SOC 51-9061 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 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): Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.

Level I across metros$21,840 – $58,968Mayaguez, PR to Fairbanks, AK

Median Level IV, major metros$60,674Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers (SOC 51-9061) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,840 in Mayaguez, PR to $58,968 in Fairbanks, AK, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $60,674. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $53,165, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 6 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	59,322	78,957	98,572	118,207
Anchorage, AK	53,415	63,586	73,736	83,908
Fairbanks-College, AK	58,968	78,021	97,095	116,148
Anniston-Oxford, AL	34,986	41,725	48,464	55,204
Auburn-Opelika, AL	27,373	33,717	40,040	46,384
Birmingham, AL	33,655	39,624	45,594	51,564
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	34,445	42,120	49,796	57,471
Decatur, AL	36,338	43,680	51,044	58,386
Dothan, AL	27,560	32,386	37,191	42,016
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	28,101	33,156	38,189	43,244
Gadsden, AL	26,666	30,951	35,236	39,520
Huntsville, AL	35,194	42,620	50,066	57,492
Mobile, AL	36,525	48,839	61,132	73,445
Montgomery, AL	28,892	37,087	45,282	53,477
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	26,832	32,136	37,461	42,765
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	33,884	38,876	43,888	48,880
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	30,306	35,860	41,392	46,946
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,183	36,359	43,556	50,732
Tuscaloosa, AL	30,868	37,232	43,576	49,941
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	33,156	38,647	44,117	49,608
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	36,068	40,415	44,741	49,088
Fort Smith, AR-OK	35,028	39,978	44,908	49,858
Hot Springs, AR	34,196	40,727	47,258	53,789
Jonesboro, AR	37,045	42,994	48,943	54,892
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	37,856	43,784	49,692	55,620
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	29,765	36,047	42,308	48,589
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	35,319	41,309	47,279	53,269
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,008	38,522	43,056	47,570
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	37,336	46,884	56,431	65,978
Flagstaff, AZ	45,428	53,436	61,444	69,452
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	39,874	44,096	48,298	52,520
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	42,557	50,087	57,596	65,125
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	40,935	46,135	51,335	56,535
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	39,146	47,924	56,722	65,500
Tucson, AZ	43,181	52,042	60,882	69,743
Yuma, AZ	39,250	48,007	56,784	65,541
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	35,880	44,450	53,020	61,589
Chico, CA	36,588	42,848	49,130	55,391
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	39,104	46,384	53,685	60,965
El Centro, CA	36,920	43,244	49,546	55,869
Fresno, CA	36,380	42,245	48,111	53,976
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	43,514	51,335	59,176	66,997
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	40,997	49,359	57,700	66,061
Merced, CA	39,957	47,903	55,848	63,794
Modesto, CA	40,935	47,840	54,767	61,672
Napa, CA	43,015	49,005	55,016	61,007
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,733	44,866	52,978	61,111
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	41,871	49,255	56,660	64,044
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	41,288	48,069	54,850	61,631
Redding, CA	42,141	50,960	59,780	68,599
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	39,500	45,532	51,543	57,575
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	43,452	51,605	59,738	67,892
Salinas, CA	38,127	42,724	47,300	51,896
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	43,431	53,290	63,128	72,988
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	46,509	57,429	68,328	79,248
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	47,175	56,264	65,333	74,423
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	42,578	50,503	58,407	66,332
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	43,264	51,688	60,112	68,536
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	41,309	50,336	59,364	68,391
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	42,432	49,712	56,972	64,252
Stockton-Lodi, CA	38,813	45,303	51,792	58,282
Vallejo, CA	41,455	50,898	60,362	69,805
Visalia, CA	36,650	42,952	49,276	55,578
Yuba City, CA	39,396	48,236	57,096	65,936
Boulder, CO	46,551	55,287	64,044	72,780
Colorado Springs, CO	42,495	49,047	55,599	62,151
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	45,240	53,124	60,986	68,869
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	38,356	45,220	52,104	58,968
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	45,781	54,060	62,338	70,616
Grand Junction, CO	42,828	52,229	61,631	71,032
Greeley, CO	45,469	53,040	60,612	68,183
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	41,704	50,004	58,324	66,623
Pueblo, CO	47,653	53,040	58,407	63,794
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	41,871	50,607	59,364	68,100
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	41,559	52,416	63,295	74,152
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	42,016	48,548	55,079	61,610
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	42,599	52,749	62,879	73,029
New Haven, CT	40,685	47,799	54,912	62,026
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	42,661	52,999	63,336	73,674
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	38,314	47,112	55,911	64,709
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	40,685	52,812	64,917	77,044
Dover, DE	37,732	45,303	52,895	60,466
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	37,399	44,596	51,792	58,989
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	33,176	40,332	47,508	54,663
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	39,604	48,984	58,344	67,725
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	35,298	41,933	48,568	55,204
Gainesville, FL	34,632	41,684	48,735	55,786
Homosassa Springs, FL	35,381	42,474	49,567	56,660
Jacksonville, FL	36,296	44,242	52,188	60,133
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	35,672	42,141	48,589	55,058
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	33,551	42,162	50,752	59,364
Naples-Marco Island, FL	40,352	47,549	54,725	61,922
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	35,589	42,973	50,378	57,762
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	36,962	44,450	51,917	59,405
Ocala, FL	35,319	41,684	48,048	54,413
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	34,404	41,850	49,296	56,743
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	41,039	48,090	55,141	62,192
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	34,986	44,076	53,186	62,276
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	37,191	47,196	57,221	67,226
Port St. Lucie, FL	36,941	44,616	52,271	59,946
Punta Gorda, FL	32,136	44,679	57,200	69,743
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	37,628	47,924	58,240	68,536
Sebring, FL	27,768	33,405	39,042	44,679
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	35,984	44,076	52,167	60,258
Tallahassee, FL	32,552	41,288	50,045	58,781
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	35,464	42,578	49,671	56,784
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	39,999	50,815	61,610	72,426
Albany, GA	31,055	39,541	48,048	56,535
Athens-Clarke County, GA	35,548	41,517	47,487	53,456
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	36,047	42,994	49,962	56,909
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	37,940	46,405	54,850	63,316
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	32,968	38,813	44,658	50,503
Columbus, GA-AL	36,608	46,343	56,098	65,832
Dalton, GA	35,672	39,375	43,077	46,780
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	31,013	38,397	45,781	53,165
Gainesville, GA	33,114	38,709	44,284	49,879
Hinesville, GA	37,544	44,804	52,084	59,343
Macon-Bibb County, GA	33,156	37,628	42,079	46,551
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	36,296	42,973	49,650	56,327
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	36,213	41,372	46,530	51,688
Rome, GA	33,301	40,394	47,508	54,600
Savannah, GA	42,370	55,786	69,202	82,618
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	31,762	38,605	45,428	52,271
Valdosta, GA	33,676	38,522	43,368	48,215
Warner Robins, GA	39,874	45,864	51,855	57,845
Guam MSA	31,908	38,189	44,471	50,752
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	41,018	47,903	54,808	61,693
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	46,592	55,557	64,543	73,508
Urban Honolulu, HI	37,420	49,525	61,610	73,716
Ames, IA	45,344	52,624	59,925	67,205
Cedar Rapids, IA	41,205	47,757	54,330	60,882
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	40,706	47,820	54,954	62,068
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	37,856	45,074	52,292	59,509
Dubuque, IA	41,621	46,384	51,127	55,890
Iowa City, IA	40,893	46,592	52,312	58,012
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	42,100	47,986	53,852	59,738
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	43,056	48,048	53,020	58,012
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	44,492	49,692	54,871	60,071
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	43,285	48,756	54,226	59,696
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	43,930	48,152	52,354	56,576
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	44,055	49,317	54,580	59,842
Boise City, ID	38,335	48,714	59,072	69,452
Coeur d'Alene, ID	41,933	48,506	55,058	61,631
Idaho Falls, ID	28,725	41,767	54,788	67,829
Lewiston, ID-WA	37,482	42,016	46,530	51,064
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	34,487	39,042	43,597	48,152
Pocatello, ID	39,624	44,804	49,962	55,141
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	31,637	37,752	43,847	49,962
Twin Falls, ID	36,172	41,996	47,840	53,664
Bloomington, IL	36,546	43,098	49,671	56,223
Champaign-Urbana, IL	37,128	42,495	47,861	53,228
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	38,688	45,740	52,770	59,821
Decatur, IL	44,325	50,128	55,932	61,735
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,314	44,013	49,733	55,432
Kankakee, IL	39,416	45,324	51,231	57,138
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	36,712	43,056	49,380	55,724
Peoria, IL	41,268	49,192	57,117	65,042
Rockford, IL	37,752	43,680	49,629	55,557
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	39,874	46,260	52,624	59,010
Springfield, IL	38,168	45,948	53,706	61,485
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	39,791	45,656	51,522	57,388
Bloomington, IN	41,767	49,234	56,722	64,189
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	37,191	43,077	48,984	54,871
Columbus, IN	38,335	45,760	53,165	60,591
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	35,839	42,599	49,380	56,140
Evansville, IN	35,568	44,263	52,957	61,652
Fort Wayne, IN	36,088	42,495	48,901	55,308
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	36,130	43,805	51,460	59,135
Kokomo, IN	37,607	44,679	51,730	58,802
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	33,364	42,682	52,000	61,319
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	37,461	42,495	47,528	52,562
Muncie, IN	32,324	39,770	47,237	54,684
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	37,794	43,972	50,170	56,348
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	36,421	42,640	48,839	55,058
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	36,005	43,160	50,316	57,471
Terre Haute, IN	37,919	44,200	50,503	56,784
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	37,898	43,764	49,629	55,495
Lawrence, KS	41,122	46,738	52,375	57,991
Manhattan, KS	39,791	45,074	50,378	55,661
Topeka, KS	41,392	49,692	57,970	66,269
Wichita, KS	45,615	56,202	66,768	77,356
Bowling Green, KY	34,320	39,936	45,532	51,148
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	33,988	40,103	46,197	52,312
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,309	35,984	43,680	51,356
Elizabethtown, KY	34,965	39,874	44,762	49,671
Lexington-Fayette, KY	35,090	42,828	50,565	58,303
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	36,733	43,680	50,628	57,575
Owensboro, KY	36,296	42,141	47,986	53,831
Paducah, KY-IL	34,549	42,328	50,087	57,866
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,258	40,436	46,634	52,812
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,362	40,498	46,634	52,770
Alexandria, LA	30,036	38,647	47,237	55,848
Baton Rouge, LA	39,500	50,794	62,109	73,404
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	37,212	45,719	54,226	62,733
Hammond, LA	31,824	40,976	50,108	59,260
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	40,872	51,501	62,151	72,780
Lafayette, LA	36,026	41,496	46,967	52,437
Lake Charles, LA	44,096	58,844	73,591	88,338
Monroe, LA	31,429	39,458	47,466	55,495
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	36,005	49,900	63,773	77,668
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	36,234	43,701	51,148	58,615
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	35,298	44,991	54,684	64,376
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	32,802	43,140	53,477	63,815
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	34,799	45,719	56,618	67,538
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	44,762	49,567	54,372	59,176
Barnstable Town, MA	44,159	51,501	58,864	66,207
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	44,138	51,792	59,468	67,122
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	47,237	53,997	60,757	67,517
Pittsfield, MA	42,682	49,047	55,432	61,797
Springfield, MA	41,434	47,029	52,645	58,240
Worcester, MA	38,168	44,804	51,439	58,074
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	41,767	52,895	64,002	75,130
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	35,818	44,970	54,101	63,253
Lexington Park, MD	52,500	67,039	81,578	96,117
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	36,837	42,516	48,194	53,872
Salisbury, MD	35,194	42,786	50,357	57,949
Bangor, ME	34,986	42,245	49,484	56,743
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	35,756	44,180	52,624	61,048
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	37,690	43,244	48,776	54,330
Portland-South Portland, ME	41,684	50,732	59,780	68,828
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	35,194	43,181	51,189	59,176
Ann Arbor, MI	36,629	43,888	51,168	58,428
Battle Creek, MI	36,733	44,242	51,730	59,239
Bay City, MI	32,074	40,082	48,111	56,119
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	35,277	41,892	48,527	55,141
Flint, MI	32,136	36,317	40,519	44,700
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	33,800	38,480	43,140	47,820
Jackson, MI	33,613	39,957	46,280	52,624
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	35,922	42,807	49,712	56,597
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	35,007	42,100	49,192	56,285
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	34,757	39,895	45,053	50,191
Midland, MI	35,298	41,912	48,527	55,141
Monroe, MI	33,592	39,208	44,845	50,461
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	39,957	46,738	53,519	60,300
Niles, MI	34,965	40,935	46,884	52,853
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	36,172	42,724	49,296	55,848
Saginaw, MI	37,336	44,908	52,500	60,071
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	36,754	42,703	48,652	54,600
Traverse City, MI	35,028	40,727	46,405	52,104
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	36,234	44,304	52,354	60,424
Duluth, MN-WI	48,444	55,183	61,901	68,640
Mankato, MN	44,720	49,692	54,642	59,613
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	45,760	52,354	58,948	65,541
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	45,407	54,080	62,733	71,407
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	43,036	48,631	54,226	59,821
Rochester, MN	46,322	52,708	59,093	65,479
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	39,520	46,426	53,352	60,258
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	38,751	45,261	51,772	58,282
St. Cloud, MN	43,556	49,255	54,933	60,632
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	40,748	49,588	58,428	67,268
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	35,568	41,392	47,216	53,040
Columbia, MO	41,517	47,757	53,976	60,216
Jefferson City, MO	39,292	45,844	52,416	58,968
Joplin, MO-KS	39,728	45,199	50,690	56,160
Kansas City, MO-KS	43,181	52,936	62,712	72,468
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	37,212	42,703	48,215	53,706
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,359	41,684	46,988	52,312
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,858	41,912	46,946	52,000
Springfield, MO	36,213	42,432	48,652	54,871
St. Joseph, MO-KS	41,996	48,152	54,288	60,445
St. Louis, MO-IL	38,917	47,549	56,160	64,792
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	36,109	48,152	60,196	72,239
Hattiesburg, MS	32,677	39,167	45,636	52,125
Jackson, MS	32,677	38,376	44,096	49,796
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	31,741	37,544	43,348	49,151
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	33,052	39,770	46,509	53,228
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	32,740	38,626	44,533	50,420
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	29,869	34,736	39,624	44,492
Billings, MT	41,392	54,767	68,162	81,536
Bozeman, MT	45,802	54,996	64,189	73,383
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	43,597	54,351	65,084	75,837
Great Falls, MT	42,204	53,082	63,960	74,839
Helena, MT	43,098	53,228	63,378	73,508
Missoula, MT	41,226	49,276	57,325	65,375
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	41,496	52,271	63,045	73,820
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	41,164	51,709	62,255	72,800
Asheville, NC	39,458	46,135	52,791	59,468
Burlington, NC	29,848	35,360	40,852	46,364
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,410	37,066	43,722	50,378
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	36,463	43,597	50,711	57,845
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	37,586	47,528	57,471	67,413
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	30,556	36,692	42,848	48,984
Fayetteville, NC	31,471	39,874	48,256	56,660
Goldsboro, NC	34,466	37,690	40,935	44,159
Greensboro-High Point, NC	33,322	40,810	48,319	55,807
Greenville, NC	35,860	44,429	53,020	61,589
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	35,028	39,666	44,304	48,943
Jacksonville, NC	39,832	45,698	51,543	57,408
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	28,871	33,696	38,522	43,348
Raleigh-Cary, NC	38,834	46,156	53,498	60,820
Rocky Mount, NC	36,172	44,408	52,645	60,882
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,072	38,751	44,450	50,128
Wilmington, NC	39,333	50,690	62,026	73,383
Winston-Salem, NC	34,903	41,767	48,610	55,474
Bismarck, ND	42,578	52,188	61,776	71,386
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	43,036	50,960	58,885	66,810
Fargo, ND-MN	45,116	50,087	55,058	60,029
Grand Forks, ND-MN	44,824	52,604	60,383	68,162
Minot, ND	38,709	48,007	57,284	66,581
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,599	50,773	58,927	67,101
Grand Island, NE	45,178	49,172	53,144	57,138
Lincoln, NE	42,807	49,255	55,724	62,172
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	43,930	48,236	52,562	56,868
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	39,832	45,532	51,231	56,930
Omaha, NE-IA	40,352	46,052	51,751	57,450
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	40,228	46,572	52,895	59,239
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	40,976	48,340	55,703	63,066
Manchester-Nashua, NH	42,848	48,589	54,330	60,071
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	42,349	49,712	57,076	64,439
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	43,847	50,066	56,306	62,525
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	37,087	45,220	53,352	61,485
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	37,794	47,279	56,743	66,228
Vineland, NJ	36,255	41,829	47,383	52,957
Albuquerque, NM	39,354	47,424	55,474	63,544
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	36,775	45,220	53,664	62,109
Farmington, NM	43,389	51,023	58,677	66,311
Las Cruces, NM	35,444	45,261	55,100	64,917
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	45,386	60,944	76,524	92,082
Santa Fe, NM	38,127	42,516	46,904	51,293
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	47,591	60,341	73,092	85,842
Carson City, NV	41,122	50,170	59,218	68,266
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	34,549	47,882	61,215	74,548
Reno, NV	39,791	47,029	54,268	61,506
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	44,450	54,829	65,229	75,608
Binghamton, NY	38,751	45,116	51,460	57,824
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	38,127	45,428	52,728	60,029
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	40,456	47,300	54,143	60,986
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	40,872	47,362	53,872	60,362
Elmira, NY	40,852	46,821	52,812	58,781
Glens Falls, NY	44,845	49,983	55,120	60,258
Ithaca, NY	35,236	42,016	48,797	55,578
Kingston, NY	42,474	49,463	56,452	63,440
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	38,938	45,927	52,895	59,884
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	38,709	46,696	54,704	62,692
Rochester, NY	37,690	44,138	50,586	57,034
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	39,999	46,592	53,207	59,800
Syracuse, NY	40,810	47,071	53,352	59,613
Utica-Rome, NY	38,626	44,928	51,210	57,512
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	39,604	44,762	49,920	55,079
Akron, OH	37,212	44,928	52,666	60,383
Canton-Massillon, OH	38,189	44,866	51,564	58,240
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	37,378	44,471	51,543	58,636
Cleveland, OH	37,711	45,220	52,728	60,237
Columbus, OH	36,442	43,452	50,482	57,492
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	36,047	42,724	49,380	56,056
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	37,482	44,741	52,021	59,280
Lima, OH	37,669	48,111	58,552	68,994
Mansfield, OH	35,048	39,687	44,304	48,943
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	37,856	43,264	48,693	54,101
Sandusky, OH	40,664	48,069	55,495	62,900
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	38,002	46,863	55,744	64,605
Springfield, OH	36,650	45,220	53,810	62,380
Toledo, OH	35,007	42,349	49,712	57,055
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	37,815	43,639	49,442	55,266
Youngstown-Warren, OH	35,340	41,600	47,861	54,122
Enid, OK	34,424	39,624	44,804	50,004
Lawton, OK	39,874	46,176	52,479	58,781
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	36,400	43,098	49,796	56,493
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	39,728	44,492	49,234	53,997
Oklahoma City, OK	36,504	45,386	54,288	63,170
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	36,941	42,765	48,568	54,392
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	41,226	48,922	56,597	64,293
Tulsa, OK	39,416	48,298	57,159	66,040
Albany, OR	46,135	53,436	60,736	68,037
Bend, OR	42,037	49,088	56,119	63,170
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	41,517	46,176	50,836	55,495
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	41,184	46,780	52,396	57,991
Corvallis, OR	42,266	50,004	57,762	65,500
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	39,208	44,949	50,690	56,431
Eugene-Springfield, OR	36,588	43,098	49,629	56,140
Grants Pass, OR	35,860	42,328	48,818	55,287
Medford, OR	42,807	47,487	52,167	56,847
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	43,244	52,063	60,882	69,701
Salem, OR	37,399	43,660	49,900	56,160
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	37,815	44,741	51,668	58,594
Altoona, PA	33,572	39,832	46,072	52,333
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	36,629	42,224	47,820	53,415
Chambersburg, PA	40,456	47,736	54,996	62,276
Erie, PA	33,488	39,292	45,095	50,898
Gettysburg, PA	38,418	42,973	47,549	52,104
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	37,087	43,160	49,234	55,308
Johnstown, PA	35,943	42,661	49,380	56,098
Lancaster, PA	36,629	43,639	50,628	57,637
Lebanon, PA	37,149	43,056	48,984	54,892
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	38,772	47,508	56,264	65,000
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	31,450	38,418	45,407	52,375
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	39,936	48,298	56,639	65,000
Pittsburgh, PA	37,628	45,386	53,165	60,924
Reading, PA	38,564	45,261	51,959	58,656
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	36,546	42,848	49,172	55,474
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	36,629	43,639	50,669	57,679
State College, PA	35,860	40,664	45,448	50,253
Williamsport, PA	33,197	39,520	45,844	52,167
York-Hanover, PA	39,500	45,511	51,501	57,512
Aguadilla, PR	23,151	26,208	29,245	32,303
Arecibo, PR	22,984	26,645	30,306	33,967
Guayama, PR	25,397	34,612	43,826	53,040
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	24,794	27,727	30,680
Ponce, PR	26,063	29,037	32,012	34,986
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	22,797	26,104	29,391	32,698
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	26,084	36,213	46,343	56,472
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	39,042	47,632	56,223	64,813
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	37,960	46,405	54,829	63,274
Columbia, SC	36,151	43,348	50,565	57,762
Florence, SC	34,008	41,101	48,194	55,287
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	36,088	42,911	49,754	56,576
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	36,192	42,308	48,402	54,517
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	29,932	37,440	44,928	52,437
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	31,824	38,418	45,032	51,626
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,904	40,248	46,592	52,936
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	38,480	45,178	51,876	58,573
Spartanburg, SC	36,400	43,764	51,106	58,469
Sumter, SC	38,855	44,346	49,837	55,328
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	40,165	46,197	52,229	58,261
Rapid City, SD	37,149	43,909	50,690	57,450
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	39,292	43,431	47,591	51,730
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	39,541	45,760	52,000	58,220
Chattanooga, TN-GA	37,149	43,181	49,234	55,266
Clarksville, TN-KY	35,984	41,309	46,634	51,959
Cleveland, TN	28,018	34,965	41,933	48,880
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	35,173	40,872	46,572	52,271
Jackson, TN	34,549	40,727	46,884	53,061
Johnson City, TN	34,404	40,602	46,780	52,978
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	36,151	43,909	51,688	59,447
Knoxville, TN	34,965	41,496	48,028	54,559
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	35,693	41,933	48,194	54,434
Morristown, TN	35,756	41,060	46,364	51,668
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	35,756	43,056	50,336	57,637
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,656	39,104	45,552	52,000
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,154	40,519	46,904	53,269
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,570	41,372	48,152	54,954
Abilene, TX	38,210	45,844	53,498	61,132
Amarillo, TX	40,061	48,444	56,805	65,188
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	34,778	45,823	56,847	67,892
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	36,525	49,088	61,672	74,236
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	27,768	33,655	39,562	45,448
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	26,999	33,676	40,352	47,029
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,551	40,581	47,632	54,663
College Station-Bryan, TX	34,944	40,623	46,322	52,000
Corpus Christi, TX	34,570	46,530	58,490	70,450
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	35,028	43,368	51,709	60,050
Eagle Pass, TX	34,008	42,640	51,293	59,925
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,216	40,332	46,447	52,562
El Paso, TX	26,936	34,258	41,559	48,880
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,071	40,228	46,364	52,520
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	34,154	42,703	51,252	59,800
Killeen-Temple, TX	34,903	41,496	48,069	54,663
Laredo, TX	24,981	30,701	36,421	42,141
Longview, TX	35,672	43,056	50,461	57,845
Lubbock, TX	32,615	39,541	46,468	53,394
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	26,042	34,008	41,975	49,941
Midland, TX	38,356	46,572	54,808	63,024
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,508	40,477	46,447	52,416
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,612	42,703	50,794	58,885
Odessa, TX	36,109	45,074	54,018	62,983
San Angelo, TX	30,951	38,439	45,906	53,394
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	35,236	43,722	52,188	60,674
Sherman-Denison, TX	32,719	39,895	47,050	54,226
Texarkana, TX-AR	31,554	40,394	49,213	58,053
Tyler, TX	32,074	37,607	43,140	48,672
Victoria, TX	31,762	36,276	40,789	45,303
Waco, TX	35,381	44,346	53,290	62,255
Wichita Falls, TX	36,463	44,700	52,957	61,194
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	39,832	48,048	56,244	64,460
Logan, UT-ID	37,669	44,388	51,127	57,845
Ogden, UT	40,124	48,444	56,784	65,104
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	37,815	43,888	49,983	56,056
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	39,458	47,216	54,954	62,712
St. George, UT	37,232	43,368	49,525	55,661
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	41,850	49,504	57,180	64,834
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	36,296	42,432	48,568	54,704
Charlottesville, VA	41,538	49,359	57,200	65,021
Harrisonburg, VA	37,336	42,474	47,612	52,749
Lynchburg, VA	39,375	50,045	60,736	71,407
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,610	38,335	41,039	43,764
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	39,146	45,615	52,104	58,573
Richmond, VA	36,920	44,242	51,584	58,906
Roanoke, VA	39,167	45,365	51,564	57,762
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,693	41,288	46,904	52,500
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,840	41,392	47,965	54,517
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	40,332	48,298	56,285	64,252
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	42,224	50,212	58,220	66,207
Winchester, VA-WV	36,525	42,453	48,402	54,330
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	36,484	44,637	52,791	60,944
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	41,892	48,402	54,933	61,444
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	35,818	40,664	45,532	50,378
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	39,167	45,053	50,940	56,826
Bellingham, WA	42,640	51,044	59,426	67,829
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	52,812	62,109	71,386	80,684
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	41,517	50,794	60,050	69,327
Kennewick-Richland, WA	40,560	48,048	55,557	63,045
Longview-Kelso, WA	42,432	50,149	57,887	65,604
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	45,885	59,114	72,364	85,592
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	39,000	47,840	56,680	65,520
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	49,463	65,687	81,911	98,135
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	42,287	50,295	58,324	66,332
Walla Walla, WA	44,575	49,900	55,245	60,570
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	38,626	43,868	49,109	54,351
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	42,079	50,336	58,573	66,831
Yakima, WA	36,962	43,431	49,920	56,389
Appleton, WI	40,207	46,717	53,228	59,738
Eau Claire, WI	39,375	46,301	53,248	60,175
Fond du Lac, WI	43,348	49,151	54,933	60,736
Green Bay, WI	38,938	45,220	51,480	57,762
Janesville-Beloit, WI	37,524	43,493	49,463	55,432
Kenosha, WI	37,544	43,160	48,797	54,413
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	36,962	43,098	49,234	55,370
Madison, WI	42,183	49,213	56,244	63,274
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	39,728	46,301	52,874	59,447
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	39,604	45,344	51,064	56,805
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	38,626	44,013	49,400	54,788
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	41,205	48,527	55,848	63,170
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	42,224	47,799	53,373	58,948
Sheboygan, WI	43,306	49,005	54,684	60,383
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	38,148	44,263	50,378	56,493
Wausau, WI	40,498	46,738	52,978	59,218
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	38,813	44,824	50,836	56,847
Beckley, WV	30,847	39,708	48,589	57,450
Charleston, WV	36,608	44,512	52,396	60,300
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	31,658	38,730	45,802	52,874
Morgantown, WV	29,536	37,045	44,533	52,042
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	36,796	44,304	51,834	59,343
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	38,356	58,989	79,623	100,256
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,298	43,556	51,792	60,050
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	42,308	49,796	57,263	64,751
Wheeling, WV-OH	31,866	40,914	49,962	59,010
Casper, WY	39,645	48,880	58,095	67,330
Cheyenne, WY	42,453	50,420	58,386	66,352
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	42,599	53,623	64,647	75,671
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	41,455	52,292	63,108	73,944

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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