1.10.1. Updated Wage Determination - Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde Counties - DRT.pdf

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act (SCA) for Texas counties (Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde, and Val Verde), issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division. The wage determination (No. 2015-5303, Revision 33, last updated August 22, 2026) establishes prevailing wage rates that contractors must pay employees on federal service contracts in the specified geographic area.

The document provides comprehensive wage rates organized by occupational classification codes and job titles across multiple service categories, including administrative support, automotive repair, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance repair, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring and longshoring, technical occupations, and transportation. Wage rates range from approximately $11.37 to $54.86 per hour depending on occupation and skill level. The determination specifies that all occupations receive health and welfare benefits ($5.92 per hour or $236.80 per week), vacation and sick leave provisions, holidays (minimum eleven paid holidays annually including New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas), and uniform allowances. Special provisions address computer professionals exempt from certain wage requirements, air traffic controllers and weather observers receiving night pay and Sunday premiums, hazardous pay differentials (4 percent and 8 percent depending on exposure level), and conformance procedures for unlisted occupations requiring SF-1444 submission to the Department of Labor for wage determination authorization.