Summary: 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's Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, effective March 30, 2026. It applies to federal service contracts in Los Angeles County, California (Wage Determination No. 2015-5613, Revision 32).

The register establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for approximately 200 occupational classifications across multiple industries, including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional positions, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs services, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation. Wage rates range from $15.67 to $69.80 per hour depending on occupation and experience level. All listed occupations receive standard fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly) for health and welfare or $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706 for paid sick leave compliance. Additional benefits include two to four weeks of paid vacation based on tenure, eleven paid holidays annually, and hazard pay differentials of 4 to 8 percent for applicable positions. Specific footnotes address computer employee exemptions, night and Sunday pay premiums for air traffic controllers and weather observers, and uniform allowance standards of $3.35 weekly for maintenance-intensive apparel. The determination includes procedures for contractor conformance requests using Standard Form 1444 for unlisted occupational classifications.