Atch 2 SCA Wage Determination.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act (SCA) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division. The document establishes prevailing wage rates for federal service contracts in South Carolina counties including Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, and Saluda.

The wage determination (2015-4429, Revision 32, effective 5/13/2026) provides hourly rates for over 200 occupational classifications spanning administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation positions. Rates range from $9.81 per hour for food preparation attendants to $50.66 per hour for air crew training devices instructors and maintenance test pilots. All occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly) or $222.00 per week, or $962.00 monthly, with an alternate rate of $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13786 ($283.60 weekly or $882.27 monthly). The determination includes hazardous pay differentials (4 percent and 8 percent), night pay and Sunday premium requirements for air traffic controllers and weather observers, computer professional exemptions subject to specific compensation thresholds and skill requirements, and uniform allowance provisions. All contractors and subcontractors on covered federal service contracts must comply with these wage rates and fringe benefit requirements.