Wage Determination.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, effective December 3, 2025 (Wage Determination No. 2015-4707, Revision 31). The document applies to federal service contracts in Kentucky counties including Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, and Wolfe.

The wage determination establishes prevailing wage rates for 200+ occupations across ten occupational categories: Administrative Support and Clerical; Automotive Service; Food Preparation and Service; Furniture Maintenance and Repair; General Services and Support; Health; Information and Arts; Information Technology; Instructional; and Technical Occupations; Laundry, Dry-Cleaning, and Pressing; Machine Tool Operation and Repair; Materials Handling and Packing; Mechanics and Maintenance and Repair; Personal Needs; Plant and System Operations; Protective Service; Recreation; Stevedoring/Longshoremen; Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation; and Miscellaneous. Wage rates range from $8.91 per hour (Carnival Worker) to $47.85 per hour (Registered Nurse IV). All occupations listed receive fringe benefits including health and welfare benefits of $5.55 per hour or $222.00 weekly ($962.00 monthly), plus two weeks' paid vacation after one year, three weeks after five years, and four weeks after fifteen years of service. Employees receive eleven paid holidays annually and are entitled to paid sick leave under Executive Order 13706. Computer professionals, air traffic controllers, and weather observers are subject to additional special provisions regarding compensation and shift differentials. Uniform allowances and hazardous pay differentials (4% to 8%) apply to specific occupations. Contractors may request conformance for unlisted occupations using Standard Form 1444 (SF-1444).