Tile Setter prevailing wage, Gratiot County group, Michigan (3 counties)

LEO sets the same tile setter rates, row for row, in 3 counties: Bay, Gratiot and Isabella. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$53.32an hour, fringe benefits included

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

On Michigan public works in each of these 3 counties, a tile setter must be paid at least $53.32 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 29, 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 $29.40 wage + $23.92 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.

One rate, fringe benefits included: $53.32

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 $53.32. 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	$68.02
Sunday and holiday	$82.72

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 tile setter 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
Bay County	TILE SETTER	$52.56	MI20260077 Mod 1	LEO +$0.76
Gratiot County	TILE SETTER	$52.56	MI20260122 Mod 1	LEO +$0.76
Isabella County	TILE SETTER	$52.56	MI20260127 Mod 1	LEO +$0.76

How the Gratiot County group compares

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

Every county in Michigan

Gratiot $53.329159

$50.33Allegan$63.39Lenawee

GratiotNearby: Bay $53.32, Isabella $53.32Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 61 counties pay more than Gratiot, 10 the same, 9 less.

Rates nearby

Gratiot County groupfringes included$53.32
Clinton Countyfringes included$56.36
Midland Countyfringes included$53.32
Isabella Countyfringes included$53.32

Which county is in which tile setter group

Every Michigan county with a tile setter 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: Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, Wayne	Tile Setters	—	$63.39
Sanilac County	Tile Setters	—	$63.39
Kent County group, 37 localities: Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, Clinton, Crawford, Eaton, Emmet, Genesee, Grand Traverse, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Missaukee, Montcalm, Montmorency, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Oscoda, Otsego, Ottawa, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Shiawassee, Wexford	Tile Setters	—	$56.36
Houghton County group, 15 localities: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft	Tile Setters	—	$55.76
Saginaw County group, 8 localities: Arenac, Gladwin, Huron, Iosco, Midland, Ogemaw, Saginaw, Tuscola	Tile Setters	—	$53.32
Gratiot County group, 3 localities: Bay, Gratiot, Isabella	Tile Setter	—	$53.32
Allegan County*	Tile Setters	—	$50.33
Barry County*	Tile Setters	—	$50.33
Berrien County	Tile Setters	—	$50.33
Branch County	Tile Setters	—	$50.33
Calhoun County	Tile Setters	—	$50.33
Cass County	Tile Setters	—	$50.33
Kalamazoo County	Tile Setters	—	$50.33
St. Joseph County	Tile Setters	—	$50.33
Van Buren County	Tile Setters	—	$50.33

5 groups of counties with identical LEO rates, and 10 counties with rates of their own. * Part of the county has a rate of its own; its page lists each part's rate.

Michigan tile setter 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:

Bay: LEO-November-2025-bay, page 50
Gratiot: LEO-November-2025-gratiot, page 53
Isabella: LEO-November-2025-isabella, page 55

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