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title: Public Works Certified Payroll in San Mateo County
url: https://wellstanding.com/requirements/county/san-mateo/
description: Certified payroll for San Mateo County public works contractors: live registration activity, prevailing wage pointers, DIR eCPR duties and penalties.
type: county
publisher: WellStanding Certified Payroll
---
# Public works certified payroll in San Mateo County

Live registration activity for San Mateo County contractors on California public works, and the certified payroll duties that come with every one of those listings.

Data updated 2026-10-18

32San Mateo County contractors newly listed, 2026-06-26 to 2026-10-18

16listed as subcontractors

25distinct license classifications

## What the data shows

These figures come from DIR's public PWC-100 project registrations, matched to CSLB license records. They count contractors licensed in San Mateo County who were newly listed on public works project registrations between 2026-06-26 and 2026-10-18. Each listing starts a certified payroll clock: eCPRs to DIR at least monthly on non-exempt projects, and the federal WH-347 weekly where federal funds apply.

## Trade mix among newly listed San Mateo County contractors

- General engineering (A): 9 contractors
- General building (B): 8 contractors
- Electrical (C-10): 6 contractors
- Flooring (C-15): 3 contractors
- Concrete (C-8): 2 contractors
- D-34 (D-34): 2 contractors

## Awarding bodies San Mateo County contractors were listed for

- East Bay Municipal Utility District - Purchasing: 1 contractor listings
- [Caltrans](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/caltrans/): 1 contractor listings
- County of San Mateo - Facilities Projects & Construction: 1 contractor listings
- Foothill-De Anza Community College District: 1 contractor listings
- Town of Los Gatos: 1 contractor listings
- City of Newark - PW Engineering: 1 contractor listings

The awarding body sets the portal story. The state sets the eCPR story. They are separate duties: a portal upload answers the awarding body's monitoring, and the state requires its own filing regardless, spelled out with the primary source in the duties below.

## Prevailing wage rates for your county

Prevailing wage determinations are set by craft and by county. Before the first certified payroll on a new project, pull the current determination for San Mateo County from [DIR's prevailing wage determinations](https://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/DPreWageDetermination.htm) and check every classification you will use. Rate and classification mistakes are the most expensive kind: they surface months later as wage assessments, not as bounced uploads.

## Your filing duties on these projects

- **Direct DIR eCPR filing.** On a registered public works project you submit electronic certified payroll records directly to DIR at least monthly, or more often when the contract says so, under your own PWCR registration ([Labor Code 1771.4](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=1771.4)). DIR is explicit that submitting certified payroll to the awarding body, the prime, or a portal "does not put you in compliance with the state unless you submit eCPRs directly to DIR" ([DIR eCPR FAQ](https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/ecprfaq.html)).
- **Federal WH-347 weekly** when federal money is in the project, with the Statement of Compliance signed ([U.S. Department of Labor](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/forms/wh347)).
- **Records on demand.** A written request for certified payroll records starts a 10 day clock. Miss it and the penalty is $100 per worker per calendar day, enforceable by withholding from your progress payments ([Labor Code 1776](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=1776)). From January 1, 2027, [SB 909](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB909) (Chapter 660, Statutes of 2026) raises it to $140 per worker per calendar day; [what SB 909 changes](https://wellstanding.com/guides/sb-909-prevailing-wage-penalty-increases-2027/).

### Keep reading

- [California certified payroll: the complete guide](https://wellstanding.com/guides/california-certified-payroll/)
- [Prevailing wage vs certified payroll](https://wellstanding.com/guides/prevailing-wage-vs-certified-payroll/)
- [Certified payroll penalties in California](https://wellstanding.com/guides/certified-payroll-penalties-california/)

### Works with the payroll you already run

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