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 wage determination (No. 2015-5383, Revision 27, effective December 3, 2025) applies to service contracts in North Dakota, specifically covering Bottineau, Burke, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Pierce, and Sheridan counties. The document establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefit requirements for service contractors and their employees performing work in this geographic area.

The wage determination lists hourly rates for 135+ occupation classifications organized by occupational categories, including administrative support and clerical (ranging from $14.28 to $35.01 per hour), automotive service ($16.62 to $29.51), food preparation and service ($13.52 to $20.19), furniture maintenance and repair ($16.37 to $26.73), general services and support ($15.72 to $25.70), health occupations ($15.37 to $46.34), information and arts occupations ($14.53 to $39.73), information technology ($19.62 to $33.65), instructional occupations ($21.33 to $41.71), mechanics and maintenance and repair ($22.25 to $49.95), personal needs occupations ($14.84 to $24.05), plant and system operations ($25.85 to $42.46), protective service occupations ($18.87 to $36.56), recreation occupations ($13.55 to $26.85), stevedoring and longshoremen occupations ($32.83 to $38.00), technical occupations ($19.30 to $44.42), transportation/mobile equipment operations ($13.70 to $35.43), and miscellaneous occupations ($14.96 to $34.43). All listed occupations receive mandatory fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, $222.00 weekly, or $962.00 monthly) for health and welfare, with an alternative rate of $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706 for covered contracts. Additional benefits include two weeks paid vacation after one year and three weeks after ten years of service, and a minimum of eleven paid federal holidays annually. Special provisions apply to computer employees (footnote 1), air traffic controllers and weather observers with night/Sunday pay differentials (footnote 2), and positions involving hazardous materials with 4 to 8 percent wage differentials. The document includes procedures for conformance requests using Standard Form 1444 for unlisted occupations.