Michigan prevailing wage

State law, federal determinations, and how to find the rate that applies

• Michigan has its own prevailing-wage law (MCL 408.1101–408.1126 (2023 PA 10)), with no contract-size threshold (n statute (state-sponsored projects), administered by Michigan LEO, Bureau of Employment Relations — Wage & Hour.
• The U.S. Department of Labor has 157 active federal Davis-Bacon wage determinations covering 83 Michigan counties as of 2026-08-13 (latest revision date), each setting county rates by trade for federally funded construction.
• Market context: the average private construction worker in Michigan earned $1,564/week (≈ $39.10/hour) in Q1 2026, rank #32 of 51 states, per the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - an industry average, not a prevailing-wage rate.

Recent change: Repealed by voter initiative in June 2018; reenacted by 2023 PA 10, effective Feb 13, 2024; expanded by 2024 PA 110, effective Apr 2, 2025.

Covers competitively bid, state-sponsored or -financed projects (state agencies, schools, state institutions), not purely local projects; Davis-Bacon-covered contracts exempt.

How to find the required rate

1. State or locally funded project: use the rate schedules from Michigan LEO, Bureau of Employment Relations — Wage & Hour - official Michigan prevailing-wage portal.
2. Federally funded project: find the county in the Michigan determination index and open the official SAM.gov document for your construction type.
3. Read the classification line - base rate plus fringe (how to read a determination); compute totals and overtime with the calculator.

Federal determinations at a glance

Building: 81 · Heavy: 49 · Highway: 1 · Residential: 26 - every determination and the counties it covers are listed in the Michigan wage-determination index, each with its full rate schedule mirrored. Service contracts: 46 active SCA determinations for Michigan.

Recently revised determinations

• MI20260149 (rev 2) - modified 2026-08-13, Building
• MI20260125 (rev 2) - modified 2026-08-13, Building
• MI20260101 (rev 2) - modified 2026-08-13, Building

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What construction actually pays here

Separate from any required rate: BLS data puts the average private construction wage in Michigan at $1,564/week (+1.2% YoY) in Q1 2026 - details and history on Michigan construction wages.

Learn the system

What a prevailing wage is · The Davis-Bacon Act · Certified payroll · Fringe calculator

Data on this page is from U.S. government public-domain sources - free to reuse with credit and a link to prevailingwageindex.com.