Painter prevailing wage, Genesee County group, Michigan (6 counties)

LEO sets the same painter rates, row for row, in 6 counties: Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, St. Clair and Tuscola. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$50.90an hour, fringe benefits included

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

On Michigan public works in each of these 6 counties, a painter must be paid at least $50.90 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 $32.58 wage + $18.32 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.

One rate, fringe benefits included: $50.90

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 $50.90. 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	$67.19
Sunday and holiday	$83.48

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 painter 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
Genesee County	Federal rates listed on the county page; no one-to-one match
Huron County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$35.81	MI20260125 Mod 2	LEO +$15.09
Lapeer County	PAINTER (HURON COUNTY; LAPEER COUNTY (EAST OF HWY. M-53); ST. CLAIR, SANILAC AND TUSCOLA COUNTIES)	$35.81	MI20260001 Mod 3	LEO +$15.09
Sanilac County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$35.81	MI20260149 Mod 2	LEO +$15.09
St. Clair County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$35.81	MI20260098 Mod 2	LEO +$15.09
Tuscola County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$35.81	MI20260153 Mod 1	LEO +$15.09

How the Genesee County group compares

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

Every county in Michigan

Genesee $50.90911318

$45.29Allegan$57.02Hillsdale

GeneseeNearby: Huron $50.90, Lapeer $50.90, Sanilac $50.90, St. Clair $50.90, Tuscola $50.90Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 8 counties pay more than Genesee, 7 the same, 51 less.

Rates nearby

Genesee County groupfringes included$50.90
Shiawassee Countyfringes included$50.90
Lapeer Countyfringes included$50.90
Saginaw Countyfringes included$48.48

Which county is in which painter group

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

Counties	Main classification	Base wage	Total rate
Wayne County group, 8 localities: Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw, Wayne	Painters	—	$57.02
Genesee County group, 6 localities: Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, St. Clair, Tuscola	Painter	—	$50.90
Ingham County group, 2 localities: Ingham, Shiawassee	Painter	—	$50.90
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	Painters	—	$48.48
Alcona County*	Painters	—	$48.48
Osceola County*	Painters	—	$48.48
Kent County group, 10 localities: Clinton, Eaton, Ionia, Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa	Painter	—	$46.79
Livingston County	Painter	—	$46.79
Kalamazoo County group, 9 localities: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Van Buren	Painter	—	$45.29

6 groups of counties with identical LEO rates, and 3 counties with rates of their own. * Part of the county has a rate of its own; its page lists each part's rate.

Michigan painter 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:

Genesee: LEO-November-2025-genesee, page 40
Huron: LEO-November-2025-huron, page 36
Lapeer: LEO-November-2025-lapeer, page 37
Sanilac: LEO-November-2025-sanilac, page 37
St. Clair: LEO-November-2025-st-clair, page 37
Tuscola: LEO-November-2025-tuscola, page 42

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