Miter vs WellStanding for California Certified Payroll
Miter is a modern construction HR and payroll platform, and among newer systems it has the clearest native certified payroll story: it documents export formats compliant with the federal WH-347 and California's DIR XML, with prevailing wage support in a set of public works states. If your payroll actually runs on Miter, certified payroll output is a built-in feature rather than an add-on. Third-party sources describe per-user monthly pricing in the tens of dollars, though Miter does not publish pricing on its site.
Facts verified 2026-07-02
Where Miter is genuinely strong
- Native WH-347 and California DIR XML output, documented plainly
- Modern software with payroll, HR, and compliance in one place
- A real option for contractors choosing a new payroll platform anyway
Where the model differs from ours
- It is a payroll platform: getting its certified payroll means moving your payroll onto it
- Pricing is not published by Miter itself; third-party figures are per user per month and unconfirmed
- You still produce, check, and submit your own filings; it is software, not a filing service
Side by side
| Miter | WellStanding | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Construction payroll platform (you switch payroll to it) | Done-for-you filing service |
| Pricing | Not published by Miter (third-party sources: per user per month) | $995 one time setup, then $249 per month flat for crews up to 25 workers ($449 for 26 to 50), published |
| Federal WH-347 | Yes, native | Yes, with the Statement of Compliance, staged for your signature |
| California DIR eCPR XML | Yes, native | Yes, validated before it reaches you |
| Your work each week | You run payroll and the compliance outputs in Miter | Send one payroll export, then about two minutes to review and sign |
| Payroll migration required | Yes, full payroll migration | None. Works from QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex, Gusto, or Sage exports |
| Who checks the filings | You | A person reviews every filing |
Who Miter is right for
A contractor who was already planning to leave their current payroll system and wants compliance output built into the replacement. If Miter is already filing your DIR XML correctly, you do not need us, and we say exactly that on the phone.
Where we fit instead
We require no migration. Your payroll stays wherever it is, QuickBooks to Gusto, and we turn its export into both filings with a person reviewing every one. Switching payroll providers to solve a reporting problem is a big hammer; most subs want the problem gone, not a new system to learn.