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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 for Texas Counties of Hidalgo. The document establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for service contract employees working in the specified geographic area, with a wage determination number 2015-5245 (Revision 31), effective as of August 27, 2026.

The wage determination lists over 200 occupation codes and corresponding hourly rates organized by job category, including administrative and clerical occupations (ranging from $10.76 to $29.04 per hour), automotive service occupations ($14.77 to $22.72), furniture maintenance and repair ($11.85 to $17.67), general services and support ($12.37 to $17.24), health occupations ($16.16 to $52.16), information and arts occupations ($15.65 to $40.41), information technology occupations ($17.56 to $26.94), instructional occupations ($17.59 to $51.28), laundry and dry-cleaning ($11.11 to $14.45), machine tool operation and repair ($23.00 to $27.22), materials handling and packing ($15.14 to $24.54), mechanics and maintenance ($15.20 to $32.38), personal needs occupations ($10.73 to $19.04), plant and system operations ($18.17 to $22.21), protective service occupations ($14.77 to $29.28), recreation occupations ($11.82 to $19.86), stevedoring and longshoremen ($27.07 to $30.18), technical occupations ($19.11 to $46.54), and transportation/mobile equipment operation ($11.70 to $35.78). All listed occupations receive health and welfare benefits of $5.92 per hour (up to 40 hours per week or $236.80 weekly/$1,026.13 monthly), with an alternative rate of $5.42 per hour under Executive Order 13786. The document includes footnotes addressing computer employees, air traffic controllers, weather observers, hazardous pay differentials, and uniform allowances, along with requirements for Service Contract Act compliance and conformance procedures for unlisted occupations.