SOC 51-9111 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Packaging and Filling Machine 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): Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.

Level I across metros$21,570 – $45,053Houma, LA to Owensboro, KY

Median Level IV, major metros$49,068Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Packaging and Filling Machine 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 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders (SOC 51-9111) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,570 in Houma, LA to $45,053 in Owensboro, KY, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $49,068. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $43,951, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 9 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
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Level IV

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	37,794	42,599	47,404	52,208
Anchorage, AK	33,114	36,400	39,687	42,973
Fairbanks-College, AK	37,482	42,266	47,071	51,855
Anniston-Oxford, AL	29,245	34,341	39,458	44,554
Auburn-Opelika, AL	29,245	33,613	37,981	42,349
Birmingham, AL	29,058	34,882	40,727	46,551
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	31,013	35,298	39,562	43,847
Decatur, AL	33,488	37,586	41,704	45,802
Dothan, AL	23,796	30,077	36,338	42,620
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	35,818	40,685	45,552	50,420
Gadsden, AL	30,764	33,530	36,317	39,084
Huntsville, AL	31,616	36,463	41,288	46,135
Mobile, AL	31,658	38,730	45,802	52,874
Montgomery, AL	29,516	34,279	39,042	43,805
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,932	33,239	36,567	39,874
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	31,242	33,488	35,756	38,002
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	24,149	28,538	32,927	37,316
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	23,421	28,164	32,927	37,669
Tuscaloosa, AL	32,906	42,703	52,479	62,276
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	31,720	36,296	40,872	45,448
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	34,237	36,837	39,416	42,016
Fort Smith, AR-OK	32,573	36,900	41,226	45,552
Hot Springs, AR	32,615	36,026	39,458	42,869
Jonesboro, AR	35,256	41,018	46,759	52,520
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	32,781	36,712	40,644	44,575
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	30,826	34,112	37,420	40,706
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	32,012	35,589	39,188	42,765
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	32,573	34,944	37,295	39,666
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	32,927	35,922	38,896	41,892
Flagstaff, AZ	34,632	38,314	42,016	45,698
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	34,632	38,314	42,016	45,698
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	35,797	40,228	44,679	49,109
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	34,133	36,546	38,938	41,351
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	31,221	34,799	38,356	41,933
Tucson, AZ	34,237	37,503	40,768	44,034
Yuma, AZ	34,882	37,919	40,976	44,013
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	35,652	41,372	47,112	52,832
Chico, CA	38,522	42,224	45,948	49,650
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	38,127	41,538	44,949	48,360
El Centro, CA	35,818	39,957	44,096	48,236
Fresno, CA	35,423	38,876	42,328	45,781
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	37,316	43,285	49,276	55,245
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	36,421	41,039	45,677	50,295
Merced, CA	35,506	40,644	45,802	50,940
Modesto, CA	37,815	44,866	51,938	58,989
Napa, CA	40,207	46,405	52,604	58,802
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	36,608	40,228	43,847	47,466
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	38,730	44,804	50,898	56,972
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	35,631	39,167	42,724	46,260
Redding, CA	35,464	38,064	40,685	43,285
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	35,797	40,269	44,741	49,213
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	37,836	43,847	49,879	55,890
Salinas, CA	38,189	41,559	44,908	48,277
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	36,400	40,061	43,701	47,362
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	39,624	44,429	49,213	54,018
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	40,893	45,324	49,733	54,164
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	36,255	40,144	44,034	47,924
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	38,439	41,372	44,284	47,216
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	36,026	39,208	42,391	45,573
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	37,815	42,120	46,405	50,711
Stockton-Lodi, CA	36,546	41,642	46,717	51,813
Vallejo, CA	38,210	42,349	46,468	50,607
Visalia, CA	35,984	39,666	43,368	47,050
Yuba City, CA	35,610	39,104	42,578	46,072
Boulder, CO	38,626	41,080	43,514	45,968
Colorado Springs, CO	32,448	35,548	38,668	41,767
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	36,858	42,245	47,612	52,999
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	35,381	39,312	43,244	47,175
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	42,183	52,978	63,773	74,568
Grand Junction, CO	35,194	37,336	39,500	41,642
Greeley, CO	37,128	41,476	45,802	50,149
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	33,800	37,690	41,580	45,469
Pueblo, CO	38,127	41,309	44,512	47,695
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	33,717	36,983	40,248	43,514
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	35,631	39,167	42,703	46,239
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	35,506	44,512	53,498	62,504
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	36,151	39,687	43,223	46,759
New Haven, CT	35,340	37,981	40,602	43,244
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	35,048	38,480	41,933	45,365
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	35,028	37,378	39,708	42,058
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	33,780	39,458	45,136	50,815
Dover, DE	36,400	38,813	41,205	43,618
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	37,981	39,021	40,040	41,080
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	29,807	33,634	37,482	41,309
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	29,640	34,175	38,709	43,244
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	28,684	32,698	36,733	40,748
Gainesville, FL	31,887	36,442	41,018	45,573
Homosassa Springs, FL	30,348	35,360	40,394	45,407
Jacksonville, FL	30,868	37,087	43,306	49,525
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	32,365	37,274	42,183	47,092
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	30,056	33,946	37,856	41,746
Naples-Marco Island, FL	30,306	34,154	37,981	41,829
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	29,848	34,424	39,000	43,576
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	31,388	36,504	41,621	46,738
Ocala, FL	28,247	33,800	39,354	44,908
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	30,618	35,756	40,872	46,010
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	29,682	32,844	36,005	39,167
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	29,661	34,154	38,647	43,140
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	30,368	35,048	39,749	44,429
Port St. Lucie, FL	29,724	33,052	36,400	39,728
Punta Gorda, FL	30,805	35,464	40,103	44,762
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	30,140	35,007	39,853	44,720
Sebring, FL	31,242	36,234	41,205	46,197
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	30,493	33,592	36,712	39,812
Tallahassee, FL	29,474	33,031	36,567	40,124
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	30,452	35,423	40,394	45,365
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	30,826	35,901	40,956	46,031
Albany, GA	30,098	37,336	44,596	51,834
Athens-Clarke County, GA	34,341	39,541	44,741	49,941
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	33,072	38,480	43,888	49,296
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	33,676	39,770	45,844	51,938
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	33,384	39,063	44,741	50,420
Columbus, GA-AL	28,143	31,679	35,236	38,772
Dalton, GA	25,917	30,202	34,508	38,792
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	29,640	34,882	40,124	45,365
Gainesville, GA	34,757	39,520	44,304	49,068
Hinesville, GA	29,932	35,444	40,976	46,488
Macon-Bibb County, GA	31,824	36,692	41,559	46,426
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	30,618	34,944	39,292	43,618
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	33,738	40,748	47,757	54,767
Rome, GA	31,700	37,940	44,159	50,399
Savannah, GA	35,298	41,060	46,842	52,604
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	28,039	31,866	35,672	39,500
Valdosta, GA	27,020	32,074	37,128	42,183
Warner Robins, GA	32,261	39,104	45,968	52,812
Guam MSA	34,300	39,416	44,533	49,650
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	35,756	38,252	40,727	43,223
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	30,992	34,341	37,711	41,060
Urban Honolulu, HI	30,514	33,384	36,234	39,104
Ames, IA	38,314	42,100	45,885	49,671
Cedar Rapids, IA	42,016	52,292	62,546	72,821
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	34,716	38,293	41,871	45,448
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	37,482	43,244	48,984	54,746
Dubuque, IA	41,413	44,658	47,882	51,127
Iowa City, IA	32,469	37,877	43,285	48,693
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	34,196	38,917	43,618	48,340
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	37,336	41,122	44,887	48,672
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	38,688	41,434	44,200	46,946
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	39,084	43,119	47,133	51,168
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	37,565	40,893	44,242	47,570
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	40,519	42,183	43,847	45,511
Boise City, ID	35,402	41,455	47,508	53,560
Coeur d'Alene, ID	36,941	39,541	42,162	44,762
Idaho Falls, ID	34,154	39,791	45,428	51,064
Lewiston, ID-WA	38,564	41,039	43,493	45,968
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	35,984	41,476	46,967	52,458
Pocatello, ID	36,504	41,455	46,384	51,335
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	34,591	40,020	45,428	50,856
Twin Falls, ID	37,482	43,140	48,818	54,476
Bloomington, IL	34,487	39,063	43,639	48,215
Champaign-Urbana, IL	35,360	39,687	44,034	48,360
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	36,588	40,914	45,220	49,546
Decatur, IL	43,452	49,109	54,746	60,404
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,439	43,764	49,088	54,413
Kankakee, IL	38,064	41,704	45,324	48,964
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	33,759	37,191	40,623	44,055
Peoria, IL	32,844	36,671	40,519	44,346
Rockford, IL	34,133	37,836	41,559	45,261
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,924	39,832	44,720	49,629
Springfield, IL	35,776	42,141	48,485	54,850
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,215	39,104	42,973	46,863
Bloomington, IN	33,239	37,815	42,370	46,946
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	36,068	42,349	48,610	54,892
Columbus, IN	35,402	39,250	43,119	46,967
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	31,492	35,693	39,895	44,096
Evansville, IN	35,423	39,791	44,159	48,527
Fort Wayne, IN	37,004	40,456	43,909	47,362
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	33,904	39,354	44,824	50,274
Kokomo, IN	33,509	39,084	44,679	50,253
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	35,256	39,604	43,951	48,298
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	35,215	37,877	40,560	43,223
Muncie, IN	28,517	31,928	35,319	38,730
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	31,720	36,837	41,954	47,071
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	33,509	37,919	42,308	46,717
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	32,948	38,085	43,244	48,381
Terre Haute, IN	31,117	36,026	40,956	45,864
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	36,234	39,978	43,743	47,487
Lawrence, KS	32,906	38,855	44,783	50,732
Manhattan, KS	35,880	39,916	43,972	48,007
Topeka, KS	34,632	40,061	45,511	50,940
Wichita, KS	34,279	38,668	43,036	47,424
Bowling Green, KY	38,231	41,434	44,616	47,820
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	31,492	37,191	42,890	48,589
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	36,525	37,794	39,063	40,332
Elizabethtown, KY	33,239	37,628	42,016	46,405
Lexington-Fayette, KY	32,407	37,981	43,535	49,109
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	37,024	42,516	48,007	53,498
Owensboro, KY	45,053	50,565	56,098	61,610
Paducah, KY-IL	35,714	38,480	41,247	44,013
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	36,983	40,456	43,930	47,404
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,216	38,376	42,557	46,717
Alexandria, LA	32,719	36,650	40,581	44,512
Baton Rouge, LA	29,848	35,756	41,663	47,570
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	24,004	31,991	39,978	47,965
Hammond, LA	27,415	32,490	37,586	42,661
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	21,570	31,741	41,912	52,084
Lafayette, LA	28,247	33,010	37,794	42,557
Lake Charles, LA	27,103	32,615	38,106	43,618
Monroe, LA	27,373	34,029	40,664	47,320
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	27,248	33,509	39,770	46,031
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	32,178	38,917	45,677	52,416
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	26,812	34,757	42,724	50,669
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	26,687	32,927	39,146	45,386
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	27,290	33,343	39,416	45,469
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	35,610	39,167	42,744	46,301
Barnstable Town, MA	37,045	40,727	44,408	48,090
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	34,861	39,604	44,325	49,068
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	36,255	40,144	44,034	47,924
Pittsfield, MA	37,898	46,384	54,871	63,357
Springfield, MA	36,567	40,748	44,928	49,109
Worcester, MA	35,090	37,981	40,852	43,743
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	36,525	42,661	48,776	54,912
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	35,735	40,623	45,490	50,378
Lexington Park, MD	35,631	41,704	47,799	53,872
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	34,237	37,898	41,559	45,220
Salisbury, MD	42,682	52,084	61,464	70,866
Bangor, ME	36,317	41,642	46,988	52,312
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	43,098	47,653	52,188	56,743
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	35,756	39,812	43,888	47,944
Portland-South Portland, ME	40,664	45,032	49,380	53,748
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	36,900	43,223	49,525	55,848
Ann Arbor, MI	37,232	41,247	45,282	49,296
Battle Creek, MI	37,981	47,216	56,431	65,666
Bay City, MI	31,866	37,253	42,640	48,028
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	34,924	38,501	42,100	45,677
Flint, MI	32,490	35,984	39,458	42,952
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	33,884	39,250	44,616	49,983
Jackson, MI	34,133	38,834	43,556	48,256
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	41,413	45,469	49,525	53,581
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	32,802	37,024	41,226	45,448
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	31,450	36,650	41,829	47,029
Midland, MI	31,554	36,816	42,058	47,320
Monroe, MI	35,277	39,812	44,346	48,880
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	30,951	36,276	41,621	46,946
Niles, MI	32,573	35,589	38,605	41,621
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	31,824	36,296	40,748	45,220
Saginaw, MI	31,991	37,607	43,244	48,860
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	30,493	36,421	42,370	48,298
Traverse City, MI	39,416	45,448	51,460	57,492
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	34,632	38,168	41,725	45,261
Duluth, MN-WI	35,964	44,471	52,978	61,485
Mankato, MN	38,418	42,204	45,989	49,775
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	36,692	41,018	45,324	49,650
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	23,567	30,597	37,648	44,679
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	35,111	38,792	42,453	46,135
Rochester, MN	36,109	39,749	43,368	47,008
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	37,940	40,290	42,620	44,970
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	36,837	41,039	45,220	49,421
St. Cloud, MN	36,858	39,583	42,328	45,053
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	37,108	44,762	52,437	60,092
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,343	39,000	44,679	50,336
Columbia, MO	41,892	45,615	49,338	53,061
Jefferson City, MO	37,357	41,829	46,322	50,794
Joplin, MO-KS	42,973	46,426	49,858	53,311
Kansas City, MO-KS	33,759	40,477	47,196	53,914
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	38,855	43,639	48,444	53,228
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,759	38,168	42,557	46,967
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	39,978	44,242	48,527	52,791
Springfield, MO	38,085	43,680	49,296	54,892
St. Joseph, MO-KS	43,348	47,092	50,836	54,580
St. Louis, MO-IL	35,922	42,536	49,130	55,744
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	28,455	34,820	41,205	47,570
Hattiesburg, MS	27,810	33,343	38,896	44,429
Jackson, MS	27,082	30,868	34,632	38,418
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	26,520	30,576	34,632	38,688
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	29,682	34,029	38,356	42,703
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	29,058	32,698	36,359	39,999
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	27,852	33,239	38,647	44,034
Billings, MT	35,839	39,749	43,639	47,549
Bozeman, MT	37,981	43,306	48,631	53,956
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	37,399	41,018	44,637	48,256
Great Falls, MT	30,972	36,234	41,496	46,759
Helena, MT	32,885	39,208	45,552	51,876
Missoula, MT	31,492	38,252	45,032	51,792
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	36,338	39,666	42,973	46,301
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	30,514	38,584	46,655	54,725
Asheville, NC	35,423	38,688	41,975	45,240
Burlington, NC	29,037	32,656	36,296	39,916
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	31,970	35,672	39,375	43,077
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	34,487	39,479	44,450	49,442
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	35,277	42,724	50,191	57,637
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	31,845	35,111	38,356	41,621
Fayetteville, NC	32,906	37,544	42,162	46,800
Goldsboro, NC	32,136	36,588	41,060	45,511
Greensboro-High Point, NC	34,778	42,848	50,898	58,968
Greenville, NC	36,296	42,328	48,360	54,392
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	33,218	37,940	42,682	47,404
Jacksonville, NC	32,240	36,192	40,124	44,076
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	33,260	40,165	47,050	53,956
Raleigh-Cary, NC	33,052	39,604	46,135	52,687
Rocky Mount, NC	36,733	41,247	45,740	50,253
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,421	38,376	40,352	42,308
Wilmington, NC	29,058	34,341	39,604	44,887
Winston-Salem, NC	31,783	38,584	45,386	52,188
Bismarck, ND	42,536	46,551	50,544	54,559
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	40,415	44,845	49,296	53,727
Fargo, ND-MN	35,298	40,165	45,032	49,900
Grand Forks, ND-MN	38,439	43,077	47,695	52,333
Minot, ND	40,706	43,743	46,800	49,837
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	41,122	44,492	47,861	51,231
Grand Island, NE	41,330	45,240	49,172	53,082
Lincoln, NE	36,213	40,623	45,012	49,421
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	37,628	40,914	44,180	47,466
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,088	39,146	42,224	45,282
Omaha, NE-IA	38,522	42,557	46,613	50,648
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	35,194	39,916	44,637	49,359
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	37,752	41,143	44,533	47,924
Manchester-Nashua, NH	42,349	51,252	60,175	69,077
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	34,944	39,645	44,346	49,047
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	40,540	47,653	54,788	61,901
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	33,800	37,336	40,872	44,408
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	32,261	41,580	50,898	60,216
Vineland, NJ	34,986	38,522	42,079	45,615
Albuquerque, NM	31,159	33,925	36,692	39,458
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,493	35,319	40,124	44,949
Farmington, NM	30,972	33,863	36,754	39,645
Las Cruces, NM	31,512	33,988	36,442	38,917
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	30,888	34,383	37,856	41,351
Santa Fe, NM	35,381	38,293	41,226	44,138
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	37,295	43,639	49,962	56,306
Carson City, NV	33,093	41,746	50,378	59,031
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	27,768	33,072	38,356	43,660
Reno, NV	29,287	35,714	42,141	48,568
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	34,341	41,850	49,380	56,888
Binghamton, NY	35,132	40,956	46,759	52,583
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	33,696	38,792	43,868	48,964
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	36,796	41,871	46,967	52,042
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	32,490	37,274	42,058	46,842
Elmira, NY	35,152	40,352	45,573	50,773
Glens Falls, NY	32,469	35,464	38,460	41,455
Ithaca, NY	32,532	37,024	41,496	45,989
Kingston, NY	34,383	37,794	41,184	44,596
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	34,861	39,042	43,223	47,404
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	34,903	39,104	43,285	47,487
Rochester, NY	34,882	39,312	43,764	48,194
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	37,981	43,472	48,964	54,455
Syracuse, NY	35,797	40,914	46,031	51,148
Utica-Rome, NY	35,132	37,253	39,354	41,476
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	35,610	40,748	45,864	51,002
Akron, OH	31,804	36,442	41,080	45,719
Canton-Massillon, OH	33,572	37,191	40,810	44,429
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	35,028	41,060	47,092	53,124
Cleveland, OH	34,965	39,832	44,679	49,546
Columbus, OH	36,130	42,828	49,525	56,223
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	33,696	38,064	42,432	46,800
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	34,383	39,541	44,679	49,837
Lima, OH	34,799	37,253	39,687	42,141
Mansfield, OH	33,592	35,984	38,376	40,768
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	33,135	38,647	44,159	49,671
Sandusky, OH	36,504	40,997	45,469	49,962
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	33,364	37,295	41,226	45,157
Springfield, OH	34,861	36,692	38,501	40,332
Toledo, OH	36,172	42,703	49,255	55,786
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	39,500	43,535	47,591	51,626
Youngstown-Warren, OH	31,200	34,736	38,293	41,829
Enid, OK	33,780	37,212	40,623	44,055
Lawton, OK	32,199	36,359	40,519	44,679
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	35,402	38,397	41,392	44,388
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	36,983	40,144	43,327	46,488
Oklahoma City, OK	32,324	36,463	40,602	44,741
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,365	35,090	37,815	40,540
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,573	36,608	40,644	44,679
Tulsa, OK	33,634	37,149	40,685	44,200
Albany, OR	36,213	40,207	44,221	48,215
Bend, OR	40,560	44,367	48,194	52,000
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	33,384	36,588	39,791	42,994
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	38,106	41,392	44,658	47,944
Corvallis, OR	35,423	39,520	43,618	47,716
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	36,026	41,871	47,716	53,560
Eugene-Springfield, OR	37,128	41,767	46,384	51,023
Grants Pass, OR	37,004	40,186	43,368	46,551
Medford, OR	38,064	41,476	44,908	48,319
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	37,628	42,724	47,799	52,895
Salem, OR	33,863	36,920	39,978	43,036
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	33,780	40,519	47,237	53,976
Altoona, PA	32,760	36,109	39,458	42,807
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,426	38,917	44,429	49,920
Chambersburg, PA	36,421	40,810	45,199	49,588
Erie, PA	32,240	36,421	40,602	44,783
Gettysburg, PA	34,716	38,647	42,578	46,509
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	35,527	41,205	46,863	52,541
Johnstown, PA	32,573	39,063	45,552	52,042
Lancaster, PA	39,229	45,760	52,292	58,823
Lebanon, PA	34,466	37,524	40,560	43,618
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	31,804	35,360	38,938	42,495
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	32,344	37,087	41,829	46,572
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	33,863	39,375	44,866	50,378
Pittsburgh, PA	33,093	37,940	42,765	47,612
Reading, PA	35,069	39,458	43,826	48,215
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	33,821	39,916	46,010	52,104
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	32,927	37,544	42,183	46,800
State College, PA	34,383	38,855	43,348	47,820
Williamsport, PA	36,941	43,992	51,064	58,116
York-Hanover, PA	36,775	42,016	47,279	52,520
Aguadilla, PR	21,840	23,983	26,104	28,247
Arecibo, PR	22,132	26,500	30,847	35,215
Guayama, PR	22,901	27,976	33,031	38,106
Mayaguez, PR	21,944	24,253	26,562	28,871
Ponce, PR	22,048	24,087	26,125	28,164
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	22,610	27,456	32,282	37,128
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,776	28,476	34,175	39,874
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	34,861	39,832	44,824	49,796
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	38,543	42,308	46,072	49,837
Columbia, SC	36,234	39,978	43,722	47,466
Florence, SC	33,717	37,711	41,704	45,698
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	34,008	37,856	41,725	45,573
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	33,738	36,234	38,730	41,226
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	32,407	36,068	39,749	43,410
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,469	36,005	39,562	43,098
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,800	37,960	42,100	46,260
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,988	35,818	37,669	39,500
Spartanburg, SC	35,173	37,960	40,748	43,535
Sumter, SC	35,194	38,959	42,703	46,468
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,376	41,476	44,596	47,695
Rapid City, SD	32,157	33,239	34,341	35,423
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	34,882	38,252	41,600	44,970
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	31,949	35,943	39,936	43,930
Chattanooga, TN-GA	33,364	37,773	42,183	46,592
Clarksville, TN-KY	35,090	41,413	47,757	54,080
Cleveland, TN	31,492	34,092	36,692	39,292
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,511	37,378	42,266	47,133
Jackson, TN	33,780	37,919	42,079	46,218
Johnson City, TN	30,764	33,842	36,920	39,999
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	32,968	36,879	40,810	44,720
Knoxville, TN	33,572	37,544	41,517	45,490
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	34,216	38,813	43,389	47,986
Morristown, TN	32,344	35,652	38,959	42,266
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	38,210	43,868	49,546	55,204
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	33,301	35,173	37,066	38,938
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	36,276	43,888	51,501	59,114
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	33,405	37,253	41,080	44,928
Abilene, TX	31,866	36,130	40,415	44,679
Amarillo, TX	34,736	38,356	41,996	45,615
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	33,135	38,168	43,181	48,215
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	29,724	32,906	36,109	39,292
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,114	37,232	41,351	45,469
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	24,711	27,810	30,888	33,988
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,512	34,716	37,898	41,101
College Station-Bryan, TX	31,221	34,965	38,730	42,474
Corpus Christi, TX	31,034	34,508	37,960	41,434
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	32,282	37,669	43,077	48,464
Eagle Pass, TX	23,920	28,247	32,552	36,879
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,304	33,488	35,672	37,856
El Paso, TX	26,916	31,034	35,132	39,250
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,597	34,487	38,356	42,245
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	28,850	35,256	41,684	48,090
Killeen-Temple, TX	31,325	37,336	43,348	49,359
Laredo, TX	23,317	26,229	29,141	32,053
Longview, TX	28,060	31,450	34,820	38,210
Lubbock, TX	28,642	32,740	36,858	40,956
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	26,791	29,994	33,176	36,380
Midland, TX	27,893	33,176	38,480	43,764
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	32,719	37,212	41,704	46,197
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	34,820	37,981	41,164	44,325
Odessa, TX	32,594	36,692	40,810	44,908
San Angelo, TX	28,850	32,136	35,402	38,688
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	34,092	38,272	42,474	46,655
Sherman-Denison, TX	37,066	39,375	41,704	44,013
Texarkana, TX-AR	31,824	34,612	37,399	40,186
Tyler, TX	31,908	33,884	35,880	37,856
Victoria, TX	31,429	34,653	37,877	41,101
Waco, TX	31,034	34,944	38,834	42,744
Wichita Falls, TX	29,973	36,151	42,308	48,485
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	31,221	37,836	44,471	51,085
Logan, UT-ID	38,522	43,202	47,903	52,583
Ogden, UT	35,215	39,562	43,888	48,236
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	34,216	38,335	42,432	46,551
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	36,442	40,997	45,573	50,128
St. George, UT	33,010	36,546	40,103	43,639
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	31,824	36,920	41,996	47,092
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	35,568	39,125	42,703	46,260
Charlottesville, VA	36,380	41,829	47,258	52,708
Harrisonburg, VA	34,570	42,287	50,024	57,741
Lynchburg, VA	35,444	41,684	47,944	54,184
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,549	35,693	36,858	38,002
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	37,191	41,746	46,280	50,836
Richmond, VA	34,258	40,664	47,050	53,456
Roanoke, VA	31,471	35,984	40,498	45,012
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,487	37,940	41,392	44,845
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,634	40,082	46,509	52,957
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	38,730	45,199	51,668	58,136
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	32,844	36,754	40,685	44,596
Winchester, VA-WV	33,239	37,669	42,120	46,551
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	34,300	39,416	44,533	49,650
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	38,564	42,599	46,655	50,690
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	37,482	41,975	46,488	50,981
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	34,861	38,044	41,205	44,388
Bellingham, WA	36,858	38,917	40,997	43,056
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	37,336	41,413	45,490	49,567
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	37,212	40,685	44,180	47,653
Kennewick-Richland, WA	37,586	40,186	42,807	45,407
Longview-Kelso, WA	38,917	42,557	46,218	49,858
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	37,690	42,557	47,404	52,271
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	38,896	40,165	41,413	42,682
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	37,482	41,621	45,760	49,900
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	35,464	40,165	44,866	49,567
Walla Walla, WA	34,653	37,856	41,039	44,242
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	35,839	38,772	41,704	44,637
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,234	39,687	43,160	46,613
Yakima, WA	35,839	40,144	44,450	48,756
Appleton, WI	36,900	41,455	45,989	50,544
Eau Claire, WI	38,439	45,511	52,583	59,655
Fond du Lac, WI	36,338	40,332	44,325	48,319
Green Bay, WI	40,768	44,346	47,924	51,501
Janesville-Beloit, WI	36,504	42,141	47,778	53,415
Kenosha, WI	33,093	37,732	42,349	46,988
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	37,856	41,164	44,492	47,799
Madison, WI	38,543	42,911	47,258	51,626
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	35,464	40,269	45,074	49,879
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	35,880	40,415	44,949	49,484
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	35,839	40,477	45,095	49,733
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	29,724	37,773	45,823	53,872
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	35,901	41,080	46,239	51,418
Sheboygan, WI	39,396	42,932	46,488	50,024
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	36,380	41,080	45,802	50,503
Wausau, WI	39,874	43,972	48,069	52,167
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	35,631	40,623	45,594	50,586
Beckley, WV	34,424	40,623	46,800	52,999
Charleston, WV	35,007	40,394	45,781	51,168
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	32,532	36,026	39,500	42,994
Morgantown, WV	35,631	40,581	45,532	50,482
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,716	39,687	44,658	49,629
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	34,196	39,167	44,117	49,088
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	33,572	38,210	42,828	47,466
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	34,716	39,063	43,389	47,736
Wheeling, WV-OH	35,340	40,623	45,927	51,210
Casper, WY	35,839	43,972	52,084	60,216
Cheyenne, WY	32,303	40,290	48,256	56,244
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	35,111	42,932	50,752	58,573
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	36,733	45,199	53,644	62,109

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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