Atch_6_DOL_Wage_Determination_2015-4783.pdf

This document 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 wage determination (No. 2015-4783, Revision 30, last revised 8/22/2026) applies to federal service contracts in Indiana counties of Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter.

The determination establishes prevailing wage rates for approximately 200 occupations across multiple categories including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional, laundry/dry-cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation/mobile equipment operations. Wage rates range from $15.00 per hour for waiters/waitresses to $59.34 per hour for cable splicers. The determination mandates fringe benefits including health and welfare contributions ($5.92 per hour standard or $5.42 per hour under Executive Order 13706), vacation accrual (2-4 weeks based on tenure), and a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Special provisions address exempt computer professionals, air traffic controllers and weather observers receiving night and Sunday pay differentials, hazardous duty pay differentials (4-8 percent), and uniform allowance reimbursement at $3.35 per week. The conformance process for unlisted occupations requires contractors to submit SF-1444 forms to the Department of Labor for classification approval prior to contract performance.