Atch 2- SCA Wage Determination.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division. The document establishes prevailing wage rates for service contracts in South Carolina counties of Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester under Wage Determination No. 2015-4427, Revision 32, effective December 3, 2025.

The wage determination lists over 200 occupation codes and titles with corresponding hourly rates, ranging from $9.74 per hour for Waiter/Waitress positions to $48.27 per hour for Flight Instructor (Pilot) and related positions. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, $222.00 weekly, or $962.00 monthly), plus an alternative Health & Welfare rate under Executive Order 13706 of $5.09 per hour ($203.60 weekly or $882.27 monthly). Employees are entitled to two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, three weeks after eight years, and four weeks after 15 years, plus a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Computer professionals meeting exemption criteria under 29 U.S.C. Section 213(a)(1) and (17) are excluded from wage determination applicability. Air traffic controllers and weather observers receive night pay and Sunday pay differentials. Hazardous pay differentials of 8% or 4% apply to specified ordnance and explosives work. Uniform allowances are reimbursable at $3.35 per week ($0.67 per day) or furnished at contractor expense. The conformance process for unlisted occupations requires contractor submission of proposed classifications and wage rates to the Department of Labor within 30 days of performing such work.