Muskegon County.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act (SCA) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, for Michigan County of Muskegon. The document, Wage Determination No. 2015-4861 (Revision 28, dated 12/03/2025), establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits applicable to federal service contracts in the specified geographic area.

The wage determination covers approximately 250 occupational classifications across multiple industries, including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional services, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs services, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation operations. Wage rates range from $12.63 per hour for surveying aides to $55.27 per hour for nuclear medicine technologists. All occupations listed receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, $222.00 weekly, or $962.00 monthly), plus additional benefits including two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, three weeks after five years, four weeks after fifteen years, and five weeks after twenty-five years, and a minimum of fourteen paid holidays annually. Select occupational categories contain footnotes addressing computer employee exemptions, air traffic controller and weather observer night and Sunday pay differentials, and hazardous material pay differentials ranging from four to eight percent. The wage determination requires conformance procedures via Standard Form 1444 for unlisted occupational classifications and mandates uniform allowance provisions where applicable.