756	70,616
Sebring, FL	36,525	41,372	46,239	51,085
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	43,348	50,128	56,930	63,711
Tallahassee, FL	43,223	53,436	63,669	73,882
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	44,845	53,290	61,714	70,159
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	42,994	54,351	65,687	77,044
Albany, GA	38,876	44,367	49,837	55,328
Athens-Clarke County, GA	37,378	42,640	47,882	53,144
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	42,703	49,650	56,576	63,524
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	39,687	46,780	53,893	60,986
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	38,168	42,890	47,591	52,312
Columbus, GA-AL	35,839	42,620	49,380	56,160
Dalton, GA	42,744	49,192	55,640	62,088
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	29,869	35,152	40,456	45,740
Gainesville, GA	43,368	47,092	50,815	54,538
Hinesville, GA	42,682	47,861	53,040	58,220
Macon-Bibb County, GA	36,068	43,576	51,064	58,573
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	36,255	40,664	45,053	49,463
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	36,816	41,434	46,052	50,669
Rome, GA	37,607	41,018	44,450	47,861
Savannah, GA	41,288	45,989	50,690	55,391
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	33,988	39,084	44,180	49,276
Valdosta, GA	34,279	38,168	42,037	45,927
Warner Robins, GA	43,285	49,130	54,975	60,820
Guam MSA	42,786	52,604	62,442	72,260
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	49,317	57,034	64,772	72,488
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	49,421	56,285	63,128	69,992
Urban Honolulu, HI	48,152	56,535	64,938	73,320
Ames, IA	46,239	54,580	62,920	71,261
Cedar Rapids, IA	46,031	54,122	62,213	70,304
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	49,837	56,514	63,191	69,868
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	50,794	58,698	66,623	74,527
Dubuque, IA	56,868	59,863	62,858	65,853
Iowa City, IA	48,860	56,015	63,191	70,346
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	46,946	51,688	56,431	61,173
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	46,967	52,624	58,303	63,960
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	47,445	53,872	60,279	66,706
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	46,800	53,664	60,549	67,413
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	45,490	51,272	57,055	62,837
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	50,440	57,679	64,896	72,135
Boise City, ID	46,551	52,957	59,384	65,791
Coeur d'Alene, ID	44,908	51,002	57,076	63,170
Idaho Falls, ID	41,517	50,773	60,008	69,264
Lewiston, ID-WA	43,493	50,108	56,743	63,357
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	40,269	46,364	52,479	58,573
Pocatello, ID	40,706	46,322	51,938	57,554
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	40,644	45,844	51,064	56,264
Twin Falls, ID	43,015	49,816	56,618	63,420
Bloomington, IL	51,522	62,359	73,175	84,012
Champaign-Urbana, IL	46,031	55,266	64,480	73,716
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	54,268	67,101	79,956	92,789
Decatur, IL	52,770	59,530	66,290	73,050
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,418	49,192	59,988	70,762
Kankakee, IL	40,560	50,066	59,572	69,077
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	43,389	57,388	71,365	85,364
Peoria, IL	43,285	53,727	64,168	74,610
Rockford, IL	55,516	65,749	76,004	86,237
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,101	49,650	58,199	66,748
Springfield, IL	48,173	57,658	67,164	76,648
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	40,852	50,108	59,384	68,640
Bloomington, IN	33,156	40,914	48,693	56,452
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	41,101	46,176	51,272	56,348
Columbus, IN	43,389	49,504	55,599	61,714
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	46,135	52,208	58,303	64,376
Evansville, IN	45,636	50,836	56,036	61,236
Fort Wayne, IN	45,240	52,624	60,029	67,413
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	44,991	51,792	58,594	65,396
Kokomo, IN	46,967	57,991	68,994	80,018
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	46,197	51,064	55,911	60,778
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	44,180	49,567	54,933	60,320
Muncie, IN	42,994	48,048	53,124	58,178
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	44,471	48,360	52,271	56,160
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	45,656	49,983	54,288	58,615
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	42,474	47,986	53,519	59,031
Terre Haute, IN	38,564	45,365	52,167	58,968
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	36,130	40,831	45,511	50,212
Lawrence, KS	45,511	51,397	57,263	63,149
Manhattan, KS	38,252	44,367	50,461	56,576
Topeka, KS	34,362	41,788	49,234	56,660
Wichita, KS	36,380	43,015	49,629	56,264
Bowling Green, KY	33,884	40,748	47,632	54,496
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	33,426	40,103	46,800	53,477
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	32,532	37,378	42,224	47,071
Elizabethtown, KY	35,589	45,074	54,559	64,044
Lexington-Fayette, KY	34,508	41,330	48,173	54,996
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	39,999	47,695	55,412	63,108
Owensboro, KY	35,839	46,260	56,680	67,101
Paducah, KY-IL	37,024	45,032	53,020	61,028
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	33,384	38,272	43,181	48,069
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	33,946	39,458	44,970	50,482
Alexandria, LA	36,858	43,077	49,317	55,536
Baton Rouge, LA	37,940	44,637	51,356	58,053
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	32,116	37,815	43,493	49,192
Hammond, LA	35,173	43,056	50,919	58,802
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	33,239	39,999	46,759	53,519
Lafayette, LA	34,154	39,728	45,303	50,877
Lake Charles, LA	40,623	49,047	57,471	65,895
Monroe, LA	34,112	39,104	44,096	49,088
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	36,421	45,220	53,997	62,796
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	31,824	36,692	41,580	46,447
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	31,533	36,130	40,727	45,324
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	35,943	42,224	48,506	54,788
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	29,245	36,151	43,036	49,941
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	56,597	61,839	67,060	72,301
Barnstable Town, MA	56,514	63,752	70,991	78,229
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	55,224	63,170	71,095	79,040
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	52,562	60,632	68,703	76,773
Pittsfield, MA	47,175	54,164	61,132	68,120
Springfield, MA	51,730	59,800	67,892	75,962
Worcester, MA	57,096	63,232	69,348	75,484
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	46,946	56,431	65,895	75,380
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	43,618	50,004	56,410	62,796
Lexington Park, MD	47,695	54,268	60,840	67,413
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	41,413	47,570	53,727	59,884
Salisbury, MD	42,807	48,756	54,684	60,632
Bangor, ME	48,485	56,701	64,896	73,112
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	54,413	60,008	65,583	71,178
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	45,968	54,496	63,045	71,573
Portland-South Portland, ME	56,077	61,652	67,205	72,780
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	53,165	58,594	64,002	69,431
Ann Arbor, MI	55,869	61,589	67,330	73,050
Battle Creek, MI	48,007	51,813	55,640	59,447
Bay City, MI	45,261	50,253	55,245	60,237
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	48,132	56,036	63,919	71,823
Flint, MI	49,068	53,644	58,199	62,775
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	45,469	52,583	59,717	66,831
Jackson, MI	47,008	51,751	56,514	61,256
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	43,202	49,047	54,912	60,757
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	53,727	60,424	67,101	73,799
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	46,093	49,920	53,727	57,554
Midland, MI	45,511	49,983	54,455	58,927
Monroe, MI	54,559	58,532	62,525	66,498
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	43,223	49,671	56,098	62,546
Niles, MI	46,322	52,354	58,386	64,418
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	47,154	50,836	54,496	58,178
Saginaw, MI	47,612	51,210	54,788	58,386
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	46,800	51,002	55,224	59,426
Traverse City, MI	46,988	52,583	58,178	63,773
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	48,090	52,354	56,639	60,903
Duluth, MN-WI	52,604	59,592	66,560	73,549
Mankato, MN	55,058	61,548	68,058	74,548
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	60,133	67,330	74,527	81,724
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	54,663	60,071	65,479	70,887
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	55,516	63,295	71,074	78,853
Rochester, MN	65,791	71,760	77,730	83,700
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	55,786	63,128	70,450	77,792
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	52,520	59,052	65,583	72,114
St. Cloud, MN	59,218	64,564	69,888	75,234
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	42,516	48,423	54,309	60,216
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	39,978	44,637	49,276	53,935
Columbia, MO	44,034	49,504	54,996	60,466
Jefferson City, MO	39,666	44,762	49,837	54,933
Joplin, MO-KS	36,504	43,472	50,461	57,429
Kansas City, MO-KS	44,408	50,482	56,556	62,629
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	39,125	43,306	47,487	51,668
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	37,544	41,746	45,948	50,149
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	38,813	43,618	48,402	53,207
Springfield, MO	40,956	46,800	52,645	58,490
St. Joseph, MO-KS	41,538	47,549	53,581	59,592
St. Louis, MO-IL	46,197	53,748	61,298	68,848
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	36,712	42,724	48,714	54,725
Hattiesburg, MS	35,298	43,181	51,085	58,968
Jackson, MS	36,712	43,431	50,128	56,847
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	31,741	39,396	47,050	54,704
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	32,948	38,938	44,908	50,898
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	38,896	45,012	51,148	57,263
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	34,570	41,892	49,234	56,556
Billings, MT	55,245	59,904	64,543	69,202
Bozeman, MT	56,015	62,463	68,911	75,359
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	39,396	47,279	55,141	63,024
Great Falls, MT	43,410	55,162	66,935	78,687
Helena, MT	47,071	53,311	59,551	65,791
Missoula, MT	49,234	56,535	63,815	71,116
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	41,143	49,088	57,013	64,959
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	42,765	52,728	62,671	72,634
Asheville, NC	45,116	49,026	52,936	56,847
Burlington, NC	39,936	43,972	48,028	52,063
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,565	43,868	50,191	56,493
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	43,888	51,335	58,781	66,228
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	45,885	52,375	58,864	65,354
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	38,168	45,636	53,103	60,570
Fayetteville, NC	42,183	50,565	58,927	67,309
Goldsboro, NC	39,812	47,071	54,330	61,589
Greensboro-High Point, NC	40,789	46,613	52,416	58,240
Greenville, NC	47,175	55,245	63,316	71,386
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	36,900	41,788	46,696	51,584
Jacksonville, NC	48,236	55,744	63,274	70,783
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	40,311	46,780	53,228	59,696
Raleigh-Cary, NC	49,317	55,412	61,527	67,621
Rocky Mount, NC	42,328	47,570	52,832	58,074
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,128	43,077	49,047	54,996
Wilmington, NC	46,322	52,416	58,532	64,626
Winston-Salem, NC	45,136	49,504	53,893	58,261
Bismarck, ND	51,272	55,786	60,300	64,813
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	47,112	53,810	60,528	67,226
Fargo, ND-MN	51,959	60,196	68,432	76,669
Grand Forks, ND-MN	54,330	59,780	65,229	70,679
Minot, ND	45,760	51,252	56,743	62,234
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	47,445	55,308	63,149	71,012
Grand Island, NE	54,559	59,260	63,960	68,661
Lincoln, NE	58,594	63,170	67,725	72,301
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	44,970	52,146	59,322	66,498
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	44,637	48,444	52,229	56,036
Omaha, NE-IA	49,837	56,348	62,879	69,389
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	43,764	51,210	58,677	66,124
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	50,565	57,034	63,503	69,972
Manchester-Nashua, NH	54,476	60,320	66,144	71,989
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	49,879	56,119	62,338	68,578
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	48,111	54,538	60,944	67,372
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	50,440	58,989	67,538	76,087
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	54,684	60,903	67,122	73,341
Vineland, NJ	53,623	62,941	72,260	81,578
Albuquerque, NM	39,791	47,216	54,621	62,047
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	34,466	41,808	49,172	56,514
Farmington, NM	42,412	47,986	53,540	59,114
Las Cruces, NM	34,799	44,013	53,228	62,442
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	34,341	40,436	46,530	52,624
Santa Fe, NM	44,887	56,992	69,098	81,204
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	47,445	60,840	74,215	87,610
Carson City, NV	52,770	65,271	77,751	90,252
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	64,668	74,277	83,908	93,517
Reno, NV	57,180	69,472	81,786	94,079
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	48,485	56,202	63,940	71,656
Binghamton, NY	48,152	53,352	58,573	63,773
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	48,880	55,453	62,047	68,620
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	47,799	52,687	57,575	62,463
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	48,714	56,202	63,690	71,178
Elmira, NY	51,460	56,618	61,797	66,956
Glens Falls, NY	52,479	57,928	63,399	68,848
Ithaca, NY	49,504	56,077	62,650	69,223
Kingston, NY	48,277	53,664	59,031	64,418
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	49,941	57,741	65,541	73,341
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	57,658	69,743	81,848	93,933
Rochester, NY	48,568	56,264	63,960	71,656
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	48,236	54,912	61,568	68,245
Syracuse, NY	50,316	56,202	62,109	67,996
Utica-Rome, NY	43,160	50,212	57,263	64,314
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	42,869	48,776	54,663	60,570
Akron, OH	51,252	56,077	60,882	65,708
Canton-Massillon, OH	46,176	50,648	55,120	59,592
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	44,616	51,896	59,156	66,436
Cleveland, OH	48,277	55,453	62,629	69,805
Columbus, OH	50,482	56,847	63,191	69,556
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	47,341	53,415	59,488	65,562
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	45,012	49,692	54,392	59,072
Lima, OH	49,546	55,765	62,005	68,224
Mansfield, OH	42,328	46,884	51,439	55,994
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	45,906	50,773	55,640	60,508
Sandusky, OH	50,794	56,410	62,047	67,663
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	42,391	48,610	54,808	61,028
Springfield, OH	47,279	53,748	60,237	66,706
Toledo, OH	45,428	52,042	58,677	65,292
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	45,573	50,773	55,973	61,173
Youngstown-Warren, OH	38,917	45,490	52,063	58,636
Enid, OK	38,709	44,949	51,189	57,429
Lawton, OK	35,111	40,144	45,157	50,191
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	34,445	38,564	42,703	46,821
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	34,487	38,980	43,452	47,944
Oklahoma City, OK	40,602	46,738	52,853	58,989
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,488	38,231	42,994	47,736
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	31,200	35,215	39,250	43,264
Tulsa, OK	37,149	43,098	49,026	54,975
Albany, OR	51,418	58,594	65,749	72,925
Bend, OR	51,709	59,821	67,954	76,066
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	51,460	58,136	64,792	71,469
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	54,871	60,591	66,332	72,052
Corvallis, OR	54,746	61,568	68,370	75,192
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	53,768	59,093	64,397	69,722
Eugene-Springfield, OR	55,744	65,125	74,527	83,908
Grants Pass, OR	54,704	60,632	66,560	72,488
Medford, OR	58,303	64,501	70,700	76,898
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	58,136	68,703	79,290	89,856
Salem, OR	55,432	61,652	67,850	74,069
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	49,380	56,556	63,711	70,887
Altoona, PA	50,045	54,933	59,821	64,709
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	44,637	51,792	58,948	66,103
Chambersburg, PA	46,946	52,874	58,781	64,709
Erie, PA	50,212	55,724	61,256	66,768
Gettysburg, PA	48,922	55,474	62,026	68,578
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	50,586	57,096	63,607	70,117
Johnstown, PA	40,976	49,338	57,720	66,082
Lancaster, PA	51,730	57,824	63,940	70,034
Lebanon, PA	47,591	53,748	59,904	66,061
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	39,063	48,319	57,575	66,831
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	42,245	49,796	57,367	64,917
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	51,044	59,509	67,954	76,420
Pittsburgh, PA	49,317	58,136	66,956	75,775
Reading, PA	47,757	55,120	62,504	69,868
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	46,592	54,434	62,296	70,138
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	45,407	52,728	60,050	67,372
State College, PA	47,882	54,725	61,548	68,391
Williamsport, PA	45,261	50,960	56,660	62,359
York-Hanover, PA	48,277	54,746	61,215	67,684
Aguadilla, PR	27,082	32,240	37,420	42,578
Arecibo, PR	22,111	25,688	29,287	32,864
Guayama, PR	22,090	25,626	29,183	32,719
Mayaguez, PR	26,583	31,845	37,108	42,370
Ponce, PR	22,111	25,709	29,328	32,927
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	22,152	25,855	29,536	33,239
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,069	25,564	29,037	32,532
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	50,024	57,492	64,980	72,447
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	40,311	47,674	55,037	62,400
Columbia, SC	41,642	48,069	54,517	60,944
Florence, SC	42,578	50,628	58,698	66,748
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	42,828	51,252	59,696	68,120
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	43,015	50,128	57,242	64,356
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	40,852	47,383	53,893	60,424
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,237	40,498	46,780	53,040
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	39,250	46,842	54,434	62,026
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,360	42,765	50,170	57,575
Spartanburg, SC	44,388	51,564	58,740	65,916
Sumter, SC	37,232	41,933	46,613	51,314
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	44,596	50,482	56,368	62,255
Rapid City, SD	47,133	51,397	55,661	59,925
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	45,740	52,458	59,156	65,874
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	43,244	48,236	53,228	58,220
Chattanooga, TN-GA	40,477	46,696	52,916	59,135
Clarksville, TN-KY	39,999	44,679	49,359	54,039
Cleveland, TN	41,455	50,919	60,362	69,826
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,948	40,768	48,568	56,389
Jackson, TN	41,226	48,568	55,890	63,232
Johnson City, TN	38,231	43,036	47,820	52,624
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	37,836	44,512	51,168	57,845
Knoxville, TN	41,496	49,816	58,116	66,436
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	41,226	49,900	58,573	67,247
Morristown, TN	36,941	42,640	48,360	54,060
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	42,640	50,232	57,824	65,416
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	31,637	38,210	44,762	51,335
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,071	40,748	47,445	54,122
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,677	40,103	47,508	54,933
Abilene, TX	39,832	43,597	47,362	51,127
Amarillo, TX	33,260	38,647	44,055	49,442
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	46,530	53,456	60,383	67,309
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	40,664	50,170	59,676	69,181
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,760	38,127	43,514	48,880
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	29,308	36,213	43,140	50,045
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,368	37,170	43,992	50,794
College Station-Bryan, TX	40,664	46,156	51,668	57,159
Corpus Christi, TX	39,728	48,381	57,034	65,687
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	43,202	49,068	54,933	60,799
Eagle Pass, TX	34,674	39,167	43,680	48,173
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	35,589	41,808	48,048	54,268
El Paso, TX	39,728	44,512	49,276	54,060
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	35,735	42,370	48,984	55,620
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	40,831	48,048	55,266	62,484
Killeen-Temple, TX	36,983	42,536	48,069	53,623
Laredo, TX	37,752	40,706	43,660	46,613
Longview, TX	37,669	42,557	47,424	52,312
Lubbock, TX	39,832	45,989	52,146	58,303
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	30,119	34,695	39,250	43,826
Midland, TX	42,620	47,466	52,292	57,138
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	36,546	41,892	47,216	52,562
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	36,213	41,850	47,487	53,124
Odessa, TX	35,735	41,975	48,194	54,434
San Angelo, TX	39,853	42,453	45,074	47,674
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	42,328	48,735	55,162	61,568
Sherman-Denison, TX	42,557	46,655	50,773	54,871
Texarkana, TX-AR	33,842	38,543	43,244	47,944
Tyler, TX	39,791	45,053	50,336	55,599
Victoria, TX	42,807	46,967	51,106	55,266
Waco, TX	39,125	46,010	52,874	59,759
Wichita Falls, TX	36,005	39,604	43,202	46,800
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	48,797	57,076	65,375	73,653
Logan, UT-ID	41,080	48,485	55,890	63,295
Ogden, UT	45,053	53,623	62,213	70,783
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	44,263	50,815	57,367	63,919
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	47,840	55,037	62,234	69,431
St. George, UT	44,242	52,812	61,402	69,972
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	46,509	56,743	66,976	77,210
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	43,098	51,751	60,424	69,077
Charlottesville, VA	48,652	55,432	62,234	69,015
Harrisonburg, VA	45,282	53,581	61,901	70,200
Lynchburg, VA	42,890	49,255	55,599	61,964
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,314	45,199	52,084	58,968
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	36,712	44,533	52,375	60,196
Richmond, VA	45,532	52,624	59,738	66,831
Roanoke, VA	35,215	42,037	48,860	55,682
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,922	43,202	50,461	57,741
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,293	44,616	50,940	57,263
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	43,472	49,733	56,015	62,276
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	45,261	52,354	59,426	66,519
Winchester, VA-WV	38,584	45,927	53,290	60,632
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	40,436	48,111	55,765	63,440
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	57,700	63,898	70,096	76,295
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	51,688	58,802	65,936	73,050
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	51,813	58,844	65,853	72,884
Bellingham, WA	64,834	73,300	81,786	90,252
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	60,924	68,890	76,877	84,844
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	54,767	61,173	67,600	74,007
Kennewick-Richland, WA	58,469	66,852	75,255	83,637
Longview-Kelso, WA	61,256	66,727	72,197	77,668
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	59,488	71,324	83,159	94,994
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	69,264	78,541	87,839	97,116
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	70,055	81,162	92,269	103,376
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	59,655	68,453	77,272	86,071
Walla Walla, WA	54,122	61,901	69,680	77,460
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	64,938	73,612	82,264	90,938
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	54,788	63,378	71,968	80,559
Yakima, WA	55,890	63,586	71,261	78,957
Appleton, WI	59,800	64,148	68,495	72,842
Eau Claire, WI	58,032	60,653	63,274	65,895
Fond du Lac, WI	51,564	56,452	61,319	66,207
Green Bay, WI	55,932	62,109	68,287	74,464
Janesville-Beloit, WI	57,055	61,298	65,520	69,764
Kenosha, WI	55,183	61,714	68,224	74,756
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	50,607	56,389	62,172	67,954
Madison, WI	54,122	61,943	69,743	77,564
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	53,748	60,632	67,517	74,402
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	46,988	53,415	59,863	66,290
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	49,525	53,103	56,680	60,258
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	51,647	58,261	64,855	71,469
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	57,013	62,504	67,975	73,466
Sheboygan, WI	59,405	64,709	70,013	75,317
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	50,544	54,933	59,301	63,690
Wausau, WI	52,396	56,701	61,007	65,312
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	49,879	54,933	59,967	65,021
Beckley, WV	39,375	46,114	52,853	59,592
Charleston, WV	38,647	45,781	52,936	60,071
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	35,132	42,058	49,005	55,932
Morgantown, WV	36,172	41,517	46,863	52,208
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,695	41,268	47,861	54,434
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	42,412	46,343	50,295	54,226
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	29,807	37,420	45,053	52,666
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	40,560	46,364	52,167	57,970
Wheeling, WV-OH	40,082	45,864	51,626	57,408
Casper, WY	49,234	60,695	72,176	83,637
Cheyenne, WY	48,256	60,258	72,280	84,282
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	48,922	61,319	73,736	86,133
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	50,815	61,381	71,968	82,535

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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