Attachment 4-Orange County Wage Determinations-70Z03826QH0000027.pdf

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division. The wage determination covers California County of Orange and is numbered 2015-5645, Revision 30, effective December 3, 2025.

The document establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for over 200 occupation classifications across multiple service categories including administrative support, automotive services, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry services, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, and technical occupations. Wage rates range from $15.67 to $69.80 per hour depending on occupation and experience level. All occupations receive base fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, $222 weekly, or $962 monthly), with an alternate rate of $5.09 per hour for employees under Executive Order 13706. Additional benefits include two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, three weeks after five years, and four weeks after fifteen years; a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually; and hazardous pay differentials of 4 percent or 8 percent for specified high-hazard positions. Computer professionals, air traffic controllers, weather observers, and certain other occupations noted in the determination have specific exemptions or additional pay requirements. The document specifies procedures for conforming unlisted occupational classifications through Standard Form 1444 submission to the Department of Labor within 30 days of identifying the need for classification.