SOC 51-9124 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Coating, Painting, and Spraying 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 spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities.

Level I across metros$21,840 – $55,162Mayaguez, PR to Fairbanks, AK

Median Level IV, major metros$59,509Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Coating, Painting, and Spraying 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 Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (SOC 51-9124) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,840 in Mayaguez, PR to $55,162 in Fairbanks, AK, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $59,509. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $52,292, 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	69,576	75,047	80,517	85,988
Anchorage, AK	35,402	43,556	51,709	59,863
Fairbanks-College, AK	55,162	64,855	74,568	84,261
Anniston-Oxford, AL	35,880	42,183	48,506	54,808
Auburn-Opelika, AL	29,911	35,652	41,392	47,133
Birmingham, AL	35,173	41,788	48,402	55,016
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	34,112	41,788	49,442	57,117
Decatur, AL	36,837	41,184	45,552	49,900
Dothan, AL	33,676	37,565	41,434	45,324
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	35,444	38,335	41,205	44,096
Gadsden, AL	28,060	32,677	37,274	41,892
Huntsville, AL	36,733	41,580	46,426	51,272
Mobile, AL	32,989	39,812	46,634	53,456
Montgomery, AL	31,616	39,666	47,716	55,765
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	33,072	38,397	43,743	49,068
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	33,967	39,479	45,012	50,524
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	30,764	40,456	50,128	59,821
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	37,752	44,096	50,461	56,805
Tuscaloosa, AL	30,743	36,400	42,037	47,695
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,612	39,583	44,575	49,546
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	36,463	42,266	48,069	53,872
Fort Smith, AR-OK	34,154	39,832	45,511	51,189
Hot Springs, AR	34,050	39,229	44,388	49,567
Jonesboro, AR	37,295	42,162	47,050	51,917
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	36,192	42,100	47,986	53,893
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	35,298	40,914	46,530	52,146
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	35,381	40,394	45,386	50,399
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,861	39,437	44,013	48,589
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	39,312	45,261	51,189	57,138
Flagstaff, AZ	37,524	45,365	53,228	61,069
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	35,964	44,096	52,250	60,383
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	37,981	45,885	53,810	61,714
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	39,084	47,196	55,287	63,399
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	36,359	44,346	52,333	60,320
Tucson, AZ	36,005	44,159	52,292	60,445
Yuma, AZ	35,568	47,861	60,175	72,468
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	36,068	44,533	52,999	61,464
Chico, CA	38,210	46,280	54,372	62,442
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	48,922	56,743	64,584	72,405
El Centro, CA	40,082	47,820	55,578	63,316
Fresno, CA	38,272	44,908	51,564	58,199
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	37,711	45,407	53,082	60,778
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	39,354	48,527	57,700	66,872
Merced, CA	41,954	47,549	53,124	58,719
Modesto, CA	41,080	48,693	56,306	63,919
Napa, CA	42,079	50,565	59,031	67,517
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	42,204	48,589	54,954	61,340
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	42,453	49,109	55,786	62,442
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	39,500	47,008	54,496	62,005
Redding, CA	40,831	50,108	59,364	68,640
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	39,292	46,114	52,936	59,759
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	41,663	50,066	58,469	66,872
Salinas, CA	39,229	48,901	58,573	68,245
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	41,559	50,316	59,072	67,829
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	40,789	52,375	63,940	75,525
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	45,948	55,432	64,917	74,402
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	42,474	49,879	57,284	64,688
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	43,576	52,292	61,007	69,722
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	39,188	47,632	56,077	64,522
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	43,618	52,666	61,735	70,783
Stockton-Lodi, CA	39,063	47,466	55,890	64,293
Vallejo, CA	43,348	52,208	61,048	69,909
Visalia, CA	37,316	44,367	51,439	58,490
Yuba City, CA	38,210	45,053	51,917	58,760
Boulder, CO	43,805	56,056	68,308	80,559
Colorado Springs, CO	45,428	56,597	67,788	78,957
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	41,767	54,496	67,226	79,956
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	41,642	48,236	54,850	61,444
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	41,912	52,500	63,087	73,674
Grand Junction, CO	45,407	53,664	61,943	70,200
Greeley, CO	44,367	52,042	59,696	67,372
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	42,432	54,642	66,852	79,061
Pueblo, CO	37,877	46,343	54,808	63,274
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	42,516	54,392	66,248	78,125
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	44,138	57,908	71,656	85,426
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	41,954	48,402	54,829	61,277
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	40,082	46,904	53,748	60,570
New Haven, CT	40,394	47,508	54,642	61,756
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	45,823	57,180	68,516	79,872
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	37,440	45,095	52,728	60,383
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	40,602	52,645	64,668	76,711
Dover, DE	40,956	48,589	56,223	63,856
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	34,612	40,956	47,279	53,623
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	35,756	42,973	50,212	57,429
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	38,085	44,180	50,274	56,368
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	36,380	43,410	50,440	57,471
Gainesville, FL	36,796	42,994	49,213	55,412
Homosassa Springs, FL	36,192	42,848	49,484	56,140
Jacksonville, FL	36,796	43,576	50,378	57,159
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	35,298	40,207	45,136	50,045
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	37,669	44,658	51,668	58,656
Naples-Marco Island, FL	39,978	48,256	56,535	64,813
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	36,754	43,722	50,711	57,679
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	39,229	44,804	50,399	55,973
Ocala, FL	33,613	38,168	42,703	47,258
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	39,000	46,530	54,080	61,610
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	41,455	47,570	53,706	59,821
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	36,733	41,912	47,071	52,250
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	39,250	47,237	55,245	63,232
Port St. Lucie, FL	38,418	45,698	52,957	60,237
Punta Gorda, FL	36,796	43,056	49,338	55,599
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	42,141	50,503	58,885	67,247
Sebring, FL	37,316	44,533	51,730	58,948
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	34,528	39,479	44,429	49,380
Tallahassee, FL	38,252	44,866	51,501	58,116
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	36,879	43,764	50,628	57,512
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	36,920	43,972	51,044	58,095
Albany, GA	31,741	36,754	41,767	46,780
Athens-Clarke County, GA	34,965	38,730	42,516	46,280
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	38,168	45,386	52,624	59,842
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	34,528	41,164	47,799	54,434
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	34,112	41,600	49,088	56,576
Columbus, GA-AL	26,749	34,320	41,892	49,463
Dalton, GA	37,004	40,415	43,805	47,216
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	34,279	38,460	42,620	46,800
Gainesville, GA	39,666	43,056	46,447	49,837
Hinesville, GA	36,484	44,658	52,832	61,007
Macon-Bibb County, GA	34,071	41,122	48,194	55,245
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	39,708	47,341	54,975	62,608
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	35,589	40,581	45,594	50,586
Rome, GA	32,344	37,066	41,767	46,488
Savannah, GA	46,863	53,997	61,152	68,287
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	34,820	40,082	45,344	50,607
Valdosta, GA	32,136	37,191	42,224	47,279
Warner Robins, GA	39,042	45,802	52,583	59,343
Guam MSA	37,690	45,116	52,562	59,988
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	40,498	47,008	53,498	60,008
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	41,933	48,360	54,808	61,236
Urban Honolulu, HI	42,266	48,776	55,308	61,818
Ames, IA	46,884	54,434	61,964	69,514
Cedar Rapids, IA	37,087	43,140	49,213	55,266
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	37,295	43,244	49,192	55,141
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	36,172	43,951	51,709	59,488
Dubuque, IA	38,564	43,743	48,901	54,080
Iowa City, IA	42,266	49,088	55,932	62,754
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	37,960	42,932	47,882	52,853
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	38,293	43,431	48,548	53,685
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	35,943	41,767	47,612	53,436
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	42,370	48,111	53,831	59,572
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	42,204	47,154	52,084	57,034
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	41,600	46,218	50,856	55,474
Boise City, ID	39,125	43,743	48,381	52,999
Coeur d'Alene, ID	38,044	43,660	49,296	54,912
Idaho Falls, ID	36,712	45,407	54,122	62,816
Lewiston, ID-WA	40,540	46,717	52,916	59,093
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	38,376	44,450	50,503	56,576
Pocatello, ID	40,540	42,911	45,303	47,674
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	34,799	39,624	44,450	49,276
Twin Falls, ID	39,874	44,096	48,319	52,541
Bloomington, IL	39,916	46,468	52,999	59,551
Champaign-Urbana, IL	38,356	42,932	47,487	52,063
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	39,229	47,196	55,141	63,108
Decatur, IL	47,196	49,151	51,106	53,061
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	41,018	44,700	48,360	52,042
Kankakee, IL	38,231	44,159	50,108	56,036
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	37,128	42,370	47,612	52,853
Peoria, IL	38,127	43,368	48,610	53,852
Rockford, IL	37,773	42,703	47,653	52,583
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	42,973	47,071	51,189	55,287
Springfield, IL	40,893	48,776	56,680	64,564
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	39,333	45,074	50,836	56,576
Bloomington, IN	37,940	46,343	54,767	63,170
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	35,402	41,413	47,445	53,456
Columbus, IN	33,114	37,607	42,100	46,592
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	35,444	42,224	49,005	55,786
Evansville, IN	34,882	41,538	48,173	54,829
Fort Wayne, IN	36,567	42,495	48,444	54,372
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	36,879	43,140	49,380	55,640
Kokomo, IN	35,797	41,871	47,924	53,997
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	40,540	46,738	52,936	59,135
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	34,175	40,040	45,927	51,792
Muncie, IN	36,068	41,621	47,196	52,749
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	34,528	39,895	45,240	50,607
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	38,647	43,556	48,485	53,394
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	37,232	44,908	52,604	60,279
Terre Haute, IN	38,023	42,640	47,237	51,855
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	36,109	40,602	45,095	49,588
Lawrence, KS	39,416	43,722	48,007	52,312
Manhattan, KS	36,088	40,685	45,303	49,900
Topeka, KS	36,629	42,848	49,088	55,308
Wichita, KS	38,293	46,884	55,474	64,064
Bowling Green, KY	36,380	42,432	48,464	54,517
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	32,344	39,728	47,112	54,496
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	30,514	36,962	43,389	49,837
Elizabethtown, KY	33,738	45,282	56,826	68,370
Lexington-Fayette, KY	34,840	41,476	48,090	54,725
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	37,149	43,597	50,024	56,472
Owensboro, KY	34,071	41,954	49,837	57,720
Paducah, KY-IL	35,007	42,474	49,962	57,429
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	29,328	33,863	38,376	42,911
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	31,824	37,960	44,096	50,232
Alexandria, LA	29,266	36,005	42,744	49,484
Baton Rouge, LA	40,540	46,364	52,208	58,032
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	36,983	43,306	49,629	55,952
Hammond, LA	38,231	44,866	51,480	58,116
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	32,552	38,938	45,303	51,688
Lafayette, LA	36,234	42,120	47,986	53,872
Lake Charles, LA	37,024	43,015	49,026	55,016
Monroe, LA	38,834	46,114	53,394	60,674
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	38,356	45,989	53,623	61,256
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	41,247	47,508	53,748	60,008
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	37,898	44,263	50,628	56,992
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	36,712	43,743	50,773	57,804
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	34,320	39,437	44,533	49,650
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	43,223	49,442	55,682	61,901
Barnstable Town, MA	40,186	47,383	54,559	61,756
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	41,080	48,714	56,368	64,002
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	40,228	47,154	54,080	61,007
Pittsfield, MA	40,935	47,383	53,831	60,279
Springfield, MA	39,770	45,469	51,168	56,868
Worcester, MA	39,874	45,594	51,335	57,055
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	41,788	53,373	64,959	76,544
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	37,295	46,800	56,327	65,832
Lexington Park, MD	43,389	56,015	68,640	81,266
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	36,317	43,514	50,690	57,887
Salisbury, MD	37,815	47,778	57,720	67,684
Bangor, ME	40,810	45,989	51,189	56,368
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	43,722	53,436	63,128	72,842
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	42,932	47,716	52,479	57,263
Portland-South Portland, ME	47,570	58,636	69,680	80,746
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	41,288	48,568	55,848	63,128
Ann Arbor, MI	38,460	45,594	52,749	59,884
Battle Creek, MI	39,084	47,112	55,120	63,149
Bay City, MI	36,504	41,725	46,967	52,188
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	36,796	43,160	49,546	55,911
Flint, MI	30,160	33,696	37,253	40,789
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	36,276	40,768	45,282	49,775
Jackson, MI	37,066	41,642	46,239	50,815
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	37,669	43,618	49,546	55,495
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	38,314	46,218	54,101	62,005
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	36,920	41,580	46,239	50,898
Midland, MI	36,504	41,725	46,967	52,188
Monroe, MI	36,255	42,037	47,840	53,623
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	44,325	49,692	55,037	60,404
Niles, MI	36,088	40,124	44,138	48,173
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	38,148	45,324	52,479	59,655
Saginaw, MI	35,818	42,141	48,444	54,767
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,232	44,700	52,167	59,634
Traverse City, MI	36,775	40,914	45,032	49,172
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	39,562	49,317	59,093	68,848
Duluth, MN-WI	42,412	49,068	55,724	62,380
Mankato, MN	41,434	46,280	51,127	55,973
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	44,346	50,919	57,471	64,044
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	42,224	47,944	53,664	59,384
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	41,392	46,759	52,104	57,471
Rochester, MN	41,580	47,196	52,832	58,448
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	38,834	43,618	48,402	53,186
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	44,804	51,564	58,344	65,104
St. Cloud, MN	47,008	52,645	58,261	63,898
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	38,501	43,618	48,735	53,852
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	36,858	42,599	48,340	54,080
Columbia, MO	35,090	42,703	50,316	57,928
Jefferson City, MO	37,794	43,556	49,317	55,079
Joplin, MO-KS	34,778	39,666	44,575	49,463
Kansas City, MO-KS	38,543	46,551	54,559	62,567
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	35,693	40,685	45,656	50,648
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	35,568	40,477	45,365	50,274
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	41,642	47,383	53,144	58,885
Springfield, MO	36,941	42,516	48,090	53,664
St. Joseph, MO-KS	37,170	44,991	52,812	60,632
St. Louis, MO-IL	38,855	44,720	50,586	56,452
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	50,087	54,580	59,052	63,544
Hattiesburg, MS	35,298	42,037	48,797	55,536
Jackson, MS	39,874	47,071	54,247	61,444
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	37,648	42,391	47,112	51,855
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	36,109	42,370	48,631	54,892
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	37,170	47,196	57,200	67,226
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	31,637	36,088	40,560	45,012
Billings, MT	39,188	43,764	48,340	52,916
Bozeman, MT	45,656	49,234	52,791	56,368
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	38,356	43,348	48,319	53,311
Great Falls, MT	38,002	43,410	48,839	54,247
Helena, MT	39,895	44,908	49,920	54,933
Missoula, MT	38,896	42,828	46,738	50,669
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	39,458	44,263	49,047	53,852
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	37,711	42,599	47,487	52,375
Asheville, NC	34,258	40,831	47,383	53,956
Burlington, NC	36,068	41,600	47,112	52,645
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	34,674	39,770	44,845	49,941
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	39,645	46,572	53,477	60,404
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	33,384	41,517	49,671	57,804
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,568	41,476	47,383	53,290
Fayetteville, NC	38,376	49,400	60,404	71,428
Goldsboro, NC	34,799	41,351	47,882	54,434
Greensboro-High Point, NC	35,360	42,370	49,400	56,410
Greenville, NC	37,607	43,264	48,922	54,580
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	37,024	42,432	47,861	53,269
Jacksonville, NC	34,341	40,810	47,258	53,727
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	34,799	41,746	48,693	55,640
Raleigh-Cary, NC	34,508	43,160	51,834	60,487
Rocky Mount, NC	34,986	40,269	45,573	50,856
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	36,712	40,332	43,930	47,549
Wilmington, NC	32,823	39,978	47,112	54,268
Winston-Salem, NC	36,692	42,911	49,151	55,370
Bismarck, ND	44,637	51,834	59,052	66,248
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	45,864	52,167	58,490	64,792
Fargo, ND-MN	43,452	48,028	52,624	57,200
Grand Forks, ND-MN	45,636	53,248	60,882	68,495
Minot, ND	43,098	49,837	56,576	63,316
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,308	48,860	55,412	61,964
Grand Island, NE	43,098	49,796	56,493	63,191
Lincoln, NE	44,096	50,794	57,492	64,189
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	41,018	45,677	50,316	54,975
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	40,311	44,450	48,610	52,749
Omaha, NE-IA	42,786	50,108	57,429	64,751
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	40,207	43,992	47,799	51,584
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	41,413	48,860	56,327	63,773
Manchester-Nashua, NH	41,954	46,821	51,668	56,535
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	41,101	48,610	56,119	63,628
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	41,101	45,760	50,420	55,079
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	40,498	48,277	56,077	63,856
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	44,076	51,668	59,239	66,831
Vineland, NJ	37,336	45,906	54,455	63,024
Albuquerque, NM	36,733	43,514	50,295	57,076
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	38,460	44,720	51,002	57,263
Farmington, NM	35,236	38,605	41,975	45,344
Las Cruces, NM	36,941	43,597	50,253	56,909
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	36,671	43,077	49,504	55,911
Santa Fe, NM	36,629	43,410	50,170	56,951
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	38,584	43,160	47,736	52,312
Carson City, NV	38,792	45,178	51,543	57,928
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	37,378	44,221	51,064	57,908
Reno, NV	38,605	45,573	52,541	59,509
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	41,788	46,946	52,104	57,263
Binghamton, NY	36,192	43,597	51,023	58,428
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	38,148	43,202	48,236	53,290
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	36,941	41,184	45,407	49,650
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	38,439	42,869	47,279	51,709
Elmira, NY	37,357	42,328	47,320	52,292
Glens Falls, NY	45,199	50,295	55,412	60,508
Ithaca, NY	37,232	42,495	47,778	53,040
Kingston, NY	38,959	44,242	49,546	54,829
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	39,604	45,095	50,607	56,098
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	43,119	52,479	61,818	71,178
Rochester, NY	37,815	42,245	46,676	51,106
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	36,837	41,933	47,008	52,104
Syracuse, NY	39,645	44,970	50,274	55,599
Utica-Rome, NY	36,525	40,956	45,386	49,816
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	38,647	43,722	48,818	53,893
Akron, OH	39,437	45,615	51,792	57,970
Canton-Massillon, OH	36,692	41,871	47,029	52,208
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	37,940	44,346	50,773	57,180
Cleveland, OH	40,248	45,760	51,252	56,764
Columbus, OH	38,231	45,012	51,813	58,594
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	39,541	44,367	49,192	54,018
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	35,090	40,664	46,239	51,813
Lima, OH	38,564	45,823	53,082	60,341
Mansfield, OH	34,424	39,708	45,012	50,295
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	38,418	43,410	48,381	53,373
Sandusky, OH	40,560	45,407	50,253	55,100
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	43,992	55,932	67,850	79,789
Springfield, OH	40,165	48,527	56,909	65,271
Toledo, OH	38,938	44,783	50,607	56,452
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	39,479	45,012	50,544	56,077
Youngstown-Warren, OH	36,047	42,183	48,319	54,455
Enid, OK	35,943	42,391	48,839	55,287
Lawton, OK	35,839	42,328	48,839	55,328
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	34,882	40,748	46,634	52,500
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	36,754	42,016	47,300	52,562
Oklahoma City, OK	36,026	42,620	49,213	55,807
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,031	36,816	40,623	44,408
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	33,468	38,543	43,639	48,714
Tulsa, OK	37,232	43,077	48,901	54,746
Albany, OR	39,624	47,092	54,559	62,026
Bend, OR	44,741	49,775	54,829	59,863
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	41,975	47,029	52,104	57,159
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	39,458	45,989	52,520	59,052
Corvallis, OR	39,874	46,322	52,749	59,197
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	38,834	44,055	49,255	54,476
Eugene-Springfield, OR	39,791	45,490	51,189	56,888
Grants Pass, OR	39,666	43,784	47,882	52,000
Medford, OR	42,557	48,506	54,434	60,383
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	44,221	51,751	59,280	66,810
Salem, OR	40,664	47,508	54,330	61,173
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	40,852	45,719	50,586	55,453
Altoona, PA	36,692	43,535	50,378	57,221
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	38,834	42,162	45,490	48,818
Chambersburg, PA	41,184	47,008	52,812	58,636
Erie, PA	35,880	42,640	49,400	56,160
Gettysburg, PA	37,960	43,805	49,629	55,474
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	37,524	45,136	52,728	60,341
Johnstown, PA	39,437	45,261	51,064	56,888
Lancaster, PA	39,666	45,864	52,063	58,261
Lebanon, PA	38,917	44,055	49,213	54,351
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	38,772	44,408	50,024	55,661
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	35,527	41,372	47,216	53,061
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	41,164	48,797	56,410	64,044
Pittsburgh, PA	39,604	46,842	54,060	61,298
Reading, PA	41,018	45,864	50,732	55,578
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	37,420	44,533	51,668	58,781
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	37,482	42,682	47,861	53,061
State College, PA	36,588	41,912	47,237	52,562
Williamsport, PA	33,884	39,978	46,093	52,188
York-Hanover, PA	40,456	46,343	52,250	58,136
Aguadilla, PR	21,965	26,271	30,556	34,861
Arecibo, PR	22,652	27,040	31,429	35,818
Guayama, PR	23,047	27,311	31,554	35,818
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	24,898	27,935	30,992
Ponce, PR	22,215	26,416	30,639	34,840
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,965	26,271	30,556	34,861
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,672	27,082	31,471	35,880
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	38,564	44,596	50,607	56,639
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	41,892	50,191	58,511	66,810
Columbia, SC	35,714	40,872	46,052	51,210
Florence, SC	29,412	34,778	40,165	45,532
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	36,234	42,245	48,236	54,247
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	27,789	35,568	43,368	51,148
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	35,527	42,370	49,213	56,056
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	35,880	40,436	44,991	49,546
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,842	39,104	44,388	49,650
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	37,170	42,557	47,924	53,311
Spartanburg, SC	43,847	48,402	52,936	57,492
Sumter, SC	34,216	37,628	41,018	44,429
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	39,229	45,178	51,148	57,096
Rapid City, SD	33,863	39,645	45,407	51,189
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	37,482	42,890	48,298	53,706
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,772	44,637	50,524	56,389
Chattanooga, TN-GA	39,167	45,365	51,584	57,783
Clarksville, TN-KY	38,127	43,805	49,463	55,141
Cleveland, TN	35,028	41,101	47,175	53,248
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	37,628	41,933	46,239	50,544
Jackson, TN	37,274	43,743	50,191	56,660
Johnson City, TN	36,484	41,642	46,800	51,959
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	34,986	44,159	53,311	62,484
Knoxville, TN	37,336	43,077	48,818	54,559
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	37,752	45,344	52,936	60,528
Morristown, TN	40,789	45,968	51,148	56,327
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	40,124	46,197	52,292	58,365
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	35,839	39,978	44,138	48,277
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	33,904	39,229	44,575	49,900
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	35,173	40,311	45,469	50,607
Abilene, TX	36,380	41,268	46,135	51,023
Amarillo, TX	35,132	40,560	46,010	51,439
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	36,712	45,365	54,018	62,671
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	36,484	42,516	48,527	54,559
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	35,880	43,160	50,440	57,720
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	33,114	36,941	40,789	44,616
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	33,717	39,749	45,781	51,813
College Station-Bryan, TX	31,492	38,896	46,322	53,727
Corpus Christi, TX	32,968	39,354	45,760	52,146
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	35,132	46,114	57,117	68,100
Eagle Pass, TX	24,482	31,970	39,479	46,967
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	35,277	41,413	47,528	53,664
El Paso, TX	29,287	35,860	42,412	48,984
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	37,336	42,932	48,548	54,143
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	35,568	42,245	48,922	55,599
Killeen-Temple, TX	34,508	42,516	50,544	58,552
Laredo, TX	26,916	34,424	41,954	49,463
Longview, TX	33,904	40,644	47,383	54,122
Lubbock, TX	32,240	39,042	45,823	52,624
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	29,037	34,799	40,560	46,322
Midland, TX	33,655	41,372	49,088	56,805
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	35,194	40,165	45,157	50,128
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	35,901	41,580	47,258	52,936
Odessa, TX	35,132	43,056	50,960	58,885
San Angelo, TX	33,530	39,999	46,468	52,936
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	36,941	44,908	52,853	60,820
Sherman-Denison, TX	35,610	41,829	48,069	54,288
Texarkana, TX-AR	34,300	39,312	44,346	49,359
Tyler, TX	32,864	40,228	47,570	54,933
Victoria, TX	36,608	40,436	44,242	48,069
Waco, TX	37,628	44,367	51,127	57,866
Wichita Falls, TX	32,760	40,581	48,381	56,202
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	34,861	40,082	45,324	50,544
Logan, UT-ID	37,794	43,493	49,213	54,912
Ogden, UT	37,066	42,786	48,527	54,247
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	39,354	44,783	50,212	55,640
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	38,106	45,157	52,188	59,239
St. George, UT	38,439	46,551	54,663	62,775
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	36,754	45,282	53,789	62,317
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	43,493	48,860	54,247	59,613
Charlottesville, VA	36,546	46,884	57,200	67,538
Harrisonburg, VA	36,005	42,952	49,900	56,847
Lynchburg, VA	32,968	39,208	45,448	51,688
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,012	39,312	46,592	53,893
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,855	45,386	51,896	58,428
Richmond, VA	37,045	44,928	52,832	60,716
Roanoke, VA	35,735	41,788	47,861	53,914
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	36,671	42,516	48,360	54,205
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	31,138	36,567	41,996	47,424
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	32,698	39,063	45,407	51,772
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	44,804	50,565	56,306	62,068
Winchester, VA-WV	36,733	43,722	50,690	57,679
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	37,690	45,116	52,562	59,988
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	48,132	52,562	56,992	61,423
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	43,784	49,962	56,119	62,296
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	40,207	45,948	51,668	57,408
Bellingham, WA	43,972	52,437	60,882	69,348
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	45,199	53,685	62,172	70,658
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	43,888	53,768	63,669	73,549
Kennewick-Richland, WA	41,455	53,311	65,167	77,023
Longview-Kelso, WA	45,157	53,103	61,069	69,015
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	44,325	51,917	59,488	67,080
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	44,408	54,039	63,669	73,300
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	47,882	61,132	74,381	87,631
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	40,935	47,300	53,664	60,029
Walla Walla, WA	42,682	52,916	63,170	73,404
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	47,445	60,445	73,445	86,445
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	43,701	50,149	56,597	63,045
Yakima, WA	39,021	43,930	48,818	53,727
Appleton, WI	43,140	48,735	54,309	59,904
Eau Claire, WI	39,167	44,221	49,296	54,351
Fond du Lac, WI	38,688	44,388	50,066	55,765
Green Bay, WI	40,519	45,615	50,732	55,828
Janesville-Beloit, WI	40,768	45,116	49,442	53,789
Kenosha, WI	42,911	48,236	53,560	58,885
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	38,605	43,743	48,880	54,018
Madison, WI	39,749	45,282	50,836	56,368
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	39,271	44,741	50,212	55,682
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	41,850	45,740	49,608	53,498
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	41,684	44,804	47,903	51,023
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	43,244	49,754	56,244	62,754
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	33,717	41,060	48,423	55,765
Sheboygan, WI	46,218	48,672	51,127	53,581
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	39,541	43,556	47,591	51,605
Wausau, WI	41,413	45,386	49,359	53,332
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	45,407	49,421	53,415	57,429
Beckley, WV	33,218	38,314	43,389	48,485
Charleston, WV	37,544	42,890	48,236	53,581
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	31,887	38,272	44,658	51,044
Morgantown, WV	35,090	40,810	46,551	52,271
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,175	39,063	43,951	48,839
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	34,050	39,520	45,012	50,482
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,594	36,400	40,207	44,013
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	35,860	40,914	45,948	51,002
Wheeling, WV-OH	34,736	40,248	45,740	51,252
Casper, WY	42,391	49,151	55,890	62,650
Cheyenne, WY	41,101	47,612	54,122	60,632
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	42,016	47,840	53,664	59,488
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	42,474	51,314	60,175	69,015

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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