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title: "Public Works Pay: WH-347 and state certified payroll"
description: "The WH-347 and each state’s certified payroll, line by line, from DOL and state sources. Public Works Pay will build the weekly report from your payroll."
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# Certified payroll for subcontractors on public jobs.

Certified payroll is the weekly report a contractor on a prevailing wage job signs to show each worker’s classification, hours, rate and fringes. Public Works Pay is building it for small subcontractors: import your payroll, pick the job’s wage determination, and get the WH-347 and your state’s report ready for your e-signed statement of compliance, archived by project. It’s a waitlist today.

You sign and certify every report. Public Works Pay doesn’t give legal or payroll advice.

## Where is the job?

Federally funded jobs use the WH-347 and Davis-Bacon rates. State-funded jobs follow the state’s own prevailing wage law, form and portal.

### Federal jobs

- [Federal (Davis-Bacon)](https://publicworkspay.com/wh-347)

### West

- [California](https://publicworkspay.com/california)
- [Washington](https://publicworkspay.com/washington)
- [Oregon](https://publicworkspay.com/oregon)

### Midwest

- [Illinois](https://publicworkspay.com/illinois)
- [Ohio](https://publicworkspay.com/ohio)

### East

- [New York](https://publicworkspay.com/new-york)
- [New Jersey](https://publicworkspay.com/new-jersey)
- [Massachusetts](https://publicworkspay.com/massachusetts)
- [Pennsylvania](https://publicworkspay.com/pennsylvania)
- [Maryland](https://publicworkspay.com/maryland)

## What will Public Works Pay do each week?

Each week, Public Works Pay will import your payroll, check each worker’s rate against the wage determination you picked and flag anything below it for you to review, fill in the WH-347 and the state’s report, take your e-signature on the statement of compliance, and archive the signed report with the project.

## What will Public Works Pay cost?

Public Works Pay will cost $79 a month for each company, for Davis-Bacon jobs and every other job you run. It will import your payroll, flag rates below the wage determination you pick, and fill in the WH-347 and the state’s report for your e-signature, archived by project. It isn’t open yet. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you the day it opens.

## Common questions

### Is it a subscription?

Yes. It will be a monthly subscription for each company, with every job and every weekly report included. Nothing is charged today, because it’s a waitlist.

### Does Public Works Pay certify my payroll?

No. The contractor signs the statement of compliance and certifies the report. Public Works Pay fills in the form from your payroll and flags rates below the wage determination you picked, but it doesn’t decide classifications or rates.

### Do I have to use the WH-347?

No. The Department of Labor says the WH-347 is optional, as long as the report you submit has the same information and the signed statement of compliance. Some states and agencies require their own form or portal.

### Which states will it cover first?

Federal Davis-Bacon jobs and the states on this site: California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Washington, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and Oregon. Join the waitlist for the state where your next job is.

## About this document

This is the Markdown version of a page on Public Works Pay (https://publicworkspay.com). Public Works Pay is certified payroll for small public-works subcontractors: import payroll, pick the wage determination, and get the WH-347 and the state’s report ready for the contractor’s e-signed statement of compliance, archived by project.

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