Michigan License Fees

Every figure below was read verbatim on 2026-10-05 on LARA's own pages, the official application forms or the statute, in whole dollars. Amounts the research did not verify — the RB/M&A PSI examination fee (paid to PSI), the initial master-plumber and plumbing-contractor licence amounts and all local permit fees — are named as NOT_VERIFIED rather than guessed.

Verified 2026-10-0534 published fees7 renewal rulesIndexation gate: passed

01 Residential Builder / M&A / salesperson / branch office — LARA fee schedule

Fee	Amount	Applies to
Residential Builder or Maintenance & Alteration Contractor licence — application S-MI-LARA-FEES	$195	Individual Residential Builder or Individual M&A Contractor initial application
Residential salesperson or branch office licence — application S-MI-LARA-FEES	$195	Residential Builder Salesperson or Branch Office initial application
Qualifying Officer Change S-MI-LARA-FEES	$10	Changing the qualifying officer on a Builder/M&A Company licence
Name/Address Change S-MI-LARA-FEES	$10	Licence holder name or address amendments
Builder, M&A, salesperson or branch office licence — renewal S-MI-LARA-FEES	$150	Renewal on the three-year cycle (by 5/31)
Builder, M&A, salesperson or branch office licence — late renewal S-MI-LARA-FEES	$170	Renewal after expiration, within the 60-day late window ($150 + $20)
Builder, M&A, salesperson or branch office licence — relicense after 60 days expired S-MI-LARA-FEES	$185	Relicensure once the 60-day late window has passed ($150 + $35), or after >3 years expired

02 Electrical licences — Skilled Trades Regulation Act Article 7 (MCL 339.5707 + forms)

Fee	Amount	Applies to
Skilled-trades electrical examination fee (statutory) S-MI-MCL-5707	$100	Master electrician, electrical contractor, electrical journeyman, fire alarm contractor, FAST, sign specialty contractor, sign specialist examinations
Master Electrician licence — initial or renewal S-MI-MCL-5707	$50	Master Electrician initial licence and annual renewal
Electrical Journeyman licence — initial or renewal S-MI-MCL-5707	$40	Electrical Journeyman initial licence and annual renewal
Apprentice Electrician registration — initial or renewal S-MI-MCL-5707	$15	Apprentice Electrician annual registration (expires August 31)
Fire Alarm Specialty Technician licence — initial or renewal S-MI-BCC-341	$50	FAST licence (NICET II or ESA CFAT II prerequisite)
Fire Alarm Specialty Apprentice Technician registration S-MI-MCL-5707	$15	FAST apprentice registration (renews by 8/31)
Sign Specialist licence — initial or renewal S-MI-MCL-5707	$40	Sign Specialist licence
Electrical Contractor licence — three-year cycle S-MI-MCL-5707	$300	Electrical Contractor licence expiring December 31 every third year
Fire Alarm Contractor licence — three-year cycle S-MI-BCC-974	$300	Fire Alarm Contractor licence (three-year cycle)
Sign Specialty Contractor licence — three-year cycle S-MI-MCL-5707	$200	Sign Specialty Contractor licence (three-year cycle)
Electrical Journeyman (and individual electrical licences) — late renewal S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$50	Late renewal of journeyman/master/FAST/sign specialist licences
Electrical/Fire Alarm/Sign Specialty Contractor — late renewal S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$50	Late renewal of an electrical contractor licence on the three-year cycle

03 Plumbing & mechanical licences — LARA forms and the renewals page

Fee	Amount	Applies to
Mechanical Contractor licence/classification — initial S-MI-MECH-APP	$300	Initial Mechanical Contractor licence or classification
Mechanical Contractor — add classification, first year of the licence cycle S-MI-MECH-APP	$300	Additional mechanical classification added in year 1 of the cycle
Mechanical Contractor — add classification, second year of the licence cycle S-MI-MECH-APP	$200	Additional mechanical classification added in year 2 of the cycle
Mechanical Contractor — add classification, third year of the licence cycle S-MI-MECH-APP	$100	Additional mechanical classification added in year 3 of the cycle
Mechanical Contractor licence — renewal (three-year cycle by 8/31) S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$300	Mechanical Contractor renewal
Mechanical Contractor licence — late renewal fee S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$100	Mechanical Contractor renewal after expiration
Journey Plumber licence — application/license fee S-MI-JOURNEY-PLUMBER-APP	$40	Journey Plumber initial licence (examination application)
Journey Plumber licence — annual renewal (by 4/30) S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$40	Journey Plumber annual renewal
Journey Plumber licence — late renewal fee S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$100	Journey Plumber renewal after expiration
Apprentice Plumber registration — annual renewal (by 4/30) S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$15	Apprentice Plumber annual renewal
Apprentice Plumber registration — late renewal fee S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$20	Apprentice Plumber renewal after expiration
Master Plumber licence — renewal (three-year cycle by 4/30) S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$300	Master Plumber renewal
Master Plumber licence — late renewal fee S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$100	Master Plumber renewal after expiration
Plumbing Contractor licence — renewal (three-year cycle by 4/30) S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$300	Plumbing Contractor renewal
Plumbing Contractor licence — late renewal fee S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS	$100	Plumbing Contractor renewal after expiration

04 Renewal

REN-MI-BUILDER — 36 months · MCL 339.2404(5): 'The department shall issue the license … for a period of 3 years in duration.' Not all licences expire the same year (staggered by original issue); renewals open 90 days before expiration and Express Pay is available for the individual licence. S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS
REN-MI-MA-CONTRACTOR — 36 months · Renews on the same three-year 5/31 cycle as the RB licence with the same $150/$170/$185 fee ladder; current Michigan Residential Code affirmed at renewal. S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS
REN-MI-COMPANY — 36 months · 'You must renew both the Company license AND qualifying officer license. You cannot operate without a qualifying officer.' S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS
REN-MI-SALESPERSON — 36 months · Renewals page, Salespersons section verbatim (read 2026-10-05). S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS
REN-MI-ELECTRICAL — 36 months · MIXED CYCLES inside one credential family — the row's cycleMonths records the three-year contractor licence. CONFLICT-MI-002: the page's 'renew by 12/31' versus MCL 339.5707(7)'s 'not later than … March 1' (statute: after March 1 the licence is void and only relicense applies). S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS
REN-MI-PLUMBING — 36 months · MIXED CYCLES inside one credential family — cycleMonths records the three-year contractor/master cycle. A holder of both contractor and master licences renews both with the contractor number (starts with 80); a journeyman lapse over 60 days resets the two-years-preceding clock toward master eligibility. S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS
REN-MI-MECHANICAL — 36 months · Renewals page, Mechanical Contractor section verbatim (read 2026-10-05); renewals open 90 days before expiration and not all licences expire the same year. S-MI-LARA-RENEWALS

05 Not verified — withheld

NOT_VERIFIED

RB/M&A PSI examination fee — PSI's own amount, paid at scheduling; LARA publishes no figure (research §L item 2).
Initial master-plumber and plumbing-contractor licence amounts — rule-set under MCL 339.5207, not read this phase (research §L item 3).
Unlabeled BCC-2000 fee-code lines — no amount could be tied to a fee name.
Local building and permit fees — LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED.

06 Sources

S-MI-BCC-341fee schedule

Electrical Administrative Board (Article 7, Skilled Trades Regulation Act)

Application for Journeyman, Master Electrician, Fire Alarm Specialty Technician or Sign Specialist Examination (BCC-341)

https://www.michigan.gov/lara/-/media/Project/Websites/lara/bcc-media/BCC-Forms/Electrician-Forms/BCC-341-Journeyman-Master-Electricion-Fire-Alarm-Specialty-0322.pdf