Attachment_2_Wage_Determination_2015_4955_Rev_31.pdf

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration for Minnesota (Wage Determination No. 2015-4955, Revision 31, effective 3/30/2026).

The wage determination covers 19 Minnesota counties: Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Red Lake, Roseau, Wadena, and Wilkin. It establishes prevailing wage rates across 14 occupational categories containing approximately 200+ job classifications, ranging from administrative and clerical occupations (minimum $17.16 per hour for General Clerk I) to highly specialized technical positions (maximum $54.46 per hour for Nuclear Medicine Technologist). Fringe benefits required include Health & Welfare at $5.55 per hour (or $222/$962 weekly/monthly), vacation provisions (2 weeks after 1 year, increasing to 4 weeks after 15 years), and 12 paid holidays annually. Employees subject to Executive Order 13706 receive modified Health & Welfare benefits at $5.09 per hour and are entitled to paid sick leave at 1 hour per 30 hours worked, up to 56 hours annually.

Special provisions include hazardous pay differentials (8% for high-degree hazard, 4% for low-degree hazard work), night pay and Sunday premiums for air traffic controllers and weather observers, uniform allowances capped at $3.35 weekly ($0.67 daily), and specific exemptions for computer professionals meeting compensation thresholds of $27.63 per hour or higher. The document includes a conformance process allowing contractors to request authorization for additional unlisted job classifications through Standard Form 1444, subject to Wage and Hour Division approval within 30 days.