SAC.2015_5397.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. The document establishes prevailing wage rates for federal service contracts in Montana counties including Big Horn, Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty, Musselshell, Petroleum, Pondera, Teton, Toole, and Wheatland. Wage Determination No. 2015-5397, Revision 27, is effective as of December 3, 2025.

The wage determination lists hourly rates across 99 occupational classifications spanning administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance and repair, general services and support, 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 longshoremen, technical occupations, and transportation and mobile equipment operations. Rates range from $10.63 per hour for Waiter/Waitress (07260) to $49.78 per hour for Cable Splicer (23125). All occupations listed receive fringe benefits including $5.55 per hour health and welfare (or $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706), two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, eleven paid holidays annually, and applicable hazardous pay differentials (8 percent and 4 percent) for designated positions. The determination includes footnotes addressing computer employee exemptions, air traffic controller and weather observer night and Sunday pay premiums, and uniform allowance provisions. A conformance process using Standard Form 1444 is required for any unlisted occupational classifications.