(a) The lead agency must include the industries in the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes in all regular appropriated fund wage surveys:

Open Table
2017 NAICS codes 2017 NAICS industry titles
311 through 339 (except 323) All manufacturing classes except printing and related support activities (NAICS 323).
221 Utilities.
481 Air transportation.
482 Rail transportation.
484 Truck transportation.
485 (except 4853) Transit and ground passenger transportation except taxi and limousine service (NAICS 4853).
487 (except 4872) Scenic and sightseeing transportation except scenic and sightseeing transportation, water (NAICS 4872).
488 (except 4883 and 4884) Support activities for transportation except support activities for water transportation (NAICS 4883) and support activities for road transportation (NAICS 4884).
492 Couriers and messengers.
493 Warehousing and storage.
515 Broadcasting (except Internet).
517 Telecommunications.
5621 Waste collection.
5622 Waste Treatment and Disposal.
423 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods.
424 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods.

(b) A lead agency may add other industry classes to a regular survey in an area where these industries account for significant proportions of local private employment of the kinds and levels found in local Federal employment.

(c) Specifically excluded from all wage surveys for regular wage schedules are food service and laundry establishments and industries having peculiar employment conditions that directly affect the wage rates paid and that are the basis for special wage surveys.

[55 FR 46142, Nov. 1, 1990, as amended at 71 FR 35373, June 20, 2006; 73 FR 45853, Aug. 7, 2008; 78 FR 58153, Sept. 23, 2013; 84 FR 36813, July 30, 2019]


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