Register of Wage Determinations Under the Service Contract Act

This document is a Wage Determination issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration for San Diego County, California, under the Service Contract Act. Wage Determination No. 2015-5635 (Revision 30, effective 5/13/2026) establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for federal service contracts performed in the specified geographic area.

The wage determination provides hourly rates for over 200 occupation classifications across multiple occupational categories, including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance and repair, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective service, recreation, stevedoring and longshore, technical, and transportation/mobile equipment operations. All listed occupations receive health and welfare benefits at $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly or $222.00 per week) or, under Executive Order 13786, $5.89 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly or $282.27 per month). Computer professionals meeting specific compensation and duty requirements may be exempt from wage determination requirements. Night pay differentials, hazardous duty pay (4-8 percent), and uniform allowances apply to specified positions. The determination references the Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations (Fifth Edition, Revision 1) for job duty descriptions and permits conformance requests using Standard Form 1444 to classify unlisted occupations with a reasonable relationship to listed classifications.