Attachment VI (B) - WD 2015-5455 Rev 32.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 New Mexico Counties of Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, and Otero (Wage Determination No. 2015-5455, Revision 32, effective 8/22/2026).

The document establishes prevailing wage rates for over 200 occupational classifications across multiple service sectors including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation. Wage rates range from approximately $11.27 per hour for bus aides to $48.83 per hour for aircrew training devices instructors and maintenance test pilots. The determination requires all occupations listed to receive fringe benefits including health and welfare at $5.92 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly or $236.80 per week) or alternatively $1,876.13 per month, plus vacation accrual beginning at two weeks after one year of service. Specific footnotes address computer employee exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, air traffic controller night pay and Sunday premiums, an 8 percent hazardous pay differential for ordnance-related work, and a 4 percent differential for lower-hazard explosive material operations. Uniform allowance provisions permit contractors to reimburse employees $1.35 per week or provide uniforms without cost. The determination includes a conformance process requiring contractors to submit SF-1444 forms for unlisted occupational classifications prior to contract performance.