Attachment V - Wage Determination.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, effective May 13, 2026. The document establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract employees in North Carolina counties of Chowan, Pasquotank, and Perquimans.

The wage determination lists over 200 occupation classifications with corresponding hourly rates, organized by occupational category including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry services, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personnel needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation operations. Rates range from $10.65 per hour for positions such as assembler to $56.10 per hour for nuclear medicine technologist. The determination includes fringe benefits requirements: $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week or $222.00 per week) for standard health and welfare, and $5.09 per hour for health and welfare under Executive Order 13786. The document specifies additional compensation requirements for hazardous work differential pay (4-8 percent), night pay and Sunday pay differentials for air traffic controllers and weather observers, and uniform allowance provisions requiring contractors to furnish uniforms at no cost to employees or reimburse cleaning costs at $3.35 per week. Vacation accrual follows a tiered schedule with two weeks after one year, three weeks after eight years, and four weeks after fifteen years of service. Ten federal holidays are mandated, with substitution options permitted.