Attachment_35_WD_2015-4001_BangorANG_Penobscot_ME.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 wage determination (No. 2015-4001, Revision 32, effective 12/03/2025) applies to service contracts in Penobscot County, Maine, covering 39 municipalities including Bangor, Brewer, Old Town, and Orono.

The document establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for 193 occupational classifications organized by occupational family codes (01000–99000 series). Wage rates range from $13.44 per hour for taxi drivers to $59.99 per hour for nuclear medicine technologists. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits including health and welfare at $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, or $222.00 per week), vacation benefits (two weeks after one year of service, increasing to four weeks after 15 years), and a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Special considerations include an 8 percent hazard pay differential for positions involving explosives and ordnance, a 4 percent differential for low-degree hazard positions, night pay differentials for air traffic controllers and weather observers, and uniform allowance provisions at $3.35 per week. Computer employees, air traffic controllers, and weather observers receive footnoted exceptions with additional compensation requirements. The determination requires contractors to submit conformance requests using Standard Form 1444 for unlisted occupational classifications, with final wage determinations issued by the Wage and Hour Division within 30 days of submission.