Drywall Finisher prevailing wage, Kalamazoo County group, Michigan (9 counties)

LEO sets the same drywall finisher rates, row for row, in 9 counties: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$45.54an hour, fringe benefits included · Drywall Taper

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

On Michigan public works in each of these 9 counties, a drywall finisher working as drywall taper must be paid at least $45.54 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 prints no wage/fringe split. Derived from its overtime rates (wage = 2 × (time and a half − straight time)), the split would be about $28.32 wage + $17.22 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.

One rate, fringe benefits included: $45.54

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 $45.54. 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	$59.70
Sunday and holiday	$73.86

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 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
Allegan County	No federal row for this trade
Barry County	DRYWALL FINISHER/TAPER	$18.83	MI20260076 Mod 1	LEO +$26.71
Berrien County	No federal row for this trade
Branch County	No federal row for this trade
Calhoun County	No federal row for this trade
Cass County	No federal row for this trade
Kalamazoo County	No federal row for this trade
St. Joseph County	No federal row for this trade
Van Buren County	No federal row for this trade

How the Kalamazoo County group compares

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

Every county in Michigan

Kalamazoo $45.541931

$45.54Allegan$52.69Alcona

KalamazooNearby: Allegan $45.54, Barry $45.54, Berrien $45.54, Branch $45.54, Calhoun $45.54, Cass $45.54, St. Joseph $45.54, Van Buren $45.54Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 50 counties pay more than Kalamazoo, 8 the same, 0 less.

Rates nearby

Kalamazoo County groupfringes included$45.54
St. Joseph Countyfringes included$45.54
Van Buren Countyfringes included$45.54
Eaton 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

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:

Allegan: LEO-November-2025-allegan, page 23
Barry: LEO-November-2025-barry, page 23
Berrien: LEO-November-2025-berrien, page 23
Branch: LEO-November-2025-branch, page 23
Calhoun: LEO-November-2025-calhoun, page 23
Cass: LEO-November-2025-cass, page 23
Kalamazoo: LEO-November-2025-kalamazoo, page 23
St. Joseph: LEO-November-2025-st-joseph, page 23
Van Buren: LEO-November-2025-van-buren, 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