Certified payroll for small crews
Stop retyping your crew every Friday.
PrevailCrew keeps your workers, trades and prevailing wage rates. Each week starts from last week's, the math is checked as you type, and the WH-347 or California eCPR file is ready in minutes.
14 days of the Crew plan, free. No card needed, so nothing is charged when it ends.
Certified payroll is weekly, and it holds up your money.
Same crew, typed again every Friday
The Department of Labor's free online WH-347 does the math, but it doesn't store your information. So each Friday starts from a blank form.
No payroll report, no progress payment
On federal jobs the agency can suspend payments when certified payrolls aren't submitted. The prime answers for every sub's payroll, so one late report can hold up everyone.
California counts the days
Miss a written request for payroll records and California's penalty is $100 per worker, per day, from day 10. Late eCPR uploads carry their own $100-a-day penalty.
Sources: certified payroll rules · California penalties
How it works
Three steps, the same three every week.
Step 1: Pick the rates
Look up the wage determination for the county and trade. Every rate shows its official source, number and date. Add each trade's rate to your project once.
Look up prevailing wage rates
Step 2: Fill the crew grid
Hours per worker, per day, per trade. Next week starts from this week's crew and rates, or import the hours from your payroll CSV.
See the Crew plan: $59 a monthStep 3: Export, review, sign
Download the official WH-347 PDF or the California eCPR XML file. You check it and sign it: we format and check, you certify.
Try the free WH-347 builder
What you get
Everything the weekly report needs. Nothing it doesn't.
Your crew, saved
Workers, trades and rates live with each project. Type a name once, not every week.
One click to next week
“Start next week” copies the crew, trades and rates, and clears the hours and taxes.
CSV import
Bring hours and pay in from QuickBooks, Gusto or ADP exports. You confirm anything that doesn't match.
Math checks as you type
Flags pay below the required rate, base plus fringe below the total, overtime under 1.5×, and over 40 straight-time hours.
Official WH-347 PDF
The current DOL form, filled in and ready to sign. Free for one-off weeks, no account needed.
California eCPR XML
Upload-ready XML for DIR's electronic certified payroll, checked against DIR's V2 schema rules before you download it.
Compare
Between the free form and the demo-led tools.
The free form is fine for one week. Big compliance suites start with a sales demo. PrevailCrew is for the crew in between.
| Feature | DOL free web WH-347 | PrevailCrew | Demo-led compliance tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free builder; plans from $29/mo | About $125–$145+ per month |
| Sign up without a sales call | Yes | Yes | No |
| Keeps your crew for next week | No | Yes | Yes |
| Rate lookup with the official source | No | Yes | Varies |
| Import hours from your payroll CSV | No | Yes | Varies |
| California eCPR XML | No | Crew and Bookkeeper | Some |
| Keep your current payroll provider | Yes | Yes | Some require switching |
Demo-led prices are list prices we found in November 2026, for example LCPcertified at $145 a month for 5 projects. Check each vendor for current pricing. Full software comparison
Built for a report you sign under penalty.
The source on every rate
Each rate links to its official wage determination, with the number and date. Rates we couldn't read with confidence aren't shown as numbers.
SSNs stay with you
Full Social Security numbers are typed at export and stay in your browser, unless you choose to save them. Saved numbers are encrypted, masked on screen and every use is logged.
You stay in charge
We format and check. You review and sign. No auto-filing on your behalf, no surprises on the report.
New to prevailing wage paperwork?
- Certified payrollWhat certified payroll is, who files it, how often, what goes in it and what happens if it's late.
- WH-347 instructionsField-by-field instructions for the January 2025 WH-347 certified payroll form: header, worker columns, hours, rates, fringe, deductions and the Statement of Compliance.
- How to read a wage determinationDecode a Davis-Bacon wage determination: header, modifications, rate identifiers like PLUM0198-005 and SUFL2022-007, footnotes and missing classifications.
- Fringe benefitsHow prevailing wage fringe benefits work: paying into bona fide plans, cash in lieu, annualization of plan credit, overtime, and how fringe shows on the WH-347.
Is the WH-347 builder really free?
Yes. Fill in one week, download the official WH-347 PDF and sign it. No account, no card. Your draft stays in your browser. The paid plans are for saving your crew and projects between weeks.
Do I have to switch payroll providers?
No. Keep running payroll in QuickBooks, Gusto, ADP or anything else. Export the pay period as a CSV and import it, or type the hours into the grid. PrevailCrew does the certified payroll, not the paychecks.
What happens after the 14-day trial?
You get 14 days of the Crew plan without entering a card. When it ends, your data stays and becomes read-only until you pick a plan. Nothing is charged automatically.
Do you store my workers' Social Security numbers?
Not unless you turn on “Save SSNs for export”, which is off by default. With it off, the full numbers California needs are typed at export time, used in your browser to build the file and never sent to us. With it on, they are encrypted and every use is logged.
Where do the prevailing wage rates come from?
From the official wage determinations: SAM.gov for federal Davis-Bacon rates and the California Department of Industrial Relations for California rates. Each rate shows its determination number, date and a link to the source, so you can check it before you bid or file.
Who signs the certified payroll?
You do, or another authorized official at your company. PrevailCrew formats the report and checks the arithmetic. The contractor reviews it and signs the Statement of Compliance.
Does it work for bookkeepers with several contractor clients?
Yes. The Bookkeeper plan covers unlimited projects across every company you manage, at $129 a month.
This Friday, start from last week.
Try the free WH-347 builder now, or save your crew with 14 days of the Crew plan free, then $59 a month if you keep it. No card either way.