Managing payroll in the construction industry is complex.

Penta’s Construction Payroll module simplifies the process. Our system eliminates dual entry, minimizes timecard overrides and payroll adjustments, and maximizes accuracy.

Simplify Your In-House Payroll Operations

With Penta’s in-house payroll capabilities, your team can confidently manage payroll, reducing administrative burdens and ensuring accuracy. Our ERP software is designed to grow with your business, offering scalability and flexibility to meet your evolving needs.

No Formula Writing

Focus on your business, not spreadsheets. Penta automates complex payroll calculations.

Integrated Timecard Collection

Automate timecard collection to make data entry effortless.

Job Cost Integration

Seamlessly link payroll data to your project costs for accurate financial insights.

How Penta Handles Complex Construction Payroll

Managing payroll in the construction industry can be challenging, with union regulations, prevailing wage laws, and granular job cost tracking. Penta’s construction payroll software is built to handle these complexities with ease, offering:

  • Time Collection and Labor Productivity Tracking

    Eliminate manual and dual entry of timecard data with our fully integrated web and mobile applications. Designed for crews, back office professionals, and service technicians, our construction time tracking software ensures accuracy and efficiency by seamlessly posting job and work order costs daily.

  • Fully Burden Labor Job Cost

    The payroll module updates job costs daily, automatically allocating fully burdened labor costs to the labor cost code or optional burden-specific cost codes. This ensures accurate cost tracking and reporting.

  • Prevailing Wage Automated Calculations

    Say goodbye to manual calculations and pay adjustments. With Penta’s automated prevailing wage functionality, you can set up your wage rules once and let the system handle accurate pay adjustments and compliance reporting effortlessly.

  • Multi-Union Payroll with Built-In Reciprocity

    Manage all of your union payroll needs with confidence. The payroll module calculates final pay flexibly, offering fringe-by-fringe calculations and customizable reporting rules, ensuring efficient union reciprocity management.

  • Payroll Tax, Compliance, and Reporting

    Stay compliant with tax calculations, withholdings, and reporting requirements. Penta offers configurable tax jurisdictions, calculations, and reciprocity at any tax level including Federal, State, and Local. Penta provides all necessary tax reporting and electronic filing to streamline your monthly, quarterly, and year-end compliance tasks.

  • Employee Portal

    Empower your workforce with our secure online portal. Employees can access their pay stubs, W-2s, and update withholding elections, ensuring transparency and convenience.

Why Choose Penta ERP for Construction Payroll?

Specialty contractors have trusted Penta’s construction payroll software for over 50 years to simplify payroll processing, ensure compliance, and improve operational efficiency. Penta’s ERP solution supports you with:

Industry Expertise

Penta understands the unique challenges of construction payroll.

Proven Solutions

Our ERP is trusted by leading construction companies.

Dedicated Support

Our team is here to help you every step of the way.

Flexible Scalability

Our ERP grows and adapts with the changing needs of your business.

What Our Customers are Saying

“The payroll system in Penta’s ERP has handled all the complexities we’ve thrown at it, no matter how challenging. Their knowledgeable and helpful customer support team is always quick to assist, making it easy to manage even the most intricate payroll demands.”

Jordan Feller, CAO
CDM Service Group

Ready to Simplify Your Construction Payroll?

Schedule a call with one of our experts and discover how Penta’s ERP can transform how you process payroll.

Construction Payroll FAQs

Construction payroll refers to managing wages, tax deductions, union requirements, and compliance regulations specific to the construction industry. Penta’s solution simplifies and automates this process.

Using construction payroll software like Penta helps streamline payroll processing, ensure compliance with prevailing wage laws, and accurately track labor costs.

Penta’s payroll module integrates seamlessly with your general ledger and job costing systems, ensuring data accuracy and reducing redundant data entry. Payroll, job costing, and the general ledger update in real time as your timecards are approved in our mobile applications.

The employee portal allows workers to access pay stubs, tax documents, and update withholding elections, reducing administrative workload and improving transparency.

Fully burdened rates in construction include direct labor costs plus additional expenses such as payroll taxes, insurance, benefits, and overhead, ensuring accurate job cost allocation.