Certified payroll for electrical subs (C-10) in California
What certified payroll actually looks like in the electrical trade on California public works, plus live registration activity for the classification.
Data updated 2026-07-01
The electrical trade's certified payroll reality
Electrical work carries some of the sharpest classification lines in the determination book. Inside wireman, cable splicer, tunnel wireman, and transportation systems work can all appear on one jobsite at different rates, and a certified payroll that books everyone as electrician invites a misclassification finding. Watch three things every week: which determination each worker's hours actually fall under, apprentice hours against the registered apprentice's schedule, and cash versus plan treatment of the substantial fringe package electrical determinations carry. Public works electrical also skews toward portals: school district modernizations and transit work are heavy LCPtracker and Elation territory, so plan for the portal upload plus the direct DIR filing on every project week.
Whatever the craft mix, the mechanics are the same statewide: rates come from the project county's published determination (DIR lookup), 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.
Where electrical public works is registering right now
From DIR's public PWC-100 registrations matched to CSLB license records: C-10-classified contractors newly listed on public works projects, by home county and by awarding body.
By contractor county
- Los Angeles County: 28
- Orange County: 18
- San Bernardino County: 13
- Riverside County: 13
- San Diego County: 8
- Fresno County: 7
By awarding body
- Palmdale School District: 7 listings
- Caltrans: 5 listings
- City of Burbank: 4 listings
- Redlands Unified School District: 4 listings
- San Bernardino City USD: 2 listings
- Ventura County Community College District: 2 listings