SOC 53-7081 · DOL wage year 2026–27

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 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): Collect and dump refuse or recyclable materials from containers into truck. May drive truck.

Level I across metros$21,840 – $61,173Arecibo, PR to Seattle, WA

Median Level IV, major metros$56,930Across 100 top H-1B metros

Wage areas covered530Every DOL area with data

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What is the H-1B prevailing wage for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors?

For the 2026–27 wage year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the Department of Labor publishes H-1B prevailing wages for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors (SOC 53-7081) in 530 U.S. wage areas. Across metro areas, the Level I wage ranges from $21,840 in Arecibo, PR to $61,173 in Seattle, WA, and the median Level IV wage across 100 major H-1B metros is $56,930. Because the weighted H-1B lottery gives one entry per wage level, location changes the outcome: an offer of $50,607, the typical Level III threshold, reaches Level IV (four entries) in 14 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

New York, NY$77,210
San Francisco, CA$86,404
San Jose, CA$101,775
Seattle, WA$83,928
Dallas, TX$52,437
Houston, TX$51,501
Austin, TX$54,829
Chicago, IL$81,620
Boston, MA$59,322
Washington, DC$56,618
Atlanta, GA$54,954
Los Angeles, CA$70,076

All 530 wage areas

530 areas

Wage area	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	35,132	42,100	49,047	56,015
Anchorage, AK	32,344	43,951	55,557	67,164
Fairbanks-College, AK	34,674	41,559	48,423	55,308
Anniston-Oxford, AL	35,880	41,767	47,653	53,540
Auburn-Opelika, AL	41,455	46,197	50,940	55,682
Birmingham, AL	36,359	42,682	49,026	55,349
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	40,040	44,013	47,965	51,938
Decatur, AL	32,864	38,439	44,034	49,608
Dothan, AL	31,845	36,754	41,684	46,592
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	34,736	37,399	40,040	42,703
Gadsden, AL	34,466	41,060	47,674	54,268
Huntsville, AL	41,372	47,133	52,895	58,656
Mobile, AL	41,642	46,488	51,314	56,160
Montgomery, AL	28,496	32,968	37,420	41,892
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	30,389	37,316	44,221	51,148
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	31,138	35,589	40,020	44,471
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	25,293	30,452	35,631	40,789
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	28,351	34,216	40,061	45,927
Tuscaloosa, AL	34,341	40,893	47,466	54,018
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	26,354	30,036	33,696	37,378
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	30,930	36,442	41,954	47,466
Fort Smith, AR-OK	29,828	34,612	39,396	44,180
Hot Springs, AR	27,248	30,306	33,364	36,421
Jonesboro, AR	27,893	32,844	37,815	42,765
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	30,244	36,213	42,204	48,173
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	28,164	31,762	35,340	38,938
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	26,479	30,140	33,800	37,461
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	27,498	31,117	34,736	38,356
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	34,362	39,728	45,095	50,461
Flagstaff, AZ	35,007	40,124	45,240	50,357
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	33,988	38,959	43,951	48,922
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	34,341	41,892	49,442	56,992
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	38,085	42,100	46,135	50,149
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	32,386	35,381	38,356	41,351
Tucson, AZ	31,970	38,709	45,469	52,208
Yuma, AZ	34,092	41,434	48,756	56,098
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	43,680	50,461	57,221	64,002
Chico, CA	41,122	49,567	57,991	66,436
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	44,076	48,672	53,269	57,866
El Centro, CA	51,626	58,386	65,146	71,906
Fresno, CA	44,408	53,103	61,797	70,492
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	47,903	51,293	54,704	58,095
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	44,741	53,186	61,631	70,076
Merced, CA	39,666	49,088	58,490	67,912
Modesto, CA	50,503	56,098	61,672	67,268
Napa, CA	56,202	61,818	67,455	73,071
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	43,327	49,712	56,119	62,504
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	41,975	48,132	54,288	60,445
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	53,124	59,509	65,916	72,301
Redding, CA	38,376	42,848	47,341	51,813
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	48,964	55,620	62,296	68,952
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	52,812	59,447	66,082	72,717
Salinas, CA	45,906	54,164	62,400	70,658
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	56,930	62,816	68,703	74,589
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	54,892	65,396	75,900	86,404
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	60,112	74,007	87,880	101,775
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	49,775	57,013	64,272	71,511
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	55,661	67,288	78,936	90,564
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	58,407	62,754	67,101	71,448
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	52,957	61,714	70,471	79,228
Stockton-Lodi, CA	42,037	48,464	54,912	61,340
Vallejo, CA	46,135	55,724	65,333	74,922
Visalia, CA	41,642	46,572	51,501	56,431
Yuba City, CA	50,378	57,429	64,460	71,511
Boulder, CO	43,452	51,772	60,092	68,412
Colorado Springs, CO	40,248	47,570	54,892	62,213
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	46,488	53,581	60,653	67,746
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	35,319	41,205	47,112	52,999
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	42,973	48,880	54,788	60,695
Grand Junction, CO	44,388	49,463	54,517	59,592
Greeley, CO	41,642	48,111	54,580	61,048
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	43,784	51,210	58,656	66,082
Pueblo, CO	40,872	45,428	49,983	54,538
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	40,644	47,196	53,768	60,320
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	36,484	40,311	44,117	47,944
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	34,965	39,583	44,180	48,797
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	34,840	39,208	43,556	47,924
New Haven, CT	35,506	42,557	49,608	56,660
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	34,903	39,063	43,202	47,362
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	34,424	40,789	47,154	53,519
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	38,584	44,596	50,607	56,618
Dover, DE	39,021	47,341	55,682	64,002
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	44,180	50,503	56,805	63,128
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	38,335	42,453	46,592	50,711
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	34,986	40,311	45,615	50,940
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	33,592	38,792	44,013	49,213
Gainesville, FL	35,860	40,269	44,700	49,109
Homosassa Springs, FL	32,844	38,168	43,493	48,818
Jacksonville, FL	37,191	42,911	48,652	54,372
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	36,400	41,434	46,447	51,480
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	36,504	43,535	50,544	57,575
Naples-Marco Island, FL	34,861	41,226	47,591	53,956
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	28,039	33,384	38,730	44,076
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	40,103	44,533	48,984	53,415
Ocala, FL	37,420	42,744	48,090	53,415
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	40,207	44,804	49,421	54,018
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	39,479	44,720	49,962	55,204
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	38,293	42,807	47,300	51,813
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	36,837	41,704	46,592	51,460
Port St. Lucie, FL	37,253	43,098	48,922	54,767
Punta Gorda, FL	39,500	43,368	47,258	51,127
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	38,813	43,888	48,964	54,039
Sebring, FL	35,194	39,853	44,512	49,172
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	32,864	38,668	44,450	50,253
Tallahassee, FL	37,565	42,037	46,488	50,960
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	40,436	45,116	49,775	54,455
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	39,791	45,552	51,314	57,076
Albany, GA	34,820	40,935	47,029	53,144
Athens-Clarke County, GA	32,885	39,042	45,178	51,335
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	34,799	41,517	48,236	54,954
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	26,999	34,383	41,767	49,151
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	27,852	33,884	39,936	45,968
Columbus, GA-AL	31,991	35,485	38,959	42,453
Dalton, GA	32,906	39,229	45,532	51,855
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	29,370	33,052	36,712	40,394
Gainesville, GA	39,728	45,261	50,773	56,306
Hinesville, GA	32,261	38,356	44,471	50,565
Macon-Bibb County, GA	32,469	39,520	46,551	53,602
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area	26,916	31,367	35,818	40,269
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	24,711	30,909	37,128	43,327
Rome, GA	33,842	40,602	47,341	54,101
Savannah, GA	37,669	43,036	48,423	53,789
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	28,309	34,216	40,103	46,010
Valdosta, GA	32,594	39,916	47,237	54,559
Warner Robins, GA	27,186	32,511	37,815	43,140
Guam MSA	28,039	30,888	33,759	36,608
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	34,820	43,244	51,688	60,112
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	37,378	45,220	53,061	60,903
Urban Honolulu, HI	38,272	46,592	54,912	63,232
Ames, IA	38,376	43,784	49,192	54,600
Cedar Rapids, IA	41,746	47,383	52,999	58,636
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	51,127	58,864	66,623	74,360
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	43,285	49,130	54,975	60,820
Dubuque, IA	40,332	45,240	50,149	55,058
Iowa City, IA	42,932	48,444	53,935	59,447
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	41,309	45,157	49,005	52,853
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	40,540	44,762	48,964	53,186
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	35,090	40,103	45,116	50,128
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	38,709	43,327	47,965	52,583
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	37,108	41,580	46,052	50,524
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	42,079	46,780	51,501	56,202
Boise City, ID	42,308	46,114	49,900	53,706
Coeur d'Alene, ID	40,560	44,408	48,277	52,125
Idaho Falls, ID	44,554	54,101	63,628	73,175
Lewiston, ID-WA	44,450	48,132	51,834	55,516
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area	38,376	42,370	46,364	50,357
Pocatello, ID	45,864	48,589	51,335	54,060
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	38,210	42,308	46,384	50,482
Twin Falls, ID	39,708	43,951	48,215	52,458
Bloomington, IL	38,480	48,610	58,740	68,869
Champaign-Urbana, IL	33,925	40,436	46,967	53,477
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	51,168	61,319	71,469	81,620
Decatur, IL	38,730	48,818	58,906	68,994
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	37,752	45,698	53,644	61,589
Kankakee, IL	48,423	58,948	69,472	79,997
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	39,666	49,068	58,469	67,871
Peoria, IL	40,581	48,589	56,618	64,626
Rockford, IL	50,607	60,799	71,012	81,204
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	35,444	44,304	53,144	62,005
Springfield, IL	39,146	50,191	61,256	72,301
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	38,730	49,192	59,634	70,096
Bloomington, IN	40,061	46,696	53,332	59,967
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	36,879	43,576	50,274	56,972
Columbus, IN	40,623	46,988	53,373	59,738
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	42,724	49,088	55,453	61,818
Evansville, IN	46,301	50,732	55,162	59,592
Fort Wayne, IN	39,562	46,343	53,124	59,904
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	43,327	49,234	55,162	61,069
Kokomo, IN	41,912	48,173	54,413	60,674
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	47,944	58,157	68,349	78,562
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	49,255	59,384	69,535	79,664
Muncie, IN	47,612	52,146	56,701	61,236
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	42,661	48,839	55,016	61,194
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	40,997	48,256	55,495	62,754
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	28,496	36,879	45,261	53,644
Terre Haute, IN	38,356	44,908	51,480	58,032
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	31,304	36,151	41,018	45,864
Lawrence, KS	31,928	37,773	43,639	49,484
Manhattan, KS	30,493	35,631	40,768	45,906
Topeka, KS	27,477	33,780	40,082	46,384
Wichita, KS	33,405	39,916	46,426	52,936
Bowling Green, KY	30,680	35,860	41,018	46,197
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	27,415	32,698	37,981	43,264
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,039	32,927	37,815	42,703
Elizabethtown, KY	33,925	38,772	43,618	48,464
Lexington-Fayette, KY	32,906	38,605	44,304	50,004
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	39,791	45,469	51,148	56,826
Owensboro, KY	29,287	34,653	40,040	45,407
Paducah, KY-IL	40,456	44,284	48,090	51,917
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,247	32,615	36,983	41,351
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	28,039	32,615	37,170	41,746
Alexandria, LA	25,792	31,325	36,858	42,391
Baton Rouge, LA	35,152	41,268	47,404	53,519
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	18,658	23,754	28,850	33,946
Hammond, LA	31,325	36,026	40,748	45,448
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	32,240	38,106	43,992	49,858
Lafayette, LA	30,639	36,317	41,996	47,674
Lake Charles, LA	28,767	36,068	43,389	50,690
Monroe, LA	28,309	34,487	40,664	46,842
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	32,407	38,023	43,660	49,276
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	27,852	32,802	37,773	42,724
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	31,013	36,421	41,850	47,258
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	34,487	38,376	42,266	46,156
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	26,749	31,616	36,463	41,330
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	48,943	53,935	58,948	63,940
Barnstable Town, MA	43,992	49,504	54,996	60,508
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	41,663	47,549	53,436	59,322
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	41,767	47,716	53,685	59,634
Pittsfield, MA	41,559	47,445	53,332	59,218
Springfield, MA	38,460	44,679	50,877	57,096
Worcester, MA	39,021	44,804	50,607	56,389
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	36,567	42,682	48,797	54,912
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	34,154	38,605	43,077	47,528
Lexington Park, MD	37,232	43,410	49,608	55,786
Maryland nonmetropolitan area	35,984	41,767	47,549	53,332
Salisbury, MD	32,968	37,877	42,807	47,716
Bangor, ME	34,924	38,605	42,308	45,989
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	35,048	38,834	42,640	46,426
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	31,928	36,546	41,143	45,760
Portland-South Portland, ME	37,087	42,640	48,173	53,727
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	34,508	39,167	43,847	48,506
Ann Arbor, MI	33,052	40,748	48,444	56,140
Battle Creek, MI	38,064	46,488	54,912	63,336
Bay City, MI	37,919	44,325	50,711	57,117
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	35,631	44,138	52,645	61,152
Flint, MI	33,197	40,664	48,152	55,620
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	36,796	44,887	52,978	61,069
Jackson, MI	35,839	44,200	52,583	60,944
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	38,730	47,424	56,098	64,792
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	38,376	45,469	52,583	59,676
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	40,477	46,072	51,647	57,242
Midland, MI	37,919	44,325	50,711	57,117
Monroe, MI	38,730	43,826	48,922	54,018
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	31,242	39,978	48,714	57,450
Niles, MI	37,378	45,157	52,936	60,716
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	36,463	41,850	47,237	52,624
Saginaw, MI	35,090	43,722	52,354	60,986
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	38,418	45,303	52,208	59,093
Traverse City, MI	38,148	45,428	52,687	59,967
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	35,672	42,599	49,504	56,431
Duluth, MN-WI	39,853	47,903	55,932	63,981
Mankato, MN	47,216	52,271	57,346	62,400
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	52,125	57,492	62,858	68,224
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	36,671	42,120	47,570	53,020
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	44,388	49,005	53,623	58,240
Rochester, MN	50,732	55,703	60,674	65,645
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	38,668	44,928	51,210	57,471
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	44,034	50,732	57,429	64,127
St. Cloud, MN	46,551	51,480	56,431	61,360
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	33,031	39,583	46,156	52,708
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	32,823	38,418	44,013	49,608
Columbia, MO	32,927	38,896	44,845	50,815
Jefferson City, MO	32,927	38,896	44,845	50,815
Joplin, MO-KS	32,220	39,292	46,343	53,415
Kansas City, MO-KS	33,052	39,541	46,052	52,541
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	31,076	36,712	42,370	48,007
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	30,888	35,381	39,895	44,388
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	32,220	38,252	44,304	50,336
Springfield, MO	33,676	40,644	47,591	54,559
St. Joseph, MO-KS	32,178	38,002	43,826	49,650
St. Louis, MO-IL	41,288	49,546	57,804	66,061
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	39,375	44,263	49,151	54,039
Hattiesburg, MS	29,474	34,216	38,959	43,701
Jackson, MS	30,992	36,380	41,788	47,175
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	30,847	35,069	39,312	43,535
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	25,252	31,804	38,356	44,908
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	33,135	37,149	41,184	45,199
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	28,039	32,989	37,940	42,890
Billings, MT	43,036	46,176	49,317	52,458
Bozeman, MT	53,602	56,805	59,988	63,191
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	38,272	43,036	47,799	52,562
Great Falls, MT	39,416	43,951	48,506	53,040
Helena, MT	39,562	45,407	51,252	57,096
Missoula, MT	36,463	41,330	46,197	51,064
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	39,895	45,032	50,149	55,287
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	36,775	41,205	45,615	50,045
Asheville, NC	32,532	37,752	42,952	48,173
Burlington, NC	34,050	38,688	43,327	47,965
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	23,026	29,224	35,423	41,621
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	37,336	43,223	49,130	55,016
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	36,796	41,975	47,175	52,354
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	24,711	29,869	35,048	40,207
Fayetteville, NC	34,986	40,290	45,615	50,919
Goldsboro, NC	26,125	32,948	39,749	46,572
Greensboro-High Point, NC	35,797	40,248	44,679	49,130
Greenville, NC	31,325	37,482	43,660	49,816
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	23,629	30,472	37,336	44,180
Jacksonville, NC	31,492	34,570	37,669	40,748
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	28,164	32,469	36,775	41,080
Raleigh-Cary, NC	34,237	40,290	46,364	52,416
Rocky Mount, NC	24,399	29,412	34,424	39,437
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	25,356	29,869	34,362	38,876
Wilmington, NC	31,367	37,149	42,952	48,735
Winston-Salem, NC	28,725	35,215	41,704	48,194
Bismarck, ND	45,282	51,335	57,388	63,440
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	38,917	45,053	51,189	57,325
Fargo, ND-MN	40,852	48,111	55,370	62,629
Grand Forks, ND-MN	51,231	54,829	58,407	62,005
Minot, ND	51,231	54,060	56,909	59,738
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	37,898	46,010	54,143	62,255
Grand Island, NE	35,818	41,850	47,861	53,893
Lincoln, NE	37,108	41,829	46,551	51,272
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	33,031	38,688	44,325	49,983
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,629	41,080	45,532	49,983
Omaha, NE-IA	42,952	47,362	51,792	56,202
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	36,879	41,954	47,008	52,084
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	38,647	44,013	49,400	54,767
Manchester-Nashua, NH	37,648	42,183	46,696	51,231
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	38,210	42,016	45,802	49,608
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	37,087	42,120	47,154	52,188
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	36,837	43,077	49,338	55,578
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	43,181	49,255	55,308	61,381
Vineland, NJ	38,314	46,592	54,892	63,170
Albuquerque, NM	37,752	42,016	46,260	50,524
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	39,104	43,847	48,610	53,352
Farmington, NM	35,423	40,373	45,303	50,253
Las Cruces, NM	30,077	36,026	41,954	47,903
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	33,988	37,898	41,829	45,740
Santa Fe, NM	42,287	45,136	47,986	50,836
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	48,360	56,036	63,690	71,365
Carson City, NV	48,922	56,951	64,980	73,008
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	47,799	55,536	63,253	70,991
Reno, NV	48,132	56,680	65,250	73,799
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	40,914	45,656	50,420	55,162
Binghamton, NY	36,650	42,869	49,109	55,328
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	37,628	44,055	50,503	56,930
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	43,930	47,861	51,813	55,744
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	36,692	41,850	47,029	52,188
Elmira, NY	36,712	43,223	49,733	56,244
Glens Falls, NY	41,372	46,156	50,940	55,724
Ithaca, NY	39,084	45,324	51,584	57,824
Kingston, NY	38,189	44,367	50,524	56,701
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	40,664	46,655	52,666	58,656
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	43,327	54,621	65,916	77,210
Rochester, NY	42,245	48,423	54,621	60,799
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	35,880	42,370	48,880	55,370
Syracuse, NY	35,256	40,560	45,885	51,189
Utica-Rome, NY	37,690	44,575	51,439	58,324
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	39,749	45,074	50,378	55,703
Akron, OH	33,759	40,103	46,447	52,791
Canton-Massillon, OH	36,754	43,285	49,796	56,327
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	38,626	44,200	49,796	55,370
Cleveland, OH	40,997	46,738	52,479	58,220
Columbus, OH	42,453	48,568	54,663	60,778
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	35,256	42,162	49,088	55,994
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	38,293	44,263	50,232	56,202
Lima, OH	35,776	41,226	46,655	52,104
Mansfield, OH	40,207	48,173	56,119	64,085
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	32,552	38,252	43,951	49,650
Sandusky, OH	38,376	44,637	50,919	57,180
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	32,532	37,940	43,327	48,735
Springfield, OH	31,908	35,485	39,084	42,661
Toledo, OH	33,821	41,080	48,319	55,578
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	31,013	35,984	40,956	45,927
Youngstown-Warren, OH	32,740	38,813	44,887	50,960
Enid, OK	35,423	41,808	48,215	54,600
Lawton, OK	31,554	35,922	40,269	44,637
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	29,744	33,260	36,775	40,290
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	31,533	36,608	41,684	46,759
Oklahoma City, OK	37,648	43,888	50,108	56,348
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	32,157	35,360	38,584	41,788
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	31,096	34,175	37,253	40,332
Tulsa, OK	35,007	39,250	43,514	47,757
Albany, OR	55,245	58,407	61,548	64,709
Bend, OR	56,535	59,364	62,172	65,000
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area	54,892	57,325	59,759	62,192
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area	51,439	54,933	58,407	61,901
Corvallis, OR	53,352	56,431	59,530	62,608
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area	49,567	52,437	55,328	58,199
Eugene-Springfield, OR	51,647	54,725	57,783	60,861
Grants Pass, OR	54,122	57,242	60,383	63,503
Medford, OR	56,223	58,823	61,423	64,023
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	59,260	62,900	66,540	70,180
Salem, OR	55,557	58,428	61,319	64,189
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	33,072	41,892	50,690	59,509
Altoona, PA	29,162	33,842	38,543	43,223
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	31,533	36,442	41,372	46,280
Chambersburg, PA	39,520	46,696	53,852	61,028
Erie, PA	32,989	39,375	45,781	52,167
Gettysburg, PA	36,525	44,346	52,188	60,008
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	41,455	48,756	56,036	63,336
Johnstown, PA	32,656	39,708	46,780	53,831
Lancaster, PA	32,240	40,207	48,152	56,119
Lebanon, PA	32,324	39,333	46,322	53,332
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	30,223	36,941	43,680	50,399
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	30,556	36,671	42,807	48,922
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	38,647	47,133	55,620	64,106
Pittsburgh, PA	33,197	40,581	47,944	55,328
Reading, PA	31,908	38,231	44,554	50,877
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	32,303	39,250	46,197	53,144
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	33,239	39,084	44,908	50,752
State College, PA	40,248	45,282	50,316	55,349
Williamsport, PA	30,472	36,296	42,141	47,965
York-Hanover, PA	32,760	40,061	47,341	54,642
Aguadilla, PR	No Leveled Wage: no levels published
Arecibo, PR	21,840	22,215	22,568	22,943
Guayama, PR	No Leveled Wage: no levels published
Mayaguez, PR	21,840	22,048	22,256	22,464
Ponce, PR	21,840	22,631	23,400	24,191
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	No Leveled Wage: no levels published
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	21,840	22,423	23,005	23,588
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	42,516	48,444	54,372	60,300
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	34,071	39,042	44,013	48,984
Columbia, SC	24,316	29,474	34,632	39,791
Florence, SC	23,629	28,018	32,428	36,816
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	30,077	33,509	36,920	40,352
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	31,242	37,628	43,992	50,378
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	31,804	34,508	37,212	39,916
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	18,783	24,773	30,764	36,754
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	24,399	27,061	29,744	32,407
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	18,720	22,194	25,668	29,141
Spartanburg, SC	26,167	32,324	38,460	44,616
Sumter, SC	30,244	37,253	44,284	51,293
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	28,871	32,532	36,192	39,853
Rapid City, SD	26,791	30,119	33,426	36,754
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	28,413	31,408	34,404	37,399
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	27,956	31,284	34,632	37,960
Chattanooga, TN-GA	30,868	35,735	40,602	45,469
Clarksville, TN-KY	30,868	38,272	45,698	53,103
Cleveland, TN	23,255	31,284	39,333	47,362
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	33,010	37,378	41,725	46,093
Jackson, TN	26,354	35,631	44,928	54,205
Johnson City, TN	24,565	28,600	32,615	36,650
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	29,994	36,359	42,703	49,068
Knoxville, TN	27,768	36,650	45,532	54,413
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	34,591	39,624	44,679	49,712
Morristown, TN	26,832	32,740	38,647	44,554
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	34,508	42,765	51,023	59,280
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	31,554	36,962	42,349	47,757
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	31,284	34,674	38,064	41,455
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	32,324	35,776	39,208	42,661
Abilene, TX	28,351	34,424	40,498	46,572
Amarillo, TX	38,876	41,455	44,055	46,634
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	34,591	41,330	48,090	54,829
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	38,605	43,452	48,277	53,124
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	28,559	33,884	39,188	44,512
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	32,532	36,567	40,602	44,637
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	26,541	31,991	37,440	42,890
College Station-Bryan, TX	31,055	37,066	43,098	49,109
Corpus Christi, TX	27,415	34,986	42,578	50,149
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	31,200	38,272	45,365	52,437
Eagle Pass, TX	24,149	29,162	34,196	39,208
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	31,949	35,735	39,520	43,306
El Paso, TX	34,112	36,463	38,792	41,143
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	30,036	35,506	40,997	46,468
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	32,552	38,876	45,178	51,501
Killeen-Temple, TX	33,093	37,066	41,060	45,032
Laredo, TX	27,207	32,074	36,962	41,829
Longview, TX	28,933	34,591	40,248	45,906
Lubbock, TX	25,210	31,200	37,191	43,181
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	25,418	29,932	34,445	38,959
Midland, TX	44,284	48,735	53,165	57,616
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	27,560	33,676	39,791	45,906
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	25,792	32,220	38,647	45,074
Odessa, TX	39,541	43,368	47,216	51,044
San Angelo, TX	27,810	33,800	39,791	45,781
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	36,754	42,037	47,341	52,624
Sherman-Denison, TX	30,680	36,754	42,807	48,880
Texarkana, TX-AR	28,496	33,655	38,834	43,992
Tyler, TX	28,455	34,508	40,581	46,634
Victoria, TX	31,304	36,421	41,517	46,634
Waco, TX	31,013	37,919	44,845	51,751
Wichita Falls, TX	27,498	33,696	39,874	46,072
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	39,624	45,552	51,460	57,388
Logan, UT-ID	41,559	46,343	51,106	55,890
Ogden, UT	44,242	49,650	55,037	60,445
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	40,332	47,404	54,496	61,568
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	44,616	51,439	58,282	65,104
St. George, UT	40,228	46,655	53,061	59,488
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	42,973	49,650	56,348	63,024
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	29,016	33,218	37,420	41,621
Charlottesville, VA	32,885	38,314	43,764	49,192
Harrisonburg, VA	31,804	37,461	43,119	48,776
Lynchburg, VA	35,485	41,018	46,572	52,104
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,976	32,261	36,525	40,810
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,581	31,845	36,088	40,352
Richmond, VA	31,263	39,458	47,674	55,869
Roanoke, VA	31,408	37,108	42,828	48,527
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	26,292	31,928	37,565	43,202
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	27,082	31,471	35,839	40,228
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	33,821	39,250	44,700	50,128
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	35,215	41,746	48,256	54,788
Winchester, VA-WV	31,325	37,648	43,951	50,274
U.S. Virgin Islands MSA	35,444	44,096	52,728	61,381
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	46,988	51,272	55,557	59,842
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	45,469	49,151	52,853	56,535
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	45,032	49,546	54,060	58,573
Bellingham, WA	52,229	58,303	64,356	70,429
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	54,309	62,109	69,888	77,688
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	49,213	55,224	61,256	67,268
Kennewick-Richland, WA	54,330	60,570	66,831	73,071
Longview-Kelso, WA	57,596	61,818	66,061	70,284
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	58,844	64,314	69,805	75,276
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	58,012	63,524	69,036	74,548
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	61,173	68,765	76,336	83,928
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	54,871	60,508	66,144	71,781
Walla Walla, WA	48,215	53,352	58,511	63,648
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	42,952	49,484	56,036	62,567
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	52,021	57,804	63,586	69,368
Yakima, WA	53,228	57,720	62,192	66,685
Appleton, WI	37,794	44,991	52,188	59,384
Eau Claire, WI	48,485	52,687	56,909	61,111
Fond du Lac, WI	39,063	46,842	54,621	62,400
Green Bay, WI	38,356	44,908	51,439	57,991
Janesville-Beloit, WI	54,392	56,764	59,135	61,506
Kenosha, WI	40,332	47,216	54,122	61,007
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	32,781	40,581	48,381	56,181
Madison, WI	39,604	46,759	53,893	61,048
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	45,012	51,335	57,679	64,002
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	43,119	48,797	54,455	60,133
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	42,100	48,256	54,413	60,570
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	35,860	43,680	51,522	59,343
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	40,103	47,882	55,661	63,440
Sheboygan, WI	43,015	49,754	56,472	63,212
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	34,820	42,973	51,106	59,260
Wausau, WI	38,148	45,095	52,042	58,989
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	33,821	40,560	47,300	54,039
Beckley, WV	24,877	30,722	36,546	42,391
Charleston, WV	28,642	32,927	37,191	41,476
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	28,621	33,260	37,919	42,557
Morgantown, WV	25,896	30,181	34,466	38,751
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	25,792	30,056	34,300	38,564
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	31,824	35,464	39,125	42,765
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	26,084	30,618	35,173	39,708
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	31,908	35,610	39,312	43,015
Wheeling, WV-OH	29,599	33,655	37,732	41,788
Casper, WY	35,797	41,767	47,757	53,727
Cheyenne, WY	37,316	41,580	45,823	50,087
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	36,296	41,372	46,426	51,501
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	34,029	40,581	47,112	53,664

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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