Register of Wage Determinations Under the Service Contract Act

This is a Service Contract Act wage determination document issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division. The determination (2015-4259, Revision 31, effective 12/03/2025) establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract work in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

The document provides comprehensive wage rates across 99 occupation codes spanning administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional services, laundry/dry cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation categories. Wage rates range from $11.51 per hour for carnival workers to $58.94 per hour for nuclear medicine technologists. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, or $222.00 weekly/$962.00 monthly), plus two weeks paid vacation after one year of service and three weeks after ten years, eleven paid holidays annually, and employer-provided uniforms without employee cost. Specific occupations including computer professionals, air traffic controllers, and weather observers have additional compensation requirements or special pay provisions. The determination includes hazardous pay differentials (8 percent for high-hazard ordnance work and 4 percent for low-hazard explosive work) and procedures for conforming unlisted job classifications through Standard Form 1444 submission to the Department of Labor.