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Certified payroll (WH-347): a plain-English guide

What the federal certified payroll is, who files it, what each column means, and a printable weekly worksheet in the same order, for gathering the numbers.

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What it is

WH-347 is the U.S. Department of Labor's optional form for the weekly certified payroll that contractors and subcontractors on covered federal and federally assisted construction submit. It lists each worker's classification, hours, rate, fringe, deductions and net pay, with a signed Statement of Compliance.

When it's required

Contractors and subcontractors on contracts covered by the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (generally federal or federally assisted construction over $2,000) submit a certified payroll for every week work is performed. Many states have their own prevailing-wage payroll rules and forms. The official form and its instructions are on the Department of Labor's site; always check them for the current version.

The official form and instructions are on the U.S. Department of Labor's site: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/construction/payroll-certification

Field by field

Contractor or subcontractor, address
Your company's legal name and address. Each sub submits its own payroll.
Payroll number and week ending
Number payrolls in order from 1 for the job; the week-ending date is the last day of the payroll week.
Project and location, project or contract number
As written in the contract.
(1) Name and individual identifying number
The worker's name and the identifier the instructions allow. Payrolls you submit must not include full Social Security numbers or home addresses.
(2) Withholding exemptions
As claimed by the worker for tax withholding.
(3) Work classification
The classification from the wage determination that matches the work done. A worker in two classifications is listed for each.
(4) Day, date and hours
Hours worked each day, with straight time and overtime on separate lines.
(5) Total hours
Straight time and overtime totals for the week.
(6) Rate of pay
Hourly rate for straight time and for overtime, and fringe as applicable.
(7) Gross amount earned
Gross for this project, and gross for all work if the worker also worked elsewhere.
(8) Deductions
FICA, withholding, other, and the total.
(9) Net wages paid for the week
Gross minus deductions.
Statement of Compliance
Signed by an authorised officer, it certifies the payroll and says how fringe benefits were paid. Use the statement on the official form.

Printable version

Prints on US Letter with only the form; wide forms print landscape.

Weekly certified payroll worksheet (WH-347 column order)

A worksheet for gathering the week's figures. Submit on the official form, or a payroll with all the required information, with the signed Statement of Compliance from the official form: dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/construction/payroll-certification

Contractor / subcontractor
Address
Payroll no.
Week ending
Project and location
Project or contract no.
(1) Name and individual identifying no. (2) Exemp­tions (3) Work classification O/S (4) Hours worked each day (enter dates) (5) Total hours (6) Rate of pay (7) Gross earned (8) Deductions (9) Net wages for week
        FICA With­holding Other Total
O
S
O
S
O
S
O
S
O
S
O
S
O
S

O = overtime, S = straight time.

Questions contractors ask

Do I have to use the WH-347 form itself?

The Department of Labor describes WH-347 as optional: a payroll in another format that has all the required information and the signed statement is generally accepted. Check the official instructions and your contract.

Can YakProject produce it?

Yes. Approved time becomes a weekly certified payroll in the WH-347 layout, and a connected GC receives the accepted weeks.

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