Marquette County.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act for Michigan counties issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, with Wage Determination No. 2015-4871 (Revision 31, effective 12/03/2025).

The determination covers 13 counties in Michigan (Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft) and establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract employees across 99 occupational classifications spanning administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional, laundry/dry cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical, and transportation occupations. Wage rates range from $12.55 per hour for taxi drivers to $55.39 per hour for nuclear medicine technologists. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, or $222.00 per week/$962.00 per month) for standard contracts, or $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706 provisions. Additional benefits include two to four weeks paid vacation based on tenure, a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually, and specified differentials for hazardous work (4-8 percent) and night/Sunday work for air traffic controllers and weather observers. The determination includes footnotes addressing computer professional exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and special pay provisions for specific occupations, along with procedures for conformance requests when unlisted classifications are required.