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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.10

FAR 22.1002-2 Wage determinations based on prevailing rates.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section requires contractors on service contracts over $2,500, where no predecessor contractor's collective bargaining agreement applies, to pay employees at least the wages and fringe benefits determined by the Department of Labor to prevail locally. If no such wage determination exists, the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage applies. It matters because it sets a floor for employee pay on covered service contracts.

Applies to: Contractors performing on service contracts in excess of $2,500 to which no predecessor contractor's collective bargaining agreement applies

What it requires

  • Pay employees at least the wages and fringe benefits found by the Department of Labor to prevail in the locality
  • If no wage determination exists, pay at least the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage

Key terms: wage determination · prevailing rates · fringe benefits · predecessor contractor's collective bargaining agreement · Fair Labor Standards Act

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

Contractors performing on service contracts in excess of $2,500 to which no predecessor contractor's collective bargaining agreement applies shall pay their employees at least the wages and fringe benefits found by the Department of Labor to prevail in the locality or, in the absence of a wage determination, the minimum wage set forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Sections that refer to it

  • 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 22.1002-1 General. · 22.1002-3 Wage determinations based on collective bargaining agreements. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 22

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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