Wage Determinations Albany.pdf

This is a Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act (SCA) for New York counties including Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie, issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division. The determination is numbered 2015-4143, Revision 34, with a last revision date of May 13, 2026.

The document provides comprehensive wage rates and fringe benefit requirements for 250+ occupational classifications across multiple industry categories including administrative and clerical occupations, automotive service, food preparation and service, furniture maintenance and repair, general services and support, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry cleaning, machine tool operation and repair, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance and repair, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective service, recreation, stevedoring and longshore work, and technical occupations. Wage rates range from $15.26 per hour for carnival workers to $50.42 per hour for maintenance test pilots and air crew training device instructors. The determination mandates specific fringe benefits including health and welfare contributions ($5.55 per hour or up to $222 per week), vacation accrual beginning after one year of service, eleven paid holidays annually, and hazardous pay differentials of 4-8 percent where applicable. Computer professionals earning at least $27.63 per hour may qualify for exempt status under specific conditions. The document also addresses uniform allowances ($1.35 per week for cleaning and maintenance where applicable), night pay and Sunday premiums for air traffic controllers and weather observers, and conformance procedures for unlisted job classifications requiring Wage and Hour Division approval.