DOL_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. The document establishes prevailing wage rates for service contracts performed in the Ohio Counties of Stark region, effective July 30, 2026 (Wage Determination No. 2015-4723, Revision 33).

The wage determination specifies minimum hourly rates and fringe benefits for over 200 occupation classifications across multiple occupational categories, including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance and repair, personal needs occupations, plant and system operations, protective service occupations, recreation occupations, stevedoring and longshore occupations, technical occupations, and transportation and mobile equipment operations. Hourly rates range from $12.49 to $48.59 depending on classification. All occupations listed receive health and welfare benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, or $222.00 per week or $962.00 per month), with an additional $5.09 per hour for employees covered under Executive Order 13786. The determination includes paid vacation accrual (2 weeks after 1 year of service, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 15 years), 11 paid holidays annually, and special provisions for night pay and Sunday pay differentials, hazardous duty pay differentials of 4-8 percent, and uniform allowances. Computer professional occupations and air traffic controllers receive footnoted special considerations regarding exempt status under federal wage and hour laws.