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. The determination (2015-5439, Revision 28, effective 12/03/2025) applies to federal service contracts in Colorado counties including Eagle, Garfield, Lake, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, and Routt. It establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for approximately 200 occupation classifications spanning administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation/mobile equipment operations.

All listed occupations receive $5.55 per hour in health and welfare benefits (up to 40 hours weekly, $222 per week, or $962 monthly), with an alternate rate of $5.09 per hour for SCA-covered contracts under Executive Order 13706. Employees are entitled to two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, increasing to three weeks after five years and four weeks after fifteen years, plus eleven paid holidays annually. Special provisions include night pay differentials and Sunday premiums for air traffic controllers and weather observers; 4-8 percent hazardous pay differentials for ordnance-related work; uniform allowances; and exemptions for certain computer professionals earning at least $684 weekly. The wage determination requires contractors to submit conformance requests on Standard Form 1444 for unlisted occupations within thirty days of contract award.