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Construction Payroll is Bleeding Your Budget. Here’s How to Stop the Leak.

You know the drill. You’ve got crews on five job sites, everyone’s on different pay rates, certified payroll is due by Friday, and you just found out someone forgot to clock in for two days last week. Again.

Construction payroll isn’t just time-consuming — it’s expensive, error-prone, and pulls focus away from running your business. But what if your payroll system could actually save you money instead of costing you? It’s possible with Workforce Go. We not only offer a modern payroll solution specifically built for construction companies, our Payroll on Us program makes it available at no net cost to you.

Why Construction Payroll Hurts More Than It Should

You’re not alone if payroll feels like a constant uphill battle. Managing complex pay structures has been part of running a construction company for a long time. Multi-state compliance headaches don’t make things any easier. If you aren’t on top of regulations like prevailing wage or Davis-Bacon requirements, you can get hit with some hefty fines. Last year, OSHA levied nearly $330,000 in initial fines from one contractor who failed to meet compliance standards.

Lately, one of the biggest pain points has been high turnover rates and labor shortages in construction. It’s estimated that the construction industry will need to add at least 439,000 new workers in 2025 to meet estimated demand. The construction labor shortage has been shown to have some serious consequences on project timelines, quality, and safety in one study. Putting together a reliable crew–and keeping them–is harder than ever.

Even with the best crew in the field, back-office inefficiencies can chip away at your margins.  Time theft and manual entry are a lot more common–and costly–than some business owners realize. According to HR Daily Advisor, buddy punching costs businesses $373 million per year. Then there’s all the time and money lost because of disjointed systems between payroll, HR, ERP, and job costing. When your HR department is spending too much time trying to make the numbers match up between different systems, even if they do a perfect job, it’s still not the most efficient use of their time, especially when simple solutions exist.

A Smarter, Simpler Way to Run Payroll — Built Just for Construction

Workforce Go is the modern solution you’ve been missing. It doesn’t just digitize your construction payroll — we solve the core problems:

• Smarter Payroll Management – Automate union scales, multi-rate pay, certified payroll reports (including WH-347), and fringe calculations. No more spreadsheets. No more scrambling on Thursday nights.
• Accurate Jobsite Time Tracking – Mobile and geolocation-based time capture means your team clocks in only where and when they’re supposed to. You get reliable labor data, accurate job costing, and no more buddy punching.
• Seamless Integration with Your ERP – Whether you’re running Sage 300 CRE, Sage Intacct, Acumatica, or Sage 100, we sync everything bidirectionally. No re-keying. No errors. Just clean, real-time data across your whole system. Your team saves time while staying compliant.
• Construction-Focused HR Tools – From mobile onboarding to benefits management, performance tracking, and shift scheduling, we streamline HR so you can focus on building. Your crews can request time off, check schedules, and complete paperwork from their phones.

Now Here’s the Game-Changer: Payroll On Us

Let’s talk savings. Payroll On Us is a unique financial overall health program that comes with our construction payroll solution — and it pays you back.

Here’s how it works:

• $321 average annual savings per employee via FICA tax offsets. You can see an immediate net savings of $321 per employee, per year. For a company with 200 employees, this equals up to $65,000 in annual FICA tax savings.
• Covers the cost of your Workforce Go payroll software Yes, really! You can use your FICA savings to pay for your Workforce Go payroll, essentially making your payroll free.
• Lowers your ERP’s total cost of ownership
• Reduces group health claims by 11–17%
• Adds valuable employee health benefits at zero additional cost.
• Delivers a 70%+ participation rate across your workforce. This ensures widespread benefits and maximized savings.

This isn’t fluff. These are real dollars back in your pocket — and real tools that keep your workforce healthy, loyal, and productive.

It’s Not Just Payroll — It’s a Retention Strategy

In today’s labor market, offering a paycheck isn’t enough. Payroll On Us gives you a competitive edge by offering:

• 24/7 telemedicine and tele mental health services with $0 copay
• Health coaching and wellness tools employees actually use
• 2–5% more take-home pay for your workers

It’s meaningful, it’s compliant, and it costs you nothing out-of-pocket. Skilled workers stick around for the great incentives, and your company becomes a really attractive place for new folks to join.

You Deserve a Construction Payroll Solution That Works as Hard as You Do

We know construction payroll isn’t easy — and we built Workforce Go with that in mind. Our Payroll On Us program is already helping construction companies:

• Save money on every paycheck
• Eliminate compliance guesswork
• Run smoother job sites
• Retain great employees

Ready to see what it can do for you? Schedule a demo today and let’s stop payroll from draining your time and budget.