The Thursday-night scramble. The spreadsheet nobody else can read. The classification you second-guessed at 9pm. If managing prevailing wage feels harder than it should, the problem usually isn’t you; it’s a payroll process that was never built for it. Here are seven signs you’re doing certified payroll the hard way, and what the easier way actually looks like.

You already know what prevailing wage is. You’ve filed a WH-347. You know the fringe rate isn’t the same as the base rate, and you know what happens if the wrong number ends up on a signed report. So this isn’t a primer.

This is for the contractor who has a nagging feeling that the whole process is harder than it should be. The Thursday-night scramble. The spreadsheet nobody else can read. The classification you second-guessed at 9pm because a guy ran a saw for two hours on a task he doesn’t normally do. If that sounds familiar, the problem usually isn’t you. It’s that prevailing wage is being run through a process that was never built for it.

Here’s how to tell.

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