Wage_Determination_2015-5455_Revision_30_2026-05-13_Chaves_County_New_Mexico.pdf

This document 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. It establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract employees in New Mexico counties (Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, and Otero) under Wage Determination No. 2015-5455, effective as of the last revision on May 13, 2026.

The wage determination provides detailed hourly rates for over 200 occupational classifications across multiple categories including administrative support, clerical, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs services, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, transportation and equipment operation, and miscellaneous occupations. Rates range from $11.57 (Taxi Driver) to $48.83 (Maintenance Test Pilot, Fixed Jet/Prop and Air Crew Training Devices Instructor). All occupations listed receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week or $222.00 per week) or $5.89 per hour ($283.60 per week) for those covered by Executive Order 13766. Additional provisions include paid vacation accrual (2-4 weeks depending on tenure), eleven paid holidays annually, hazardous pay differentials (4-8 percent), night pay and Sunday pay premiums for applicable positions, and uniform allowance reimbursement. Computer professional classifications and air traffic controllers have specific compensation and exemption requirements noted with footnotes referencing applicable regulations and guidance documents.