SOC 53-3051 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Bus Drivers, School 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): Drive a school bus to transport students. Ensure adherence to safety rules. May assist students in boarding or exiting.

Level I across metros$16,391 – $59,592Anniston, AL to Napa, CA

Median Level IV, major metros$55,183Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Bus Drivers, School?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Bus Drivers, School (SOC 53-3051) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $16,391 in Anniston, AL to $59,592 in Napa, CA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $55,183. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $48,610, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 20 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.

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	43,888	49,463	55,016	60,591
Anchorage, AK	41,434	45,823	50,191	54,580
Fairbanks-College, AK	43,410	48,610	53,789	58,989
Anniston-Oxford, AL	16,391	17,972	19,532	21,112
Auburn-Opelika, AL	16,495	18,720	20,967	23,192
Birmingham, AL	17,493	18,720	19,927	21,154
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	17,223	18,408	19,615	20,800
Decatur, AL	17,327	17,951	18,554	19,178
Dothan, AL	16,453	16,807	17,160	17,514
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	16,661	18,783	20,904	23,026
Gadsden, AL	16,599	17,743	18,908	20,052
Huntsville, AL	17,722	20,322	22,901	25,501
Mobile, AL	17,348	18,304	19,282	20,239
Montgomery, AL	16,744	17,431	18,096	18,783
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	16,516	17,160	17,784	18,429
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	16,724	17,368	17,992	18,637
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	16,224	17,077	17,951	18,804
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	16,432	16,848	17,264	17,680
Tuscaloosa, AL	16,973	17,597	18,221	18,845
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	25,127	33,156	41,205	49,234
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	30,098	38,501	46,925	55,328
Fort Smith, AR-OK	25,210	34,258	43,285	52,333
Hot Springs, AR	30,389	37,836	45,303	52,749
Jonesboro, AR	28,288	36,109	43,909	51,730
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	26,624	34,695	42,786	50,856
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	26,999	35,943	44,908	53,852
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	27,020	36,234	45,448	54,663
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	26,437	36,005	45,552	55,120
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	35,735	39,416	43,098	46,780
Flagstaff, AZ	41,808	44,034	46,280	48,506
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	39,021	40,352	41,684	43,015
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	40,269	43,618	46,967	50,316
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	36,109	38,356	40,581	42,828
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	34,799	38,231	41,684	45,116
Tucson, AZ	38,356	40,914	43,472	46,031
Yuma, AZ	36,400	38,855	41,330	43,784
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	44,637	48,693	52,728	56,784
Chico, CA	41,018	49,567	58,116	66,664
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	47,986	53,248	58,511	63,773
El Centro, CA	46,842	53,207	59,592	65,957
Fresno, CA	38,626	44,263	49,900	55,536
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	47,861	52,728	57,575	62,442
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	49,525	55,328	61,111	66,914
Merced, CA	46,967	52,812	58,677	64,522
Modesto, CA	48,652	54,330	60,029	65,708
Napa, CA	59,592	63,856	68,100	72,364
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	45,781	51,397	57,013	62,629
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	43,036	48,901	54,746	60,612
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	48,069	53,956	59,842	65,728
Redding, CA	43,992	49,920	55,869	61,797
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	44,408	51,127	57,824	64,543
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	44,596	50,836	57,055	63,295
Salinas, CA	48,610	54,122	59,613	65,125
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	47,632	53,207	58,802	64,376
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	55,495	62,317	69,119	75,941
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	57,616	64,231	70,824	77,439
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	45,948	51,314	56,680	62,047
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	49,588	53,394	57,200	61,007
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	50,378	55,495	60,591	65,708
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	52,333	56,202	60,092	63,960
Stockton-Lodi, CA	48,402	53,602	58,802	64,002
Vallejo, CA	42,869	48,548	54,226	59,904
Visalia, CA	46,280	51,543	56,826	62,088
Yuba City, CA	39,895	43,930	47,965	52,000
Boulder, CO	57,388	59,696	62,005	64,314
Colorado Springs, CO	42,536	45,573	48,610	51,647
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	47,237	52,666	58,116	63,544
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	39,375	45,178	50,981	56,784
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	50,919	52,770	54,621	56,472
Grand Junction, CO	38,709	44,762	50,836	56,888
Greeley, CO	44,679	49,983	55,287	60,591
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	44,700	52,292	59,884	67,476
Pueblo, CO	38,418	43,306	48,173	53,061
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	38,189	43,264	48,360	53,436
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	46,592	53,061	59,509	65,978
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	41,330	46,218	51,085	55,973
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	45,178	50,399	55,640	60,861
New Haven, CT	46,551	51,335	56,140	60,924
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	45,261	50,253	55,245	60,237
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	44,096	49,608	55,120	60,632
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	43,701	50,149	56,576	63,024
Dover, DE	35,693	39,624	43,556	47,487
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	37,212	40,976	44,741	48,506
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	39,770	41,080	42,370	43,680
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	36,172	39,520	42,848	46,197
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	36,608	39,624	42,620	45,636
Gainesville, FL	37,607	41,538	45,490	49,421
Homosassa Springs, FL	36,650	40,144	43,639	47,133
Jacksonville, FL	35,090	40,061	45,012	49,983
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	31,575	38,772	45,948	53,144
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	35,714	39,728	43,743	47,757
Naples-Marco Island, FL	43,306	46,592	49,879	53,165
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	34,882	39,562	44,263	48,943
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	36,213	39,562	42,932	46,280
Ocala, FL	35,256	39,125	42,973	46,842
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	35,007	38,626	42,266	45,885
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	40,269	41,517	42,786	44,034
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	31,887	33,863	35,839	37,815
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	37,149	38,709	40,269	41,829
Port St. Lucie, FL	34,341	40,935	47,508	54,101
Punta Gorda, FL	37,503	40,540	43,597	46,634
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	41,247	43,701	46,176	48,631
Sebring, FL	34,424	39,042	43,680	48,298
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	38,210	43,410	48,631	53,831
Tallahassee, FL	33,717	37,482	41,226	44,991
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	37,191	41,496	45,823	50,128
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	31,284	38,356	45,428	52,500
Albany, GA	24,212	31,845	39,479	47,112
Athens-Clarke County, GA	32,136	39,832	47,549	55,245
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	25,896	34,882	43,888	52,874
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	16,495	20,010	23,525	27,040
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	19,324	27,727	36,151	44,554
Columbus, GA-AL	21,528	29,432	37,316	45,220
Dalton, GA	21,716	29,640	37,586	45,511
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	17,888	25,335	32,802	40,248
Gainesville, GA	24,045	32,407	40,789	49,151
Hinesville, GA	39,500	42,932	46,343	49,775
Macon-Bibb County, GA	21,008	28,829	36,629	44,450
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	27,124	32,053	36,983	41,912
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	19,178	27,456	35,714	43,992
Rome, GA	25,522	33,176	40,810	48,464
Savannah, GA	21,986	27,103	32,199	37,316
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	16,141	23,276	30,389	37,524
Valdosta, GA	22,672	38,418	54,164	69,909
Warner Robins, GA	23,733	29,744	35,776	41,788
Guam MSA	34,341	37,628	40,893	44,180
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	44,159	49,650	55,141	60,632
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	46,010	51,917	57,845	63,752
Urban Honolulu, HI	47,632	53,228	58,823	64,418
Ames, IA	39,978	50,628	61,277	71,927
Cedar Rapids, IA	35,735	42,640	49,546	56,452
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	42,183	44,949	47,736	50,503
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	33,946	41,226	48,527	55,807
Dubuque, IA	29,807	38,189	46,592	54,975
Iowa City, IA	31,138	39,416	47,695	55,973
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	30,036	37,586	45,116	52,666
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	28,164	35,860	43,576	51,272
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	32,261	39,042	45,844	52,624
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	27,748	36,858	45,968	55,079
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	32,719	39,229	45,760	52,271
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	30,722	42,848	54,996	67,122
Boise City, ID	39,208	42,744	46,301	49,837
Coeur d'Alene, ID	43,140	45,511	47,861	50,232
Idaho Falls, ID	38,106	41,226	44,367	47,487
Lewiston, ID-WA	41,600	44,512	47,445	50,357
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	35,340	40,831	46,343	51,834
Pocatello, ID	37,087	40,768	44,450	48,132
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	38,501	42,224	45,968	49,692
Twin Falls, ID	34,965	38,980	43,015	47,029
Bloomington, IL	42,079	45,012	47,924	50,856
Champaign-Urbana, IL	36,463	41,143	45,802	50,482
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	42,973	47,591	52,208	56,826
Decatur, IL	41,788	49,088	56,368	63,669
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,882	40,831	46,800	52,749
Kankakee, IL	38,751	42,890	47,050	51,189
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,168	44,076	50,004	55,911
Peoria, IL	36,421	42,474	48,506	54,559
Rockford, IL	34,258	39,458	44,679	49,879
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,896	43,868	48,839	53,810
Springfield, IL	40,872	45,677	50,461	55,266
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	34,196	42,807	51,418	60,029
Bloomington, IN	31,346	38,460	45,552	52,666
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	27,061	38,064	49,068	60,071
Columbus, IN	28,538	38,044	47,549	57,055
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	34,196	41,767	49,317	56,888
Evansville, IN	35,256	40,727	46,218	51,688
Fort Wayne, IN	33,863	40,644	47,404	54,184
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	30,826	39,624	48,444	57,242
Kokomo, IN	24,940	33,301	41,663	50,024
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	32,636	38,231	43,805	49,400
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	29,640	38,002	46,364	54,725
Muncie, IN	28,788	35,756	42,744	49,712
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	19,386	27,976	36,567	45,157
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	35,880	42,183	48,485	54,788
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	22,860	32,386	41,892	51,418
Terre Haute, IN	26,312	34,591	42,848	51,127
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	32,948	38,543	44,159	49,754
Lawrence, KS	40,810	42,682	44,533	46,405
Manhattan, KS	32,740	37,087	41,455	45,802
Topeka, KS	36,068	40,332	44,616	48,880
Wichita, KS	35,797	39,749	43,722	47,674
Bowling Green, KY	40,852	42,640	44,429	46,218
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	36,504	39,292	42,058	44,845
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,674	37,004	39,354	41,684
Elizabethtown, KY	39,042	42,557	46,093	49,608
Lexington-Fayette, KY	45,760	49,837	53,893	57,970
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	40,519	48,735	56,972	65,188
Owensboro, KY	39,063	40,810	42,536	44,284
Paducah, KY-IL	36,629	38,688	40,768	42,828
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	35,048	37,586	40,144	42,682
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	34,986	37,004	39,021	41,039
Alexandria, LA	21,466	27,831	34,216	40,581
Baton Rouge, LA	21,820	27,602	33,364	39,146
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	16,994	23,692	30,368	37,066
Hammond, LA	22,069	28,351	34,653	40,935
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	23,463	26,021	28,600	31,159
Lafayette, LA	26,146	29,869	33,592	37,316
Lake Charles, LA	21,716	31,159	40,602	50,045
Monroe, LA	39,853	43,680	47,508	51,335
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	28,247	34,944	41,663	48,360
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	19,448	24,898	30,327	35,776
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	23,442	25,876	28,309	30,743
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	29,682	30,909	32,157	33,384
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	19,948	22,215	24,461	26,728
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	41,288	47,487	53,664	59,863
Barnstable Town, MA	49,525	55,183	60,861	66,519
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	48,797	55,204	61,610	68,016
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	44,471	48,256	52,063	55,848
Pittsfield, MA	44,076	49,962	55,848	61,735
Springfield, MA	52,624	57,304	61,964	66,644
Worcester, MA	48,236	53,748	59,260	64,772
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	46,405	50,752	55,079	59,426
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	31,512	36,276	41,039	45,802
Lexington Park, MD	45,760	50,794	55,807	60,840
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	39,541	44,824	50,087	55,370
Salisbury, MD	36,088	41,309	46,530	51,751
Bangor, ME	39,250	43,077	46,884	50,711
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	40,789	44,658	48,548	52,416
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	39,229	42,620	45,989	49,380
Portland-South Portland, ME	45,240	49,213	53,186	57,159
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	40,394	43,992	47,612	51,210
Ann Arbor, MI	42,266	46,010	49,775	53,519
Battle Creek, MI	35,901	40,540	45,178	49,816
Bay City, MI	36,816	40,560	44,284	48,028
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	40,248	43,722	47,175	50,648
Flint, MI	38,605	41,476	44,325	47,196
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	39,084	42,599	46,093	49,608
Jackson, MI	39,562	42,037	44,512	46,988
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	36,629	39,458	42,287	45,116
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	41,663	43,909	46,156	48,402
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	38,626	42,016	45,386	48,776
Midland, MI	38,709	42,162	45,594	49,047
Monroe, MI	38,896	43,431	47,944	52,479
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	39,167	41,351	43,556	45,740
Niles, MI	38,293	41,871	45,448	49,026
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	37,087	40,748	44,408	48,069
Saginaw, MI	39,770	43,202	46,613	50,045
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	39,125	42,495	45,844	49,213
Traverse City, MI	42,224	45,074	47,944	50,794
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	33,655	38,730	43,784	48,860
Duluth, MN-WI	36,317	41,580	46,821	52,084
Mankato, MN	33,863	39,125	44,367	49,629
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	39,354	45,240	51,106	56,992
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	37,981	43,410	48,860	54,288
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	34,424	40,789	47,154	53,519
Rochester, MN	36,671	42,204	47,736	53,269
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	33,322	38,792	44,263	49,733
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	34,466	41,018	47,570	54,122
St. Cloud, MN	36,920	42,932	48,922	54,933
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	32,656	40,061	47,466	54,871
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	32,760	38,647	44,533	50,420
Columbia, MO	37,607	41,184	44,762	48,340
Jefferson City, MO	37,024	41,455	45,885	50,316
Joplin, MO-KS	32,594	38,356	44,138	49,900
Kansas City, MO-KS	38,834	43,680	48,527	53,373
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,301	39,541	45,760	52,000
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,197	39,541	45,906	52,250
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	33,592	41,392	49,213	57,013
Springfield, MO	35,090	40,810	46,509	52,229
St. Joseph, MO-KS	35,652	39,520	43,410	47,279
St. Louis, MO-IL	41,663	45,573	49,463	53,373
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	21,903	27,644	33,364	39,104
Hattiesburg, MS	20,988	27,290	33,613	39,916
Jackson, MS	21,799	27,893	33,988	40,082
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	19,178	23,546	27,893	32,261
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	24,856	31,200	37,524	43,868
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	19,344	24,461	29,557	34,674
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	19,136	22,735	26,312	29,911
Billings, MT	36,692	41,642	46,613	51,564
Bozeman, MT	40,727	46,114	51,480	56,868
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	34,549	39,832	45,116	50,399
Great Falls, MT	36,088	39,250	42,432	45,594
Helena, MT	42,536	47,445	52,354	57,263
Missoula, MT	43,514	44,908	46,280	47,674
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	35,735	40,207	44,700	49,172
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	38,834	43,140	47,424	51,730
Asheville, NC	32,220	35,693	39,146	42,620
Burlington, NC	32,989	35,132	37,253	39,396
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	33,842	34,695	35,568	36,421
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	35,506	39,458	43,410	47,362
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	36,525	39,375	42,245	45,095
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	32,927	34,716	36,504	38,293
Fayetteville, NC	29,973	33,260	36,567	39,853
Goldsboro, NC	30,701	33,114	35,527	37,940
Greensboro-High Point, NC	34,591	37,461	40,352	43,223
Greenville, NC	33,925	35,111	36,296	37,482
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	34,112	35,381	36,629	37,898
Jacksonville, NC	32,074	34,258	36,463	38,647
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	32,760	34,924	37,087	39,250
Raleigh-Cary, NC	31,700	35,277	38,855	42,432
Rocky Mount, NC	30,244	33,592	36,941	40,290
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	31,887	34,320	36,754	39,188
Wilmington, NC	32,136	34,445	36,754	39,063
Winston-Salem, NC	33,197	35,132	37,066	39,000
Bismarck, ND	43,327	48,506	53,706	58,885
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,688	47,903	57,138	66,352
Fargo, ND-MN	41,704	46,967	52,229	57,492
Grand Forks, ND-MN	42,058	49,296	56,514	63,752
Minot, ND	44,720	51,938	59,135	66,352
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	42,890	50,607	58,324	66,040
Grand Island, NE	35,631	41,392	47,133	52,895
Lincoln, NE	42,204	46,863	51,501	56,160
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,276	41,496	46,738	51,959
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,837	40,124	43,431	46,717
Omaha, NE-IA	40,748	45,823	50,898	55,973
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	35,340	41,434	47,549	53,644
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	42,890	45,927	48,943	51,980
Manchester-Nashua, NH	39,624	44,180	48,714	53,269
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	33,925	39,541	45,157	50,773
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	39,188	43,951	48,735	53,498
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	42,973	48,922	54,871	60,820
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	54,725	59,509	64,272	69,056
Vineland, NJ	42,308	47,903	53,498	59,093
Albuquerque, NM	33,988	39,853	45,740	51,605
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	34,154	42,328	50,482	58,656
Farmington, NM	31,970	38,210	44,429	50,669
Las Cruces, NM	34,882	41,392	47,924	54,434
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	32,511	39,895	47,258	54,642
Santa Fe, NM	34,487	39,520	44,554	49,588
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	34,424	40,477	46,509	52,562
Carson City, NV	36,005	40,165	44,325	48,485
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	37,274	38,335	39,375	40,436
Reno, NV	37,607	40,727	43,868	46,988
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	45,469	48,776	52,084	55,391
Binghamton, NY	38,751	42,224	45,719	49,192
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	45,760	49,400	53,020	56,660
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	42,287	46,800	51,335	55,848
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	41,372	46,239	51,085	55,952
Elmira, NY	46,551	51,605	56,680	61,735
Glens Falls, NY	41,060	45,303	49,546	53,789
Ithaca, NY	46,884	50,586	54,268	57,970
Kingston, NY	46,468	50,066	53,644	57,242
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	48,256	53,061	57,866	62,671
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	48,568	54,309	60,050	65,791
Rochester, NY	45,199	48,735	52,250	55,786
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	41,767	45,511	49,234	52,978
Syracuse, NY	44,949	51,792	58,636	65,479
Utica-Rome, NY	44,700	47,383	50,066	52,749
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	43,264	46,717	50,149	53,602
Akron, OH	35,984	41,850	47,736	53,602
Canton-Massillon, OH	23,858	28,600	33,364	38,106
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	33,967	40,332	46,696	53,061
Cleveland, OH	33,135	40,248	47,383	54,496
Columbus, OH	30,992	40,248	49,484	58,740
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	31,679	38,772	45,864	52,957
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	39,562	40,956	42,349	43,743
Lima, OH	30,597	37,170	43,722	50,295
Mansfield, OH	30,140	38,688	47,237	55,786
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	28,039	32,469	36,900	41,330
Sandusky, OH	31,346	38,023	44,700	51,376
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	28,788	35,340	41,912	48,464
Springfield, OH	30,972	39,208	47,424	55,661
Toledo, OH	25,834	30,972	36,109	41,247
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	30,389	36,983	43,597	50,191
Youngstown-Warren, OH	27,020	34,029	41,060	48,069
Enid, OK	31,138	34,029	36,941	39,832
Lawton, OK	26,874	31,887	36,900	41,912
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	19,220	27,165	35,090	43,036
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	18,575	24,524	30,452	36,400
Oklahoma City, OK	28,621	33,343	38,064	42,786
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	20,322	27,103	33,904	40,685
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	21,736	30,223	38,709	47,196
Tulsa, OK	30,452	34,570	38,709	42,828
Albany, OR	45,053	47,840	50,607	53,394
Bend, OR	47,716	52,125	56,535	60,944
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	46,738	50,628	54,538	58,428
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	43,327	46,093	48,880	51,647
Corvallis, OR	46,780	49,463	52,146	54,829
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	40,040	44,512	48,984	53,456
Eugene-Springfield, OR	45,178	47,778	50,399	52,999
Grants Pass, OR	44,596	49,151	53,706	58,261
Medford, OR	47,175	53,831	60,466	67,122
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	50,024	54,996	59,988	64,959
Salem, OR	47,216	50,191	53,144	56,119
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	41,725	46,842	51,980	57,096
Altoona, PA	30,639	35,839	41,060	46,260
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	34,903	41,205	47,528	53,831
Chambersburg, PA	34,445	39,853	45,282	50,690
Erie, PA	30,909	37,045	43,202	49,338
Gettysburg, PA	34,986	40,997	46,988	52,999
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	37,628	42,869	48,132	53,373
Johnstown, PA	32,261	36,525	40,768	45,032
Lancaster, PA	37,004	41,476	45,948	50,420
Lebanon, PA	36,837	42,058	47,300	52,520
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	38,356	45,948	53,560	61,152
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,572	40,727	47,903	55,058
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	41,850	47,341	52,832	58,324
Pittsburgh, PA	34,154	40,352	46,572	52,770
Reading, PA	37,524	42,224	46,925	51,626
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	27,727	35,922	44,117	52,312
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,572	40,061	46,530	53,020
State College, PA	31,512	39,416	47,320	55,224
Williamsport, PA	34,965	42,828	50,690	58,552
York-Hanover, PA	33,676	39,416	45,178	50,919
Aguadilla, PR	22,194	25,813	29,412	33,031
Arecibo, PR	22,652	27,560	32,490	37,399
Guayama, PR	22,756	27,789	32,844	37,877
Mayaguez, PR	21,965	27,020	32,095	37,149
Ponce, PR	21,882	24,856	27,852	30,826
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	21,840	29,058	36,276	43,493
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	22,943	27,623	32,324	37,004
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	47,029	52,188	57,367	62,525
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	37,212	41,808	46,384	50,981
Columbia, SC	29,432	34,965	40,477	46,010
Florence, SC	23,671	29,453	35,256	41,039
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	34,258	38,335	42,412	46,488
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	22,652	26,229	29,786	33,364
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	24,856	27,186	29,536	31,866
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	19,511	24,024	28,559	33,072
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	22,152	29,162	36,192	43,202
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	19,823	22,943	26,084	29,204
Spartanburg, SC	35,714	39,895	44,076	48,256
Sumter, SC	24,461	30,556	36,629	42,724
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	36,671	39,687	42,703	45,719
Rapid City, SD	38,023	40,831	43,618	46,426
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	32,760	35,548	38,356	41,143
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	34,508	37,960	41,434	44,887
Chattanooga, TN-GA	24,732	31,949	39,188	46,405
Clarksville, TN-KY	25,543	29,495	33,426	37,378
Cleveland, TN	22,568	29,120	35,693	42,245
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	23,504	32,719	41,954	51,168
Jackson, TN	25,813	37,316	48,818	60,320
Johnson City, TN	23,172	30,597	38,002	45,428
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	35,652	41,538	47,445	53,332
Knoxville, TN	24,690	30,514	36,317	42,141
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	25,376	32,282	39,167	46,072
Morristown, TN	23,525	30,472	37,399	44,346
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	29,952	39,375	48,797	58,220
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	24,752	34,778	44,783	54,808
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	22,818	31,887	40,976	50,045
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	23,317	32,386	41,434	50,503
Abilene, TX	36,005	41,351	46,717	52,063
Amarillo, TX	25,272	32,594	39,895	47,216
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	31,991	38,959	45,906	52,874
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	27,415	34,591	41,788	48,964
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	23,941	34,258	44,596	54,912
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	29,100	34,591	40,082	45,573
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	25,127	34,216	43,285	52,375
College Station-Bryan, TX	23,463	31,138	38,813	46,488
Corpus Christi, TX	28,517	36,484	44,429	52,396
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	30,119	37,898	45,698	53,477
Eagle Pass, TX	25,792	33,301	40,810	48,319
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	27,436	36,733	46,010	55,308
El Paso, TX	28,663	36,421	44,200	51,959
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	28,933	35,797	42,661	49,525
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	28,580	36,088	43,618	51,127
Killeen-Temple, TX	27,082	34,008	40,956	47,882
Laredo, TX	26,354	31,346	36,338	41,330
Longview, TX	29,266	37,773	46,301	54,808
Lubbock, TX	35,152	38,876	42,620	46,343
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	29,183	36,983	44,783	52,583
Midland, TX	30,452	37,544	44,658	51,751
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,146	34,528	42,932	51,314
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	29,266	36,338	43,389	50,461
Odessa, TX	30,452	37,544	44,658	51,751
San Angelo, TX	22,464	29,349	36,213	43,098
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	24,149	31,055	37,940	44,845
Sherman-Denison, TX	19,012	28,288	37,586	46,863
Texarkana, TX-AR	22,069	26,541	30,992	35,464
Tyler, TX	21,508	27,581	33,655	39,728
Victoria, TX	26,791	34,903	43,036	51,148
Waco, TX	30,348	36,712	43,098	49,463
Wichita Falls, TX	32,365	39,000	45,656	52,292
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	44,679	51,584	58,490	65,396
Logan, UT-ID	32,927	37,877	42,828	47,778
Ogden, UT	42,245	47,778	53,290	58,823
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	43,389	48,818	54,268	59,696
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	38,980	45,532	52,084	58,636
St. George, UT	43,535	47,092	50,669	54,226
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	44,533	50,482	56,410	62,359
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	37,336	43,160	48,964	54,788
Charlottesville, VA	37,191	42,557	47,924	53,290
Harrisonburg, VA	41,788	45,532	49,255	52,999
Lynchburg, VA	34,986	41,309	47,653	53,976
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,813	44,949	51,064	57,200
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	40,415	45,636	50,877	56,098
Richmond, VA	37,336	43,285	49,234	55,183
Roanoke, VA	35,444	40,394	45,324	50,274
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	35,943	43,680	51,418	59,156
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	38,023	44,679	51,314	57,970
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	42,391	46,135	49,900	53,644
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	42,911	47,882	52,832	57,804
Winchester, VA-WV	31,450	38,709	45,989	53,248
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	35,860	40,831	45,781	50,752
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	41,372	47,216	53,061	58,906
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	42,703	46,696	50,711	54,704
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	43,826	49,296	54,746	60,216
Bellingham, WA	59,176	63,045	66,935	70,804
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	58,927	62,338	65,728	69,140
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	48,173	51,023	53,893	56,743
Kennewick-Richland, WA	48,672	52,562	56,452	60,341
Longview-Kelso, WA	54,226	57,221	60,196	63,191
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	58,927	63,503	68,058	72,634
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	53,436	56,743	60,050	63,357
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	58,240	62,775	67,288	71,823
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	46,031	49,400	52,770	56,140
Walla Walla, WA	50,461	51,543	52,604	53,685
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	50,648	53,248	55,869	58,469
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	52,520	56,160	59,821	63,461
Yakima, WA	41,892	47,133	52,375	57,616
Appleton, WI	40,061	45,677	51,314	56,930
Eau Claire, WI	40,061	44,637	49,192	53,768
Fond du Lac, WI	42,266	46,551	50,836	55,120
Green Bay, WI	42,266	45,573	48,860	52,167
Janesville-Beloit, WI	39,895	45,490	51,064	56,660
Kenosha, WI	40,394	46,280	52,188	58,074
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	39,000	45,823	52,624	59,447
Madison, WI	41,517	46,176	50,815	55,474
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	44,429	47,362	50,316	53,248
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	39,583	44,928	50,253	55,599
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	32,199	40,706	49,192	57,700
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	41,517	45,719	49,920	54,122
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	41,767	48,652	55,557	62,442
Sheboygan, WI	42,620	50,503	58,386	66,269
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	39,292	45,573	51,855	58,136
Wausau, WI	35,735	41,850	47,944	54,060
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	41,205	48,236	55,287	62,317
Beckley, WV	29,516	31,284	33,072	34,840
Charleston, WV	30,368	32,053	33,759	35,444
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	32,012	33,696	35,360	37,045
Morgantown, WV	30,410	32,136	33,842	35,568
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	29,973	31,741	33,488	35,256
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	30,077	31,741	33,426	35,090
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	28,039	29,536	31,055	32,552
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	28,226	30,368	32,490	34,632
Wheeling, WV-OH	31,887	33,551	35,236	36,900
Casper, WY	41,871	44,700	47,528	50,357
Cheyenne, WY	38,272	40,103	41,933	43,764
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	39,728	42,703	45,677	48,652
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	40,540	43,743	46,946	50,149

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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