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

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State prevailing-wage law	Yes — Minnesota requires the prevailing wage on projects financed in whole or part with state funds.Source: Minn. Stat. §§ 177.41-177.44
Certified payroll on state projects	Required — filed every two weeks to the contracting authority and the project owner. Every two weeks the employer furnishes a certified payroll report for the preceding weeks, signed under oath by an owner or officer, showing each worker's name, identifying number, prevailing wage master job classification, hours worked each day, total hours, rate of pay, gross amount earned, each tax deduction, total deductions, net pay for the week, and dollars contributed per hour for each benefit.Source: Minn. Stat. § 177.30
State form or system	Certified payroll report (Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry format)Source: Minn. Stat. § 177.30
Contract threshold	$25,000 where more than one trade is involved; $2,500 where a single trade is involved.Source: U.S. DOL, Wage and Hour Division, Dollar Threshold Amounts for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing Wage Laws (Jan. 1, 2023)
Record retention	3 years — Records must be preserved for three years after the contracting authority has made final payment on the public works project.Source: Minn. Stat. § 177.30
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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