Wage Determination Pierce County.pdf

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division for Washington Counties of Pierce (Wage Determination No. 2015-5539, Revision 33, dated August 22, 2026).

The wage determination establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for service employees in Pierce County, Washington performing work under federal service contracts. The document lists over 200 occupation classifications across multiple categories including administrative support, accounting, customer service, data entry, dispatch, general clerical, housing referral, order clerk, personnel assistance, production control, scheduling, secretarial, supply technician, survey work, word processing, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information/arts, information technology, instructional, laundry/dry cleaning, machine tool operation, materials handling/packing, mechanics/maintenance/repair, personal needs, plant/system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring/longshore, technical, and transportation/mobile equipment occupations. Each occupation lists a specific hourly wage rate. The document specifies that all listed occupations receive health and welfare benefits of $5.92 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly or $236.80 weekly/$1,026.13 monthly) or $5.42 per hour under Executive Order 13706. Additional benefits include two weeks paid vacation after one year of service with a contractor, paid holidays (eleven days minimum annually including New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Christmas Day), and uniform allowances where required. The wage determination applies to Service Contract Act-covered federal contracts awarded on or after January 1, 2015, and includes specific guidance on hazardous pay differentials (8 percent and 4 percent), night pay/Sunday pay for air traffic controllers and weather observers, computer employee exemptions, and uniform maintenance standards.