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Plumber / Pipefitter prevailing wage, Kent County group, Michigan (11 counties)

LEO sets the same plumber or pipefitter rates, row for row, in 11 counties: Kent, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola and Ottawa. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$72.81an hour, fringe benefits included · Plumber

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

On Michigan public works in each of these 11 counties, a plumber or pipefitter working as plumber must be paid at least $72.81 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 30, 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 3 plumber or pipefitter rates for each of these counties, from $60.34 to $72.81 an hour. See all of them.

One rate, fringe benefits included: $72.81

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 $72.81. 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?

Every plumber or pipefitter rate in the Kent County group

As LEO lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

  1. Pipefitters—steamfitters$72.81
  2. Plumber$72.81
  3. Sprinkler Fitters$60.34
Hourly rate of each plumber or pipefitter classification in the Kent County group, highest first.
ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateEffective
Pipefitters—steamfittersincl.incl.$72.81 Oct 31, 2025
Plumberincl.incl.$72.81 Oct 30, 2025
Sprinkler Fittersincl.incl.$60.34 Nov 3, 2025

Davis-Bacon plumber or pipefitter 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
Kent CountyPLUMBER, EXCLUDES HVAC PIPE AND UNIT INSTALLATION$70.75 MI20260088 Mod 1LEO +$2.06
Lake CountyPLUMBER (EXCLUDING HVAC PIPE & SYSTEM INSTALLATION)$61.56 MI20260129 Mod 1LEO +$11.25
Manistee CountyPLUMBER (MANISTEE COUNTY)$63.71 MI20260043 Mod 1LEO +$9.10
Mason CountyPLUMBER/PIPEFITTER (LAKE & MASON COUNTIES)$63.71 MI20260049 Mod 1LEO +$9.10
Mecosta CountyPLUMBER (EXCLUDING HVAC PIPE & SYSTEM INSTALLATION)$61.56 MI20260137 Mod 1LEO +$11.25
Montcalm CountyPLUMBER (EXCLUDING HVAC PIPE & SYSTEM INSTALLATION)$61.56 MI20260140 Mod 1LEO +$11.25
Muskegon CountyPLUMBER, EXCLUDES HVAC PIPE AND UNIT INSTALLATION$70.75 MI20260093 Mod 1LEO +$2.06
Newaygo CountyPLUMBER, EXCLUDES HVAC PIPE AND UNIT INSTALLATION$70.75 MI20260094 Mod 1LEO +$2.06
Oceana CountyPLUMBER (EXCLUDING HVAC PIPE & SYSTEM INSTALLATION)$61.56 MI20260142 Mod 1LEO +$11.25
Osceola CountyPLUMBER (EXCLUDING HVAC PIPE & SYSTEM INSTALLATION)$61.56 MI20260144 Mod 1LEO +$11.25
Ottawa CountyPLUMBER, EXCLUDES HVAC PIPE AND UNIT INSTALLATION$70.75 MI20260096 Mod 1LEO +$2.06

How the Kent County group compares

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

Every county in Michigan

$60.20Kalamazoo$86.36Macomb
KentNearby: Lake $72.81, Manistee $72.81, Mason $72.81, Mecosta $72.81, Montcalm $72.81, Muskegon $72.81, Newaygo $72.81, Oceana $72.81, Osceola $72.81, Ottawa $72.81Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 21 counties pay more than Kent, 10 the same, 51 less.

Rates nearby

  1. Kent County groupfringes included$72.81
  2. Ottawa Countyfringes included$72.81
  3. Ionia Countyfringes included$60.34
  4. Montcalm Countyfringes included$72.81

Which county is in which plumber or pipefitter group

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

CountiesMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
Wayne County group, 2 localities: Oakland, WaynePlumbers—$86.36 
Macomb CountyPlumbers—$86.36 
Sanilac CountyPlumbers—$86.36 
St. Clair CountyPlumbers—$86.36 
Washtenaw CountyPlumbers—$73.19 
Houghton County group, 15 localities: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, SchoolcraftPlumber—$73.18 
Kent County group, 11 localities: Kent, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, OttawaPlumber—$72.81 
Monroe CountyPlumbers—$72.30 
Ingham County group, 6 localities: Branch, Clinton, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, JacksonPlumbers—$71.77 
Genesee County group, 3 localities: Genesee, Lapeer, ShiawasseePlumbers—$70.71 
Saginaw County group, 9 localities: Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland, Saginaw, TuscolaPlumbers—$69.18 
Cass CountyPlumbers—$68.59 
Benzie County group, 20 localities: Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Iosco, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Missaukee, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, WexfordPlumbers—$63.84 
Allegan CountySprinkler Fitters—$60.34 
Barry CountySprinkler Fitters—$60.34 
Berrien CountySprinkler Fitters—$60.34 
Calhoun CountySprinkler Fitters—$60.34 
Huron CountySprinkler Fitters—$60.34 
Ionia CountySprinkler Fitters—$60.34 
Lenawee CountySprinkler Fitters—$60.34 
Livingston CountySprinkler Fitters—$60.34 
Van Buren County group, 2 localities: St. Joseph, Van Burenplumbers—$60.20 
Kalamazoo Countyplumbers—$60.20 

8 groups of counties with identical LEO rates, and 15 counties with rates of their own.

Michigan plumber or pipefitter prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from LEO on this rate

Every trade's rates, county by county: Kent · Lake · Manistee · Mason · Mecosta · Montcalm · Muskegon · Newaygo · Oceana · Osceola · Ottawa

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