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Plumber / Pipefitter prevailing wage in Berrien County, Michigan
$60.34an hour, fringe benefits included · Sprinkler Fitters
One rate, fringe benefits included (LEO prints no split)
On Michigan public works in Berrien County, a plumber or pipefitter working as sprinkler fitters must be paid at least $60.34 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 3, 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 lists 3 plumber or pipefitter rates for Berrien County, from $60.20 to $68.59 an hour. See all of them.
- LEO prints no wage/fringe split. Derived from its overtime rates (wage = 2 × (time and a half − straight time)), the split would be about $36.22 wage + $24.12 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.
One rate, fringe benefits included: $60.34
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 $60.34. 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)
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.
Every plumber or pipefitter rate in Berrien County
As LEO lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
- Plumbers$68.59
- Sprinkler Fitters$60.34
- plumbers$60.20
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumbers The City of Niles only. | incl. | incl. | $68.59 | Oct 29, 2025 |
| plumbers not including the City of Niles | incl. | incl. | $60.20 | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Sprinkler Fitters | incl. | incl. | $60.34 | Nov 3, 2025 |
Davis-Bacon plumber or pipefitter rate in Berrien 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)).
We don't put a federal figure next to LEO's here, because the federal determination for this county has no matching classification. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.
| Construction | Federal classification | Base wage | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building | PLUMBER, EXCLUDES HVAC PIPE AND UNIT INSTALLATION (CITY OF NILES & VICINITY)PLUM0172-003 | $33.60 | $52.96 | MI20260078 Mod 2 |
| Building | PIPEFITTER, INCLUDES HVAC PIPE AND UNIT INSTALLATION (CITY OF NILES & VICINITY)PLUM0172-003 | $33.60 | $52.96 | MI20260078 Mod 2 |
| Building | PLUMBER, EXCLUDES HVAC PIPE AND UNIT INSTALLATION (NOT INCLUDING THE DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT & CITY OF NILES AND VICINITY)PLUM0357-006 | $32.50 | $57.47 | MI20260078 Mod 2 |
| Building | PIPEFITTER, INCLUDES HVAC PIPE AND UNIT INSTALLATION (NOT INCLUDING THE DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT & CITY OF NILES AND VICINITY)PLUM0357-006 | $32.50 | $57.47 | MI20260078 Mod 2 |
| Highway | PLUMBER/PIPEFITTER - GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE: WELDING IN CONJUNCTION WITH GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE WORKPLUM0190-003 | $33.03 | $53.22 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | PLUMBER/PIPEFITTER - GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE: ALL OTHER WORKPLUM0190-003 | $24.19 | $36.47 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Heavy | PLUMBER (CITY OF NILES & VICINITY)PLUM0172-009 | $33.60 | $52.96 | MI20260052 Mod 1 |
| Heavy | PLUMBERPLUM0357-011 | $35.20 | $57.55 | MI20260052 Mod 1 |
| Residential | PIPEFITTER: HVAC PIPE INSTALLATION ONLY (BERRIEN (CITY OF NILES & VICINITY) & CASS COUNTIES)PLUM0172-005 | $20.96 | $40.14 | MI20260026 Mod 2 |
| Residential | PLUMBER, EXCLUDES HVAC PIPE INSTALLATIONSUMI2010-024 | $26.17 | $33.72 | MI20260026 Mod 2 |
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 Berrien County compares
The main plumber or pipefitter rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Michigan
Rates nearby
- Berrien Countyfringes included$60.34
- Cass Countyfringes included$68.59
- Van Buren Countyfringes included$60.20
- St. Joseph Countyfringes included$60.20
Plumber / Pipefitter 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.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Berrien County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch County | Plumbers | incl. | $71.77 | +$11.43 |
| Cass County | Plumbers | incl. | $68.59 | +$8.25 |
| Berrien County | Sprinkler Fitters | incl. | $60.34 | |
| Allegan County | Sprinkler Fitters | incl. | $60.34 | same |
| Van Buren County | plumbers | incl. | $60.20 | −$0.14 |
| St. Joseph County | plumbers | incl. | $60.20 | −$0.14 |
| Kalamazoo County | plumbers | incl. | $60.20 | −$0.14 |
Michigan plumber or pipefitter prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from LEO on this rate
- LEO county rate schedule, page 45
- LEO's prevailing wages by county
- LEO's county PDF lists apprentice rates by level for each classification; see the PDF linked on each page (LEO).
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-berrien, effective November 3, 2025, page 45: www.michigan.gov/leo/-/media/Project/Websites/leo/Documents/PWRS-By-County/2026-March/2026-PW-Berrien.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 Berrien County as CSV · Report an error