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Sheet Metal Worker prevailing wage in Van Buren County, Michigan
$67.48an hour, fringe benefits included
One rate, fringe benefits included (LEO prints no split)
On Michigan public works in Van Buren County, a sheet metal worker must be paid at least $67.48 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 lists 3 sheet metal worker rates for Van Buren County, from $42.67 to $68.37 an hour. See all of them.
This rate covers only part of Van Buren County. LEO's wording: “All Locations not specified in Van Buren County” Rates for the rest are in the table below.
- LEO prints no wage/fringe split. Derived from its overtime rates (wage = 2 × (time and a half − straight time)), the split would be about $38.10 wage + $29.38 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.
One rate, fringe benefits included: $67.48
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 $67.48. 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.
Every sheet metal worker rate in Van Buren County
As LEO lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
- Sheet Metal Worker$68.37
- Sheet Metal Workers$67.48
- Sheet Metal Worker$42.67
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheet Metal Worker All Locations not specified in Van Buren County | incl. | incl. | $68.37 | Apr 16, 2026 |
| Sheet Metal Worker Covert Township, South Haven Township and South Haven City | incl. | incl. | $42.67 | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Sheet Metal Workers All Locations not specified in Van Buren County | incl. | incl. | $67.48 | Oct 31, 2025 |
Davis-Bacon sheet metal worker rate in Van Buren 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)).
We don't put a federal figure next to LEO's here, because the federal determination lists more than one rate for this trade here. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.
| Construction | Federal classification | Base wage | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building | SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)SHEE0007-010 | $42.74 | $64.27 | MI20260099 Mod 1 |
| Building | SHEET METAL WORKER, EXCLUDES HVAC DUCT AND UNIT INSTALLATIONSUMI2011-024 | $24.56 | $31.76 | MI20260099 Mod 1 |
| Residential | SHEET METAL WORKER, INCLUDES HVAC DUCT AND UNIT INSTALLATIONSHEE0007-023 | $32.00 | $42.73 | MI20260023 Mod 1 |
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 Van Buren County compares
The main sheet metal worker rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Michigan
Rates nearby
- Van Buren Countyfringes included$67.48
- Cass Countyfringes included$42.67
- Allegan Countyfringes included$68.37
- Kalamazoo Countyfringes included$67.48
Sheet Metal Worker 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.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Van Buren County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegan County | Sheet Metal Worker | incl. | $68.37 | +$0.89 |
| Van Buren County | Sheet Metal Workers | incl. | $67.48 | |
| Kalamazoo County | Sheet Metal Workers | incl. | $67.48 | same |
| Ottawa County | Sheet Metal Workers | incl. | $61.92 | −$5.56 |
| Cass County | Sheet Metal Worker | incl. | $42.67 | −$24.81 |
| Berrien County | Sheet Metal Worker | incl. | $42.67 | −$24.81 |
| St. Joseph County | Sheet Metal Worker | incl. | $42.67 | −$24.81 |
Michigan sheet metal worker prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from LEO on this rate
- LEO county rate schedule, page 46
- 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-van-buren, effective October 31, 2025, page 46: www.michigan.gov/leo/-/media/Project/Websites/leo/Documents/PWRS-By-County/Van-Buren.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 Van Buren County as CSV · Report an error