JobTread already tracks your time and runs your projects, so every hour is tied to the right job. Here is what Dapt adds for certified payroll:
Pays the right prevailing wage on every job.
Workers are paid accurately, and you stay compliant from the first check.
Produces the report the agency requires.
A fully completed certified payroll report in the right format, built from the actual payroll, so it is audit-ready.
Automated from JobTread time entry to filed report.
No parallel spreadsheet, no re-keying, no reconciling at the end of the week.
How it works
Certified payroll runs across three roles: time tracking, payroll processing, and reporting. Dapt connects all three and carries the prevailing wage from rate calculation through payroll to the filed report.
Time tracking.
JobTread tracks time by job, and because it also runs your project management, every hour is already tied to the right job and classification. The connection between the job and its certified payroll is tight and seamless. Across a pay period an employee works several jobs, some certified payroll work and some not.
Payroll processing.
The pay rate is calculated job by job, specific to the job and the work classification. Dapt adjusts that rate for the fringe benefits the employee already receives, so the fringe is never paid twice. Overtime is calculated on the base rate, so the overtime premium never applies to the fringe. Dapt submits the rate to your payroll provider, which applies it and generates the pay. Payroll then reports the paycheck: earnings, taxes, and benefits, with the job-specific pay broken out and overtime and regular hours tracked separately.
The fringe adjustment.
A prevailing wage is a base rate plus a fringe amount. When an employee already receives some of that fringe in cash or through a benefit plan, paying the full fringe again double-counts it and overpays. Dapt adjusts the rate per employee so the fringe is paid once, correctly.
Reporting.
Dapt combines your JobTread time with the payroll results and produces the certified payroll report in the format the agency or prime contractor requires. The report can be signed to assert its accuracy.
The result: every certified payroll report matches the paycheck. Every line traces to a payroll run, a time entry, and a classification.
Reports built from your actual payroll
Certified payroll has to match what you actually paid, not what you planned to pay. A correction in payroll, a fringe rate change, or a manual adjustment can move the final number, and a report built before the run no longer matches the check. That gap is where audit findings come from.
Dapt builds the report after payroll runs, from the real detail your provider returns. Every line traces to a payroll run, so when the prime contractor or compliance officer asks for backup, you have it.
Every report format your customers require
Federal WH-347
the Department of Labor's standard certified payroll form, including the updated 2025 version with expanded fringe benefit reporting
State certified payroll forms
including California (DIR), New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, and dozens of others
LCPtracker
the dominant electronic submission system for federal Davis-Bacon work and increasingly used by state and local agencies
eMars and eComply
the next most common compliance platforms when LCPtracker isn't required
Custom GC and prime contractor spreadsheets
in whatever column layout the prime requires. Dapt fills them in
That last one matters. Primes often require their subs to file on a custom template, and Dapt produces it exactly to spec. Provide the template during setup, and Dapt fills it in every pay period.
Payroll providers we support
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And others — see the connectors page for the full list
How customers use it
A federal Davis-Bacon contractor.
Public works under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA), crews across three states, each job on a different wage determination. JobTread captures the hours and classifications. Dapt files the WH-347 and the LCPtracker submission for each project every week, from the paid amounts, without anyone rebuilding a spreadsheet.
A state prevailing wage contractor.
State prevailing wage work, sometimes called little Davis-Bacon. California DIR plus a handful of other state forms, each with its own format and fringe rules. Dapt produces each state's form to spec, with the cash and plan fringe split calculated correctly.
A sub on a prime-managed project.
A union job under a project labor agreement (PLA). The GC sends a custom spreadsheet with their own column layout, due weekly. Dapt fills it in from payroll, so the sub submits on time without a parallel manual process.
Frequently Asked Questions
Out of the box, no. JobTread tracks time and runs your projects, but it doesn't calculate prevailing wage or produce certified payroll reports. Dapt does, using your JobTread time and the payroll data pulled from your provider after each run.
The actual payroll run. After payroll is processed, Dapt pulls the complete detail (hours, gross wages, deductions, employer taxes, fringe benefits) and populates the reports, so the numbers match what payroll paid.
ADP (Workforce Now and Next Gen), Paychex, Paycom, Paycor, Paylocity, and Dayforce. Gusto, QuickBooks Payroll, and ADP RUN are also supported, with manual rate adjustment (Dapt provides the employee, job, rate, and hours to facilitate processing). See the connectors page, or get in touch about a provider not listed.
Federal WH-347 (including the updated 2025 version), state certified payroll forms for all states with prevailing wage requirements, Service Contract Act (SCA) reporting for federal service contracts, LCPtracker, eMars, eComply, and custom spreadsheet templates from primes and GCs.
Yes. Send us the template during setup and we configure Dapt to produce it. This is one of the workflows where Dapt is meaningfully different from off-the-shelf tools.
Most contractors are live in two to four weeks, depending on the complexity of your classifications, the number of states you operate in, and the formats your primes require.
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