A-3 Wage Detemination.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration. The document establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract employees in Virginia counties including Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, King William, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, Prince George, Richmond, and Sussex.

The wage determination (No. 2015-4313, Revision 35, effective 8/31/2026) provides hourly wage rates and fringe benefit requirements for over 300 occupational classifications spanning administrative support, automotive services, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional positions, mechanical and maintenance work, material handling, protective services, recreation, technical positions, and transportation roles. Fringe benefits include health and welfare coverage at $5.92 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, or $236.80 per week/$1,026.13 monthly), or alternatively $5.42 per hour under Executive Order 13786 (up to 48 hours weekly, or $216.80 per week/$939.46 monthly). All occupations receive one week paid vacation after one year of service, two weeks after two years, three weeks after five years, and four weeks after fifteen years, plus eleven paid holidays annually (New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas). The document includes provisions for night differential pay and Sunday premium pay for air traffic controllers and weather observers, an 8-percent hazardous pay differential for ordnance and explosives work, and a 4-percent differential for certain hazardous materials operations. Special notes address computer employee exemptions, conformance procedures for unlisted occupations using Standard Form 1444, and uniform allowance standards permitting reimbursement at $1.35 per week or equivalently furnished uniforms.