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 contract work in Alaska.

The wage determination (No. 2015-5685, Revision 29, effective 5/14/2026) applies to the following Alaska areas: Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg Borough, Sitka, Skagway, Anchorage Municipality, Fairbanks-North Star Borough, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. The document provides detailed hourly rates for 283 occupation classifications across multiple occupational families including administrative support, automotive services, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and systems operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, and technical occupations. Rates range from $12.86 per hour for Waiter/Waitress positions to $54.69 per hour for aircraft maintenance test pilots and flight instructors. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 48 hours per week, or $222.00 weekly/$962.00 monthly) or $5.89 per hour under Executive Order 13796 ($283.60 weekly/$882.27 monthly). Additional benefits include two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, three weeks after five years, four weeks after fifteen years, twelve paid holidays annually, and provisions for night pay differential (10% for night hours and Sunday work), hazardous duty pay differentials (4-8%), and uniform allowances. Footnotes address computer professional exemptions, traffic controller night pay requirements, and conformance procedures for unlisted occupations under 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(i).