Wage Determination Summary

This is a Register of Wage Determinations document (WD 2015-5189, Revision 32, effective 12/03/2025) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration for service contracts in Louisiana parishes: Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint John the Baptist, St Bernard, and St Charles. The determination establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for federal service contracts in this geographic area under the Service Contract Act.

The wage determination includes over 200 occupation classifications across multiple occupational categories, including administrative and clerical, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance and repair, general services and support, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance and repair, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective service, recreation, stevedoring and longshoremen, technical, and transportation occupations. Hourly wage rates range from $10.69 (Waiter/Waitress) to $48.72 (Registered Nurse IV), with most occupations clustered between $14 and $35 per hour. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, $222.00 weekly, or $962.00 monthly), plus two weeks paid vacation after one year, three weeks after eight years, and four weeks after fifteen years of service. Additionally, employees are entitled to a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. Computer professionals, air traffic controllers, and weather observers have special compensation and premium pay requirements noted in the determination's footnotes. The document also addresses uniform allowances, hazardous pay differentials, and conformance procedures for unlisted occupational classifications.