Summary: 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 Employment Standards Administration for Arizona Counties of Pima, effective March 30, 2026 (Wage Determination No. 2015-5473, Revision 28). The register establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefit requirements for service contractors performing work under the Service Contract Act on federal contracts in the specified geographic area.

The wage determination covers over 150 occupation classifications spanning administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective service, recreation, stevedoring, technical, and transportation occupations. Wage rates range from $13.71 per hour for nursing assistants to $58.27 per hour for nuclear medicine technologists. All listed occupations receive mandatory fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour for health and welfare (or $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706) plus vacation (2-4 weeks based on tenure), and minimum eleven paid holidays annually. The document includes footnotes designating computer professionals and air traffic controllers as exempt from certain wage determinations, special hazardous pay differentials (4-8 percent), and uniform allowance provisions. Conformance procedures are outlined for unlisted job classifications requiring submission of Standard Form 1444 to the Department of Labor for wage rate authorization.