Wage Determination (NC) 2015-4423 Rev 33.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act (SCA) for federal contracts in North Carolina and South Carolina. Issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division, this document (Wage Determination No. 2015-4423, Revision 33, dated May 13, 2026) establishes prevailing wage rates for service employees in designated geographic areas: North Carolina counties of Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, and Union, plus South Carolina counties of Lancaster and York.

The determination lists over 200 occupation classifications with corresponding hourly wage rates ranging from approximately $11.24 to $54.08 per hour, organized by occupational category codes (01000-99800 series). Covered occupational families include administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional positions, laundry and dry cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, and technical occupations. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 48 hours weekly, or $222.00 weekly/$962.00 monthly) or $5.89 per hour under Executive Order 13706 ($283.60 weekly/$882.27 monthly). The determination includes provisions for paid sick leave, vacation accrual based on years of service, eleven paid holidays annually, night pay and Sunday pay differentials for air traffic controllers and weather observers, hazardous duty pay differentials (8 and 4 percent), and uniform allowance standards. Computer professionals and certain exempt positions are excluded from wage determination application, with conformance procedures available through Standard Form 1444 for unlisted occupations.