California prevailing wage software that does the paperwork for you.
A verified rate library (DIR determinations and federal Davis-Bacon decisions) applied by craft, county, and work date; apprentice schedules, dual-jurisdiction jobs, CA overtime, and WH-347 + DIR eCPR, on the platform that already runs your books and job costing.
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Determinations to filing
California prevailing-wage compliance, automated
Pay the right rate, track the right ratios, file the right reports, from one payroll run.
Wage determinations
A verified rate library, not a typed-in table
Every DIR rate in Bullwork is verified by recomposing the DIR’s own published total exactly: all 58 counties, main trades and subtrades, with predetermined increases stepping in on schedule. Time entry pulls the verified rate for the craft, county, and work date; if the library can’t serve a rate with certainty, it blocks and says so instead of guessing. The certified report reflects the determination, provably.
- Rate + fringe by craft and county, verified
- Predetermined increases applied by work date
- Never guesses, refuses instead
Federal Davis-Bacon
Federal jobs too, and jobs funded by both
The library carries every active federal Davis-Bacon general decision for California, re-verified line-for-line against the live DOL text on SAM.gov (2,742 of 2,742 rates, zero mismatches). On a job subject to both state and federal law, Bullwork computes the composite package that satisfies each (base at the higher base, total at the higher total) and documents both determinations on every time entry.
- All 58 counties × 4 construction types
- Dual-jurisdiction composite, automatic
- DOL revisions checked weekly
Apprentices
Apprentice rates and ratios, handled
DAS-registered apprentices are paid straight from the verified DIR apprentice schedules: craft, period, and county resolved automatically, with a journeyman fallback that is always compliant. Bullwork also tracks apprentice and journeyman hours by classification so you can see your ratio compliance before the labor compliance officer does.
- DIR apprentice schedules, verified and served
- Registered apprentices only, enforced
- Ratio visibility by trade
Filing
DIR eCPR + WH-347, generated and filed
The prevailing-wage payroll you run produces the federal WH-347 and the California DIR eCPR XML automatically, upload the eCPR instead of re-keying it. Certified payroll stops being a weekend job.
- DIR eCPR XML, upload-ready
- WH-347 with statement of compliance
- Per-project, per-week
One ledger
Compliant labor that ties to the books
Prevailing-wage labor is some of your biggest cost. Here the same hours feed job costing and the general ledger, so your prevailing-wage cost on a public job is live and accurate, not reconstructed at month-end.
- Labor posts to job costs + GL
- Live prevailing-wage cost by job
- No reconciliation between systems
Why it matters
On a California public job, the wage rules are unforgiving.
Underpay a classification, miss a fringe, or file the eCPR late and you’re exposed to back wages, penalties, and debarment. Software that knows California prevailing wage, rates, fringes, apprentice ratios, CA overtime, and produces the certified reports for you to file turns a compliance minefield into a payroll run. Pair it with certified payroll software on the same platform.
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Questions
California prevailing wage software, answered
What is California prevailing wage software?＋
It’s software that applies California’s prevailing-wage determinations, the required hourly rate and fringe for each craft and county on public works, to your payroll, tracks apprentice ratios and CA overtime, and produces the certified payroll reports (WH-347 and DIR eCPR) the state requires. The goal is to pay correctly and file correctly without doing the compliance math by hand.
Does it handle the DIR eCPR filing?＋
Yes. Bullwork generates the DIR electronic certified payroll report (eCPR) in the XML format California requires, so you upload it rather than re-entering each line. It also produces the federal WH-347 and a portal CSV for LCPtracker/eMars-style compliance portals.
Does it cover federal Davis-Bacon jobs?＋
Yes. The rate library carries every active federal general decision for California (all 58 counties across Building, Residential, Heavy, and Highway), each re-verified against the live DOL decision on SAM.gov. Federal projects pick DOL classifications at time entry, and jobs funded by both state and federal money get the composite package that satisfies both determinations, computed automatically.
How does it handle fringe benefits and apprentice ratios?＋
Each classification carries its prevailing-wage rate and fringe, and the platform splits base versus fringe correctly. It tracks apprentice and journeyman hours so you can monitor your apprentice-to-journeyman ratio on every public job.
Is it just for public works, or all my jobs?＋
It’s built so prevailing-wage public works and your private jobs run on the same platform. Public-works jobs get the determinations, certified reports, and ratio tracking; private jobs run standard payroll, all on one native ledger with job costing.
Do I need a separate certified payroll service?＋
No. Prevailing wage, certified payroll, job costing, and your general ledger are one system, so the hours you pay are the hours on the WH-347, the eCPR, and the books.
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