FY 2026 Wage Index Home Page

Title
FY 2026 Wage Index Home Page
Year
2026
Type
Other
Description
See Below
  1. FY 2026 Hospital Wage Index Development Time Table (PDF)
  2. FY 2026 Preliminary Wage Index PUF (ZIP): Contains the FY 2026 preliminary Worksheet S-3 wage data from FY 2022 cost reports and the Calendar Year 2022 occupational mix survey data. See description tab for complete details.
    NOTE: The FY 2026 preliminary Worksheet S-3 wage data file was updated on June 20, 2024. Prior to this update, the file inadvertently contained cost report data with a begin date before 10/01/2021 and cost report data with a begin date after 10/01/2022. CMS has removed these cost reports and added cost reports that were missing.
  3. FY 2026 January 31, 2025 Wage Index PUFs (ZIP): January Worksheet S-3 cost report wage data, calendar year 2022 Occupational Mix survey data, January deleted Worksheet S-3 cost report wage data and January deleted Occupational Mix data.
  4. FY 2026 January 31, 2025 Average Hourly Wage Comparison PUF and Preliminary Inflation Factors (ZIP): FY 2026 preliminary occupational mix adjusted CBSA Average Hourly Wages (AHWs) and the FY 2025 final occupational mix adjusted CBSA AHWs. Also includes the preliminary FY 2026 Wage Index Inflation Factors.
  5. FY 2026 Proposed Rule Tables 2, 3 and 4A and 4B (Wage Index Tables) (ZIP):
    • Table 2- Proposed Case-Mix Index and Wage Index Table by CMS Certification Number (CCN)
    • Table 3- Proposed Wage Index Table by CBSA;
    • Table 4A - Proposed List of Counties Eligible for the Out-Migration Adjustment under Section 1886(d)(13) of the Act
    • Table 4B - Proposed Counties Redesignated under Section 1886(d)(8)(B) of the Act (LUGAR COUNTIES)
  6. FY 2026 Proposed Rule Wage Index Public Use Files (ZIP):  Open Attached Zip file. Attached is a PDF with a description of each zip file. Main zip file contains 5 zip files:
    • FY 2026 Proposed Rule Wage Index Data PUFs (S3 Part II and Occ Mix Data)
    • FY 2026 Proposed Rule Occupational Mix Adjusted and Unadjusted Average Hourly Wages and Occupational Mix Factor by Provider
    • FY 2026 Proposed Rule Occupational Mix Adjusted and Unadjusted Average Hourly Wages and Pre-Reclass Wage Indexes by CBSA
    • FY 2026 Proposed Rule AHW by Provider Area Listing
  7. FY 2026 April 30, 2025, Wage Index PUFs (ZIP): As of April 30, 2025, this file contains the FY 2026 Worksheet S-3 cost report wage data, Calendar Year 2022 Occupational Mix survey data, deleted Worksheet S-3 cost report wage data, and deleted occupational mix survey data.