Wage Determination No 2015-4427.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration under the Service Contract Act. The document establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract employees in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties in South Carolina, effective as of December 3, 2025 (Wage Determination No. 2015-4427, Revision 32).

The wage determination lists prevailing hourly rates for over 300 occupational classifications across multiple service categories, including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional positions, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, and transportation/mobile equipment operations. Rates range from $9.74 per hour (Waiter/Waitress) to $48.27 per hour (Air Crew Training Devices Instructor and Maintenance Test Pilots). All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly) for standard contracts or $5.09 per hour for those subject to Executive Order 13706. Additional benefits include vacation accrual (2-4 weeks based on tenure), eleven paid holidays annually, and special provisions for hazardous duty pay (4-8 percent differential), night and Sunday pay differentials for certain roles, and uniform allowances. The document includes conformance procedures requiring contractors to classify unlisted occupations using Standard Form 1444, subject to Department of Labor approval.