Pricing
Construction payroll pricing. Work out your price without waiting on a call.
15 minutes, your EBA, no sales script.
Tiers
Pick the half you need, or both.
Payroll is the engine. CrewTime is the site. Complete is both, and it is the one we recommend, because hours approved on site should land in the pay run without an export step in between.
Payroll
The pay run itself. Hours in, correctly interpreted pay out, filed and paid on time.
- Award and EBA interpretation
- STP2 lodgement and PAYG
- Payday super every pay run
- Payslips
- Job costing to your cost codes
- Leave and RDO accruals
- Human support
CrewTime
What happens on site. Hours captured, approved and evidenced where the work is.
- Site kiosk with facial clock on and clock off
- GPS-stamped photo capture
- Mobile timesheets that work offline
- Crew timesheets: a supervisor submits the whole crew in one action
- Crew rostering and advanced rostering with SMS push
- Multi-level approvals
- Site diary and dockets
- Labour hire and RCTIs
- Client sign-off
Complete
RecommendedBoth, and the one we recommend. The two products only work properly together: hours captured and approved on site flow straight into the pay run, with no export step.
- Everything in Payroll
- Everything in CrewTime
All tiers are charged per active employee per month, AUD excluding GST, with a minimum monthly spend per account. The calculator below gives you the figures for your crew.
Calculator
What will it cost for your crew?
Tell us what you run today, move the crew size and agreement count, then add your details and your numbers appear here.
What are you running today?
We use this to point you at the right tier. You can change it below.
Paid in a typical month
$2,500 each, one-off
Payroll
The pay run. We take approved hours, read your award or EBA and price every line: base, overtime, penalties, allowances, RDOs and leave. Then payslips go out, STP2 is filed with the ATO, PAYG is reported and super is paid with wages under payday super.
CrewTime
What happens on site. A kiosk on the shed wall with facial clock on and clock off, mobile timesheets that work with no signal, GPS-stamped photos, crew timesheets where a supervisor submits the whole crew in one action, crew and advanced rostering with SMS push, multi-level approvals, site diary, dockets and client sign-off.
Which tier?
This one does change the price. Complete is the option we recommend: capture and pay only work properly together.
Your custom quote
Enter your details to see your custom quote
Add your details and the rate for the tier you picked, your monthly figure and your setup numbers appear right here.
Setup covers the full EBA build and ongoing maintenance. See the breakdown with your quote.
Onboarding
What happens after you get started.
Today
Tell us about your crew
Week 1
We build your EBA and awards in the engine
Week 2
Parallel pay run next to your current system
Go live
Your crew clocks on, payroll runs itself
You keep running your old payroll until the parallel run matches to the cent.
Included
What's included at no extra cost?
- Award and EBA interpretation, built and maintained
- Payday super every pay run
- STP2 lodgement and PAYG
- Job costing to your cost codes
- Native timesheet and ledger syncs
- 24/7 human support, free
- Portable long service reporting
- Parallel pay run before go-live
Comparison
How does the price compare to generalist payroll?
Support
- Typical payroll platforms
- Business hours, ticket queue
- Project Payroll
- 24/7, real humans, free
EBA setup
- Typical payroll platforms
- Paid configuration, weeks
- Project Payroll
- $2,500 per agreement, then maintained at no extra cost
Industry
- Typical payroll platforms
- Generalist
- Project Payroll
- Construction only, team from the industry
Timesheets
- Typical payroll platforms
- CSV import
- Project Payroll
- Captured in CrewTime or synced, already approved
Super
- Typical payroll platforms
- Clearing house admin
- Project Payroll
- Paid every pay run, automatic
Job costing
- Typical payroll platforms
- Export and reconcile
- Project Payroll
- Live to your cost codes
| Typical payroll platforms | Project Payroll | |
|---|---|---|
| Support | Business hours, ticket queue | 24/7, real humans, free |
| EBA setup | Paid configuration, weeks | $2,500 per agreement, then maintained at no extra cost |
| Industry | Generalist | Construction only, team from the industry |
| Timesheets | CSV import | Captured in CrewTime or synced, already approved |
| Super | Clearing house admin | Paid every pay run, automatic |
| Job costing | Export and reconcile | Live to your cost codes |
Savings
What you're actually replacing.
Most construction crews pay for payroll, rostering and compliance checking as separate items. Project Payroll bundles them into one price.
Project Payroll Complete
- Per employee / month
- Run the calculator
- Vendors
- 1 vendor
- Payroll included
- Yes
- Built for construction
- Yes
Rostering app Core plan plus generalist payroll engine
- Per employee / month
- $8.75 plus $10, so $18.75
- Vendors
- 2 vendors
- Payroll included
- Yes
- Built for construction
- No
Rostering app with add-ons plus generalist payroll engine
- Per employee / month
- $22 plus $10, so $32
- Vendors
- 2 vendors
- Payroll included
- Yes
- Built for construction
- No
Timesheet product with award rules and rostering plus generalist payroll engine
- Per employee / month
- $14 plus $10, so $24
- Vendors
- 2 vendors
- Payroll included
- Yes
- Built for construction
- No
Time clock software plus hardware plus generalist payroll engine
- Per employee / month
- Around $3.75 plus $10, plus hardware capex
- Vendors
- 2 vendors plus hardware
- Payroll included
- Yes
- Built for construction
- No
Jobs system plus integration layer plus generalist payroll engine
- Per employee / month
- Jobs system plus $10, plus an undisclosed integration fee
- Vendors
- 3 vendors
- Payroll included
- Yes
- Built for construction
- Partly
Full HR and payroll platform
- Per employee / month
- $20
- Vendors
- 1 vendor
- Payroll included
- Yes
- Built for construction
- No
Outsourced or managed construction payroll
- Per employee / month
- $20, minimum $800 a month
- Vendors
- 1 vendor
- Payroll included
- Yes
- Built for construction
- Yes
| Stack | Per employee / month | Vendors | Payroll included | Built for construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Payroll Complete | Run the calculator | 1 vendor | Yes | Yes |
| Rostering app Core plan plus generalist payroll engine | $8.75 plus $10, so $18.75 | 2 vendors | Yes | No |
| Rostering app with add-ons plus generalist payroll engine | $22 plus $10, so $32 | 2 vendors | Yes | No |
| Timesheet product with award rules and rostering plus generalist payroll engine | $14 plus $10, so $24 | 2 vendors | Yes | No |
| Time clock software plus hardware plus generalist payroll engine | Around $3.75 plus $10, plus hardware capex | 2 vendors plus hardware | Yes | No |
| Jobs system plus integration layer plus generalist payroll engine | Jobs system plus $10, plus an undisclosed integration fee | 3 vendors | Yes | Partly |
| Full HR and payroll platform | $20 | 1 vendor | Yes | No |
| Outsourced or managed construction payroll | $20, minimum $800 a month | 1 vendor | Yes | Yes |
All figures are published list pricing as at August 2026, AUD excluding GST, for a 40 employee builder. Named comparisons with the specific vendors sit on the compare pages, and you can price your own stack with the stack cost calculator.
The plainest way to read that table: a generalist payroll engine on its own lists at $10 per employee per month, with nobody reading your agreement, and a second app to capture the hours on top of it. Project Payroll is one vendor with the agreement built and maintained. Run the calculator above for our figure against that stack.
Project Payroll Complete
All-in: EBA and award interpretation, CrewTime rostering with multi-layer approvals, job costing, payday super, STP2 and 24/7 support. No separate apps to stack.
Onboarding
Get started.
Tell us about your crew. We onboard a limited number of clients each month, so the sooner you're in, the sooner you're live.
Takes 30 seconds. We reply within one business day.
Pricing questions
What does the Payroll tier cover?
The pay run end to end: award and EBA interpretation, STP2 and PAYG, payday super, payslips, job costing to your cost codes, leave and RDO accruals, and human support. No premium tier and no support plan to buy.
What does the CrewTime tier cover?
Everything on site: the kiosk with facial clock on and clock off, GPS-stamped photo capture, mobile timesheets that work offline, crew timesheets where a supervisor submits the whole crew in one action, crew and advanced rostering with SMS push, multi-level approvals, site diary and dockets, labour hire and RCTIs, and client sign-off.
Why is Complete the recommended option?
Because the two halves only work properly together. On Complete, hours captured and approved on site flow straight into the pay run, so there is no export, no upload and no reconciliation between two systems. Run the calculator above to see what Complete costs for your crew.
Is there a minimum monthly spend?
Yes, there is a minimum monthly spend per account across all tiers. Below that headcount you pay the minimum rather than the per employee figure, and the calculator shows you which one applies to your crew.
Do you charge per pay run?
No. Weekly pays cost the same as monthly ones, which matters because construction pays weekly.
Who counts as an active employee?
Anyone paid in that month. Seasonal crews you don't pay in a given month aren't billed for that month.
Why is there an EBA setup fee?
Reading an agreement and building it into a pay engine is real work, typically 20 to 40 hours of it. We charge $2,500 once per agreement and maintain it forever after at no extra cost. Award-only crews pay nothing here.
Is there a lock-in contract?
No. Month to month, and your data leaves with you in full if you go.
Prices in AUD, excluding GST. Current as at August 2026.