SCA Wage Determination.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 Arkansas counties (Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, and Saline). The wage determination, numbered 2015-5117 Revision 31, was last revised on July 30, 2026, and establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract employees across multiple occupational categories.

The document provides comprehensive hourly wage rates for over 200 job classifications organized by occupational groupings, including administrative and clerical, automotive service, food preparation and service, furniture maintenance and repair, general services and support, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional, laundry and pressing, machine tool operation and repair, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance and repair, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective service, recreation, stevedoring and longshoremen, and technical occupations, as well as transportation and miscellaneous occupations. Wage rates range from approximately $12.73 to $49.82 per hour. The determination includes mandatory fringe benefits provisions: health and welfare benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week or $222.00 per week or $962.00 per month) and health and welfare under Executive Order 13706 of $5.09 per hour (up to 40 hours per week or $203.60 per week or $882.27 per month). Additional requirements include paid vacation accrual (2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 15 years), paid holidays (minimum 11 per year), hazardous pay differentials (4 to 8 percent depending on hazard level), uniform allowances, and conformance procedures for unlisted job classifications per 29 CFR regulations.