Register of Wage Determinations Under the Service Contract Act

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, for service contracts in Tennessee (Wage Determination No. 2015-4643, Revision 31, effective 5/13/2026).

The wage determination covers Tennessee counties including Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Grainger, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, and Union. It establishes prevailing wage rates for approximately 200 occupational classifications organized by occupational groups, including administrative support and clerical occupations (ranging from $15.44 to $30.92 per hour), automotive repair occupations ($17.15 to $22.98 per hour), food preparation and service occupations ($11.85 to $24.45 per hour), health occupations ($15.53 to $51.13 per hour), information and arts occupations ($17.13 to $35.12 per hour), technical occupations ($16.20 to $46.07 per hour), and transportation/mobile equipment operation ($11.23 to $35.43 per hour). The determination specifies mandatory fringe benefits including health and welfare ($5.55 per hour up to 40 hours per week), vacation accrual (2-4 weeks depending on tenure), eleven paid holidays annually, and hazardous pay differentials (4-8 percent). Additional provisions address paid sick leave under Executive Order 13786, uniform allowances and maintenance, computer professional exemptions, night pay and Sunday pay premiums for air traffic controllers and weather observers, and procedures for requesting additional occupational classifications through SF-1444 conformance requests.