B08_Attachment_2_WD_2015-4609.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division. It establishes prevailing wage rates effective December 3, 2025, for service contract work in Alabama counties (Hale, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa) under Wage Determination No. 2015-4609, Revision 27.

The document lists over 200 occupational classifications with corresponding hourly wage rates ranging from $10.52 to $47.97 per hour, organized by occupational categories including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly) or $222.00 per week, plus vacation accrual of two weeks after one year of service, three weeks after eight years, and four weeks after twenty years. Employees are entitled to a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Specific footnotes apply to computer employee exemptions (noting the $27.63 minimum threshold and 29 U.S.C. requirements), air traffic controllers and weather observers (requiring 10% night differential and 25% Sunday premium), hazardous duty differentials (8% and 4% applicable to ordnance and explosives work), and uniform allowance provisions requiring contractor reimbursement at $3.35 per week unless uniforms require only routine care. The determination references Executive Orders 13706 and 13658 for paid sick leave and minimum wage requirements applicable to federal contracts.