3. SCA WD.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, effective December 3, 2025 (Wage Determination No. 2015-5233, Revision 32).

The document establishes prevailing wage rates for service contracts performed in Texas counties including Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller. It specifies minimum hourly wage rates across multiple occupational categories organized by code, including Administrative Support and Clerical Occupations (ranging from $16.75 to $42.47 per hour), Automotive Service Occupations ($17.39 to $25.96), Food Preparation and Service Occupations ($12.38 to $18.25), Furniture Maintenance and Repair ($12.26 to $22.32), General Services and Support ($14.33 to $23.07), Health Occupations ($15.28 to $56.37), Information and Arts Occupations ($15.38 to $41.46), Information Technology Occupations ($20.62 to $37.07), Instructional Occupations ($22.20 to $55.59), Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Occupations ($12.46 to $18.20), Materials Handling and Packing ($14.99 to $24.04), Mechanics and Maintenance and Repair ($18.08 to $48.01), Personal Needs Occupations ($10.97 to $21.78), Plant and System Operations ($16.29 to $24.67), Protective Service Occupations ($15.62 to $36.28), Recreation Occupations ($12.74 to $24.98), Stevedoring and Longshoremen Services ($31.48 to $36.27), Technical Occupations ($20.86 to $53.13), Transportation and Mobile Equipment Operations ($13.64 to $40.86), and Miscellaneous Occupations ($13.68 to $41.99). All occupations listed receive fringe benefits including health and welfare ($5.55 per hour or $222.00 weekly/$962.00 monthly, with an alternative rate of $5.09 per hour for EO 13706 compliance), two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, and a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Special provisions apply to computer professionals exempt under specific compensation requirements, air traffic controllers and weather observers receiving night pay and Sunday differentials, employees working with hazardous materials receiving 4-8 percent differentials, and employees required to wear uniforms with reimbursement provisions specified.