Certified payroll for framing subs (C-5) in California

The framing and rough carpentry trade's certified payroll reality

Framing hours read as carpenter under the determinations, and the carpenter package in most California counties is fringe-heavy, which concentrates the filing risk in benefit accounting: plan contributions, training funds, and vacation treatment have to reconcile between what your payroll actually remits and what the eCPR's hourly fringe fields claim. Modular and panelized work adds the offsite question, since fabrication away from the site can still fall under prevailing wage in defined circumstances, and the answer changes the size of your reporting population. Framing crews also flex week to week more than most trades, and every appearing or disappearing worker is a line an auditor will ask about: non-performance weeks and clean first and last weeks per worker keep the record defensible.

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 framing and rough carpentry public works is registering right now

From DIR's public PWC-100 registrations matched to CSLB license records: C-5-classified contractors newly listed on public works projects, by home county and by awarding body.

By contractor county

• San Diego County: 2
• Contra Costa County: 1
• Riverside County: 1
• Kern County: 1
• Humboldt County: 1
• Stanislaus County: 1

By awarding body

• County of San Diego - County Fire: 1 listings
• Long Beach City College Community District: 1 listings
• Redlands Unified School District: 1 listings
• Kern County Superintendent of Schools: 1 listings
• LFN Developers, LLC: 1 listings
• Jon Paladini: 1 listings