Register of Wage Determinations Summary

This is a Register of Wage Determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division for Nebraska Counties of Hall, Howard, and Merrick (Wage Determination No. 2015-5771, Revision 28, effective December 3, 2025). The document establishes prevailing wage rates applicable to service contracts in this geographic area and lists hourly wage requirements for 99 occupation codes spanning administrative, automotive, food service, furniture maintenance, general services, health, information technology, instructional, laundry, machine tool, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical, and transportation occupations. Wage rates range from $11.62 per hour for taxi drivers to $57.22 per hour for nuclear medicine technologists, with most occupations falling between $14 to $35 per hour.

All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week or $222.00 weekly/$962.00 monthly) for standard contracts and $5.09 per hour ($203.60 weekly/$882.27 monthly) for Service Contract Act-covered contracts. Additional benefits include one week paid vacation after one year of service escalating to three weeks after ten years, minimum eleven paid holidays annually, and uniform allowances where required. Certain occupations including computer programmers, systems analysts, air traffic controllers, and weather observers carry footnoted restrictions or special pay provisions such as night differentials, Sunday premiums, and hazardous duty differentials ranging from 4 to 8 percent. The determination requires contractors to classify unlisted employee positions via SF-1444 conformance procedures and comply with Executive Order requirements regarding paid sick leave and minimum wage thresholds.