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. It establishes prevailing wage rates for federal service contracts in five Texas counties: Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde, and Val Verde (Wage Determination No. 2015-5303, Revision 31, effective 5/13/2026).

The document lists detailed wage rates across 99 occupational categories spanning administrative, clerical, automotive, food service, furniture maintenance, general services, health care, information technology, instructional, laundry, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation positions. Wage rates range from $11.00 per hour (dishwasher) to $47.86 per hour (air traffic control specialist at HFO facility). All listed occupations receive mandatory fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly or $222.00 per week) or $5.89 per hour under Executive Order 13786 ($283.60 weekly). The determination incorporates requirements for paid vacation (2-4 weeks based on tenure), eleven paid holidays annually, paid sick leave under Executive Orders 13658 and 13786, hazardous duty pay differentials (4-8 percent), night and Sunday pay premiums for applicable positions, and uniform allowances. Computer professional exemptions and air traffic controller special pay provisions are included with detailed qualifying criteria and salary thresholds.