Wage Determination - Hot Springs.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration for South Dakota (Wage Determination No. 2015-5377, Revision 31, effective 5/13/2026).

The document establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract work in South Dakota counties including Bennett, Butte, Corson, Dewey, Fall River, Gregory, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Jones, Lawrence, Lyman, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Perkins, Stanley, Todd, and Ziebach. It lists over 300 occupational classifications with corresponding hourly wage rates ranging from approximately $12.57 to $47.61 per hour. Key occupational categories include administrative support, accounting, customer service, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, health occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, and technical occupations. The wage determination applies to all contracts subject to the Service Contract Act awarded on or after January 1, 2017. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly or $222.00 weekly/$962.08 monthly), with an additional $5.09 per hour ($283.60 weekly) applicable when compensating employees on SCA-covered contracts also covered by Executive Order 13786. Employees are entitled to two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually, and special pay differentials apply for night work (10% differential), hazardous materials work (8% differential), and certain ordnance operations (4% differential). The document includes footnotes addressing computer employee exemptions, air traffic controller night pay, uniform allowance standards, and the conformance process for unlisted occupational classifications using Standard Form 1444.