Register of Wage Determinations Under the Service Contract Act

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division, establishing prevailing wage rates for service contracts in Maine counties. The wage determination (No. 2015-4009, Revision 33, effective May 13, 2026) applies to the following counties: Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Somerset, and Waldo in Maine.

The register specifies minimum hourly wage rates for 257 occupation classifications across multiple industry categories, including administrative and clerical occupations, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance and repair, health occupations, information technology, instructional and training services, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs occupations, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation occupations, stevedoring services, technical occupations, and transportation and mobile equipment operation. Wage rates range from $14.23 per hour for Messenger Courier (01141) to $54.42 per hour for Nuclear Medicine Technologist (12210). The determination mandates fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, or $222.00 weekly or $962.00 monthly) for all listed occupations. Special provisions apply to computer employees under 29 U.S.C. Section 213(a)(1) and 213(a)(17), air traffic controllers and weather observers with night pay and Sunday differentials, and hazardous duty differentials of 4 percent to 8 percent for ordnance and explosives work. The document includes procedures for conformance requests using Standard Form 1444 for unlisted occupations and notes that uniform allowances up to $1.35 per week are reimbursable when required by contract specifications.