WD 2015-4279 REV 34 DTD 08222026.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division for Maryland Counties of St Mary's. The document, Wage Determination No. 2015-4279 (Revision 34, effective 8/22/2026), establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for service contract employees working on federal contracts in the specified geographic area.

The wage determination covers over 100 occupation classifications across multiple service categories including administrative support, clerical operations, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance and repair, general services and support, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance and repair, personal needs occupations, plant and system operations, protective service occupations, recreation occupations, stevedoring and longshoremen services, and technical occupations, with rates ranging from $15.00 to $70.15 per hour. Fringe benefits include health and welfare contributions of $5.92 per hour (up to 40 hours per week) or $236.80 per week, vacation accrual of two to four weeks depending on tenure, a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually, and applicable hazardous pay differentials (4% to 8%) for positions involving ordnance, explosives, or incendiary materials. Computer professionals are exempt under specific compensation requirements meeting Fair Labor Standards Act criteria. Night pay and Sunday pay premiums apply to air traffic controllers and weather observers. Uniform allowances are addressed with specific cost parameters, and Executive Orders 13706 and 13658 regarding paid sick leave apply to covered federal contracts.