WAGE_DETERMINATION__2015-4079.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, effective December 3, 2025 (Wage Determination No. 2015-4079, Revision 32).

The wage determination applies to service contracts performed in 16 towns within Franklin County, Massachusetts, including Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Montague, Northfield, Rowe, and Shelburne. The document establishes prevailing wage rates for 280 occupation classifications across multiple occupational 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 Service, Recreation, Stevedoring and Longshoremen, Technical, and Transportation and Mobile Equipment Operation. Wage rates range from $14.98 per hour for Messenger Courier positions to $73.38 per hour for Nuclear Medicine Technologist positions.

All listed occupations receive mandatory fringe benefits including Health & Welfare at $5.55 per hour (or $222.00 per week/$962.00 per month), or $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706 ($203.60 per week/$882.27 per month). Employees are entitled to two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, three weeks after eight years, and four weeks after 15 years of continuous service. A minimum of twelve paid holidays per year is required. Special provisions apply to Computer Employees (footnote 1), Air Traffic Controllers and Weather Observers (footnote 2), and positions involving hazardous materials, with differentials of 4 to 8 percent applicable. Uniform allowances and associated maintenance costs are the contractor's responsibility. The document includes procedures for contractor requests to authorize additional classifications and wage rates through Standard Form 1444.