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Upload a certified payroll file and we'll validate it against the official schema — free, no account. Catch the error here instead of at a Friday-afternoon deadline.
Join the waitlistNY MPWR XML validator
Check a New York MPWR XML file against the NYSDOL Certified Payroll schema before you upload — so a schema-invalid filing fails here, not at the portal.
Open the validator→Illinois · CTP ExcelIllinois CTP Excel validator
Validate an Illinois Certified Transcript of Payroll (CTP) Excel upload (.xlsx) against the IDOL template before submitting to the CTP portal.
Open the validator→Washington · L&I PWIA XMLWA L&I PWIA XML validator
Check a Washington L&I prevailing-wage XML file against the official L&I schema before you file it with Labor & Industries.
Open the validator→Don't just validate — generate.
PayrollPenguin builds the file-ready certified payroll from the payroll you already ran, then checks it against the same spec — every covered state and the federal WH-347.