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 federal service contracts performed in Hidalgo County, Texas, effective as of the last revision date of December 3, 2025 (Wage Determination No. 2015-5245, Revision 28).

The wage determination covers over 200 occupational classifications across multiple categories including Administrative Support and Clerical Occupations, Automotive Service Occupations, Food Preparation and Service Occupations, Furniture Maintenance and Repair Occupations, General Services and Support Occupations, Health Occupations, Information and Arts Occupations, Information Technology Occupations, Instructional Occupations, Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Occupations, Machine Tool Operation and Repair, Materials Handling and Packing, Mechanics and Maintenance and Repair, Personal Needs Occupations, Plant and System Operations, Protective Service Occupations, Recreation Occupations, Stevedoring and Longshoremen Occupations, Technical Occupations, and Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation Occupations. Hourly wage rates range from $10.76 to $51.28 depending on occupation and skill level. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly or $962.00 monthly), plus vacation accrual of two weeks after one year and three weeks after ten years of service. Eleven paid holidays minimum are mandated annually. The determination includes footnotes addressing computer employee exemptions, air traffic controller and weather observer night and Sunday pay differentials (10% night differential and 25% Sunday premium), hazardous duty pay differentials (4-8%), and uniform allowance requirements ($3.35 per week reimbursement where applicable). Contractors must submit SF-1444 forms for any unlisted occupational classifications requiring conformance approval through the Department of Labor.