Construction crew in hard hats working on a site

Keep your crew moving. Keep payroll on track.

Organize employee and contractor payroll, review pay details, and manage supported tax workflows without losing sight of the work happening on-site.

Payroll that keeps up with the work on-site.

Bring employee and contractor pay, time records, and payroll administration into one place for your construction business.

Manage employees and contractors

Keep W-2 employee and 1099 contractor payroll information organized in one platform.

Bring work hours into payroll

Enter or upload timesheets and review regular hours, overtime, and submitted time records.

Simplify workforce onboarding

Collect employee details and organize onboarding documents before the first payroll run.

Keep payroll tax tasks visible

Manage supported payroll tax calculations and filing workflows across applicable jurisdictions.

Keep reimbursements organized

Collect employee expense claims and manage approvals through configured reimbursement workflows.

Prepare for every payday

Review payroll totals and funding availability to identify potential shortfalls before processing pay.

Built for construction businesses

Keep your crew’s pay information organized.

Bring employee and eligible contractor records together, review payroll details, and prepare for payday with a more structured process.

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Crew records

Organize employee and eligible contractor information.

Payroll review

Review pay details before processing.

Funding visibility

Review available payroll funding information.

Connect time records to payroll preparation.

Organize time entries, review overtime, and check project-allocation details before approving the records used in payroll preparation.

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Time-record uploads

Enter timesheets or upload Excel and CSV files.

Hours and overtime

Review recorded times and overtime hours.

Project fields

Check project-allocation details before approval.

Keep workforce paperwork easier to manage.

Organize onboarding details, compensation information, employee documents, and relevant work-authorization records in one more manageable workflow.

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Onboarding

Organize employee and compensation details.

Employment records

Keep employee documents easier to find.

Expiry alerts

Follow up on I-9 work-authorization expirations.

Keep deadlines, expenses, and tax follow-ups in view.

Follow payroll dates, organize reimbursement approvals, and review supported tax workflows and reporting as part of your administrative routine.

Site-office desk with receipts, a notebook, and a laptop

Payroll dates

Keep paydays and deadlines visible.

Expense approvals

Review reimbursements and configured approval thresholds.

Tax and reports

Use supported tax workflows and payroll reporting.

Nationwide coverage

Built for teams in every supported state.

Whether you run one location or many, Surf supports payroll in 48 states including D.C.

47 of 50 states + D.C. live

Payroll supported in 48 states including D.C. · 3 more coming soon

Live Coming soon: Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania

Payroll should feel simpler.

Spend less time managing payroll details and more time running your business. Surf brings payroll, people information, and supported tax workflows together in one place.

Make switching easier

Guided onboarding and AI-assisted historical payroll migration help organize the information you need to get started.

Stay ahead of payday

Review payroll details, important dates, and funding information before you process payroll.

Keep your people organized

Manage employee records, onboarding documents, and self-service in one connected experience.

Get help from Surf AI

Use the AI chatbot for supported questions, and expanded AI workflows available through the beta plan.

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Surf

Payroll, right at your fingertips.

Run payroll on the go with the Surf app. Pay your team, review payroll details, and keep every pay run on track — wherever work takes you.

Surf pricing

More than payroll.
Built around your business.

Everything you need to manage payroll and your people, with AI capabilities to help you get more done.

Payroll

Complete payroll and essential people management.

$0for the first 3 months

Then $15/month

+ $1 per user/month

3 Months on Us

Everything included

  • Unlimited W-2 employees
  • Unlimited 1099 contractors
  • Unlimited payroll runs
  • Unlimited direct deposits
  • Payroll calculations and pay statements
  • Supported federal and state tax-filing workflows
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Beta

Payroll + AI Workflow

Payroll plus expanded AI-powered workflows.

$0for the first 3 months

Then $49/month

+ $1 per user/month

Join the Beta

Everything in Payroll, plus

  • Advanced AI workflow assistance
  • Natural-language requests for supported tasks
  • AI-assisted payroll preparation
  • Historical payroll migration assistance
  • AI-assisted employee data extraction and organization
  • AI-assisted onboarding data entry

AI workflow capabilities are in beta and may vary by task.

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