Free Blank Illinois Certified Payroll (Form WH-347) (2026)

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State prevailing-wage law	Yes — The Illinois Prevailing Wage Act requires the general prevailing rate of hourly wages on public works of the State and its political subdivisions.Source: 820 ILCS 130/1 et seq.
Certified payroll on state projects	Required — filed monthly to the Illinois Department of Labor's electronic certified transcript of payroll database (and, where required, the public body). No later than the 15th day of each calendar month the contractor files a certified payroll for the preceding month listing, for every worker, the name, address, telephone number, the last four digits of the social security number, classification, hourly wage and fringe rates, hours worked each day with start and end times, and the fringe benefit funds paid into.Source: 820 ILCS 130/5
State form or system	Certified transcript of payroll — Illinois Department of Labor Certified Transcript of Payroll portalSource: 820 ILCS 130/5
Contract threshold	No dollar threshold — the Act applies to public works regardless of contract amount.Source: U.S. DOL, Wage and Hour Division, Dollar Threshold Amounts for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing Wage Laws (Jan. 1, 2023)
Record retention	5 years — Records must be kept for five years from the date of the last payment on the contract.Source: 820 ILCS 130/5
Federal requirement	Contractors and subcontractors must submit weekly certified payrolls to the federal agency that is a party to the contract or, where the agency is not a party, to the applicant, sponsor, owner or other entity that maintains the records for transmission to the federal agency.Source: 29 C.F.R. § 5.5(a)(3)(ii)
Statement of compliance	Each weekly payroll must be accompanied by a signed Statement of Compliance — page 2 of Form WH-347 or any document with identical wording — executed by the contractor, subcontractor, or the authorized officer or employee who supervises the payment of wages, and signed with an original handwritten signature or a legally valid electronic signature.Source: 29 C.F.R. § 3.3(b)
Worker identification	The payroll submitted to the agency must not contain the worker's full social security number or home address; it shows an individual identifying number, such as the last four digits of the social security number.Source: 29 C.F.R. § 5.5(a)(3)(ii)(A); Form WH-347 instructions, column 1E
Overtime	On covered contracts, laborers and mechanics must be paid one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.Source: 40 U.S.C. § 3702(a) (Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act)

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