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Payroll for Contractors & Construction Companies in IL & WI | Payroll Freedom
Payroll for Contractors & Trades
Construction payroll is a compliance minefield. We know the way through.
Prevailing wage, certified payroll, multi-state crews, job costing, and seasonal workforce swings — construction payroll has more compliance requirements than almost any other industry. We’ve handled it for 20+ years.
What we handle for contractors
Prevailing wage compliance
Certified payroll reporting
Multi-state tax filings
Job costing & cost allocation
Union & non-union payroll
Seasonal workforce management
Workers’ comp integration
The contractor payroll problem
Generic payroll software wasn’t built for construction.
Most payroll providers can handle a straightforward salary or hourly employee. Construction payroll is in a different league entirely.
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Certified payroll is a full-time job
Government contracts require certified payroll reports — WH-347 forms, fringe benefit documentation, and prevailing wage verification. Miss a deadline or file it wrong and you’re off the project.
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Multi-state crews mean multi-state headaches
When your crews cross state lines, you’re dealing with multiple state tax registrations, different withholding rules, and workers’ comp requirements in each state. Getting this wrong means penalties.
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Job costing requires payroll data your system can’t provide
Your accountant needs labor costs allocated by job and cost code. If your payroll system can’t export that data cleanly, you’re manually reconciling every month.
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Prevailing wage rates vary by job, county, and trade
Illinois and Wisconsin prevailing wage schedules are complex and updated regularly. Using the wrong rate on a public project isn’t just an error — it’s a violation with real consequences.
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Seasonal swings are hard to manage
Adding 20 workers in spring and reducing to 5 in winter creates constant onboarding and offboarding churn. A system that makes this fast and clean saves hours of admin time every season.
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Union payroll has rules your provider doesn’t know
Union rates, fringes, dues deductions, and benefit fund remittances — if your payroll provider isn’t fluent in union payroll, errors pile up fast and union audits are unpleasant.
How we solve it
Contractor payroll done right — every job, every crew, every state.
We bring the compliance knowledge and the platform to handle construction payroll the way it actually needs to be done.
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Certified payroll support
We help you produce and file certified payroll reports accurately and on time — keeping you compliant on government and public works projects.
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Prevailing wage configuration
We configure your payroll with the correct prevailing wage rates by trade and jurisdiction — and update them when the state publishes new schedules.
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Multi-state tax filing
We handle payroll tax registrations and filings in every state your crews work in — Illinois, Wisconsin, and beyond. Add-on fee applies per additional state.
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Job costing & cost allocation
iSolved tracks labor by job, department, or cost code — giving your accountant the clean data they need for job costing without manual reconciliation.
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Seasonal workforce tools
Fast electronic onboarding for spring hiring and streamlined offboarding in the fall — plus rehire workflows so returning employees are set up in minutes.
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Union payroll expertise
We configure union rates, fringe benefit deductions, dues remittances, and benefit fund payments correctly — and we know how to read a CBA.
Ready to simplify construction payroll?
Let’s talk about the complexity of your payroll — and how we handle it.
Construction payroll is what separates payroll providers who know what they’re doing from those who don’t. We do.
