Register of Wage Determinations Under the Service Contract Act

This document is a Register of Wage Determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division. It establishes prevailing wage rates for service contract work in Colorado Counties of El Paso and Teller under Wage Determination No. 2015-5417, Revision 34, effective as of August 27, 2026.

The wage determination specifies hourly rates and fringe benefits for 142 occupational classifications across multiple service categories, including administrative support (ranging from $18.58 to $31.13 per hour), automotive service operations ($22.34 to $29.19), food preparation and service ($16.84 to $23.29), furniture maintenance and repair ($16.90 to $25.09), general services and support ($18.03 to $25.22), health occupations ($22.20 to $51.42), information and arts operations ($17.36 to $37.71), information technology occupations ($24.29 to $37.28), instructional occupations ($21.78 to $61.89), mechanics and maintenance ($19.75 to $40.66), personal needs ($17.86 to $21.42), plant and system operations ($24.70 to $34.96), protective service ($19.44 to $48.08), recreation ($15.66 to $29.59), stevedoring and longshore ($27.45 to $31.33), and technical occupations ($19.74 to $47.76). All occupations receive health and welfare benefits of $5.92 per hour up to 40 hours per week, paid vacation of two to five weeks depending on tenure, and eleven paid holidays annually. Computer programmer positions contain footnoted exceptions. The determination applies to all contracts subject to the Service Contract Act awarded on or after January 1, 2015, and contracts awarded between January 1, 2015 and January 29, 2022 subject to Executive Order 13658. Executive Order 13786 provisions regarding paid sick leave apply to contracts awarded on or after January 1, 2017.