SOC 51-9032 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 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 that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.

Level I across metros$22,693 – $49,026San Juan, PR to Gettysburg, PA

Median Level IV, major metros$52,063Across 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 and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (SOC 51-9032) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $22,693 in San Juan, PR to $49,026 in Gettysburg, PA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $52,063. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $47,320, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 11 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.

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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	29,079	36,671	44,242	51,834
Anchorage, AK	29,079	36,671	44,242	51,834
Fairbanks-College, AK	29,079	36,671	44,242	51,834
Anniston-Oxford, AL	33,530	38,688	43,826	48,984
Auburn-Opelika, AL	32,615	38,085	43,556	49,026
Birmingham, AL	36,296	40,914	45,532	50,149
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	31,887	38,210	44,533	50,856
Decatur, AL	34,362	39,479	44,575	49,692
Dothan, AL	30,888	36,151	41,413	46,676
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	35,631	40,269	44,928	49,567
Gadsden, AL	33,530	38,688	43,826	48,984
Huntsville, AL	36,504	39,978	43,472	46,946
Mobile, AL	31,887	38,210	44,533	50,856
Montgomery, AL	31,616	36,359	41,101	45,844
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	32,365	38,210	44,055	49,900
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	35,880	40,706	45,532	50,357
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	34,258	39,063	43,847	48,652
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	30,056	37,898	45,760	53,602
Tuscaloosa, AL	33,572	39,167	44,783	50,378
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	41,351	46,696	52,063	57,408
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	39,292	45,989	52,666	59,364
Fort Smith, AR-OK	39,479	44,346	49,234	54,101
Hot Springs, AR	38,480	44,804	51,148	57,471
Jonesboro, AR	39,832	43,389	46,967	50,524
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	38,792	45,719	52,666	59,592
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	46,280	49,359	52,437	55,516
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	44,450	48,319	52,208	56,077
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	38,688	43,722	48,735	53,768
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	38,605	43,036	47,487	51,917
Flagstaff, AZ	38,002	42,495	46,988	51,480
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	38,002	42,495	46,988	51,480
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	39,396	43,722	48,028	52,354
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	39,208	43,576	47,944	52,312
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	36,546	41,164	45,760	50,378
Tucson, AZ	36,629	41,205	45,781	50,357
Yuma, AZ	38,668	43,098	47,508	51,938
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	35,090	40,228	45,344	50,482
Chico, CA	37,108	40,956	44,783	48,631
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,815	42,557	47,279	52,021
El Centro, CA	37,461	41,933	46,426	50,898
Fresno, CA	39,728	43,764	47,799	51,834
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	39,250	43,722	48,173	52,645
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	37,752	42,120	46,468	50,836
Merced, CA	40,852	45,677	50,482	55,308
Modesto, CA	41,621	46,468	51,314	56,160
Napa, CA	40,207	44,367	48,527	52,687
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	39,021	43,410	47,820	52,208
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,981	42,516	47,050	51,584
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	37,316	42,453	47,591	52,728
Redding, CA	38,272	42,911	47,528	52,167
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	36,941	41,330	45,719	50,108
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	40,394	44,492	48,610	52,708
Salinas, CA	43,556	46,114	48,672	51,231
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	40,207	44,388	48,548	52,728
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	42,890	47,383	51,896	56,389
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	41,434	45,885	50,336	54,788
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	39,375	43,805	48,256	52,687
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	43,493	47,570	51,626	55,703
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	36,400	41,434	46,447	51,480
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	42,204	46,655	51,085	55,536
Stockton-Lodi, CA	39,063	43,389	47,695	52,021
Vallejo, CA	41,912	46,280	50,648	55,016
Visalia, CA	38,418	43,389	48,360	53,332
Yuba City, CA	38,543	43,077	47,591	52,125
Boulder, CO	43,348	46,551	49,733	52,936
Colorado Springs, CO	39,084	44,512	49,941	55,370
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	45,594	49,754	53,914	58,074
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	42,474	47,320	52,167	57,013
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	39,375	43,306	47,237	51,168
Grand Junction, CO	40,186	44,388	48,610	52,812
Greeley, CO	39,208	42,640	46,093	49,525
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	43,348	47,944	52,541	57,138
Pueblo, CO	40,477	45,344	50,191	55,058
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	43,618	48,173	52,708	57,263
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	37,399	41,122	44,824	48,548
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	37,752	40,685	43,597	46,530
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	38,522	41,413	44,284	47,175
New Haven, CT	39,271	43,140	46,988	50,856
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	38,418	41,413	44,388	47,383
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	36,005	40,997	46,010	51,002
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	39,541	43,680	47,820	51,959
Dover, DE	35,610	41,517	47,404	53,311
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	36,983	42,204	47,404	52,624
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	34,216	38,044	41,871	45,698
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	35,069	41,704	48,319	54,954
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	33,114	37,336	41,559	45,781
Gainesville, FL	35,111	40,373	45,636	50,898
Homosassa Springs, FL	34,632	38,501	42,349	46,218
Jacksonville, FL	34,674	39,916	45,136	50,378
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	35,964	40,664	45,365	50,066
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	35,215	39,853	44,492	49,130
Naples-Marco Island, FL	37,607	44,783	51,980	59,156
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	34,528	39,687	44,824	49,983
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	35,402	39,604	43,826	48,028
Ocala, FL	35,548	38,751	41,933	45,136
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	33,696	38,002	42,308	46,613
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	33,655	38,064	42,495	46,904
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	37,066	44,388	51,688	59,010
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	34,341	39,104	43,888	48,652
Port St. Lucie, FL	35,215	39,916	44,616	49,317
Punta Gorda, FL	32,864	37,170	41,496	45,802
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	33,904	38,439	42,973	47,508
Sebring, FL	33,301	37,898	42,474	47,071
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	34,320	38,896	43,472	48,048
Tallahassee, FL	34,341	39,104	43,888	48,652
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	34,445	38,356	42,266	46,176
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	34,300	38,543	42,807	47,050
Albany, GA	31,159	36,026	40,872	45,740
Athens-Clarke County, GA	34,383	39,624	44,887	50,128
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	37,191	42,204	47,216	52,229
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	37,295	41,850	46,384	50,940
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	30,909	36,151	41,372	46,613
Columbus, GA-AL	35,901	41,122	46,364	51,584
Dalton, GA	28,205	31,512	34,799	38,106
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	32,199	36,546	40,914	45,261
Gainesville, GA	34,445	39,728	45,012	50,295
Hinesville, GA	32,428	36,796	41,184	45,552
Macon-Bibb County, GA	35,984	40,186	44,367	48,568
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	34,237	39,416	44,596	49,775
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	32,386	36,213	40,020	43,847
Rome, GA	34,716	39,853	44,991	50,128
Savannah, GA	34,612	37,773	40,956	44,117
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	29,536	35,048	40,540	46,052
Valdosta, GA	30,368	35,506	40,644	45,781
Warner Robins, GA	35,152	39,500	43,826	48,173
Guam MSA	36,983	42,204	47,404	52,624
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	36,983	42,204	47,404	52,624
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	36,983	42,204	47,404	52,624
Urban Honolulu, HI	36,983	42,204	47,404	52,624
Ames, IA	43,826	48,444	53,061	57,679
Cedar Rapids, IA	43,868	48,527	53,186	57,845
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	45,199	47,570	49,941	52,312
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	44,991	49,255	53,540	57,804
Dubuque, IA	44,034	48,693	53,373	58,032
Iowa City, IA	44,450	49,192	53,956	58,698
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	44,533	49,276	53,997	58,740
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	47,341	50,981	54,621	58,261
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	45,802	46,925	48,028	49,151
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	44,949	49,629	54,288	58,968
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	41,871	43,202	44,554	45,885
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	43,909	48,568	53,228	57,887
Boise City, ID	39,396	43,264	47,154	51,023
Coeur d'Alene, ID	43,639	45,656	47,653	49,671
Idaho Falls, ID	45,989	46,280	46,592	46,884
Lewiston, ID-WA	39,437	43,805	48,194	52,562
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	43,805	45,781	47,757	49,733
Pocatello, ID	41,600	43,826	46,052	48,277
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	40,893	43,576	46,280	48,964
Twin Falls, ID	43,576	45,220	46,884	48,527
Bloomington, IL	45,240	48,672	52,084	55,516
Champaign-Urbana, IL	44,408	47,695	50,960	54,247
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	44,887	49,151	53,415	57,679
Decatur, IL	44,866	47,112	49,380	51,626
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,455	46,696	51,959	57,200
Kankakee, IL	44,700	48,943	53,165	57,408
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	44,700	48,776	52,853	56,930
Peoria, IL	45,344	48,735	52,104	55,495
Rockford, IL	39,936	42,911	45,906	48,880
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,330	46,780	52,208	57,658
Springfield, IL	40,831	45,677	50,503	55,349
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	43,576	46,613	49,671	52,708
Bloomington, IN	38,148	41,226	44,304	47,383
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	41,288	45,032	48,797	52,541
Columbus, IN	38,501	42,932	47,341	51,772
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	36,650	40,893	45,157	49,400
Evansville, IN	37,628	42,536	47,424	52,333
Fort Wayne, IN	39,312	43,202	47,071	50,960
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	37,794	42,724	47,632	52,562
Kokomo, IN	38,522	42,973	47,445	51,896
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	41,996	46,717	51,460	56,181
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	42,557	47,320	52,063	56,826
Muncie, IN	39,292	43,722	48,152	52,583
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	36,754	41,226	45,698	50,170
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	37,898	43,431	48,964	54,496
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	35,860	39,770	43,701	47,612
Terre Haute, IN	42,204	46,863	51,501	56,160
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	41,288	42,848	44,388	45,948
Lawrence, KS	39,396	42,911	46,426	49,941
Manhattan, KS	41,164	43,264	45,365	47,466
Topeka, KS	44,408	49,692	54,975	60,258
Wichita, KS	34,050	39,188	44,325	49,463
Bowling Green, KY	41,580	45,948	50,295	54,663
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	35,527	40,394	45,261	50,128
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	39,687	45,178	50,690	56,181
Elizabethtown, KY	44,034	47,341	50,669	53,976
Lexington-Fayette, KY	37,877	42,599	47,320	52,042
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	39,895	44,200	48,506	52,812
Owensboro, KY	39,229	40,935	42,640	44,346
Paducah, KY-IL	43,992	48,880	53,748	58,636
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	40,144	44,637	49,130	53,623
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	37,128	39,749	42,349	44,970
Alexandria, LA	32,511	38,418	44,304	50,212
Baton Rouge, LA	31,949	41,101	50,253	59,405
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	31,596	38,335	45,095	51,834
Hammond, LA	31,200	39,375	47,528	55,703
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	31,596	40,040	48,485	56,930
Lafayette, LA	31,138	38,501	45,864	53,228
Lake Charles, LA	32,511	38,418	44,304	50,212
Monroe, LA	32,511	38,418	44,304	50,212
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	31,741	40,040	48,360	56,660
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	33,904	39,583	45,240	50,919
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	34,404	38,272	42,162	46,031
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	32,511	38,418	44,304	50,212
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	30,930	38,252	45,552	52,874
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	36,026	40,477	44,908	49,359
Barnstable Town, MA	36,504	40,810	45,095	49,400
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	38,085	42,120	46,135	50,170
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	36,026	40,477	44,949	49,400
Pittsfield, MA	39,271	42,744	46,218	49,692
Springfield, MA	38,480	41,975	45,448	48,943
Worcester, MA	34,175	38,938	43,680	48,444
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	36,879	41,933	47,008	52,063
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	37,232	40,789	44,346	47,903
Lexington Park, MD	37,794	42,453	47,112	51,772
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	35,735	41,455	47,154	52,874
Salisbury, MD	36,962	41,559	46,156	50,752
Bangor, ME	37,940	41,892	45,864	49,816
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	41,455	45,948	50,461	54,954
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	40,248	43,202	46,135	49,088
Portland-South Portland, ME	34,799	38,938	43,077	47,216
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	36,234	41,122	46,031	50,919
Ann Arbor, MI	38,127	41,621	45,116	48,610
Battle Creek, MI	38,168	42,037	45,906	49,775
Bay City, MI	39,271	44,554	49,816	55,100
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	40,144	43,077	46,010	48,943
Flint, MI	39,562	43,181	46,780	50,399
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	39,250	42,037	44,845	47,632
Jackson, MI	38,252	41,892	45,552	49,192
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	38,855	42,890	46,946	50,981
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	38,688	42,349	45,989	49,650
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	39,063	44,034	49,026	53,997
Midland, MI	39,271	44,554	49,816	55,100
Monroe, MI	39,021	42,287	45,552	48,818
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	38,730	42,453	46,176	49,900
Niles, MI	37,544	42,370	47,216	52,042
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	39,957	45,282	50,628	55,952
Saginaw, MI	36,983	42,308	47,612	52,936
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,919	42,016	46,114	50,212
Traverse City, MI	42,058	48,215	54,372	60,528
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	42,058	48,506	54,975	61,423
Duluth, MN-WI	40,581	46,176	51,772	57,367
Mankato, MN	48,527	53,020	57,492	61,984
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	47,820	53,186	58,532	63,898
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	47,029	52,500	57,991	63,461
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	45,386	50,461	55,516	60,591
Rochester, MN	42,224	46,925	51,626	56,327
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	43,244	47,695	52,167	56,618
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	46,197	51,085	55,994	60,882
St. Cloud, MN	48,485	51,730	54,975	58,220
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	47,445	51,231	55,037	58,823
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	39,458	45,032	50,586	56,160
Columbia, MO	39,604	44,783	49,962	55,141
Jefferson City, MO	35,756	41,039	46,343	51,626
Joplin, MO-KS	41,871	46,884	51,896	56,909
Kansas City, MO-KS	37,336	42,911	48,506	54,080
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	44,824	49,026	53,207	57,408
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	40,269	45,885	51,522	57,138
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	39,624	45,220	50,815	56,410
Springfield, MO	40,644	46,842	53,040	59,239
St. Joseph, MO-KS	47,591	49,796	51,980	54,184
St. Louis, MO-IL	39,791	45,282	50,794	56,285
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	28,912	33,364	37,815	42,266
Hattiesburg, MS	31,180	36,192	41,226	46,239
Jackson, MS	42,058	45,719	49,359	53,020
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	31,783	36,733	41,684	46,634
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	36,317	41,538	46,759	51,980
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,972	34,799	38,647	42,474
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	32,615	38,023	43,410	48,818
Billings, MT	37,232	43,244	49,255	55,266
Bozeman, MT	48,527	53,706	58,885	64,064
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	37,732	43,743	49,754	55,765
Great Falls, MT	38,044	45,116	52,167	59,239
Helena, MT	39,208	45,927	52,666	59,384
Missoula, MT	38,834	44,700	50,544	56,410
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	39,479	45,636	51,813	57,970
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	37,440	43,888	50,357	56,805
Asheville, NC	36,192	41,600	47,008	52,416
Burlington, NC	35,173	38,272	41,392	44,492
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,698	38,626	44,575	50,503
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	36,338	40,893	45,428	49,983
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	36,941	41,164	45,386	49,608
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,677	36,047	39,416	42,786
Fayetteville, NC	32,927	39,125	45,324	51,522
Goldsboro, NC	33,842	38,855	43,847	48,860
Greensboro-High Point, NC	34,695	38,792	42,869	46,967
Greenville, NC	33,093	37,669	42,245	46,821
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	35,548	40,498	45,469	50,420
Jacksonville, NC	33,800	39,562	45,344	51,106
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	34,341	39,167	43,992	48,818
Raleigh-Cary, NC	36,692	41,434	46,176	50,919
Rocky Mount, NC	34,424	36,296	38,148	40,020
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,133	39,354	44,596	49,816
Wilmington, NC	36,005	44,471	52,916	61,381
Winston-Salem, NC	35,256	38,876	42,495	46,114
Bismarck, ND	44,450	47,736	51,044	54,330
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	44,512	47,861	51,189	54,538
Fargo, ND-MN	46,218	48,839	51,439	54,060
Grand Forks, ND-MN	43,348	48,672	53,997	59,322
Minot, ND	44,450	47,736	51,044	54,330
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	44,450	47,736	51,044	54,330
Grand Island, NE	41,808	45,552	49,276	53,020
Lincoln, NE	36,608	40,997	45,365	49,754
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	43,493	47,840	52,167	56,514
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	41,372	44,949	48,548	52,125
Omaha, NE-IA	40,373	44,388	48,423	52,437
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	40,831	43,909	47,008	50,087
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	38,127	42,516	46,884	51,272
Manchester-Nashua, NH	39,084	44,159	49,255	54,330
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	38,106	42,412	46,717	51,023
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	39,770	46,260	52,770	59,260
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	38,189	44,221	50,232	56,264
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	35,090	40,768	46,468	52,146
Vineland, NJ	33,988	39,042	44,117	49,172
Albuquerque, NM	34,549	37,856	41,143	44,450
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	32,469	34,300	36,130	37,960
Farmington, NM	34,778	38,127	41,455	44,804
Las Cruces, NM	32,469	34,487	36,504	38,522
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	35,236	38,668	42,079	45,511
Santa Fe, NM	34,986	38,397	41,829	45,240
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	36,484	41,351	46,197	51,064
Carson City, NV	36,276	41,247	46,218	51,189
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	36,754	41,476	46,176	50,898
Reno, NV	36,525	41,580	46,655	51,709
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	37,503	43,639	49,754	55,890
Binghamton, NY	44,512	50,648	56,784	62,920
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	40,207	45,178	50,128	55,100
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	42,037	45,927	49,796	53,685
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	41,455	46,322	51,189	56,056
Elmira, NY	44,554	50,316	56,098	61,860
Glens Falls, NY	39,874	43,389	46,904	50,420
Ithaca, NY	43,556	49,733	55,890	62,068
Kingston, NY	44,575	49,920	55,266	60,612
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	48,298	52,292	56,264	60,258
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	39,229	45,324	51,397	57,492
Rochester, NY	42,016	46,447	50,898	55,328
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	40,893	46,988	53,061	59,156
Syracuse, NY	42,370	47,216	52,084	56,930
Utica-Rome, NY	41,684	46,218	50,773	55,308
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	41,996	46,218	50,461	54,684
Akron, OH	35,756	40,872	45,989	51,106
Canton-Massillon, OH	35,423	40,685	45,927	51,189
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	39,479	44,304	49,130	53,956
Cleveland, OH	41,351	46,468	51,605	56,722
Columbus, OH	37,669	43,098	48,527	53,956
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	37,690	41,413	45,157	48,880
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	36,567	40,623	44,658	48,714
Lima, OH	36,380	41,060	45,740	50,420
Mansfield, OH	36,359	41,205	46,072	50,919
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	35,860	40,020	44,180	48,340
Sandusky, OH	38,626	44,055	49,463	54,892
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	35,756	38,335	40,893	43,472
Springfield, OH	37,274	42,058	46,821	51,605
Toledo, OH	38,376	43,036	47,695	52,354
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	36,775	41,476	46,156	50,856
Youngstown-Warren, OH	34,799	38,605	42,391	46,197
Enid, OK	34,424	38,252	42,079	45,906
Lawton, OK	33,426	36,941	40,477	43,992
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	34,300	38,751	43,202	47,653
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	34,112	37,794	41,455	45,136
Oklahoma City, OK	34,008	37,440	40,872	44,304
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	30,909	34,383	37,836	41,309
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,885	36,837	40,789	44,741
Tulsa, OK	34,882	38,002	41,122	44,242
Albany, OR	41,559	46,364	51,189	55,994
Bend, OR	45,594	49,920	54,268	58,594
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	46,197	49,920	53,664	57,388
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	46,052	49,650	53,269	56,868
Corvallis, OR	41,039	46,031	51,002	55,994
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	48,943	50,815	52,708	54,580
Eugene-Springfield, OR	47,508	49,463	51,439	53,394
Grants Pass, OR	44,429	48,506	52,604	56,680
Medford, OR	44,221	47,320	50,440	53,540
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	45,885	50,544	55,224	59,884
Salem, OR	40,165	45,095	50,004	54,933
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	39,354	44,970	50,607	56,223
Altoona, PA	37,524	40,935	44,367	47,778
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	37,690	40,456	43,202	45,968
Chambersburg, PA	37,586	43,556	49,546	55,516
Erie, PA	30,930	38,335	45,719	53,124
Gettysburg, PA	49,026	51,855	54,684	57,512
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	37,461	45,656	53,831	62,026
Johnstown, PA	34,820	39,936	45,053	50,170
Lancaster, PA	36,816	42,079	47,320	52,583
Lebanon, PA	36,775	42,349	47,903	53,477
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	38,543	42,204	45,864	49,525
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	39,042	45,074	51,085	57,117
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	35,756	41,663	47,591	53,498
Pittsburgh, PA	32,074	37,711	43,368	49,005
Reading, PA	37,399	41,892	46,364	50,856
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	38,480	42,183	45,906	49,608
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	36,504	38,792	41,060	43,348
State College, PA	37,149	41,330	45,511	49,692
Williamsport, PA	37,565	42,204	46,842	51,480
York-Hanover, PA	41,517	45,802	50,087	54,372
Aguadilla, PR	23,068	26,624	30,160	33,717
Arecibo, PR	22,984	26,292	29,578	32,885
Guayama, PR	22,839	26,250	29,661	33,072
Mayaguez, PR	23,068	26,624	30,160	33,717
Ponce, PR	22,922	26,604	30,306	33,988
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	23,068	26,624	30,160	33,717
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,693	25,106	27,519	29,932
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	33,738	38,439	43,160	47,861
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	37,732	42,828	47,924	53,020
Columbia, SC	40,248	44,367	48,485	52,604
Florence, SC	38,730	42,557	46,384	50,212
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	39,229	45,636	52,042	58,448
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	37,170	42,183	47,216	52,229
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	37,648	42,328	47,008	51,688
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,004	41,684	46,384	51,064
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,484	41,434	46,384	51,335
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	38,460	43,181	47,903	52,624
Spartanburg, SC	34,112	38,980	43,826	48,693
Sumter, SC	38,730	42,557	46,384	50,212
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	40,706	44,346	48,007	51,647
Rapid City, SD	38,584	42,620	46,676	50,711
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	42,412	44,616	46,842	49,047
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,189	42,474	46,759	51,044
Chattanooga, TN-GA	36,380	40,352	44,325	48,298
Clarksville, TN-KY	36,712	40,165	43,639	47,092
Cleveland, TN	35,485	38,626	41,767	44,908
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	35,069	37,170	39,250	41,351
Jackson, TN	37,399	42,620	47,840	53,061
Johnson City, TN	33,676	36,879	40,103	43,306
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	32,448	36,380	40,290	44,221
Knoxville, TN	34,237	38,730	43,223	47,716
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	41,476	47,154	52,812	58,490
Morristown, TN	34,237	37,815	41,372	44,949
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	37,940	41,080	44,200	47,341
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,615	34,965	37,295	39,645
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	40,997	42,869	44,720	46,592
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,112	37,274	40,436	43,597
Abilene, TX	34,944	38,501	42,037	45,594
Amarillo, TX	37,461	40,248	43,036	45,823
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	37,628	41,309	44,970	48,652
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	34,216	37,544	40,893	44,221
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,632	38,168	41,684	45,220
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	30,244	34,320	38,397	42,474
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,112	37,752	41,372	45,012
College Station-Bryan, TX	33,676	37,648	41,642	45,615
Corpus Christi, TX	34,300	37,357	40,394	43,452
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	37,274	41,143	45,032	48,901
Eagle Pass, TX	35,194	39,000	42,828	46,634
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,092	37,586	41,080	44,575
El Paso, TX	33,343	36,671	39,978	43,306
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,965	39,000	43,036	47,071
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	34,237	37,482	40,706	43,951
Killeen-Temple, TX	33,301	36,816	40,332	43,847
Laredo, TX	34,508	37,628	40,768	43,888
Longview, TX	33,239	36,567	39,874	43,202
Lubbock, TX	35,194	39,000	42,828	46,634
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	28,476	33,426	38,397	43,348
Midland, TX	37,607	40,144	42,661	45,199
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,780	37,066	40,352	43,639
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,632	38,231	41,808	45,407
Odessa, TX	37,607	40,144	42,661	45,199
San Angelo, TX	33,717	36,858	39,978	43,119
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	33,676	37,212	40,748	44,284
Sherman-Denison, TX	37,004	40,893	44,762	48,652
Texarkana, TX-AR	36,900	41,829	46,738	51,668
Tyler, TX	32,948	35,111	37,253	39,416
Victoria, TX	35,194	39,000	42,828	46,634
Waco, TX	36,463	40,415	44,346	48,298
Wichita Falls, TX	35,256	38,272	41,309	44,325
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	40,560	43,285	46,010	48,735
Logan, UT-ID	37,399	41,164	44,908	48,672
Ogden, UT	38,314	43,389	48,464	53,540
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	34,445	39,541	44,658	49,754
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	37,690	42,224	46,759	51,293
St. George, UT	34,570	39,188	43,805	48,423
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	36,754	41,517	46,280	51,044
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	36,421	39,520	42,599	45,698
Charlottesville, VA	38,376	42,682	47,008	51,314
Harrisonburg, VA	37,399	41,226	45,053	48,880
Lynchburg, VA	36,546	40,685	44,824	48,964
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,791	43,847	47,903	51,959
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,832	41,143	42,432	43,743
Richmond, VA	40,623	44,471	48,298	52,146
Roanoke, VA	38,127	41,600	45,095	48,568
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,696	37,856	42,016	46,176
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,860	38,647	41,434	44,221
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	37,399	41,226	45,053	48,880
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	39,895	43,535	47,154	50,794
Winchester, VA-WV	37,856	41,746	45,656	49,546
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	36,983	42,204	47,404	52,624
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	47,882	53,124	58,386	63,628
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	47,840	53,456	59,072	64,688
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	38,896	43,452	48,007	52,562
Bellingham, WA	40,956	45,615	50,274	54,933
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	47,175	52,458	57,741	63,024
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	38,876	42,932	47,008	51,064
Kennewick-Richland, WA	41,372	45,677	50,004	54,309
Longview-Kelso, WA	45,740	50,399	55,079	59,738
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	44,970	50,212	55,474	60,716
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	44,616	48,756	52,916	57,055
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	47,508	52,749	57,970	63,212
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	43,244	46,904	50,565	54,226
Walla Walla, WA	39,936	42,266	44,616	46,946
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	45,032	50,420	55,828	61,215
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	46,197	51,127	56,036	60,965
Yakima, WA	45,365	49,983	54,580	59,197
Appleton, WI	37,503	42,724	47,965	53,186
Eau Claire, WI	39,853	43,244	46,655	50,045
Fond du Lac, WI	38,356	43,389	48,444	53,477
Green Bay, WI	41,954	46,530	51,085	55,661
Janesville-Beloit, WI	38,688	43,160	47,612	52,084
Kenosha, WI	40,165	44,512	48,880	53,228
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	40,415	45,282	50,128	54,996
Madison, WI	38,127	42,370	46,634	50,877
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	37,232	42,391	47,549	52,708
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	37,087	42,516	47,944	53,373
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	38,980	43,327	47,653	52,000
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	44,284	48,693	53,103	57,512
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	38,168	43,098	48,048	52,978
Sheboygan, WI	37,066	42,308	47,528	52,770
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	39,999	44,263	48,548	52,812
Wausau, WI	38,772	42,890	47,008	51,127
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	42,224	45,012	47,799	50,586
Beckley, WV	34,778	37,399	39,999	42,620
Charleston, WV	34,840	37,357	39,874	42,391
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	35,236	38,418	41,600	44,783
Morgantown, WV	35,256	38,231	41,184	44,159
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,882	37,544	40,207	42,869
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	35,256	38,231	41,184	44,159
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,840	37,357	39,874	42,391
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	37,732	41,101	44,450	47,820
Wheeling, WV-OH	35,527	39,354	43,202	47,029
Casper, WY	36,983	42,204	47,404	52,624
Cheyenne, WY	36,983	42,204	47,404	52,624
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	36,983	42,204	47,404	52,624
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	36,983	42,204	47,404	52,624

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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