N3904026Q0105 Attachment 1 Wage Determination.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, dated July 30, 2026. The wage determination applies to federal service contracts in Illinois Counties of De Kalb and Kane, identified as Wage Determination No. 2015-5741, Revision No. 29.

The document establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits required for all occupations employed under federal service contracts in the specified Illinois area. It lists over 200 occupation classifications with corresponding hourly wage rates ranging from $15.90 to $55.66, spanning administrative, automotive, food service, furniture maintenance, general services, health, information technology, instructional, laundry, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, and technical occupational categories. All listed occupations receive health and welfare benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, or $222.00 per week), plus additional paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays as specified. Computer systems analysts and programmers earning at least $27.63 per hour may qualify as exempt computer professionals, while air traffic controllers and weather observers receive night pay and Sunday pay differentials. An 8 percent hazardous pay differential applies to employees working with explosives and sensitive ordnance, and a 4 percent differential applies to employees in lower-hazard ordnance-related positions. The determination includes requirements for uniform allowances, conformance procedures for unlisted occupations via SF-1444 forms, and references to Executive Orders 13706 and 13658 regarding paid sick leave and wage requirements for federal contractors.