Register of Wage Determinations under the Service Contract Act

This document is a wage determination register published by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration for Idaho Counties of Jerome and Twin Falls, effective December 3, 2025 (Wage Determination No. 2015-5859, Revision 18).

The wage determination establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefit requirements for service contract employees across numerous occupational categories spanning administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional positions, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation/mobile equipment operations. Wage rates range from $11.90 per hour for assemblers and counter attendants to $56.59 per hour for nuclear medicine technologists. All listed occupations require fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours weekly, $222 weekly, or $962 monthly), with an alternative rate of $5.09 per hour for employees on Service Contract Act contracts also covered by Executive Order 13706 regarding paid sick leave. Additional benefits include two weeks paid vacation after one year of service, three weeks after five years, and four weeks after fifteen years; a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually; and specialized pay differentials for hazardous work (4-8 percent) and night/Sunday work for air traffic controllers and weather observers. Computer systems analysts, computer programmers, air traffic controllers, and weather observers have footnoted restrictions regarding exemptions and additional compensation requirements. The determination requires conformance procedures for unlisted occupational classifications via Standard Form 1444 submissions to the Department of Labor within thirty days of performance initiation.