WD 2015-5377 3Dec2025.pdf

This 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. The document establishes prevailing wage rates for federal service contracts in South Dakota counties including Bennett, Butte, Corson, Dewey, Fall River, Gregory, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Jones, Lawrence, Lyman, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Perkins, Stanley, Todd, Tripp, and Ziebach.

The wage determination (No. 2015-5377, Revision 30, effective 12/03/2025) provides hourly wage rates organized by occupational categories spanning Administrative Support and Clerical, Automotive Service, Food Preparation and Service, Furniture Maintenance and Repair, General Services and Support, Health, 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/Longshoremen, Technical, and Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation occupations. Rates range from $12.57 per hour (Dishwasher) to $47.79 per hour (Nuclear Medicine Technologist). All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (standard) or $5.09 per hour (Executive Order 13706 alternative), plus two weeks paid vacation after one year, three weeks after ten years, and four weeks after fifteen years of service, along with a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. The determination includes special pay differentials for hazardous work (4-8 percent), night and Sunday work for air traffic controllers and weather observers, and uniform allowances. Specific footnotes address computer employee exemptions, air traffic controller premium pay structures, and procedures for conforming unlisted occupational classifications through Standard Form 1444 submissions to the Department of Labor.