Prevailing Wage · 2025-26

H1B prevailing wages by location

H1B wage levels are set by metro area, not by state. The same job pays a different legal minimum in Charlotte than in San Jose. Browse Level I-IV wages for every occupation across 530 US metro areas.

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Alabama

Birmingham110 Huntsville102 Montgomery90 Mobile89 Columbus78 Tuscaloosa76 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area69 Auburn-Opelika67 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area64 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley55 Decatur52 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area49 Dothan48 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area44 Florence-Muscle Shoals43 Anniston-Oxford41 Gadsden32

Alaska

Anchorage89 Alaska nonmetropolitan area81 Fairbanks-College49

Arizona

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler137 Tucson102 Arizona nonmetropolitan area69 Flagstaff63 Prescott Valley-Prescott62 Yuma60 Lake Havasu City-Kingman49 Sierra Vista-Douglas49

Arkansas

Memphis122 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway109 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers85 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area79 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area66 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area65 Fort Smith62 Jonesboro52 Texarkana51 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area51 Hot Springs40

California

Colorado

Denver-Aurora-Centennial131 Fort Collins-Loveland112 Boulder109 Colorado Springs104 Greeley75 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area74 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area69 Grand Junction61 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area60 Pueblo54

Connecticut

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford137 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury119 New Haven113 Waterbury-Shelton94 Norwich-New London-Willimantic91 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area59

Delaware

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington143 Dover67 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area58

District of Columbia

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria147

Florida

GUAM

Guam MSA42

Georgia

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell138 Augusta-Richmond County103 Chattanooga96 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area86 Athens-Clarke County78 Columbus78 Savannah78 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area77 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area74 Warner Robins70 Gainesville68 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area62 Macon-Bibb County62 Dalton57 Valdosta55 Albany51 Rome48 Brunswick-St. Simons45 Hinesville29

Hawaii

Urban Honolulu107 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area69 Kahului-Wailuku51

Idaho

Boise City114 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area71 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area71 Idaho Falls71 Logan64 Coeur d'Alene59 Twin Falls45 Pocatello42 Lewiston38

Illinois

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin149 St. Louis134 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island95 Champaign-Urbana92 Peoria90 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area82 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area82 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area78 Bloomington76 Rockford76 Springfield76 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area69 Paducah54 Decatur50 Cape Girardeau49 Kankakee48

Indiana

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin149 Cincinnati135 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood132 Louisville/Jefferson County118 South Bend-Mishawaka100 Fort Wayne96 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area86 Evansville86 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area84 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area83 Lafayette-West Lafayette74 Bloomington68 Terre Haute66 Elkhart-Goshen65 Columbus50 Muncie50 Michigan City-La Porte43 Kokomo39

Iowa

Omaha125 Des Moines-West Des Moines116 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island95 Cedar Rapids93 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area92 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area84 Iowa City82 Waterloo-Cedar Falls76 Ames70 Sioux City68 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area67 Dubuque60 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area56

Kansas

Kansas City134 Kansas nonmetropolitan area106 Wichita105 Topeka80 Joplin68 Manhattan68 Lawrence61 St. Joseph50

Kentucky

Cincinnati135 Louisville/Jefferson County118 Lexington-Fayette112 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area92 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area87 Huntington-Ashland86 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area75 Clarksville68 Bowling Green65 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area64 Elizabethtown59 Paducah54 Owensboro51

Louisiana

New Orleans-Metairie111 Baton Rouge95 Lafayette78 Shreveport-Bossier City70 Monroe63 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington59 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area56 Lake Charles55 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux54 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area51 Alexandria45 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area43 Hammond42

Maine

Portland-South Portland108 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area90 Bangor77 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area63 Lewiston-Auburn55

Maryland

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria147 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington143 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson141 Maryland nonmetropolitan area88 Lexington Park80 Hagerstown-Martinsburg76 Salisbury63

Massachusetts

Boston-Cambridge-Newton143 Providence-Warwick133 Worcester125 Springfield99 Amherst Town-Northampton94 Barnstable Town72 Pittsfield69 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area50

Michigan

Minnesota

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington141 Fargo95 Duluth94 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area91 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area86 Sioux Falls85 La Crosse-Onalaska82 St. Cloud80 Rochester69 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area68 Mankato68 Grand Forks66 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area47

Mississippi

Memphis122 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area104 Jackson96 Gulfport-Biloxi83 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area65 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area64 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area60 Hattiesburg54

Missouri

Kansas City134 St. Louis134 Springfield96 Columbia89 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area81 Jefferson City72 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area70 Joplin68 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area68 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area51 St. Joseph50 Cape Girardeau49

Montana

Billings78 Bozeman75 Missoula72 West Montana nonmetropolitan area67 Helena63 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area57 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area50 Great Falls44

Nebraska

Omaha125 Lincoln109 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area89 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area74 Sioux City68 Grand Island45 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area43

Nevada

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas115 Reno107 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area67 Carson City41

New Hampshire

Boston-Cambridge-Newton143 Manchester-Nashua102 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area78 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area66 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area65

New Jersey

New York-Newark-Jersey City149 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington143 Trenton-Princeton128 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton121 Atlantic City-Hammonton78 Vineland49

New Mexico

Albuquerque111 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area90 Las Cruces71 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area69 Santa Fe66 Farmington41

New York

New York-Newark-Jersey City149 Albany-Schenectady-Troy133 Buffalo-Cheektowaga133 Rochester126 Syracuse126 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh100 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area100 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area99 Utica-Rome83 Binghamton76 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area75 Ithaca73 Kingston59 Glens Falls50 Watertown-Fort Drum47 Elmira46

North Carolina

Raleigh-Cary136 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia134 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk128 Durham-Chapel Hill117 Greensboro-High Point116 Winston-Salem111 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area102 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area102 Wilmington102 Asheville99 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area95 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton81 Fayetteville80 Greenville71 Rocky Mount59 Burlington58 Jacksonville48 Pinehurst-Southern Pines43 Goldsboro42

North Dakota

Fargo95 Bismarck68 Grand Forks66 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area64 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area56 Minot39

Ohio

Cincinnati135 Cleveland133 Columbus133 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek113 Akron107 Toledo103 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)94 Huntington-Ashland86 Canton-Massillon84 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area83 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area82 Youngstown-Warren74 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area72 Wheeling61 Mansfield54 Lima51 Springfield50 Sandusky46 Weirton-Steubenville40

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City123 Tulsa114 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area83 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area78 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area76 Fort Smith62 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area60 Lawton45 Enid28

Oregon

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro137 Eugene-Springfield96 Salem93 Bend86 Medford72 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area69 Corvallis65 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area60 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area60 Albany53 Grants Pass33

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas119 Ponce54 Aguadilla45 Mayaguez40 Arecibo33 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area27 Guayama12

Rhode Island

Providence-Warwick133

South Carolina

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia134 Greenville-Anderson-Greer124 Charleston-North Charleston119 Columbia116 Augusta-Richmond County103 Spartanburg79 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area65 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal61 Florence59 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach56 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area54 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area52 Sumter42

South Dakota

East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area90 Sioux Falls85 Rapid City70 Sioux City68 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area60

Tennessee

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin128 Knoxville122 Memphis122 Chattanooga96 Kingsport-Bristol82 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area70 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area69 Clarksville68 Johnson City65 Jackson64 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area64 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area63 Morristown49 Cleveland48

Texas

Utah

Salt Lake City-Murray135 Ogden100 Provo-Orem-Lehi94 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area82 Logan64 St. George61 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area61

VIRGIN ISLANDS

U.S. Virgin Islands MSA38

Vermont

Burlington-South Burlington104 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area81 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area65

Virginia

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria147 Richmond133 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk128 Roanoke93 Charlottesville90 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford88 Kingsport-Bristol82 Lynchburg78 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area72 Harrisonburg69 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area68 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area66 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area59 Winchester58 Staunton-Stuarts Draft51

Washington

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue143 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro137 Spokane-Spokane Valley111 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area90 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater89 Kennewick-Richland86 Bellingham80 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard78 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area71 Yakima62 Mount Vernon-Anacortes60 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee54 Longview-Kelso45 Lewiston38 Walla Walla37

West Virginia

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria147 Huntington-Ashland86 Charleston84 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area78 Hagerstown-Martinsburg76 Morgantown68 Wheeling61 Winchester58 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area56 Weirton-Steubenville40 Beckley38 Parkersburg-Vienna35

Wisconsin

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington141 Madison129 Milwaukee-Waukesha127 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area96 Duluth94 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area89 Green Bay85 La Crosse-Onalaska82 Appleton76 Oshkosh-Neenah73 Eau Claire71 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area70 Kenosha66 Janesville-Beloit65 Wausau63 Racine-Mount Pleasant62 Sheboygan58 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area54 Fond du Lac53

Wyoming

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area70 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area69 Cheyenne56 Casper42

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