Certified payroll is mandatory, recurring, and still brutally manual for most small subs.
Small specialty subcontractors doing public-work jobs in New York and New Jersey are legally required to submit certified payroll every week a covered job has activity. The federal WH-347 form has always been the standard. Starting January 2026, the NYSDOL requires electronic submission through their Certified Payroll portal for Article 8 projects — with $100/day late penalties.
Most small subs aren’t doing this with software built for the job. They’re exporting from QuickBooks, manually reformatting into a spreadsheet, and either filling out the WH-347 by hand or re-entering data into a portal.
WageDocket is built to close that gap for the 5–50 employee specialty sub — electrical, concrete, paving, masonry, HVAC, utility — doing public-work jobs in the NY/NJ metro area. Not for large GCs. Not for all construction. Not as a payroll system replacement.
If you want to be part of building the right version of this product, join the waitlist and tell us about your workflow.