Attachment 5 Wage Determination.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, Wage and Hour Division. It establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract employees in Montana counties (Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Ravalli, and Sanders), effective as of the last revision on December 3, 2025 (Wage Determination No. 2015-5401, Revision 27).

The wage determination specifies hourly rates for over 200 occupational classifications across administrative, automotive, food service, furniture maintenance, general services, health, information technology, instructional, laundry, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical, and transportation occupations. Rates range from $10.81 per hour for Waiter/Waitress positions to $57.57 per hour for Nuclear Medicine Technologists. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits including $5.55 per hour for health and welfare (or $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706 for paid sick leave), vacation accrual (2-4 weeks depending on tenure), and a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Special provisions apply to computer professionals, air traffic controllers, weather observers, and certain hazardous duty positions, including an 8 percent differential for high-hazard ordnance work and 4 percent for lower-hazard explosive handling. The determination includes procedures for contractor conformance requests when unlisted occupational classifications are needed, requiring submission of Standard Form 1444 to the Department of Labor for approval within established timeframes.