70Z03826RS0000001 - Wage Determination DC 2015-4281 Revision 36.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. The document, Wage Determination No. 2015-4281 (Revision 36), effective March 30, 2026, applies to service contracts in Virginia, District of Columbia, and Maryland, covering specific counties including Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford in Virginia; all of District of Columbia; and Charles and St. Mary's counties in Maryland.

The wage determination establishes mandatory minimum hourly wage rates and fringe benefits for over 200 occupational classifications across eleven major categories: Administrative Support and Clerical Occupations, Automotive Service Occupations, Food Preparation and Service Occupations, Furniture Maintenance and Repair Occupations, General Services and Support Occupations, Health Occupations, Information and Arts Occupations, Information Technology Occupations, Instructional Occupations, Laundry/Dry-Cleaning/Pressing Occupations, Machine Tool Operation and Repair Occupations, Materials Handling and Packing Occupations, Mechanics and Maintenance and Repair Occupations, Personal Needs Occupations, Plant and System Operations Occupations, Protective Service Occupations, Recreation Occupations, Stevedoring/Longshoremen Occupational Services, Technical Occupations, Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation Occupations, and Miscellaneous Occupations. Wage rates range from $15.11 per hour for certain nursing assistant positions to $60.66 per hour for pilot positions. All occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (standard) or $5.09 per hour (Executive Order 13706), plus paid vacation accruing at 2-4 weeks based on tenure, a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually, and applicable pay differentials for night work, Sunday work, and hazardous duty assignments of 4-8 percent. Special provisions apply to computer professionals, air traffic controllers, weather observers, and uniform allowances, with detailed conformance procedures outlined for unlisted occupational classifications requiring Department of Labor approval.