Attachment 3 SCA Wage Determination - 15-5443.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 establishes prevailing wage rates for service employees in four New Mexico counties: Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, and Valencia (Wage Determination No. 2015-5443, Revision 28, effective 5/13/2026).

The wage determination lists over 300 occupations across multiple service categories including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective service, recreational and amusement service, technical occupations, and transportation operations. Hourly rates range from $12.91 (Bus Aide) to $48.85 (Registered Nurse IV, Anesthetist), with most rates between $14–35 per hour. The determination requires fringe benefits including health and welfare contributions of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, $222 weekly) or $962 monthly, and Health & Welfare ED 13786 at $5.89 per hour or $883.60 monthly. Employees receive two weeks paid vacation after one year of service with a contractor or successor, three weeks after 10 years, and four weeks after 15 years, plus 11 federal holidays annually. Special provisions apply to computer professionals, air traffic controllers and weather observers (night pay and Sunday differential), hazardous duty pay (4–8 percent differential), and uniform allowances ($1.35 per week or $6.67 cents daily for cleaning and maintenance).