# Pay prevailing wage correctly, on every job

Prevailing wage jobs come with long rate tables, fringe rules, and certified payroll. Findd keeps your rates in one place and applies the right rate and fringe to every punch, even when the same people work prevailing wage and regular jobs in the same week.

_Screenshot: Prevailing wage scope on a job: the state rate schedule with each classification's pay and fringe_

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## Prevailing wage, without the prevailing rage

A wage determination can list hundreds of classifications when a job only uses a handful. Rates and fringe get rebuilt by hand for every job, and the same employees move between prevailing wage and regular work. One wrong rate can mean back pay, penalties, or trouble on your next bid.

With Findd, setting up a new prevailing wage job takes minutes instead of a day of rate tables. The same crew can move between prevailing wage and regular work without anyone adjusting pay by hand. And when an auditor asks how a rate was paid, you can show them.

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## Import rates from SAM.gov, a CSV, or the contract

Pull federal Davis-Bacon rates directly from SAM.gov, upload a CSV using our template, or upload the contract and let Findd find the rates for you. Nobody retypes wage determinations into payroll.

_Screenshot: A federal rate import from SAM.gov for Pennsylvania, awaiting review: 1,247 new rates by trade code and classification, ready to approve and commit_

## Only the classifications you actually use

Imported rates live in one central list. Each job uses only the handful of classifications it needs, so supervisors and workers never scroll through hundreds of them.

_Screenshot: A job's prevailing wage positions with their pay classes_

## Prevailing wage and regular work, side by side

Set up prevailing wage on each work order, with as many work orders per job as you need. The same employees can work prevailing wage and regular jobs, and each job uses its own positions and rates.

_Screenshot: A work order with its prevailing wage scope: state, contract, wage determination and certified payroll_

## Base pay and fringe, calculated correctly

Store fringe as a dollar amount, a percentage, or both, however the contract requires it. Findd combines the base rate, the required fringe, and your credit for benefits you already pay, like health and vision, to put the right rate on every hour, including overtime.

_Screenshot: An employee's fringe credit per hour from health, dental and vision benefits_

## Pay the higher rate automatically

When an employee's regular rate is higher than the prevailing wage rate, Findd pays the higher one, so nobody is paid less for working a prevailing wage job.

_Screenshot: On a prevailing wage job, the employee's higher regular rate is paid, with the fringe on top_

## Rate changes with a full audit trail

Prevailing wage rates have to be auditable, so every change requires a reason and is recorded with who made it and when. Load rate changes ahead of time with an effective date, including changes in the middle of a pay period.

_Screenshot: A prevailing wage rate change: new base, bill and fringe rates with an effective date_

## Apprentice ratios, checked on every job

Findd checks apprentice-to-journeyman ratios on each job and flags problems before payroll closes.

_Screenshot: Apprentice to journeyman ratio checked by day, with one day flagged out of compliance_

## Data ready for certified payroll

Approved hours go to your payroll provider or certified payroll service by day, job, trade, rate, and fringe, so your certified payroll report is built from the right data, with no re-keying.

[Learn more about integrations](../../products/integrations/index.md)

_Screenshot: Prevailing wage hours file for one contract: workers by day and classification, with base rate, fringe, and gross pay_

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## The Findd Operating System

Prevailing wage contracts come with strict rules about who does the work and what they're paid. When you use TLM with HR, WorkOps, Intelligent Dashboards, and DiDi, you can hire and credential the right people, schedule them on the right work orders, and pay them correctly on every job.

Learn more about the [Findd Operating System](../../products/frontline-operating-system/index.md)

_Screenshot: Budget versus actual by job, in hours and dollars, with a prevailing wage contract beside regular ones_