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St. Joseph County, MI · Electrician
Electrician prevailing wage in St. Joseph County, Michigan
$64.19an hour, fringe benefits included
One rate, fringe benefits included (LEO prints no split)
St. Joseph County uses the same electrician rates as 2 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On Michigan public works in St. Joseph County, an electrician must be paid at least $64.19 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 prints no wage/fringe split. Derived from its overtime rates (wage = 2 × (time and a half − straight time)), the split would be about $55.20 wage + $8.99 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.
One rate, fringe benefits included: $64.19
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 $64.19. 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)
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 electrician rate in St. Joseph 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)).
For heavy work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is ELECTRICIAN (ST. JOSEPH COUNTY) at $64.62 ($42.78 base + $21.84 fringe), from MI20260049 modification 1, published May 18, 2026, rate ELEC0131-007. Against LEO's $64.19: The Davis-Bacon rate is $0.43 an hour higher. Note: the state prints one rate with fringes included, so only totals are compared.
| Construction | Federal classification | Base wage | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building | ELECTRICIAN, EXCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRINGSUMI2011-077 | $17.00 | $20.51 | MI20260152 Mod 2 |
| Heavy | ELECTRICIAN (ST. JOSEPH COUNTY)ELEC0131-007 | $42.78 | $64.62 | MI20260049 Mod 1 |
| Residential | ELECTRICIAN (ALLEGAN (TOWNSHIPS OF ALLEGAN, CASCO, CHESHIRE, CLYDE, GANGES, GUN PLAIN, HEATH, HOPKINS, LEE, MANLIUS, MARTIN, MONTEREY, OTSEGO, SAUGATUCK, …ELEC0131-004 | $34.22 | $43.74 | MI20260008 Mod 3 |
| Residential | ELECTRICIAN (CLARE (TOWNSHIPS OF FREEMAN, GARFIELD, GREENWOOD, LINCOLN, REDDING, SUMMERFIELD, SURREY AND WINTERFIELD), LAKE (TOWNSHIPS OF DOVER, EDEN, ELK, …ELEC0498-006 | $33.65 | $56.28 | 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 | $40.00 | $66.52 | MI20260008 Mod 3 |
| Residential | ELECTRICIAN (SHIAWASSEE COUNTY (ALL TOWNSHIPS EXCEPT PERRY AND WOODHULL))ELEC0948-004 | $35.62 | $49.32 | 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
How St. Joseph County compares
The main electrician rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Michigan
Rates nearby
- St. Joseph Countyfringes included$64.19
- Kalamazoo Countyfringes included$64.19
- Cass Countyfringes included$74.38
- Branch Countyfringes included$67.29
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.
LEO's electrician rates for St. Joseph County are the same as in 2 other counties: Kalamazoo, Van Buren.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County | Electricians | incl. | $74.38 | +$10.19 |
| Branch County | Electrician | incl. | $67.29 | +$3.10 |
| Calhoun County | Electrician | incl. | $67.29 | +$3.10 |
| St. Joseph County | Electrician | incl. | $64.19 | |
| Kalamazoo County | Electrician | incl. | $64.19 | same |
| Van Buren County | Electrician | incl. | $64.19 | same |
| Berrien County | Electrician | incl. | $64.19 | same |
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-st-joseph, effective October 31, 2025, page 24: www.michigan.gov/leo/-/media/Project/Websites/leo/Documents/PWRS-By-County/St-Joseph.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 St. Joseph County as CSV · Report an error