SCA Wage Determination - 2015-5005 - Rev 27 - 3 Dec 2025.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 determination is Wage Determination No. 2015-5005, Revision No. 27, with a last revision date of December 3, 2025.

The wage determination covers Iowa Counties of Harrison, Mills, and Pottawattamie, and Nebraska Counties of Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders, and Washington. It establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract employees across numerous occupational classifications organized into major categories including administrative support and clerical, automotive service, food preparation and service, furniture maintenance and repair, general services and support, health, information and arts, information technology, instructional, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operation and repair, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance and repair, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring and longshoremen services, technical occupations, and transportation/mobile equipment operation. Hourly wage rates range from $12.74 to $53.85 depending on the specific occupation and skill level. All occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, $222.00 per week, or $962.00 monthly), with an alternative rate of $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706 for paid sick leave compliance. Additional benefits include two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, three weeks after eight years, four weeks after 15 years, and five weeks after 20 years, plus a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. The determination includes special provisions for computer employees exempt from wage determination coverage, air traffic controllers and weather observers receiving night pay and Sunday premium pay differentials, hazardous pay differentials of 8 percent or 4 percent based on work conditions, and uniform allowance reimbursement requirements.