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 wages for service contract work in Pennsylvania Counties of Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery (Wage Determination No. 2015-5791, Revision 31, effective 5/13/2026).

The wage determination establishes hourly rates for 197 occupation classifications across multiple service categories, including administrative support, food preparation, automotive service, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional services, laundry and dry cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation. Rates range from $14.20 per hour (Chore Aide) to $55.66 per hour (Cable Splicer). The determination mandates all listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week or $222.00 weekly/$962.08 monthly) or $5.69 per hour under Executive Order 13786 ($203.60 weekly/$882.27 monthly). Special provisions apply to computer employees (exempt status under specific conditions), air traffic controllers and weather observers (night pay and Sunday differentials of 10% and 25% respectively), hazardous pay differentials (8% for high hazard, 4% for low hazard work), and uniform allowances ($1.35 per week or $67 cents daily for maintenance, with no requirement for reimbursement if uniforms are routinely washed with personal garments). The document incorporates the Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations (Fifth Edition, September 2015) and includes conformance procedures requiring contractors to classify unlisted occupations through written reports submitted within 30 days of contract award.