Register of Wage Determinations Under the Service Contract Act

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division for New Jersey Counties of Cape May under Wage Determination No. 2015-4197 (Revision 34, last revised August 11, 2026).

The wage determination establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefit requirements for service contract employees in the Cape May area of New Jersey. It lists over 200 occupation codes and classifications across multiple industries, including administrative support, accounting, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, transportation, and miscellaneous occupations. Each occupation is assigned a specific hourly wage rate ranging from approximately $15.66 to $65.53 per hour. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.92 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, or $236.80 per week/$1,026.13 per month) or alternatively $5.42 per hour under Executive Order 13786 ($216.80 per week or $939.46 per month). The determination includes special provisions for computer professionals (with specific duty requirements to qualify for exemptions), air traffic controllers and weather observers (night pay and Sunday differentials), hazardous pay differentials at 8 percent and 4 percent rates for specified high-risk and low-risk hazard work, and uniform allowance reimbursement at $1.35 per week or $0.67 per day. The document also contains a conformance process requiring contractors to classify unlisted occupations through submission of SF-1444 forms to the Department of Labor for approval prior to contract performance.