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SCA wage rates: Starr County, Brooks County, Duval County, Jim Hogg County, TX + 3 more (WD 2015-5309 Rev 31, Aug 12, 2026)

Name: SCA wage determination 2015-5309 Rev 31 — janitorial, grounds and guard rates (Starr County, Brooks County, Duval County, TX + 4 more)
Creator: BidBrief
Published: 2026-08-12
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Short answer: under SCA wage determination 2015-5309 (Revision 31, last revised Aug 12, 2026), the minimum wage for a Janitor (11150) is $14.92/hr, a Laborer, Grounds Maintenance (11210) $16.99/hr, Guard I (27101) $18.79/hr and Guard II (27102) $21.02/hr, plus health & welfare of $5.42/hr on contracts covered by EO 13706 paid sick leave ($5.92/hr otherwise). That makes the janitor floor $20.34/hr before taxes, leave and overhead.

Data as of Oct 10, 2026: WD 2015-5309 Revision 31 is the current revision on SAM.gov (checked Oct 10, 2026). Official text: SAM.gov — WD 2015-5309 Rev 31.

Janitorial, grounds and guard rates

Hourly minimums under WD 2015-5309 Rev 31 (base wage parsed from the official WD text; H&W added per hour paid, up to 40 h/week)
SCA code	Occupation (official title)	Group	Base wage	Wage + H&W (EO 13706 contract, $5.42)	Wage + H&W (standard, $5.92)
11150	Janitor	Janitorial	$14.92	$20.34	$20.84
11122	Housekeeping Aide	Janitorial	$14.92	$20.34	$20.84
11240	Maid or Houseman	Janitorial	$13.11	$18.53	$19.03
11360	Window Cleaner	Janitorial	$16.75	$22.17	$22.67
11210	Laborer, Grounds Maintenance	Grounds	$16.99	$22.41	$22.91
11090	Gardener	Grounds	$22.29	$27.71	$28.21
23470	Laborer	General labor	$16.30	$21.72	$22.22
27101	Guard I	Security	$18.79	$24.21	$24.71
27102	Guard II	Security	$21.02	$26.44	$26.94

Fringe benefits this WD requires

Health & welfare (H&W): $5.92 per hour paid, up to 40 hours/week (or $236.80/week or $1,026.13/month). On contracts also covered by EO 13706 (paid sick leave — any SCA contract awarded (and, if solicited, whose solicitation was issued) on or after Jan 1, 2017, i.e. essentially every new bid) the H&W rate is $5.42/hr instead, and you get no SCA credit for the sick leave you provide. H&W can be paid as cash in the paycheck or through bona fide benefits.
Paid sick leave (EO 13706): 1 hour for every 30 hours worked, up to 56 hours a year.
Vacation: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor; and 3 weeks after 10 years. Length of service includes the whole span of continuous service with the present contractor or successor, wherever employed, and with the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal facility. (29 CFR 4.173)
Holidays: A minimum of eleven paid holidays per year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (A contractor may substitute for any of the named holidays another day off with pay in accordance with a plan communicated to the employees involved.) (29 CFR 4.174)

How to compute the loaded labor floor (show the math)

The SCA sets a per-hour minimum (wage + H&W) on every hour paid — including paid holidays and vacation — and EO 13706 adds up to 56 hours of paid sick leave a year. Spread over the hours a worker is actually on site, that gives the true floor per hour worked:

Janitor (11150), one full-time worker, EO 13706-covered contract Hourly floor $14.92 wage + $5.42 H&W = $20.34/hr Paid hours per year 40 h x 52 wk = 2,080 h (holiday, vacation and sick hours are paid hours) Minimum annual cost 2,080 h x $20.34 = $42,307.20 Hours actually worked 2,080 - 88 holiday (11 x 8 h) - 80 vacation (2 wk at 1 yr) - 56 sick (EO 13706 max) = 1,856 h Floor per hour worked $42,307.20 / 1,856 h = $22.79/hr

Assumptions shown so you can change them: full-time 40 h/week; 8-hour paid holidays; vacation at the 1-year level (a successor contractor inherits the incumbent workforce's service, so long-tenured staff may be due more weeks); every leave hour used. Still excluded: employer FICA (7.65%), FUTA/SUTA, workers' comp, supervision, supplies, equipment, overhead, G&A and profit.

Not a bid price. These are the legal minimums the Service Contract Act requires you to pay each worker. They exclude payroll taxes, workers' compensation, supplies, equipment, supervision, overhead, G&A and profit. BidBrief never states a bid price. The wage determination attached to your solicitation governs: it may be a different revision, or a collective-bargaining (CBA) wage determination where a union incumbent exists.

Which counties this wage determination covers (7)

Texas: Brooks County, Duval County, Jim Hogg County, Kenedy County, Starr County, Willacy County, Zapata County

Area as written in the WD: Texas Counties of Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy and Zapata

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, SCA wage determination 2015-5309 Revision 31 (Aug 12, 2026), as published on SAM.gov. Rates are parsed in code from the official text and cross-checked by two independent parsers; a revision is never shown if they disagree. Informational only — confirm the WD attached to your solicitation before pricing.