Guides

# Certified payroll, step by step.

Practical guides for contractors, general contractors and payroll bureaus, each with its sources and the checks to run before you certify.

## Certified payroll rules

Fringe credit, overtime, apprentices, the WH-347 and pay periods, with the arithmetic shown.

- [**The practical guide to certified payroll**  
    Understand the weekly workflow, common review points, and records that make a certified payroll defensible.](https://wagepilot.ai/guides/certified-payroll)
- [**Prevailing wage compliance, explained**  
    A concise operating guide to wage determinations, classifications, fringe, overtime, and weekly review.](https://wagepilot.ai/guides/prevailing-wage)
- [**WH-347: beyond filling the form**  
    What the federal certified payroll form captures—and why the underlying payroll still needs review.](https://wagepilot.ai/guides/wh-347)
- [**A weekly Davis-Bacon compliance workflow**  
    Turn a recurring federal prevailing-wage obligation into a consistent, reviewable operating process.](https://wagepilot.ai/guides/davis-bacon)

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Source: https://wagepilot.ai/guides (last updated 2026-10-15)