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title: Certified Payroll for Drywall Subs (C-9) in California
url: https://wellstanding.com/trades/drywall/
description: Certified payroll for California drywall subcontractors: classification traps, determination pointers, and live C-9 public works registration data.
type: trade
publisher: WellStanding Certified Payroll
---
# Certified payroll for drywall subs (C-9) in California

What certified payroll actually looks like in the drywall trade on California public works, plus live registration activity for the classification.

Data updated 2026-10-18

41C-9 contractors newly listed, 2026-06-26 to 2026-10-18

7listed as subcontractors

16counties with newly listed drywall contractors

## The drywall trade's certified payroll reality

Drywall crews cross three determination lines in a normal week: carpenter rates for framing and hanging, taper rates for finishing, and laborer rates for scrap-out and stocking. The cheapest mistake is booking tapers as hangers or everyone as one blended rate; the determination does not blend. Piece-rate pay, common in drywall, does not suspend prevailing wage: piece earnings still have to compute out to at least the determination package per hour, and your certified payroll must show real hours with real effective rates. School district work, the steadiest public drywall demand, is bond-cycle driven, so crews staff up fast and payroll complexity spikes exactly when the filing habit is newest.

Whatever the craft mix, the mechanics are the same statewide: rates come from the project county's published determination ([DIR lookup](https://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/DPreWageDetermination.htm)), the eCPR goes directly to DIR on non-exempt projects, and the federal WH-347 rides along weekly where federal funds apply. The full picture is in [the complete guide](https://wellstanding.com/guides/california-certified-payroll/).

## Where drywall public works is registering right now

From DIR's public PWC-100 registrations matched to CSLB license records: C-9-classified contractors newly listed on public works projects, by home county and by awarding body.

### By contractor county

- Orange County: 8
- San Diego County: 8
- Los Angeles County: 6
- Santa Barbara County: 4
- San Bernardino County: 3
- Alameda County: 2

### By awarding body

- [Judicial Council of California - (PUB WORKS)](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/judicial-council-of-california-pub-works/): 4 listings
- [University of California, San Diego](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/university-of-california-san-diego/): 4 listings
- Lucia Mar Unified School district: 3 listings
- [Jurupa Unified School District](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/jurupa-unified-school-district/): 3 listings
- San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools: 1 listings
- Lompoc Unified School District: 1 listings

### Keep reading

- [Certified payroll penalties in California](https://wellstanding.com/guides/certified-payroll-penalties-california/)
- [Prevailing wage vs certified payroll](https://wellstanding.com/guides/prevailing-wage-vs-certified-payroll/)
- [Behind on certified payroll: how to catch up](https://wellstanding.com/guides/behind-on-certified-payroll/)

### Works with the payroll you already run

- [QuickBooks Online](https://wellstanding.com/for/quickbooks-online/)
- [QuickBooks Desktop](https://wellstanding.com/for/quickbooks-desktop/)
- [ADP](https://wellstanding.com/for/adp/)
- [Paychex](https://wellstanding.com/for/paychex/)
- [Gusto](https://wellstanding.com/for/gusto/)
- [Sage](https://wellstanding.com/for/sage/)