Drywall Finisher prevailing wage in Bay County, Michigan

$52.69an hour, fringe benefits included · Drywall taper

One rate, fringe benefits included (LEO prints no split)

Bay County uses the same drywall finisher rates as 28 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On Michigan public works in Bay County, a drywall finisher working as drywall taper must be paid at least $52.69 an hour. LEO prints one rate with fringe benefits included, so there is no separate base wage.

LEO county rates, November 2025 edition, effective November 1, 2025. The contracting agent gets LEO's rates before advertising and puts them in the specifications; if the contract isn't awarded or started within 90 days of LEO's determination, LEO must redetermine them (MCL 408.1103). Checked against michigan.gov on October 25, 2026.

LEO prints no wage/fringe split. Derived from its overtime rates (wage = 2 × (time and a half − straight time)), the split would be about $30.22 wage + $22.47 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.

One rate, fringe benefits included: $52.69

LEO publishes a single hourly figure that already includes fringe benefits. A contractor can pay it all as wages, or pay part as contributions to bona fide benefit plans for the worker, as long as the two add up to at least $52.69. LEO doesn't publish a base and fringe split, so this page doesn't invent one.

LEO's data note: LEO prints package rates only (wage + fringe at straight time, 1.5x, 2x)

Overtime

When	Per hour
Daily overtime	$67.80
Sunday and holiday	$82.91

Standard overtime unless the classification says otherwise: 1.5× over 8 hours a day (unless four 10-hour days are allowed), over 40 a week and on Saturdays; 2× on Sundays and holidays. The figures are LEO's own (LEO).

When does this rate change?

A contract keeps the rates LEO determined for it, unless it isn't awarded or started within 90 days, when LEO redetermines them (MCL 408.1103).
LEO publishes a new edition every November 1. This page copies the November 2025 edition; Barry, Bay, Benzie and Berrien carry 2026 corrections.

Davis-Bacon drywall finisher rate in Bay County

Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determinations. Contracts that already require Davis-Bacon rates are exempt from Michigan's Act, so a Davis-Bacon job uses the federal rate (MCL 408.1102(1)).

The federal determinations for Bay County list no drywall finisher classification.

Davis-Bacon rates from SAM.gov, read October 25, 2026. Our federal totals are base plus fringe; DOL prints no total. Michigan Davis-Bacon changes

How Bay County compares

The main drywall finisher rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Michigan

Bay $52.69919

$45.54Allegan$52.69Alcona

BayNearby: Midland $52.69, Saginaw $52.69, Tuscola $51.67Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Bay, 30 the same, 28 less.

Rates nearby

Bay Countyfringes included$52.69
Midland Countyfringes included$52.69
Saginaw Countyfringes included$52.69
Tuscola Countyfringes included$51.67

Drywall Finisher rates in nearby counties

Current LEO rates. LEO sets rates county by county from local union agreements, so neighbouring counties in one agreement's area often match.

LEO's drywall finisher rates for Bay County are the same as in 28 other counties: Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford and 20 more.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Bay County
Bay County	Drywall taper	incl.	$52.69
Midland County	Drywall taper	incl.	$52.69	same
Saginaw County	Drywall taper	incl.	$52.69	same
Arenac County	Drywall taper	incl.	$52.69	same
Gladwin County	Drywall taper	incl.	$52.69	same
Gratiot County	Drywall taper	incl.	$52.69	same
Tuscola County	Drywall Taper	incl.	$51.67	−$1.02

Michigan drywall finisher prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

LEO's rate is wage and fringe together: add your hourly wage to what your employer pays into benefit plans for you and compare the sum with the total. LEO Wage and Hour Division, P.O. Box 30476, Lansing, MI 48909 (LEO).

Source

Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO), county rate schedule LEO-November-2025-bay, effective November 1, 2025, page 24: www.michigan.gov/leo/-/media/Project/Websites/leo/Documents/PWRS-By-County/2026-March/2026-PW-Bay.pdf

We read every county PDF in LEO's November 2025 edition and check every page with a second, separate read; the last run found no mismatches. Where LEO prints the same classification twice in a county without saying where each applies, both rows are shown. How we check · Download Bay County as CSV · Report an error