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Carpenter prevailing wage in Eaton County, Michigan
$52.86an hour, fringe benefits included
One rate, fringe benefits included (LEO prints no split)
On Michigan public works in Eaton County, a carpenter must be paid at least $52.86 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 lists 2 carpenter rates for Eaton County, from $52.86 to $56.30 an hour. See all of them.
This rate covers only part of Eaton County. LEO's wording: “the townships of Bellevue, Kalamo, Vermontvile & Walton only” Rates for the rest are in the table below.
- LEO prints no wage/fringe split. Derived from its overtime rates (wage = 2 × (time and a half − straight time)), the split would be about $32.78 wage + $20.08 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.
One rate, fringe benefits included: $52.86
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 $52.86. 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 carpenter rate in Eaton County
As LEO lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter the townships of Bellevue, Kalamo, Vermontvile & Walton only | incl. | incl. | $52.86 | Nov 1, 2025 |
| Carpenters All Twps EXCEPT Bellevue, Kalamo, Vermontville, and Walton | incl. | incl. | $56.30 | Feb 26, 2026 |
Davis-Bacon carpenter rate in Eaton 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 | CARPENTER: INCLUDING ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION, DRYWALL HANGING, FORM WORK & METAL STUD INSTALLATION (TOWNSHIPS OF BELLEVUE, KALAMO, VERMONTVILLE & WALTON)CARP0525-012 | $28.29 | $49.71 | MI20260082 Mod 1 |
| Building | CARPENTER: SOFT FLOOR LAYER, INCLUDING CARPET & RESILIENT FLOORING (TOWNSHIPS OF BELLEVUE, KALAMO, VERMONTVILLE & WALTON)CARP0525-016 | $28.29 | $49.71 | MI20260082 Mod 1 |
| Building | CARPENTER: SOFT FLOOR LAYER, INCLUDING CARPET & RESILIENT FLOORING (REMAINDER OF COUNTY)CARP1004-005 | $36.21 | $57.27 | MI20260082 Mod 1 |
| Building | CARPENTER: INCLUDING ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION, DRYWALL HANGING, FORM WORK & METAL STUD INSTALLATION (REMAINDER OF COUNTY)CARP1004-020 | $36.21 | $57.27 | MI20260082 Mod 1 |
| Heavy | CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORK (TOWNSHIPS OF BELLEVUE, KALAMO, VERMONTVILLE & WALTON)CARP0525-007 | $28.29 | $49.71 | MI20260056 Mod 1 |
| Heavy | CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORK (REMAINDER OF COUNTY)CARP1004-015 | $36.21 | $57.27 | MI20260056 Mod 1 |
| Residential | CARPENTER: FORM WORK ONLY (EATON COUNTY (TOWNSHIPS OF BELLEVUE, KALAMO, VERMONTVILLE & WALTON))CARP0525-005 | $28.29 | $49.71 | MI20260027 Mod 1 |
| Residential | CARPENTER, EXCLUDES FORM WORKSUMI2010-025 | $17.64 | $24.34 | MI20260027 Mod 1 |
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 Eaton County compares
The main carpenter rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Michigan
Rates nearby
- Eaton Countyfringes included$52.86
- Barry Countyfringes included$53.30
- Ingham Countyfringes included$56.30
- Calhoun Countyfringes included$52.86
Carpenter 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 Eaton County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | Carpenters | incl. | $56.62 | +$3.76 |
| Ingham County | Carpenters | incl. | $56.30 | +$3.44 |
| Clinton County | Carpenters | incl. | $56.30 | +$3.44 |
| Barry County | Carpenter | incl. | $53.30 | +$0.44 |
| Eaton County | Carpenter | incl. | $52.86 | |
| Calhoun County | Carpenter | incl. | $52.86 | same |
| Ionia County | Carpenter | incl. | $52.86 | same |
More from LEO on this rate
- LEO county rate schedule, page 20
- 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-eaton, effective November 1, 2025, page 20: www.michigan.gov/leo/-/media/Project/Websites/leo/Documents/PWRS-By-County/Eaton.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 Eaton County as CSV · Report an error