Construction
18 Certified Payroll and Prevailing-Wage Benchmarks for 2025
Public-works contractors preparing certified payroll reports manually spend roughly 3 to 5 staff-hours per weekly report (per EasyClocking by WorkEasy Software customer baseline data, 2024), and automation can cut that preparation time by 60 to 80 percent (per EasyClocking by WorkEasy Software customer outcome data, 2024). Willful Davis-Bacon violations carry a statutory civil penalty cap of up to $10,000 per violation under 40 U.S.C. §3703. This catalog presents 18 benchmarks across five categories so you can measure your certified payroll operation against published and platform-sourced reference values.
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Manual certified payroll preparation consumes 3 to 5 staff-hours per weekly report
Per EasyClocking by WorkEasy Software customer baseline data (2024, n=200+ contractor accounts), single-project contractors fall at the lower end and multi-project contractors at the upper end.
Automation reduces weekly certified payroll preparation time by 60 to 80 percent
Per EasyClocking by WorkEasy Software customer outcome data (2024, n=150+ accounts with at least 3 months post-implementation data), contractors migrating from spreadsheets see the largest reductions.