Minnesota Prevailing Wage Centralized Reporting Portal
A single statewide system for construction contractors to submit certified payroll reports on public works projects — replacing the fragmented process where payrolls go to hundreds of individual local governments.
Public Rate Lookup
Search prevailing wage rates by county and project type. Covers all 87 Minnesota counties for commercial, highway/heavy, and residential construction.
Search RatesCertified Payroll Submission
Submit biweekly certified payroll reports with real-time validation against prevailing wage schedules. Supports manual entry, Excel upload, and XML import.
Go to DashboardCompliance Monitoring
Automatic detection of below-rate payments, missing fringe benefits, overtime violations, and classification mismatches. DLI staff review flagged submissions.
Admin DashboardHow It Works
Project Registered
Awarding authority registers the project when state funding is awarded. System generates a PW project number.
Contractor Enrolls
Prime and subcontractors register on the project. Classifications and applicable wage rates are automatically determined.
Payroll Submitted
Contractors submit certified payrolls biweekly. System validates rates against the prevailing wage schedule in real time.
DLI Reviews
Flagged submissions are routed to DLI staff for review. Verified submissions are archived for public records.
Why Centralize?
Minnesota's prevailing wage reporting currently flows through 2,600+ individual local governments. Each awarding authority — city, county, school district, township — is separately responsible for collecting certified payrolls from contractors. Illinois centralized this process in 2020 (PA 100-1177, IDOL CTP Portal), and New York followed with its electronic certified payroll mandate effective January 1, 2026 (Article 8, NYS Labor Law). Minnesota can adopt the same model: one portal, one submission, statewide visibility.
Statutory basis: Minn. Stat. §177.41–177.44 (prevailing wage requirements), Minn. Stat. §177.43 subd. 3 (certified payroll filing), Minnesota Rules 5200.1100–5200.1102 (classification codes).