Wage Determination Document Summary

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration under the Service Contract Act for Washington County of Pierce, Washington (Wage Determination No. 2015-5539, Revision 30, effective 12/03/2025). The wage determination establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits required for federal service contract work performed in this geographic area across multiple occupational categories.

The document lists comprehensive wage rates organized by occupational code and job title across nine major occupational groupings: Administrative Support and Clerical Occupations (wage rates ranging from $20.07 to $39.00 per hour), Automotive Service Occupations ($21.31 to $29.06 per hour), Food Preparation and Service ($18.98 to $27.82 per hour), Furniture Maintenance and Repair ($16.86 to $28.64 per hour), General Services and Support ($20.47 to $28.16 per hour), Health Occupations ($17.61 to $63.41 per hour), Information and Arts Occupations ($21.46 to $48.47 per hour), Information Technology Occupations ($30.45 to $46.73 per hour, with computer-related positions marked with footnotes regarding exempt professional classifications), Instructional Occupations ($29.42 to $64.15 per hour), Laundry and Dry-Cleaning ($23.17 to $28.67 per hour), Machine Tool Operations ($43.36 to $49.12 per hour), Materials Handling and Packing ($21.35 to $33.14 per hour), Mechanics and Maintenance ($22.92 to $49.36 per hour), Personal Needs and Plant Operations ($19.32 to $45.68 per hour), Protective Service Occupations ($20.07 to $54.90 per hour), Recreation Occupations ($18.64 to $36.84 per hour), Stevedoring/Longshoremen ($44.25 to $48.80 per hour), Technical Occupations ($20.07 to $51.79 per hour), Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operations ($18.66 to $39.82 per hour), and Miscellaneous Occupations ($18.84 to $48.11 per hour). All occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, $222.00 weekly, or $962.00 monthly) plus additional benefits including two weeks paid vacation after one year, three weeks after five years, four weeks after 15 years, and a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Special provisions apply to hazardous duty positions (4 to 8 percent wage differentials), uniform allowances ($3.35 weekly or $0.67 daily), and computer professionals meeting specific exemption criteria under the Fair Labor Standards Act, with footnotes identifying positions subject to night pay and Sunday pay differentials and those requiring conformance authorization through Standard Form 1444.