Payroll4Construction vs WellStanding for California Certified Payroll
Payroll4Construction is a construction-specialized payroll service: they run your payroll itself, and certified payroll reporting comes managed on top, with their materials describing reports generated and submitted directly to the DIR system on the client's behalf. It is the fullest-service model in this market: hand them payroll and the compliance paperwork follows. Pricing is custom quoted.
Facts verified 2026-07-02
Where Payroll4Construction is genuinely strong
- Managed model: certified payroll comes as part of the payroll service itself
- Construction-specific: prevailing wage, unions, and job costing are their daily bread
- DIR submission handled as part of the service
Where the model differs from ours
- It means switching your entire payroll provider, checks and taxes included
- Pricing is custom quoted, not published
- All-in dependence: payroll, compliance, and records live with one vendor
Side by side
| Payroll4Construction | WellStanding | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Full payroll service with managed compliance | Done-for-you filing service |
| Pricing | Not published (custom quote) | $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, managed | Yes, with the Statement of Compliance, staged for your signature |
| California DIR eCPR XML | Yes, managed submission described | Yes, validated before it reaches you |
| Your work each week | Hand over payroll entirely | Send one payroll export, then about two minutes to review and sign |
| Payroll migration required | Yes, they become your payroll provider | None. Works from QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex, Gusto, or Sage exports |
| Who checks the filings | Their service team | A person reviews every filing |
Who Payroll4Construction is right for
A contractor unhappy with their payroll provider anyway who wants payroll and compliance handled by one construction-specialist company and is comfortable with a quoted price.
Where we fit instead
We split the difference they cannot: done-for-you filings without touching your payroll. Your wages, taxes, and pay runs stay exactly where they are; we work from the export. For a sub happy with QuickBooks or ADP but drowning in filings, that is the whole point.