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Telecommunications Technician prevailing wage, Kent County group, Michigan (7 counties)
LEO sets the same telecommunications technician rates, row for row, in 7 counties: Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Ottawa. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$47.71an hour, fringe benefits included · Low Voltage Technician
One rate, fringe benefits included (LEO prints no split)
On Michigan public works in each of these 7 counties, a telecommunications technician working as low voltage technician must be paid at least $47.71 an hour. LEO prints one rate with fringe benefits included, so there is no separate base wage.
LEO county rates, November 2025 edition, effective January 5, 2026. 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 $38.40 wage + $9.31 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.
One rate, fringe benefits included: $47.71
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 $47.71. 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.
How the Kent County group compares
The main telecommunications technician rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Michigan
Rates nearby
- Kent County groupfringes included$47.71
- Ottawa Countyfringes included$47.71
- Ionia Countyfringes included$58.68
- Montcalm Countyfringes included$47.71
Which county is in which telecommunications technician group
Every Michigan county with a telecommunications technician rate. Counties LEO treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Counties | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berrien County | Low Voltage Technician | — | $61.06 |
| Cass County | Low Voltage Technician | — | $61.06 |
| Wayne County group, 6 localities: Huron, Macomb, Oakland, Sanilac, St. Clair, Wayne | Low Voltage Tech | — | $60.91 |
| Clinton County | Low Voltage Technician | — | $58.68 |
| Eaton County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $58.68 |
| Ingham County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $58.68 |
| Ionia County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $58.68 |
| Livingston County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $58.68 |
| Washtenaw County group, 2 localities: Jackson, Washtenaw | Low Voltage Technician | — | $57.92 |
| Genesee County group, 2 localities: Genesee, Lapeer | Low Voltage Technician | — | $55.21 |
| Shiawassee County | Low Voltage Technician | — | $55.21 |
| Tuscola County | Low Voltage Technician | — | $55.21 |
| Monroe County group, 3 localities: Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe | Low Voltage Technician | — | $53.28 |
| Kalamazoo County group, 3 localities: Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Van Buren | Low Voltage Technician | — | $50.72 |
| Kent County group, 7 localities: Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa | Low Voltage Technician | — | $47.71 |
| Allegan County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $47.71 |
| Barry County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $47.71 |
| Lake County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $47.71 |
| Mason County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $47.71 |
| Osceola County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $47.71 |
| Houghton County group, 15 localities: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft | Low Voltage Technician | — | $47.66 |
| Presque Isle County | Low Voltage Technician | — | $47.66 |
| Gratiot County | Low Voltage Technician | — | $47.61 |
| Saginaw County | Low Voltage Technician | — | $47.61 |
| Arenac County group, 7 localities: Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Gladwin, Montmorency, Oscoda | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Cheboygan County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Clare County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Crawford County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Emmet County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Iosco County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Isabella County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Midland County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Ogemaw County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Otsego County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Roscommon County* | Low Voltage Technician | — | $44.28 |
| Calhoun County group, 2 localities: Branch, Calhoun | Low Voltage Technician | — | $37.16 |
9 groups of counties with identical LEO rates, and 27 counties with rates of their own. * Part of the county has a rate of its own; its page lists each part's rate.
Michigan telecommunications technician prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from LEO on this rate
- 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).
Every trade's rates, county by county: Kent · Mecosta · Montcalm · Muskegon · Newaygo · Oceana · 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:
- Kent: LEO-November-2025-kent, page 37
- Mecosta: LEO-November-2025-mecosta, page 37
- Montcalm: LEO-November-2025-montcalm, page 38
- Muskegon: LEO-November-2025-muskegon, page 37
- Newaygo: LEO-November-2025-newaygo, page 37
- Oceana: LEO-November-2025-oceana, page 37
- Ottawa: LEO-November-2025-ottawa, page 37
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