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Ironworker prevailing wage, Houghton County group, Michigan (15 counties)

LEO sets the same ironworker rates, row for row, in 15 counties: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon and Schoolcraft. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$68.72an hour, fringe benefits included

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

On Michigan public works in each of these 15 counties, an ironworker must be paid at least $68.72 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.

One rate, fringe benefits included: $68.72

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 $68.72. 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?

Davis-Bacon ironworker 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)).

CountyFederal classificationBase + fringeWDvs LEO
Alger CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Baraga CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Chippewa CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Delta CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Dickinson CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Gogebic CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Houghton CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Iron CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Keweenaw CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Luce CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Mackinac CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Marquette CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Menominee CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Ontonagon CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Schoolcraft CountyFederal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match

How the Houghton County group compares

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

Every county in Michigan

$68.72Alger$75.42Alcona
HoughtonNearby: Alger $68.72, Baraga $68.72, Chippewa $68.72, Delta $68.72, Dickinson $68.72, Gogebic $68.72, Iron $68.72, Keweenaw $68.72, Luce $68.72, Mackinac $68.72, Marquette $68.72, Menominee $68.72, Ontonagon $68.72, Schoolcraft $68.72Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 66 counties pay more than Houghton, 14 the same, 0 less.

Rates nearby

  1. Houghton County groupfringes included$68.72
  2. Baraga Countyfringes included$68.72
  3. Ontonagon Countyfringes included$68.72
  4. Leelanau Countyfringes included$75.42

Which county is in which ironworker group

Every Michigan county with a ironworker rate. Counties LEO treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

CountiesMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
Wayne County group, 66 localities: Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, Clinton, Crawford, Eaton, Emmet, Genesee, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Huron, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Livingston, Macomb, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Montcalm, Montmorency, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oakland, Oceana, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda, Otsego, Ottawa, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Saginaw, Sanilac, Shiawassee, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Tuscola, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne, WexfordIronworker—$75.42 
Houghton County group, 15 localities: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, SchoolcraftIronworker—$68.72 

2 groups of counties with identical LEO rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

Michigan ironworker prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from LEO on this rate

Every trade's rates, county by county: Alger · Baraga · Chippewa · Delta · Dickinson · Gogebic · Houghton · Iron · Keweenaw · Luce · Mackinac · Marquette · Menominee · Ontonagon · Schoolcraft

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:

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