Attachment 0002 Wage Determination.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 provides prevailing wage rates for service contract employees in the Virgin Islands, specifically in the counties of Saint John, St. Croix, and St. Thomas.

The wage determination (No. 2015-5715, Revision 27, dated 8/11/2026) establishes hourly wage rates across over 150 occupational classifications spanning nine major occupation categories: Administrative Support and Clerical, Automotive Service, Food Preparation and Service, Furniture Maintenance and Repair, General Services and Support, Health, Information and Arts, Information Technology, Instructional, Laundry/Dry-Cleaning/Pressing, Machine Tool Operation, Materials Handling and Packing, Mechanics and Maintenance and Repair, Personal Needs, Plant and System Operations, Protective Service, Recreation, Stevedoring/Longshoremen, Technical, Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation, and Miscellaneous Occupations. Wage rates range from $11.42 per hour (Assembler) to $53.73 per hour (Dental Hygienist). All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.92 per hour for health and welfare (or $5.42 per hour under EO 13706), plus vacation accrual, a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually, and specific provisions for hazardous pay differentials (4-8 percent), uniform allowances, and night/Sunday pay for certain positions. The determination includes footnotes addressing computer employee exemptions, air traffic controllers' special pay provisions, and a conformance process for unlisted occupational classifications requiring Department of Labor approval via Standard Form 1444.