Problem

Construction contractors operate a fragmented, compliance-heavy back office in which field time, payroll, job costing, and labor documentation must line up precisely. The pain is especially acute for union, prevailing-wage, and multi-state work: pay rates, fringe benefits, overtime rules, classifications, and certified payroll requirements vary by job and jurisdiction. Errors can produce invalid reports and back-pay obligations, while poor visibility into fully burdened labor costs makes it harder to protect project margins.

The killer use case is a contractor running prevailing-wage or union jobs with a distributed field workforce. Miter targets the point where hours need to be assigned to the right project, cost code, classification, and pay rule, then converted into accurate payroll and compliance reports without repeated manual reconciliation. That combination connects regulatory risk directly to the economics of job profitability and administrative overhead.

Product / Service

Miter is a construction-first, cloud-native HCM and full-service payroll platform that combines payroll, HR, time tracking, expenses, compliance, and job costing. Field and office teams can use mobile workflows to capture time and workforce information, while the payroll engine applies different rates by employee, job, crew, union, or classification, including fringe rules, benefit offsets, overtime logic, Davis-Bacon requirements, and state prevailing-wage rules.

The platform is designed to turn those inputs into operational and financial outputs: it automates compliance reporting, handles multi-state taxes, generates certified payroll reports, and syncs fully burdened labor costs by job to an ERP. Miter sells access through configurable modules priced by active users, with no separate fees for items such as tax filing, W-2 generation, or direct deposit. The benefit is less manual work and fewer payroll and compliance errors, together with faster visibility into the true cost and profitability of each job.

Market

Miter competes in construction technology and construction-focused payroll/HCM software, primarily serving U.S. contractors. A 2025 industry comparison described it as an up-and-coming construction-first HCM and payroll platform and placed it third among construction payroll platforms; named alternatives include established providers such as Sage HCM, ADP, and Arcoro. Miter also integrates with financial and construction systems such as Sage, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Procore, and other ERP or field tools, positioning it as a specialized payroll and workforce layer rather than a replacement for every construction-management system.

The evidence indicates that Miter is operating commercially rather than being pre-revenue: a partner profile says 90% of Miter customers use its payroll product and reports customer savings in time, cost, and back-office effort. Funding also signals venture traction: Miter's May 2025 announcement described $38 million raised, while a July 2026 third-party funding profile reported $50.8 million across two rounds, including a $50 million Series B in July 2025. The funding figures are not reconciled in the available sources, so they should be treated as reported financing rather than audited revenue or a disclosed customer-count metric.