Wage Determination Summary

This document 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, effective December 3, 2025. The wage determination applies to service contracts in Colorado counties including Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Mineral, Otero, Prowers, Rio Grande, and Saguache.

The determination establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for 200+ occupational classifications spanning 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 operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs services, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation operations. All employees receive health and welfare benefits at $5.55 per hour (or $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706 for paid sick leave compliance), two to four weeks paid vacation based on tenure, and a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Hazardous pay differentials of 4-8 percent apply to designated positions. Specific footnotes address computer professional exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, night pay and Sunday premium requirements for air traffic controllers and weather observers, and uniform allowance standards. A conformance process detailed in 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2) governs requests for wage determination of unlisted occupational classifications not performed by existing classifications.