Wage Determination 2015-5771.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. The determination applies to Nebraska Counties of Hall, Howard, and Merrick and is effective as of December 3, 2025 (Wage Determination No. 2015-5771, Revision 28).

The document establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract work across multiple occupational categories including administrative support and clerical, automotive service, food preparation and service, furniture maintenance and repair, general services and support, health occupations, information and arts occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective service, recreation, stevedoring and longshoremen, technical occupations, and transportation and mobile equipment operations. Wage rates range from $11.62 per hour (Taxi Driver) to $57.22 per hour (Nuclear Medicine Technologist), with specific rates listed for each classified occupation. All employees are entitled to fringe benefits including health and welfare at $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week), one week paid vacation after one year of service, and a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Computer professionals, air traffic controllers, and weather observers have specific footnoted provisions regarding exemptions and additional pay differentials. A hazardous pay differential of 8 percent applies to positions involving ordnance and explosives work, with a 4 percent differential for lower-hazard ordnance work. Uniform allowances are addressed at $3.35 per week where applicable. The document includes provisions for conformance requests when unlisted classifications are required under Standard Form 1444.