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Electrician prevailing wage in Lake County, Michigan
$65.19an hour, fringes included
One rate, fringe benefits included (LEO prints no split)
On Michigan public works in Lake County, an electrician must be paid at least $65.19 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 electrician rates for Lake County, from $62.67 to $65.19 an hour. See all of them.
This rate covers only part of Lake County. LEO's wording: “Sweetwater, Webber, Cherry Valley, Pinora Lake, Yates, Pleasant Plains & Chase townships” 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 $54.98 wage + $10.21 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.
One rate, fringe benefits included: $65.19
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 $65.19. 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)
Davis-Bacon electrician rate in Lake 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 + fringe | Base | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building | ELECTRICIAN: EXCLUDING LOW VOLTAGE (TOWNSHIPS OF DOVER, EDEN, ELK, ELLSWORTH, NEWKIRK, PEACOCK & SAUBLE)ELEC0498-014 | $59.67 | $36.62 | MI20260129 Mod 1 |
| Heavy | ELECTRICIAN (LAKE (TOWNSHIPS OF CHASE, CHERRY VALLEY, LAKE, PINORA, PLEASANT PLAINS, SWEETWATER, WEBBER & YATES) & MASON (TOWNSHIPS OF AMBER, BRANCH, CUSTER, …ELEC0275-013 | $61.67 | $36.52 | MI20260049 Mod 1 |
| Heavy | ELECTRICIAN (LAKE (TOWNSHIPS OF DOVER, EDEN, ELK, ELLSWORTH, NEWKIRK, PEACOCK & SAUBLE) & MASON (TOWNSHIPS OF FREESOIL, GRANT & MEADE) COUNTIES)ELEC0498-007 | $59.67 | $36.62 | MI20260049 Mod 1 |
| Residential | ELECTRICIAN (ALLEGAN (TOWNSHIPS OF DORR, FILLMORE, LAKETON, LEIGHTON, OVERISEL & SALEM), ISABELLA (TOWNSHIPS OF BLOOMFIELD, COLDWATER, DEERFIELD, FREMONT, …ELEC0275-008 | $46.20 | $29.22 | MI20260008 Mod 3 |
| Residential | ELECTRICIAN (ARENAC, CLARE (TOWNSHIPS OF ARTHUR, FRANKLIN, FROST, GRANT, HAMILTON, HATTON, HAYES & SHERIDAN), GLADWIN, ISABELLA (TOWNSHIPS OF CHIPPEWA, DENVER, …ELEC0692-008 | $66.52 | $40.00 | MI20260008 Mod 3 |
| Residential | ELECTRICIAN (SHIAWASSEE COUNTY (ALL TOWNSHIPS EXCEPT PERRY AND WOODHULL))ELEC0948-004 | $49.32 | $35.62 | MI20260008 Mod 3 |
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
When this rate changes
- 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 electrician rate in Lake County
As LEO lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Total (fringes included) | Base | Fringe benefits | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrician Sweetwater, Webber, Cherry Valley, Pinora Lake, Yates, Pleasant Plains & Chase townships | $65.19 | incl. | incl. | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Electrician Townships of Elk, Eden, Newkirk, Dover, Ellsworth, Sauble, and Peacock ONLY. | $62.67 | incl. | incl. | Oct 31, 2025 |
How Lake County compares
The main electrician rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Michigan
Rates nearby
- Lake Countyfringes included$65.19
- Mason Countyfringes included$65.19
- Osceola Countyfringes included$65.19
- Wexford Countyfringes included$62.67
Electrician 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 | Total (fringes included) | Base | vs Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County | Electrician | $65.19 | incl. | |
| Mason County | Electrician | $65.19 | incl. | same |
| Osceola County | Electrician | $65.19 | incl. | same |
| Newaygo County | Electrician | $65.19 | incl. | same |
| Oceana County | Electrician | $65.19 | incl. | same |
| Wexford County | Electrician | $62.67 | incl. | −$2.52 |
| Manistee County | Electrician | $62.67 | incl. | −$2.52 |
More from LEO on this rate
- LEO county rate schedule, page 24
- 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-lake, effective October 31, 2025, page 24: www.michigan.gov/leo/-/media/Project/Websites/leo/Documents/PWRS-By-County/Lake.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 Lake County as CSV · Report an error