Wage Determination Summary

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 document (Wage Determination No. 2015-5559, Revision 27, dated December 3, 2025) establishes prevailing wage rates for service contracts in Washington counties including Adams, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, and Whitman.

The wage determination covers over 200 occupation classifications organized by occupational code groupings including Administrative Support and Clerical, Automotive Service, Food Preparation and Service, Furniture Maintenance and Repair, General Services and Support, Health Occupations, Information and Arts, Information Technology, Instructional Occupations, Laundry and Related Work, Machine Tool Operation and Repair, Materials Handling and Packing, Mechanics and Maintenance and Repair, Personal Needs, Plant and System Operations, Protective Service, Recreation, Stevedoring/Longshoremen, Technical Occupations, and Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operations. Hourly rates range from $15.47 to $68.68 depending on occupation and skill level. All occupations receive standardized fringe benefits including health and welfare at $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly), vacation accrual beginning at two weeks after one year of service, and a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Special provisions apply to computer employees (footnote 1), air traffic controllers and weather observers with night and Sunday pay differentials (footnote 2), and positions involving hazardous materials with applicable pay differentials of 4 to 8 percent. The determination also addresses uniform allowances, conformance procedures for unlisted occupations via SF-1444 form submission, and references Executive Orders 13706 and 13658 regarding paid sick leave requirements.