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Drywall Finisher prevailing wage, Ingham County group, Michigan (2 counties)
LEO sets the same drywall finisher rates, row for row, in 2 counties: Ingham and Shiawassee. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$51.67an hour, fringe benefits included · Drywall Taper
One rate, fringe benefits included (LEO prints no split)
On Michigan public works in each of these 2 counties, a drywall finisher working as drywall taper must be paid at least $51.67 an hour. LEO prints one rate with fringe benefits included, so there is no separate base wage.
LEO county rates, November 2025 edition, effective October 31, 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 2 drywall finisher rates for each of these counties, from $51.64 to $51.67 an hour. See all of them.
- LEO prints this classification more than once for this county without saying where each applies. Check with LEO before relying on either row.
- LEO prints no wage/fringe split. Derived from its overtime rates (wage = 2 × (time and a half − straight time)), the split would be about $33.54 wage + $18.13 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.
One rate, fringe benefits included: $51.67
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 $51.67. 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 drywall finisher rate in the Ingham County group
As LEO lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drywall Taper | incl. | incl. | $51.67 | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Drywall Taper | incl. | incl. | $51.64 | Nov 1, 2025 |
Davis-Bacon drywall finisher rates in these counties
The counties share LEO's rates, but not always the same federal wage determination. 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)).
| County | Federal classification | Base + fringe | WD | vs LEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingham County | No federal row for this trade | |||
| Shiawassee County | DRYWALL FINISHER/TAPER (DRYWALL SANDING) | $51.66 | MI20260151 Mod 2 | LEO +$0.01 |
How the Ingham County group compares
The main drywall finisher rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Michigan
Rates nearby
- Ingham County groupfringes included$51.67
- Livingston Countyfringes included$51.64
- Eaton Countyfringes included$51.64
- Clinton Countyfringes included$51.64
Which county is in which drywall finisher group
Every Michigan county with a drywall finisher rate. Counties LEO treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saginaw County group, 29 localities: Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Emmet, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Iosco, Isabella, Kalkaska, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Midland, Missaukee, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Saginaw, Wexford | Drywall taper | — | $52.69 |
| Alcona County* | Drywall taper | — | $52.69 |
| Osceola County* | Drywall taper | — | $52.69 |
| Genesee County group, 6 localities: Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, St. Clair, Tuscola | Drywall Taper | — | $51.67 |
| Ingham County group, 2 localities: Ingham, Shiawassee | Drywall Taper | — | $51.67 |
| Kent County group, 11 localities: Clinton, Eaton, Ionia, Kent, Livingston, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa | Drywall Taper | — | $51.64 |
| Kalamazoo County group, 9 localities: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Van Buren | Drywall Taper | — | $45.54 |
5 groups of counties with identical LEO rates, and 2 counties with rates of their own. * Part of the county has a rate of its own; its page lists each part's rate.
Michigan drywall finisher prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from LEO on this rate
- 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).
Every trade's rates, county by county: Ingham · Shiawassee
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), LEO county rates, November 2025 edition. For the row this page leads with:
- Ingham: LEO-November-2025-ingham, page 23
- Shiawassee: LEO-November-2025-shiawassee, page 23
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 every Michigan rate as CSV · Report an error