Wage Determination Summary

This is a Service Contract Act Wage Determination (WD # 2015-5157, Revision 29) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, effective April 29, 2026, establishing prevailing wage rates for service contracts in specific Mississippi counties. The determination applies to standard area-wide wage determinations covering 16 Mississippi counties: Alcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union, and Webster.

The wage determination lists over 150 occupation classifications across administrative, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health, information and arts, information technology, instructional, laundry, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical, and transportation occupational categories. All listed occupations receive base health and welfare benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week or $962.00 monthly) or $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706 (up to 4 weeks or $882.27 monthly). Employees receive two weeks of paid vacation after one year of service and three weeks after ten years. A minimum of eleven paid holidays per year is mandated. Special provisions include an 8 percent hazard pay differential for high-hazard work and a 4 percent differential for low-hazard work. Computer employees earning at least $684 per week are exempt from wage determination requirements. Air traffic controllers and weather observers receive a 10 percent night shift premium. Uniform allowances are reimbursed at $3.35 per week. The document includes detailed conformance procedures requiring Form SF-1444 submission for unlisted job classifications within 30 days of contract performance commencement.