SOC 51-9198 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Helpers--Production Workers 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): Help production workers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Level I across metros$21,237 – $43,036Brownsville, TX to Napa, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$45,968Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Helpers--Production Workers?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Helpers--Production Workers (SOC 51-9198) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,237 in Brownsville, TX to $43,036 in Napa, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $45,968. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $42,266, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 19 of 100 major metros but only Level II or below in 48. DHS projects selection odds of about 15%, 31%, 46% and 61% for Levels I to IV. The table below lists all four levels for every area, straight from the DOL OFLC wage file.

Salary bands in major H-1B metros

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

Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	37,919	42,287	46,676	51,044
Anchorage, AK	38,772	42,328	45,864	49,421
Fairbanks-College, AK	39,229	44,304	49,400	54,476
Anniston-Oxford, AL	26,708	28,850	30,992	33,135
Auburn-Opelika, AL	26,812	29,869	32,906	35,964
Birmingham, AL	29,911	33,301	36,671	40,061
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	30,992	33,925	36,858	39,791
Decatur, AL	30,597	33,780	36,962	40,144
Dothan, AL	24,856	28,517	32,199	35,860
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	23,484	27,893	32,303	36,712
Gadsden, AL	28,226	30,826	33,426	36,026
Huntsville, AL	30,389	33,696	37,024	40,332
Mobile, AL	29,599	32,989	36,380	39,770
Montgomery, AL	30,098	34,071	38,064	42,037
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,224	32,948	36,692	40,415
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	27,477	31,637	35,797	39,957
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,245	33,010	36,796	40,560
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	29,828	35,194	40,540	45,906
Tuscaloosa, AL	26,146	31,180	36,234	41,268
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	34,216	38,813	43,410	48,007
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	36,588	37,711	38,813	39,936
Fort Smith, AR-OK	33,426	35,548	37,648	39,770
Hot Springs, AR	29,724	33,156	36,567	39,999
Jonesboro, AR	30,452	32,511	34,570	36,629
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	30,514	35,589	40,664	45,740
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	33,488	34,716	35,922	37,149
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	33,717	35,028	36,317	37,628
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	33,530	35,444	37,336	39,250
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	36,276	39,000	41,746	44,471
Flagstaff, AZ	35,048	37,732	40,394	43,077
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	35,048	37,732	40,394	43,077
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	35,194	38,127	41,060	43,992
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	35,152	38,064	40,976	43,888
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	33,530	36,192	38,855	41,517
Tucson, AZ	32,448	35,028	37,586	40,165
Yuma, AZ	34,757	37,669	40,602	43,514
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	36,816	40,082	43,348	46,613
Chico, CA	34,840	38,397	41,933	45,490
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	40,456	46,530	52,583	58,656
El Centro, CA	37,898	39,084	40,248	41,434
Fresno, CA	36,629	39,500	42,349	45,220
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	36,816	40,394	43,972	47,549
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	36,941	41,039	45,157	49,255
Merced, CA	37,856	40,540	43,223	45,906
Modesto, CA	36,525	40,498	44,471	48,444
Napa, CA	43,036	48,922	54,788	60,674
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,960	41,517	45,095	48,652
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	37,565	40,976	44,408	47,820
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	37,212	39,832	42,453	45,074
Redding, CA	36,775	40,248	43,701	47,175
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	36,796	40,602	44,408	48,215
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	38,460	43,514	48,568	53,623
Salinas, CA	38,252	43,514	48,756	54,018
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	39,479	44,492	49,525	54,538
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	39,292	43,847	48,381	52,936
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	42,786	46,052	49,317	52,583
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	37,316	41,080	44,824	48,589
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	38,085	40,540	43,015	45,469
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	36,567	40,144	43,743	47,320
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	40,207	45,719	51,210	56,722
Stockton-Lodi, CA	37,170	41,996	46,842	51,668
Vallejo, CA	38,501	42,474	46,447	50,420
Visalia, CA	36,047	40,519	45,012	49,484
Yuba City, CA	38,064	42,973	47,861	52,770
Boulder, CO	38,168	41,871	45,552	49,255
Colorado Springs, CO	33,925	37,336	40,727	44,138
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	37,128	41,496	45,885	50,253
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	40,456	42,474	44,471	46,488
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	36,296	40,706	45,136	49,546
Grand Junction, CO	34,341	38,252	42,162	46,072
Greeley, CO	37,690	40,935	44,200	47,445
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	36,775	39,042	41,309	43,576
Pueblo, CO	41,413	44,804	48,215	51,605
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	34,445	39,708	44,991	50,253
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	36,484	40,228	43,992	47,736
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	35,901	41,309	46,696	52,104
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	36,588	41,413	46,218	51,044
New Haven, CT	38,522	43,660	48,797	53,935
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	35,506	40,144	44,783	49,421
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	34,965	38,688	42,432	46,156
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	34,716	40,124	45,511	50,919
Dover, DE	34,133	37,357	40,602	43,826
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	34,549	37,503	40,456	43,410
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	30,618	34,736	38,876	42,994
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	31,908	35,631	39,354	43,077
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	31,284	35,007	38,730	42,453
Gainesville, FL	30,930	34,216	37,503	40,789
Homosassa Springs, FL	31,928	35,464	38,980	42,516
Jacksonville, FL	33,967	37,960	41,954	45,948
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	29,141	33,780	38,418	43,056
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	32,178	36,192	40,186	44,200
Naples-Marco Island, FL	34,341	37,898	41,455	45,012
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	33,218	36,255	39,312	42,349
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	30,951	34,445	37,960	41,455
Ocala, FL	32,719	34,487	36,255	38,023
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	32,594	35,797	38,980	42,183
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	32,968	36,484	39,999	43,514
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	31,034	34,279	37,503	40,748
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	30,660	33,592	36,525	39,458
Port St. Lucie, FL	32,636	35,589	38,522	41,476
Punta Gorda, FL	30,868	34,549	38,210	41,892
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	32,636	35,818	39,021	42,204
Sebring, FL	31,720	35,277	38,813	42,370
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	31,928	35,714	39,500	43,285
Tallahassee, FL	33,239	34,570	35,901	37,232
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	32,095	35,860	39,645	43,410
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	31,845	35,402	38,980	42,536
Albany, GA	27,290	31,013	34,736	38,460
Athens-Clarke County, GA	28,496	32,719	36,962	41,184
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	31,824	35,464	39,104	42,744
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	23,962	30,119	36,255	42,412
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	31,554	36,629	41,684	46,759
Columbus, GA-AL	28,829	32,927	37,004	41,101
Dalton, GA	27,373	30,431	33,509	36,567
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	28,746	34,175	39,624	45,053
Gainesville, GA	34,341	36,338	38,314	40,311
Hinesville, GA	28,725	33,717	38,730	43,722
Macon-Bibb County, GA	27,956	35,506	43,036	50,586
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,207	32,157	37,128	42,079
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,831	31,471	35,090	38,730
Rome, GA	34,591	39,479	44,367	49,255
Savannah, GA	30,722	35,215	39,708	44,200
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,477	31,616	35,735	39,874
Valdosta, GA	31,159	37,919	44,658	51,418
Warner Robins, GA	27,332	33,052	38,792	44,512
Guam MSA	23,255	26,188	29,100	32,032
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	34,424	40,040	45,677	51,293
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	40,082	46,114	52,146	58,178
Urban Honolulu, HI	38,085	42,495	46,884	51,293
Ames, IA	29,495	35,236	40,956	46,696
Cedar Rapids, IA	31,887	39,645	47,404	55,162
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	36,962	41,642	46,343	51,023
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	37,066	42,724	48,381	54,039
Dubuque, IA	39,250	42,391	45,532	48,672
Iowa City, IA	39,687	42,453	45,220	47,986
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	38,210	42,349	46,509	50,648
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	43,202	45,365	47,528	49,692
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	42,661	44,117	45,573	47,029
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	41,663	43,410	45,157	46,904
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	37,108	40,373	43,660	46,925
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	39,437	42,599	45,740	48,901
Boise City, ID	34,549	37,357	40,186	42,994
Coeur d'Alene, ID	31,034	36,068	41,080	46,114
Idaho Falls, ID	34,528	36,484	38,418	40,373
Lewiston, ID-WA	41,933	44,824	47,736	50,628
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	34,071	37,295	40,519	43,743
Pocatello, ID	32,240	35,215	38,210	41,184
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	32,802	35,194	37,586	39,978
Twin Falls, ID	34,424	38,293	42,141	46,010
Bloomington, IL	38,314	42,141	45,989	49,816
Champaign-Urbana, IL	40,332	42,349	44,388	46,405
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	37,295	40,228	43,181	46,114
Decatur, IL	37,856	44,242	50,607	56,992
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	39,271	42,744	46,197	49,671
Kankakee, IL	37,336	40,352	43,368	46,384
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	37,274	42,432	47,612	52,770
Peoria, IL	36,920	43,576	50,253	56,909
Rockford, IL	33,717	38,772	43,826	48,880
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,943	40,997	46,031	51,085
Springfield, IL	31,679	36,588	41,496	46,405
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,397	42,058	45,740	49,400
Bloomington, IN	34,778	38,148	41,517	44,887
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	37,274	40,748	44,200	47,674
Columbus, IN	39,874	41,538	43,181	44,845
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	21,653	28,933	36,192	43,472
Evansville, IN	30,722	34,424	38,127	41,829
Fort Wayne, IN	34,944	38,896	42,869	46,821
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	34,903	38,064	41,205	44,367
Kokomo, IN	35,402	39,021	42,620	46,239
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	37,045	40,144	43,264	46,364
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	35,215	38,626	42,037	45,448
Muncie, IN	29,141	32,719	36,296	39,874
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	37,503	40,956	44,429	47,882
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	35,714	39,999	44,284	48,568
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	32,552	35,548	38,543	41,538
Terre Haute, IN	31,200	35,672	40,144	44,616
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	32,116	36,130	40,124	44,138
Lawrence, KS	35,735	38,938	42,120	45,324
Manhattan, KS	30,140	33,946	37,732	41,538
Topeka, KS	33,114	37,648	42,183	46,717
Wichita, KS	31,762	36,276	40,789	45,303
Bowling Green, KY	38,855	40,997	43,160	45,303
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	31,928	35,464	38,980	42,516
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	32,948	37,357	41,746	46,156
Elizabethtown, KY	33,759	37,045	40,311	43,597
Lexington-Fayette, KY	35,589	39,812	44,034	48,256
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	37,191	41,704	46,197	50,711
Owensboro, KY	33,156	35,610	38,064	40,519
Paducah, KY-IL	37,565	42,890	48,215	53,540
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	33,405	37,461	41,517	45,573
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	37,628	39,562	41,517	43,452
Alexandria, LA	27,394	31,637	35,860	40,103
Baton Rouge, LA	32,012	35,839	39,645	43,472
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,978	31,284	35,589	39,895
Hammond, LA	29,162	33,197	37,212	41,247
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	29,640	33,530	37,420	41,309
Lafayette, LA	27,997	32,594	37,170	41,767
Lake Charles, LA	30,556	35,402	40,228	45,074
Monroe, LA	24,711	29,204	33,676	38,168
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	30,784	35,360	39,916	44,492
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,146	32,428	38,730	45,012
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	29,869	34,300	38,730	43,160
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	26,458	31,263	36,047	40,852
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,125	29,786	33,468	37,128
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	37,066	40,935	44,783	48,652
Barnstable Town, MA	34,799	39,416	44,055	48,672
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	35,818	40,332	44,824	49,338
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	35,069	39,583	44,117	48,631
Pittsfield, MA	37,981	41,933	45,906	49,858
Springfield, MA	37,690	41,122	44,554	47,986
Worcester, MA	36,421	40,290	44,159	48,028
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	33,717	38,293	42,869	47,445
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	40,685	45,968	51,272	56,556
Lexington Park, MD	34,175	39,208	44,221	49,255
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	35,360	38,189	40,997	43,826
Salisbury, MD	33,863	36,796	39,749	42,682
Bangor, ME	36,109	38,896	41,663	44,450
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	37,004	40,623	44,242	47,861
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	34,196	40,415	46,655	52,874
Portland-South Portland, ME	37,399	40,768	44,159	47,528
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	34,695	40,602	46,530	52,437
Ann Arbor, MI	34,404	36,109	37,794	39,500
Battle Creek, MI	32,157	34,757	37,336	39,936
Bay City, MI	31,679	35,693	39,708	43,722
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	35,111	39,063	42,994	46,946
Flint, MI	31,616	35,652	39,708	43,743
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	35,860	39,583	43,306	47,029
Jackson, MI	33,384	35,672	37,981	40,269
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	33,530	37,524	41,538	45,532
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	33,738	37,253	40,748	44,263
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	32,220	36,380	40,540	44,700
Midland, MI	31,679	35,693	39,708	43,722
Monroe, MI	34,695	38,626	42,578	46,509
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	33,322	36,608	39,874	43,160
Niles, MI	33,821	36,608	39,375	42,162
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,509	39,042	44,554	50,087
Saginaw, MI	32,032	35,964	39,895	43,826
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	34,757	38,605	42,432	46,280
Traverse City, MI	36,005	39,936	43,868	47,799
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	32,240	36,692	41,122	45,573
Duluth, MN-WI	39,874	43,140	46,384	49,650
Mankato, MN	36,650	39,520	42,412	45,282
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	36,816	40,914	45,032	49,130
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	36,671	40,831	44,970	49,130
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	34,840	39,208	43,576	47,944
Rochester, MN	34,466	37,752	41,018	44,304
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	35,173	38,501	41,829	45,157
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	36,837	41,018	45,220	49,400
St. Cloud, MN	36,546	39,999	43,431	46,884
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	30,036	34,300	38,564	42,828
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,426	36,255	39,084	41,912
Columbia, MO	33,260	36,983	40,706	44,429
Jefferson City, MO	30,306	34,300	38,293	42,287
Joplin, MO-KS	36,567	41,268	45,948	50,648
Kansas City, MO-KS	35,797	39,936	44,055	48,194
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,488	37,565	41,642	45,719
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	32,511	37,087	41,684	46,260
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,717	35,277	36,858	38,418
Springfield, MO	33,967	37,815	41,642	45,490
St. Joseph, MO-KS	37,711	40,727	43,764	46,780
St. Louis, MO-IL	35,943	39,832	43,701	47,591
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	28,559	34,778	41,018	47,237
Hattiesburg, MS	31,908	37,690	43,493	49,276
Jackson, MS	30,348	31,970	33,592	35,215
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	28,788	32,781	36,775	40,768
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	29,224	32,885	36,567	40,228
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,764	34,570	38,376	42,183
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	31,845	33,946	36,047	38,148
Billings, MT	38,002	41,351	44,679	48,028
Bozeman, MT	33,592	37,648	41,725	45,781
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	34,508	38,876	43,264	47,632
Great Falls, MT	34,092	37,794	41,517	45,220
Helena, MT	34,320	38,772	43,223	47,674
Missoula, MT	33,759	38,189	42,620	47,050
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	34,757	39,104	43,472	47,820
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	35,215	39,604	44,013	48,402
Asheville, NC	32,989	37,898	42,828	47,736
Burlington, NC	31,928	36,296	40,664	45,032
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,428	36,421	40,436	44,429
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	34,799	38,522	42,245	45,968
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	28,746	33,197	37,669	42,120
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,613	36,816	39,999	43,202
Fayetteville, NC	32,074	36,047	40,040	44,013
Goldsboro, NC	33,176	36,900	40,644	44,367
Greensboro-High Point, NC	32,220	36,962	41,725	46,468
Greenville, NC	27,020	33,135	39,229	45,344
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	35,922	38,376	40,831	43,285
Jacksonville, NC	33,426	36,733	40,040	43,348
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	31,804	36,172	40,519	44,887
Raleigh-Cary, NC	34,466	38,148	41,850	45,532
Rocky Mount, NC	33,218	36,941	40,685	44,408
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,906	35,964	39,000	42,058
Wilmington, NC	32,532	36,068	39,604	43,140
Winston-Salem, NC	32,948	37,066	41,184	45,303
Bismarck, ND	30,992	36,837	42,661	48,506
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	31,741	39,125	46,509	53,893
Fargo, ND-MN	39,708	44,908	50,087	55,287
Grand Forks, ND-MN	34,466	39,354	44,221	49,109
Minot, ND	30,992	37,045	43,077	49,130
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	30,992	37,128	43,244	49,380
Grand Island, NE	35,173	40,581	45,989	51,397
Lincoln, NE	32,240	37,232	42,224	47,216
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	30,784	36,463	42,162	47,840
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	34,092	39,812	45,511	51,231
Omaha, NE-IA	28,164	33,218	38,293	43,348
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	32,781	38,938	45,074	51,231
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	36,775	39,354	41,933	44,512
Manchester-Nashua, NH	34,695	36,941	39,208	41,455
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	32,324	36,296	40,290	44,263
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	35,568	38,418	41,247	44,096
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	33,197	37,524	41,829	46,156
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	32,802	36,047	39,292	42,536
Vineland, NJ	32,220	34,528	36,816	39,125
Albuquerque, NM	31,034	34,154	37,274	40,394
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	33,821	35,527	37,212	38,917
Farmington, NM	31,055	33,592	36,151	38,688
Las Cruces, NM	28,871	32,365	35,839	39,333
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	31,554	34,404	37,253	40,103
Santa Fe, NM	30,972	34,237	37,503	40,768
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	31,284	35,839	40,394	44,949
Carson City, NV	31,533	35,631	39,708	43,805
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	31,180	35,922	40,685	45,428
Reno, NV	31,471	35,693	39,916	44,138
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	37,711	43,160	48,610	54,060
Binghamton, NY	37,232	39,624	42,016	44,408
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	35,631	39,229	42,828	46,426
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	34,029	37,524	41,039	44,533
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	34,716	39,084	43,472	47,840
Elmira, NY	36,151	38,293	40,415	42,557
Glens Falls, NY	36,130	39,832	43,556	47,258
Ithaca, NY	36,276	40,768	45,282	49,775
Kingston, NY	35,402	39,541	43,660	47,799
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	36,504	40,165	43,826	47,487
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	34,695	39,250	43,805	48,360
Rochester, NY	36,380	40,436	44,492	48,548
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	37,128	42,328	47,549	52,749
Syracuse, NY	35,839	39,396	42,932	46,488
Utica-Rome, NY	34,362	37,295	40,248	43,181
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	34,861	38,480	42,079	45,698
Akron, OH	35,132	38,709	42,266	45,844
Canton-Massillon, OH	31,866	37,773	43,660	49,567
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	37,420	41,413	45,386	49,380
Cleveland, OH	34,528	38,293	42,037	45,802
Columbus, OH	34,424	38,460	42,495	46,530
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	33,343	36,213	39,104	41,975
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	34,445	38,460	42,495	46,509
Lima, OH	33,384	37,336	41,288	45,240
Mansfield, OH	34,424	38,293	42,183	46,052
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	35,340	38,584	41,829	45,074
Sandusky, OH	34,300	37,836	41,392	44,928
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	34,799	37,898	41,018	44,117
Springfield, OH	32,428	34,528	36,629	38,730
Toledo, OH	33,176	36,255	39,354	42,432
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	33,322	37,316	41,309	45,303
Youngstown-Warren, OH	30,160	33,800	37,440	41,080
Enid, OK	28,143	32,511	36,879	41,247
Lawton, OK	27,165	31,367	35,548	39,749
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	27,956	32,573	37,212	41,829
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	26,479	30,764	35,048	39,333
Oklahoma City, OK	27,852	31,949	36,068	40,165
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,594	34,404	36,192	38,002
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	18,117	23,525	28,912	34,320
Tulsa, OK	27,602	31,949	36,296	40,644
Albany, OR	40,248	46,093	51,959	57,804
Bend, OR	36,047	39,312	42,557	45,823
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	37,607	40,623	43,618	46,634
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	37,461	41,205	44,928	48,672
Corvallis, OR	38,314	42,328	46,322	50,336
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	35,964	40,956	45,968	50,960
Eugene-Springfield, OR	38,356	41,704	45,053	48,402
Grants Pass, OR	37,108	40,498	43,888	47,279
Medford, OR	36,463	39,770	43,077	46,384
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	37,108	41,559	45,989	50,440
Salem, OR	38,418	41,808	45,199	48,589
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	34,944	38,605	42,266	45,927
Altoona, PA	30,098	34,924	39,728	44,554
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	30,618	34,965	39,292	43,639
Chambersburg, PA	32,178	36,920	41,663	46,405
Erie, PA	32,844	37,191	41,559	45,906
Gettysburg, PA	35,007	37,919	40,831	43,743
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	32,261	38,668	45,053	51,460
Johnstown, PA	21,716	31,720	41,746	51,751
Lancaster, PA	34,965	38,044	41,143	44,221
Lebanon, PA	35,631	37,690	39,728	41,788
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	32,199	35,589	38,959	42,349
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	32,469	36,692	40,893	45,116
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	33,551	37,940	42,328	46,717
Pittsburgh, PA	33,322	38,168	42,994	47,840
Reading, PA	33,509	39,957	46,405	52,853
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	30,680	34,653	38,605	42,578
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,218	37,648	42,058	46,488
State College, PA	31,304	35,714	40,124	44,533
Williamsport, PA	33,613	38,189	42,786	47,362
York-Hanover, PA	37,024	40,623	44,200	47,799
Aguadilla, PR	21,840	22,298	22,776	23,234
Arecibo, PR	21,965	24,357	26,728	29,120
Guayama, PR	22,152	23,588	25,002	26,437
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	22,236	22,610	23,005
Ponce, PR	22,194	23,816	25,439	27,061
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	22,839	23,858	24,856
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,152	23,608	25,085	26,541
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	33,239	37,399	41,559	45,719
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	30,847	36,463	42,100	47,716
Columbia, SC	26,832	31,596	36,359	41,122
Florence, SC	22,943	28,684	34,404	40,144
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	31,138	35,485	39,812	44,159
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	24,711	29,079	33,447	37,815
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	28,621	33,925	39,229	44,533
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	20,114	25,231	30,368	35,485
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	23,712	28,892	34,092	39,271
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	24,607	28,372	32,116	35,880
Spartanburg, SC	29,412	34,196	38,959	43,743
Sumter, SC	25,044	30,181	35,319	40,456
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	41,268	43,119	44,949	46,800
Rapid City, SD	32,324	36,692	41,080	45,448
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	39,812	42,412	45,012	47,612
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	32,324	36,692	41,080	45,448
Chattanooga, TN-GA	33,717	37,773	41,829	45,885
Clarksville, TN-KY	32,656	36,130	39,583	43,056
Cleveland, TN	26,812	32,116	37,399	42,703
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	33,509	38,772	44,055	49,317
Jackson, TN	35,111	38,023	40,935	43,847
Johnson City, TN	29,224	32,740	36,234	39,749
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	33,260	36,047	38,813	41,600
Knoxville, TN	33,384	37,565	41,725	45,906
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	30,140	35,402	40,664	45,927
Morristown, TN	29,994	34,008	38,002	42,016
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	32,095	36,359	40,644	44,908
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	29,682	33,176	36,671	40,165
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	36,172	38,044	39,916	41,788
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	34,404	36,338	38,252	40,186
Abilene, TX	30,223	35,756	41,288	46,821
Amarillo, TX	34,050	40,935	47,840	54,725
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	31,783	35,880	39,978	44,076
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	31,180	34,570	37,981	41,372
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,098	33,551	37,004	40,456
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	21,237	25,231	29,245	33,239
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	29,328	33,364	37,420	41,455
College Station-Bryan, TX	31,429	33,509	35,568	37,648
Corpus Christi, TX	29,724	33,530	37,357	41,164
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	30,306	34,300	38,293	42,287
Eagle Pass, TX	23,151	27,040	30,909	34,799
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	28,143	31,450	34,736	38,044
El Paso, TX	25,210	29,100	33,010	36,900
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,015	33,696	37,357	41,039
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	30,244	34,175	38,127	42,058
Killeen-Temple, TX	30,077	33,488	36,900	40,311
Laredo, TX	25,917	30,493	35,069	39,645
Longview, TX	28,808	33,031	37,232	41,455
Lubbock, TX	27,186	30,909	34,653	38,376
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	22,423	25,751	29,079	32,407
Midland, TX	33,468	36,463	39,479	42,474
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,180	34,175	37,149	40,144
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	35,090	37,045	38,980	40,935
Odessa, TX	32,386	35,652	38,938	42,204
San Angelo, TX	27,477	31,845	36,213	40,581
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	28,600	32,032	35,485	38,917
Sherman-Denison, TX	32,344	35,173	38,002	40,831
Texarkana, TX-AR	27,186	32,324	37,440	42,578
Tyler, TX	30,930	32,573	34,196	35,839
Victoria, TX	30,493	34,840	39,167	43,514
Waco, TX	31,575	33,676	35,756	37,856
Wichita Falls, TX	28,767	33,301	37,815	42,349
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	30,743	34,487	38,231	41,975
Logan, UT-ID	32,324	35,901	39,500	43,077
Ogden, UT	32,220	37,524	42,848	48,152
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	31,596	34,196	36,775	39,375
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	33,322	37,711	42,120	46,509
St. George, UT	28,039	32,844	37,628	42,432
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	33,613	37,336	41,039	44,762
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	30,576	34,757	38,938	43,119
Charlottesville, VA	33,884	37,420	40,956	44,492
Harrisonburg, VA	34,695	36,442	38,168	39,916
Lynchburg, VA	33,738	37,357	40,997	44,616
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,157	36,504	40,872	45,220
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	34,632	38,626	42,640	46,634
Richmond, VA	32,989	36,650	40,290	43,951
Roanoke, VA	33,738	36,837	39,916	43,015
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,464	39,562	43,680	47,778
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	32,448	36,484	40,519	44,554
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	39,312	41,122	42,952	44,762
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	30,410	33,925	37,420	40,935
Winchester, VA-WV	31,658	36,047	40,415	44,804
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	32,324	36,692	41,080	45,448
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	38,293	42,599	46,884	51,189
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	35,527	40,706	45,885	51,064
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	34,029	38,480	42,932	47,383
Bellingham, WA	36,629	40,602	44,554	48,527
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	37,128	40,623	44,117	47,612
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,962	38,938	40,935	42,911
Kennewick-Richland, WA	36,504	39,125	41,746	44,367
Longview-Kelso, WA	38,252	41,704	45,157	48,610
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	36,920	39,687	42,453	45,220
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	38,605	43,389	48,152	52,936
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	40,727	45,469	50,191	54,933
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	37,024	41,351	45,656	49,983
Walla Walla, WA	37,732	41,101	44,492	47,861
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	34,903	37,482	40,082	42,661
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	36,421	39,853	43,285	46,717
Yakima, WA	36,255	39,645	43,036	46,426
Appleton, WI	37,815	41,663	45,532	49,380
Eau Claire, WI	33,468	38,730	44,013	49,276
Fond du Lac, WI	38,293	42,620	46,925	51,252
Green Bay, WI	36,608	42,412	48,194	53,997
Janesville-Beloit, WI	33,343	37,815	42,287	46,759
Kenosha, WI	34,487	37,836	41,205	44,554
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	32,719	35,506	38,293	41,080
Madison, WI	35,028	39,791	44,533	49,296
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	34,466	38,626	42,786	46,946
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,799	40,352	45,885	51,439
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,133	39,167	44,221	49,255
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	41,580	46,551	51,522	56,493
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	41,684	44,700	47,695	50,711
Sheboygan, WI	33,863	39,645	45,448	51,231
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	33,176	38,252	43,327	48,402
Wausau, WI	33,530	41,060	48,589	56,119
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	30,805	35,215	39,624	44,034
Beckley, WV	29,287	33,904	38,543	43,160
Charleston, WV	33,613	37,586	41,580	45,552
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	33,967	39,853	45,719	51,605
Morgantown, WV	35,693	38,106	40,498	42,911
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,631	38,085	40,560	43,015
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	31,970	35,402	38,834	42,266
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	30,493	35,048	39,624	44,180
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	37,773	41,288	44,804	48,319
Wheeling, WV-OH	35,527	38,751	41,954	45,178
Casper, WY	34,216	36,671	39,125	41,580
Cheyenne, WY	32,698	37,794	42,890	47,986
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	32,511	37,711	42,932	48,132
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	32,407	43,680	54,933	66,207

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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