Wage Determination Summary

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration. It establishes prevailing wage rates for federal service contracts in Wisconsin counties (Columbia, Dane, Green, and Iowa), effective August 22, 2026, under Wage Determination No. 2015-4897, Revision 33.

The wage determination lists over 200 occupation classifications with corresponding hourly wage rates ranging from $14.82 to $50.11 per hour. Occupational categories include administrative support, accounting, customer service, data entry, automotive services, food preparation, furniture maintenance, health occupations, information technology, instructional positions, laundry services, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, transportation/mobile equipment operations, and miscellaneous occupations. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.92 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, or $236.80 per week/$1,826.13 per month) for HEALTH & WELFARE benefits and $5.42 per hour for ED 13786. The determination includes detailed footnotes addressing computer employee exemptions, night pay and Sunday differentials for air traffic controllers and weather observers, hazardous pay differentials, and uniform allowance requirements. Contractors must provide two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, three weeks after five years, and four weeks after fifteen years of continuous service, plus ten federal holidays annually.