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 service contracts in Mississippi Counties of George and Pearl River (Wage Determination No. 2015-5171, Revision 29, effective 5/13/2026).

The register establishes prevailing wage rates for approximately 200 occupational classifications across multiple service categories, including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance and repair, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry cleaning, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation/equipment operation. Wage rates range from $10.66 per hour (Laundry/Dry Cleaning Assembler) to $46.07 per hour (Air Traffic Control Specialist, Center). The determination includes fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly or $222.00 biweekly) and specifies vacation accrual schedules, paid holidays, health and welfare provisions, hazardous duty differentials, uniform allowances, and special compensation rules for computer professionals, air traffic controllers, and weather observers. Computer programmer positions note applicability restrictions under 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1) and (17). The determination applies to all Service Contract Act contracts awarded on or after the specified date and references Executive Orders 13706 and 13658 regarding paid sick leave and prevailing wages.