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Carpenter prevailing wage in Kent County, Michigan
$53.30an hour, fringe benefits included
One rate, fringe benefits included (LEO prints no split)
Kent County uses the same carpenter rates as 11 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On Michigan public works in Kent County, a carpenter must be paid at least $53.30 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 prints no wage/fringe split. Derived from its overtime rates (wage = 2 × (time and a half − straight time)), the split would be about $32.00 wage + $21.30 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.
One rate, fringe benefits included: $53.30
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 $53.30. 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.
Davis-Bacon carpenter rate in Kent 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, EXCLUDES ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION, DRYWALL FINISHING/TAPING, DRYWALL HANGING, AND FORMWORKSUMI2011-013 | $18.14 | $22.73 | MI20260088 Mod 1 |
| Building | CARPENTER (FORM WORK ONLY)SUMI2011-013 | $18.62 | $25.04 | MI20260088 Mod 1 |
| Heavy | CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORKCARP0100-009 | $31.50 | $52.65 | MI20260062 Mod 1 |
| Residential | CARPENTERSUMI2010-023 | $17.81 | $23.54 | MI20260025 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 Kent County compares
The main carpenter rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Michigan
Rates nearby
- Kent Countyfringes included$53.30
- Ottawa Countyfringes included$53.30
- Ionia Countyfringes included$52.86
- Montcalm Countyfringes included$53.30
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.
LEO's carpenter rates for Kent County are the same as in 11 other counties: Allegan, Barry, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo and 3 more.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent County | Carpenter | incl. | $53.30 | |
| Ottawa County | Carpenter | incl. | $53.30 | same |
| Montcalm County | Carpenter | incl. | $53.30 | same |
| Barry County | Carpenter | incl. | $53.30 | same |
| Allegan County | Carpenter | incl. | $53.30 | same |
| Muskegon County | Carpenter | incl. | $53.30 | same |
| Ionia County | Carpenter | incl. | $52.86 | −$0.44 |
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-kent, effective November 1, 2025, page 20: www.michigan.gov/leo/-/media/Project/Websites/leo/Documents/PWRS-By-County/Kent.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 Kent County as CSV · Report an error