Wage Determination Summary

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. It establishes prevailing wage rates for Louisiana counties of Bossier, Caddo, and De Soto under Wage Determination No. 2015-5191 (Revision 32, effective August 22, 2026).

The wage determination specifies hourly rates for over 150 occupational classifications across multiple occupational categories, including administrative support, clerical, automotive service, food preparation and service, furniture maintenance and repair, general services and support, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional, 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, and technical occupations. Rates range from $11.05 (Food Service Worker) to $49.80 (Nuclear Medicine Technologist). The determination mandates fringe benefits of $5.92 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, or $236.80 per week) and includes provisions for Executive Orders 13706 and 13658 regarding paid sick leave and minimum wage requirements. Additional compensation requirements include night pay differentials for air traffic controllers and weather observers, hazardous pay differentials of 4-8 percent for ordnance and explosives work, and uniform allowances. The document specifies vacation, holiday, and paid leave entitlements, with 2-4 weeks vacation based on length of service, and eleven paid holidays annually.