Register of Wage Determinations Under the Service Contract Act

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration for South Dakota, effective as of May 13, 2026 (Wage Determination No. 2015-5377, Revision 31). The register establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract work performed in 16 South Dakota counties: Bennett, Butte, Corson, Dewey, Fall River, Gregory, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Jones, Lawrence, Lyman, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Perkins, Stanley, Todd, and Tripp.

The wage determination lists hourly rates for approximately 200 occupational classifications across multiple categories including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation operations. Rates range from $12.57 to $47.61 per hour depending on the occupation. The document specifies that all listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, or $222.00 per week/$962.08 per month), with an additional $5.09 per hour for employees covered by Executive Order 13706 establishing paid sick leave. The determination includes detailed footnotes regarding computer employee exemptions, air traffic controller and weather observer night/Sunday pay differentials, hazardous pay differentials for ordnance work, and uniform allowance reimbursement standards. Additional provisions address Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations conformance procedures and authorization requests for unlisted classification wage rates via Standard Form 1444.