Register of Wage Determinations Under the Service Contract Act

This is a Register of Wage Determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division for Louisiana parishes (Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint John the Baptist, St Bernard, and St Charles). The determination is identified as Wage Determination No. 2015-5189, Revision 32, with a last revision date of December 3, 2025.

The document establishes prevailing wage rates for 259 occupational classifications across multiple service categories including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance and repair, general services and support, health occupations, information and arts occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance and repair, personal needs occupations, plant and system operations, protective service occupations, recreation occupations, stevedoring and longshoremen occupations, technical occupations, and transportation/mobile equipment operation. Wage rates range from $10.69 per hour for Waiter/Waitress positions to $48.72 per hour for Registered Nurse IV positions. All occupations receive health and welfare benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, $222.00 per week, or $962.00 per month), with an alternative rate of $5.09 per hour for employees on contracts covered by Executive Order 13706. All employees receive 2-4 weeks paid vacation based on tenure, minimum 11 paid holidays annually, and hazardous pay differentials of 4-8 percent where applicable. Computer professionals earning at least $27.63 per hour are exempt from the determination's requirements under specified circumstances. Special provisions apply to air traffic controllers and weather observers regarding night and Sunday pay differentials, and uniform allowance reimbursement is limited to $3.35 per week where applicable.