IB04 South Dakota 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 for South Dakota counties (Custer, Meade, and Pennington).

The document establishes prevailing wage rates effective December 3, 2025 (Wage Determination No. 2015-5367, Revision 30) for service contract employees in the specified geographic area. It lists over 300 occupation codes and classifications across numerous categories including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional operations, laundry and dry cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, and technical occupations. Wage rates range from $12.78 per hour (Child Care Attendant) to $50.30 per hour (multiple pilot and instructor positions). All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, $222.00 weekly, or $962.00 monthly), with an alternative rate of $5.09 per hour for Service Contract Act-covered contracts also covered by Executive Order 13706. Additional benefits include two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, three weeks after ten years, and four weeks after fifteen years; a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually; and specific differentials for hazardous work (8 percent and 4 percent depending on hazard degree) and night/Sunday pay for air traffic controllers and weather observers. The document includes conformance procedures requiring contractors to submit unlisted occupations for classification via Standard Form 1444 within established timeframes, with Department of Labor final determination authority.