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Certified Payroll in Ohio: Coordinators, Thresholds, and Extra Fields
What are the certified payroll rules in Ohio?
Ohio requires prevailing wages above thresholds set in ORC 4115: $250,000 for new building construction ($75,000 for remodel) and adjusted figures for road work. Certified payroll goes to the public authority's Prevailing Wage Coordinator, first within two weeks of the initial pay date, then monthly. WH-347 alone likely falls short because Ohio requires each worker's current address.
Ohio routes certified payroll through a person, not a portal: every covered project has a Prevailing Wage Coordinator at the public authority, and your reports go to them on their clock, starting within two weeks of your first pay date.
The rules at a glance
| State law | Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4115 |
| Threshold | Building construction: $250,000 new or $75,000 reconstruction and remodel; road and bridge work: about $101,201 new or $30,320 reconstruction, adjusted biennially |
| Form / format | No single mandated form; reports must include name, current address, last four of SSN, classification, daily and weekly hours, rate, fringes, and deductions, with a correctness certification |
| Where it goes | Submitted to the public authority's Prevailing Wage Coordinator (link) |
| How often | Initial report within two weeks of the first pay date, then monthly supplements (weekly on contracts of four months or less) |
| Records kept | Confirm the contractor-side retention period with the Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration; the federal three-year rule applies on federally assisted work |
| Who administers it | Ohio Department of Commerce, Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration |
Does the federal WH-347 work in Ohio?
Probably not by itself. Ohio requires fields the WH-347 does not carry, notably each worker's current address and Ohio-format fringe detail, so plan on a report built to ORC 4115.071 for state work. WH-347 governs federal jobs.
Penalties
Restitution for underpayments, and intentional violators are barred from public improvement contracts via the state debarment list.
Federal jobs in Ohio still mean WH-347
State rules govern state-funded work. The moment a project is federally funded or assisted, the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts apply and the weekly WH-347 with its Statement of Compliance is the filing, regardless of what Ohio requires on its own jobs. Many contractors run both systems side by side on different projects, which is exactly why knowing which regime a given contract sits under is week-zero work (see the first-job checklist).
The free WeeklyCertified generator prepares the federal form with your wage determination's rates pulled live and the fringe and overtime math done to the cent.
Questions
Does the federal WH-347 satisfy Ohio requirements?
Probably not by itself. Ohio requires fields the WH-347 does not carry, notably each worker's current address and Ohio-format fringe detail, so plan on a report built to ORC 4115.071 for state work. WH-347 governs federal jobs.
How often is certified payroll due in Ohio?
Initial report within two weeks of the first pay date, then monthly supplements (weekly on contracts of four months or less). Records: Confirm the contractor-side retention period with the Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration; the federal three-year rule applies on federally assisted work.
Who enforces prevailing wage in Ohio?
Ohio Department of Commerce, Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration. Restitution for underpayments, and intentional violators are barred from public improvement contracts via the state debarment list.