Wage Determination 2015-5657.Lemon Cove.Porterville.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division for California County of Tulare under the Service Contract Act.

The document establishes prevailing wage rates for service employees on federal contracts in the specified geographic area, effective as of the date of last revision (12/03/2025), Wage Determination No. 2015-5657, Revision No. 25. The wage determination lists over 200 occupational classifications across multiple categories including Administrative Support and Clerical Occupations, Automotive Service Occupations, Food Preparation and Service Occupations, Furniture Maintenance and Repair Occupations, General Services and Support Occupations, Health Occupations, Information and Arts Occupations, Information Technology Occupations, Instructional Occupations, Laundry/Dry-Cleaning/Pressing Occupations, Machine Tool Operation and Repair Occupations, Materials Handling and Packing Occupations, Mechanics and Maintenance and Repair Occupations, Personal Needs Occupations, Plant and System Operations Occupations, Protective Service Occupations, Recreation Occupations, Stevedoring/Longshoremen Occupational Services, Technical Occupations, and Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation Occupations. Wage rates for individual positions range from $14.15 per hour (Surveying Aide) to $66.73 per hour (Nuclear Medicine Technologist).

All listed occupations receive fringe benefits including health and welfare coverage ($5.55 per hour or $222.00 per week), vacation (2-4 weeks depending on tenure), and a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Special provisions apply to computer employees, air traffic controllers, weather observers, hazardous duty positions (4-8 percent differentials), and positions requiring uniforms ($3.35 per week or $0.67 per day reimbursement). Executive Orders 13706 and 13658 establish additional paid sick leave and minimum wage requirements for covered contracts. The conformance process for unlisted occupations requires contractor submission of SF-1444 forms for Department of Labor approval prior to contract performance.