Wage Determination - Ft. Meade.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 for South Dakota counties of Custer, Meade, and Pennington (Wage Determination No. 2015-5367, Revision 31, effective 5/13/2026).

The document establishes prevailing wage rates for over 200 occupational classifications across multiple occupational families, including administrative support, clerical, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, and technical occupations. Wage rates range from $12.78 per hour (Child Care Attendant) to $50.30 per hour (specialized instructional positions such as Maintenance Test Pilot and Aircrew Training Devices Instructor). All listed occupations receive health and welfare benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, $222.00 weekly or $962.00 monthly) or $5.89 per hour under Executive Order 13786 ($283.60 weekly or $882.27 monthly). The determination includes footnoted exceptions for exempt computer professionals, air traffic controllers and weather observers with night/Sunday pay differentials, hazardous pay differentials at 8% and 4% rates for specific ordnance and explosive work, and uniform allowance provisions. All occupations receive a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually, vacation accrual based on length of service (2-4 weeks), and are subject to conformance procedures requiring contractors to classify employees performing unlisted work using Standard Form 1444.