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Tile Setter prevailing wage, Houghton County group, Michigan (15 counties)

LEO sets the same tile setter rates, row for row, in 15 counties: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon and Schoolcraft. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.

$55.76an hour, fringe benefits included

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

On Michigan public works in each of these 15 counties, a tile setter must be paid at least $55.76 an hour. LEO prints one rate with fringe benefits included, so there is no separate base wage.

LEO county rates, November 2025 edition, effective April 29, 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.

One rate, fringe benefits included: $55.76

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 $55.76. 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?

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)).

CountyFederal classificationBase + fringeWDvs LEO
Alger CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260103 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Baraga CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260108 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Chippewa CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260113 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Delta CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260116 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Dickinson CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260117 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Gogebic CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260120 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Houghton CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260124 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Iron CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260155 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Keweenaw CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260155 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Luce CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260132 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Mackinac CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260133 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Marquette CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260135 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Menominee CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260156 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Ontonagon CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260156 Mod 1DB +$1.08
Schoolcraft CountyTILE SETTER$56.84 MI20260150 Mod 1DB +$1.08

How the Houghton County group compares

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

Every county in Michigan

$50.33Allegan$63.39Lenawee
HoughtonNearby: Alger $55.76, Baraga $55.76, Chippewa $55.76, Delta $55.76, Dickinson $55.76, Gogebic $55.76, Iron $55.76, Keweenaw $55.76, Luce $55.76, Mackinac $55.76, Marquette $55.76, Menominee $55.76, Ontonagon $55.76, Schoolcraft $55.76Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 46 counties pay more than Houghton, 14 the same, 20 less.

Rates nearby

  1. Houghton County groupfringes included$55.76
  2. Baraga Countyfringes included$55.76
  3. Ontonagon Countyfringes included$55.76
  4. Leelanau Countyfringes included$56.36

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.

CountiesMain classificationBase wageTotal rate
Wayne County group, 8 localities: Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, WayneTile Setters—$63.39 
Sanilac CountyTile 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, WexfordTile Setters—$56.36 
Houghton County group, 15 localities: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, SchoolcraftTile Setters—$55.76 
Saginaw County group, 8 localities: Arenac, Gladwin, Huron, Iosco, Midland, Ogemaw, Saginaw, TuscolaTile Setters—$53.32 
Gratiot County group, 3 localities: Bay, Gratiot, IsabellaTile Setter—$53.32 
Allegan County*Tile Setters—$50.33 
Barry County*Tile Setters—$50.33 
Berrien CountyTile Setters—$50.33 
Branch CountyTile Setters—$50.33 
Calhoun CountyTile Setters—$50.33 
Cass CountyTile Setters—$50.33 
Kalamazoo CountyTile Setters—$50.33 
St. Joseph CountyTile Setters—$50.33 
Van Buren CountyTile 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

More from LEO on this rate

Every trade's rates, county by county: Alger · Baraga · Chippewa · Delta · Dickinson · Gogebic · Houghton · Iron · Keweenaw · Luce · Mackinac · Marquette · Menominee · Ontonagon · Schoolcraft

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