Summary of 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's Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division for service contracts in Pennsylvania, specifically covering Delaware and Philadelphia Counties. The wage determination (No. 2015-4233, Revision 36, effective 5/13/2026) establishes prevailing wage rates for federal service contractors across 99 occupation categories.

The wage determination specifies hourly rates for over 200 job classifications spanning administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional services, laundry and dry cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation roles. Rates range from $15.20 per hour for dishwashers to $55.66 per hour for cable splicers. All occupations listed receive health and welfare benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, or $222.00 weekly/$962.08 monthly), with an additional $5.69 per hour under Executive Order 13786. The determination includes special provisions for night pay and Sunday pay differentials for air traffic controllers and weather observers, an 8 percent hazardous duty differential for certain hazardous positions, and a 4 percent differential for lower-hazard positions. Uniform allowances are reimbursable at $1.35 per week. The document also outlines procedures for conformance requests when unlisted occupations require classification and references the Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations for job duty definitions.