WD2015-4089.pdf

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. The document provides prevailing wage rates applicable to Rhode Island counties including Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington.

The wage determination (2015-4089, Revision 34, effective 6/25/2026) establishes hourly rates for over 300 occupational classifications across multiple service categories. Rates range from $16.60 for desk clerks to $58.15 for air crew training devices instructors and maintenance test pilots. The determination covers administrative support occupations, automotive service, food preparation, furniture maintenance and repair, general services and support, health occupations, information and arts, information technology, instructional occupations, laundry and dry-cleaning, machine tool operation and repair, materials handling and packing, mechanics and maintenance and repair, personal needs, plant and system operations, protective service, recreation, stevedoring and longshoremen occupational services, technical occupations, and transportation and equipment operation occupations. All listed occupations receive fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (up to 40 hours per week or $222.00 per week) under Executive Order 13706, with an additional $5.09 per hour health and welfare benefit under Executive Order 13706. The document also includes special provisions for computer professionals, air traffic controllers and weather observers with night pay and Sunday differentials, hazardous pay differentials ranging from 4 to 8 percent, uniform allowances at $1.35 per week, vacation accrual schedules, and twelve paid holidays annually. Computer programmer and systems analyst positions contain footnoted exemptions based on compensation requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act.