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Tunnel Worker prevailing wage in Wayne County, Michigan
$53.07an hour, fringe benefits included · Tunnel Miner
One rate, fringe benefits included (LEO prints no split)
Wayne County uses the same tunnel worker rates as 2 other counties. See all of them on one page.
On Michigan public works in Wayne County, a tunnel worker working as tunnel miner must be paid at least $53.07 an hour. LEO prints one rate with fringe benefits included, so there is no separate base wage.
LEO county rates, November 2025 edition, effective November 4, 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 $30.14 wage + $22.93 fringe. That's our estimate, not LEO's figure.
One rate, fringe benefits included: $53.07
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 $53.07. 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 tunnel worker rate in Wayne 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 this page leads with a classification the federal determinations don't list one to one. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.
| Construction | Federal classification | Base wage | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 1- TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON LABORER, DUMP, SHANTY, HOG HOUSE TENDER, TESTING (ON GAS) AND WATCHMAN. SCOPE OF WORK: …LABO0259-001 | $30.13 | $52.88 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 2- MANHOLE, HEADWALL, CATCH BASIN BUILDER, BRICKLAYER TENDER, MORTAR MACHINE AND MATERIAL MIXER. SCOPE OF WORK: …LABO0259-001 | $32.13 | $54.88 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 3- AIR TOOL OPERATOR (JACKHAMMER, BUSH HAMMER AND GRINTER), FIRST BOTTOM, SECOND BOTTOM, CAGE TENDER, CAR PUSHER, …LABO0259-001 | $28.13 | $50.88 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 4- TUNNEL, SHAFT, AND CAISSON MUCKER, BRACER, LINER PLATE, LONG HAUL DINKY DRIVER AND WELL POINT. SCOPE OF WORK: …LABO0259-001 | $23.97 | $40.90 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 5- TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON MINER, DRILL RUNNER, KEY BOARD OPERATOR, POWER KNIFE OPERATOR, REINFORCED STEEL OR …LABO0259-001 | $24.22 | $41.15 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 6- DYNAMITE AND POWDER. SCOPE OF WORK: TUNNEL, SHAFT, AND CAISSON WORK OF EVERY TYPE AND DESCRIPTION AND ALL …LABO0259-001 | $24.55 | $41.48 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 7- RESTORATION LABORER, SEEDING, SODDING, PLANTING, CUTTING, MULCHING AND TOP SOIL GRADING; AND THE RESTORATION OF …LABO0259-001 | $17.83 | $34.76 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 1- TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON LABORER, DUMP, SHANTY, HOG HOUSE TENDER, TESTING (ON GAS) AND WATCHMAN. SCOPE OF WORK: …LABO0259-001 | $32.13 | $50.08 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 2- MANHOLE, HEADWALL, CATCH BASIN BUILDER, BRICKLAYER TENDER, MORTAR MACHINE AND MATERIAL MIXER. SCOPE OF WORK: …LABO0259-001 | $34.40 | $52.35 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 3- AIR TOOL OPERATOR (JACKHAMMER, BUSH HAMMER AND GRINTER), FIRST BOTTOM, SECOND BOTTOM, CAGE TENDER, CAR PUSHER, …LABO0259-001 | $28.00 | $45.45 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 4- TUNNEL, SHAFT, AND CAISSON MUCKER, BRACER, LINER PLATE, LONG HAUL DINKY DRIVER AND WELL POINT. SCOPE OF WORK: …LABO0259-001 | $29.57 | $46.50 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 5- TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON MINER, DRILL RUNNER, KEY BOARD OPERATOR, POWER KNIFE OPERATOR, REINFORCED STEEL OR …LABO0259-001 | $25.76 | $42.69 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 6- DYNAMITE AND POWDER. SCOPE OF WORK: TUNNEL, SHAFT, AND CAISSON WORK OF EVERY TYPE AND DESCRIPTION AND ALL …LABO0259-001 | $26.07 | $43.00 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORERS - TUNNEL, SHAFT AND CAISSON: GROUP 7- RESTORATION LABORER, SEEDING, SODDING, PLANTING, CUTTING, MULCHING AND TOP SOIL GRADING; AND THE RESTORATION OF …LABO0259-001 | $25.57 | $42.50 | MI20260001 Mod 3 |
| Highway | LABORER- HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, AND AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION AREA 1: GROUP 3- TUNNEL MINER (HIGHWAY WORK ONLY); FINISHERS TENDERS; GUARD RAIL BUILDERS; HIGHWAY AND …LABO0465-001 | $35.82 | $50.27 | MI20260001 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 Wayne County compares
The main tunnel worker rate in every county that has one. All bars use the same scale.
Every county in Michigan
Rates nearby
- Wayne Countyfringes included$53.07
- Oakland Countyfringes included$53.07
- Monroe Countyfringes included$52.82
- Washtenaw Countyfringes included$52.82
Tunnel 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.
LEO's tunnel worker rates for Wayne County are the same as in 2 other counties: Macomb, Oakland.
| County | Classification | Base wage | Total rate | vs Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County | Tunnel Miner | incl. | $53.07 | |
| Oakland County | Tunnel Miner | incl. | $53.07 | same |
| Macomb County | Tunnel Miner | incl. | $53.07 | same |
| Monroe County | Tunnel Miner | incl. | $52.82 | −$0.25 |
| Washtenaw County | Tunnel Miner | incl. | $52.82 | −$0.25 |
| Livingston County | Tunnel Miner | incl. | $52.82 | −$0.25 |
| Lenawee County | Tunnel Miner | incl. | $52.82 | −$0.25 |
Michigan tunnel worker prevailing wage by county, with a map
More from LEO on this rate
- LEO county rate schedule, page 49
- 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-wayne, effective November 4, 2025, page 49: www.michigan.gov/leo/-/media/Project/Websites/leo/Documents/PWRS-By-County/Wayne.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 Wayne County as CSV · Report an error