Florida ranked #3 among the states for federal housekeeping and facility maintenance contract obligations in fiscal years 2024 and 2025: $2.36 billion on USAspending.gov. Brevard County led the state with $450 million, ahead of Miami-Dade and Duval. The largest awarding agencies there were the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of the Air Force and the Department of the Army. The largest awards in the data include NASA's Base Operations and Spaceport Services (BOSS) contract and Air Force launch and infrastructure support at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The rates below come from the standard SCA wage determination for Brevard County. They are the minimum hourly wages a contractor must pay on a covered contract, before payroll taxes, leave and overhead.
Key rates in Brevard County
WD 2015-4555, revision 31, last revised August 27, 2026
Area: Florida Counties of Brevard. Data as of November 10, 2026, from SAM.gov.
| Code | Occupation | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 11150 | Janitor | $15.78 |
| 11210 | Laborer, Grounds Maintenance | $17.58 |
| 11090 | Gardener | $22.56 |
| 27101 | Guard I | $17.14 |
| 27102 | Guard II | $19.18 |
| 23370 | General Maintenance Worker | $21.83 |
| 23580 | Maintenance Trades Helper | $18.15 |
| Health & welfare (H&W) | $5.92 | |
| H&W on contracts covered by EO 13706 | $5.42 |
H&W is owed on every hour paid, up to 40 hours a week. A Janitor here costs at least $15.78 + $5.92 = $21.70 per hour paid, before payroll taxes, leave, overhead and fee. The WD also sets leave: eleven paid holidays a year. Vacation: “2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor; 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 15 years, and 5 weeks after 20 years.”
Rates change from county to county
WD 2015-4555 covers Brevard County only. Brevard's rates are not the same as Miami-Dade's, so check the WD for every county in a regional bid.
On November 10, 2026, SAM.gov listed 59 active SCA wage determinations for Florida, 35 of them standard WDs. In Miami-Dade County, for example, WD 2015-4543 revision 37 lists Janitor at $16.16, $0.38 more than in Brevard County. Always price on the WD number and revision attached to your solicitation.
Find the rates for your county
Choose a Florida county to see every occupation rate, H&W, vacation and holidays on its current WD.
Open the free WD lookupHow to price a bid with these rates
- Confirm the WD. Match the number and revision in the solicitation, not the county alone. See how to find the right SCA wage determination.
- Pick the class for each task, and check the footnotes. See how to read an SCA wage determination.
- Add H&W, holidays and vacation as hours paid but not worked. See SCA health & welfare rates for 2026 and SCA vacation and holiday pay.
- Build a burdened rate per class: payroll taxes, workers' comp, overhead, G&A and fee. See how to build a burdened labor rate.
- Keep labor at current WD rates in option years and recover later increases under FAR 52.222-43. See FAR 52.222-43 price adjustment.
For the full build by contract type, see the guides for janitorial, security guard, grounds maintenance and facility support contracts.
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Related
Sources
- SAM.gov: Wage Determination 2015-4555, revision 31
- SAM.gov: Wage Determination 2015-4543, revision 37
- USAspending.gov: contract obligations by place of performance, FY2024 and FY2025, product and service codes S2 and Z1 (excluding S208)
Last reviewed: November 2026. Rates change when the Department of Labor revises a WD. This page is a pricing aid and general information, not legal or tax advice.