Davis-Bacon and Related Acts work can involve wage determinations, classification decisions, fringe benefit credits, overtime overlays, apprentice program rules, certified payroll records, and agency contract clauses. This guide explains the source boundaries a contractor should review before relying on any local arithmetic screen.
Use the related prevailing-wage tool as a DBRA-style prompt only. It does not look up wage determinations, certify WH-347 records, approve apprentice rates, decide coverage, or replace qualified payroll, tax, legal, union, or contract-administration review.
Coverage Is a Source Question
Coverage depends on the contract, funding source, incorporated clauses, project type, work location, Related Act trigger, state or local prevailing-wage law, and agency instructions. Do not infer DBRA coverage from the existence of federal money or from a local calculator result.
Before pay, billing, or certification, identify the current contract clauses, the incorporated wage determination, the applicable revision, and any state/local or CBA/PLA overlay. When scope, funding, option years, modifications, or construction type are unclear, use current DOL, SAM.gov, agency, and qualified legal or contract-administration review.
Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Calculator
Calculate Davis-Bacon prevailing wage pay with correct overtime rules where fringe stays flat. Compare cash-vs-benefits tax savings, annualize fringe credits, and compute apprentice wage steps.
Wage Determination Rows
SAM.gov wage determinations are the official federal lookup source for wage and fringe rows, but the applicable row depends on the contract, locality, construction type, revision, classification, conformance status, and work actually performed. A local app cannot select the right row for the project.
Keep the wage determination, revision, classification basis, conformance correspondence, and any agency direction with the payroll review. If a worker performs multiple classifications, or if local job titles do not map cleanly to DOL classifications, reconcile the records before using the arithmetic output.
Flat Fringe Overtime Prompt
DOL DBRA fringe guidance supports reviewing fringe as a flat hourly row for all displayed hours while the overtime premium is applied to the basic hourly row. The related app uses that deterministic prompt so reviewers can see the arithmetic.
That prompt does not decide CWHSSA coverage, FLSA regular rate, compensable time, state prevailing wage, cash-in-lieu tax treatment, CBA terms, or payroll-system setup. Treat the result as a source-boundary calculation reference until those records are reviewed.
Certified Payroll Boundaries
DOL WH-347 instructions provide a federal certified-payroll form context, but the related app does not produce WH-347, certify payroll data, or complete a Statement of Compliance. It exports a calculation reference with warnings and source pointers only.
Weekly payroll records, worker identity fields, daily hours, classification, gross pay, deductions, fringe-benefit credits, apprentice status, agency portal rules, prime/subcontractor responsibility, statement wording, retention, and certification authority must be handled from current project records and qualified review.
Apprentice Hours Tracker
Track OJT and classroom hours toward journeyman status for 15 trades. Shows wage step progression, projected completion date, and pace indicator.
Review Gaps to Close
Prevailing-wage reviews commonly need source records for wage determination selection, classification, split classifications, fringe-benefit credits, cash-in-lieu treatment, annualization, apprentice registration and ratios, payroll-tax treatment, state/local overlays, and certified payroll statements.
The app helps make one arithmetic row visible. It does not determine violations, penalties, back wages, liquidated damages, debarment, criminal exposure, or audit outcome. Keep source records and qualified-review notes with the payroll file.