A21 - WD 2015-4397_Rev 30_Dated 12-03-2025.pdf

This is a Wage Determination register issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division for service contracts in North Carolina counties of New Hanover and Pender. The wage determination (No. 2015-4397, Revision 30, effective December 3, 2025) establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefit requirements for federal service contracts awarded in this geographic area.

The document lists over 200 occupational classifications organized by category, including 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, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation/mobile equipment operations. Wage rates range from $10.36 per hour for waitstaff to $57.24 per hour for nuclear medicine technologists. All occupations listed receive mandatory fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly) for health and welfare coverage, with an alternative rate of $5.09 per hour for contracts also covered by Executive Order 13706. Standard benefits include two weeks paid vacation after one year of service (three weeks after eight years, four weeks after twenty years), a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually, and compliance with Service Contract Act requirements. Special provisions address computer professional exemptions, air traffic controller and weather observer night and Sunday pay differentials, hazardous duty pay (4-8 percent increases), uniform allowances, and procedures for requesting additional occupational classifications not listed in the determination.