3. SCA Wage Determinations.pdf

This is a Wage Determination register issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, covering service contract work in Texas counties including Callahan, Jones, and Taylor (Wage Determination No. 2015-5211, Revision 32, effective December 3, 2025).

The document establishes prevailing wage rates for service employees across multiple occupational categories spanning administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional services, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring and longshoremen, technical occupations, and transportation/mobile equipment operations. Wage rates range from $10.89 to $50.74 per hour depending on occupation and skill level. All listed occupations require fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, equaling $222 weekly or $962 monthly), or $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706 ($203.60 weekly or $882.27 monthly). Standard benefits include two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, three weeks after eight years, and four weeks after fifteen years; eleven paid holidays annually; and specific allowances for uniforms, hazardous pay differentials (4-8 percent depending on exposure level), and night/Sunday pay premiums for select occupations. The wage determination applies to all federal service contracts awarded on or after January 1, 2017, and establishes the Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations as the reference for job duty definitions. Contractors must classify unlisted employee positions through a conformance process requiring submission of SF-1444 forms for Department of Labor approval prior to performance of contract work.