Painter prevailing wage, Kent County group, Michigan (10 counties)

LEO sets the same painter rates, row for row, in 10 counties: Clinton, Eaton, Ionia, Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Ottawa. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$46.79an hour, fringe benefits included

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

On Michigan public works in each of these 10 counties, a painter must be paid at least $46.79 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 $28.76 wage + $18.03 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.

One rate, fringe benefits included: $46.79

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 $46.79. 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	$61.17
Sunday and holiday	$75.54

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
Clinton County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$33.74	MI20260055 Mod 1	LEO +$13.05
Eaton County	PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY	$33.74	MI20260056 Mod 1	LEO +$13.05
Ionia County	PAINTER (ALLEGAN COUNTY (TOWNSHIPS OF DORR, FILLMORE, HEATH, HOPKINS, LAKETOWN, LEIGHTON, MANLIUS, MONTEREY, OVERISEL, SALEM, SAUGATUCK AND WAYLAND); IONIA COUNTY (WEST OF HWY. M-66); KENT, MECOSTA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES; NEWAYGO COUNTY (TOWNSHIPS OF BARTON, BIG PRAIRIE, BROOKS, CROTON, ENSLEY, EVERE	$39.23	MI20260001 Mod 3	LEO +$7.56
Kent County	PAINTER (ALLEGAN COUNTY (TOWNSHIPS OF DORR, FILLMORE, HEATH, HOPKINS, LAKETOWN, LEIGHTON, MANLIUS, MONTEREY, OVERISEL, SALEM, SAUGATUCK AND WAYLAND); IONIA COUNTY (WEST OF HWY. M-66); KENT, MECOSTA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES; NEWAYGO COUNTY (TOWNSHIPS OF BARTON, BIG PRAIRIE, BROOKS, CROTON, ENSLEY, EVERE	$39.23	MI20260001 Mod 3	LEO +$7.56
Mecosta County	PAINTER (ALLEGAN COUNTY (TOWNSHIPS OF DORR, FILLMORE, HEATH, HOPKINS, LAKETOWN, LEIGHTON, MANLIUS, MONTEREY, OVERISEL, SALEM, SAUGATUCK AND WAYLAND); IONIA COUNTY (WEST OF HWY. M-66); KENT, MECOSTA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES; NEWAYGO COUNTY (TOWNSHIPS OF BARTON, BIG PRAIRIE, BROOKS, CROTON, ENSLEY, EVERE	$39.23	MI20260001 Mod 3	LEO +$7.56
Montcalm County	PAINTER (ALLEGAN COUNTY (TOWNSHIPS OF DORR, FILLMORE, HEATH, HOPKINS, LAKETOWN, LEIGHTON, MANLIUS, MONTEREY, OVERISEL, SALEM, SAUGATUCK AND WAYLAND); IONIA COUNTY (WEST OF HWY. M-66); KENT, MECOSTA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES; NEWAYGO COUNTY (TOWNSHIPS OF BARTON, BIG PRAIRIE, BROOKS, CROTON, ENSLEY, EVERE	$39.23	MI20260001 Mod 3	LEO +$7.56
Muskegon County	PAINTER (MUSKEGON COUNTY; NEWAYGO COUNTY (EXCEPT THE TOWNSHIPS OF BARTON, BIG PRAIRIE, BROOKS, CROTON, ENSLEY, EVERETT, GOODWELL, GRANT, HOME, MONROE, NORWICH AND WILCOX); OCEANA COUNTY; OTTAWA COUNTY (EXCEPT THE TOWNSHIPS OF ALLENDALE, BLENDONE, CHESTER, GEORGETOWN, HOLLAND, JAMESTOWN, OLIVE, PARK,	$39.23	MI20260001 Mod 3	LEO +$7.56
Newaygo County	PAINTER (MUSKEGON COUNTY; NEWAYGO COUNTY (EXCEPT THE TOWNSHIPS OF BARTON, BIG PRAIRIE, BROOKS, CROTON, ENSLEY, EVERETT, GOODWELL, GRANT, HOME, MONROE, NORWICH AND WILCOX); OCEANA COUNTY; OTTAWA COUNTY (EXCEPT THE TOWNSHIPS OF ALLENDALE, BLENDONE, CHESTER, GEORGETOWN, HOLLAND, JAMESTOWN, OLIVE, PARK,	$39.23	MI20260001 Mod 3	LEO +$7.56
Oceana County	PAINTER (MUSKEGON COUNTY; NEWAYGO COUNTY (EXCEPT THE TOWNSHIPS OF BARTON, BIG PRAIRIE, BROOKS, CROTON, ENSLEY, EVERETT, GOODWELL, GRANT, HOME, MONROE, NORWICH AND WILCOX); OCEANA COUNTY; OTTAWA COUNTY (EXCEPT THE TOWNSHIPS OF ALLENDALE, BLENDONE, CHESTER, GEORGETOWN, HOLLAND, JAMESTOWN, OLIVE, PARK,	$39.23	MI20260001 Mod 3	LEO +$7.56
Ottawa County	PAINTER (MUSKEGON COUNTY; NEWAYGO COUNTY (EXCEPT THE TOWNSHIPS OF BARTON, BIG PRAIRIE, BROOKS, CROTON, ENSLEY, EVERETT, GOODWELL, GRANT, HOME, MONROE, NORWICH AND WILCOX); OCEANA COUNTY; OTTAWA COUNTY (EXCEPT THE TOWNSHIPS OF ALLENDALE, BLENDONE, CHESTER, GEORGETOWN, HOLLAND, JAMESTOWN, OLIVE, PARK,	$39.23	MI20260001 Mod 3	LEO +$7.56

How the Kent County group compares

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

Every county in Michigan

Kent $46.7993188

$45.29Allegan$57.02Hillsdale

KentNearby: Clinton $46.79, Eaton $46.79, Ionia $46.79, Mecosta $46.79, Montcalm $46.79, Muskegon $46.79, Newaygo $46.79, Oceana $46.79, Ottawa $46.79Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 47 counties pay more than Kent, 10 the same, 9 less.

Rates nearby

Kent County groupfringes included$46.79
Ottawa Countyfringes included$46.79
Ionia Countyfringes included$46.79
Barry Countyfringes included$45.29

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:

Clinton: LEO-November-2025-clinton, page 40
Eaton: LEO-November-2025-eaton, page 43
Ionia: LEO-November-2025-ionia, page 45
Kent: LEO-November-2025-kent, page 40
Mecosta: LEO-November-2025-mecosta, page 40
Montcalm: LEO-November-2025-montcalm, page 41
Muskegon: LEO-November-2025-muskegon, page 40
Newaygo: LEO-November-2025-newaygo, page 40
Oceana: LEO-November-2025-oceana, page 40
Ottawa: LEO-November-2025-ottawa, page 40

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