WD SD County 2015-5635 REV. 29.pdf

This is a Wage Determination Register issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration for service contracts in San Diego County, California. The determination, numbered 2015-5635 (Revision 29, effective 12/03/2025), establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits that contractors must pay employees on federally-funded service contracts in the specified geographic area.

The document lists comprehensive occupational classifications across multiple service categories—including administrative support, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance, general services, health occupations, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operations, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical occupations, and transportation. Each occupation is assigned a specific hourly wage rate ranging from $15.95 (Taxi Driver) to $75.09 (Nuclear Medicine Technologist). All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week, or $222.00 weekly/$962.00 monthly), plus an alternative Health & Welfare rate of $5.09 per hour under Executive Order 13706. Additional provisions include vacation accrual (2-4 weeks based on tenure), 11 paid holidays annually, hazard pay differentials (4-8 percent for ordnance and explosive work), uniform allowance reimbursement at $3.35 per week, and special compensation rules for exempt computer professionals and night/Sunday pay premiums for air traffic controllers and weather observers. The determination includes conformance procedures requiring contractors to submit SF-1444 forms for unlisted job classifications, with Department of Labor review and approval required before implementation.