🧱 Drywall & framing crews

Piece-rate payroll for drywall and framing crews

Revenue-split piece rate is the standard in drywall and framing — Crewsplit was built around exactly this model, with room to pay hangers and finishers differently when your crews need it.

Revenue split is the default — with role splits for bigger crews

Revenue % split

The most common model: a comp percentage by crew size (often higher for 1-person and 4+ crews, slightly lower for 2–3), applied to net job revenue and shared across the crew using a pay-weight or split table.

Per-role split

On bigger commercial-scale jobs, some companies pay hangers and finishers/tapers different percentages directly, rather than pooling and splitting by weight.

This is Crewsplit's home turf

A note on "per piece" pay

Some drywall crews are paid "per piece" — a set rate per sheet, board, or unit of work rather than a percentage of job revenue. Crewsplit doesn't have a dedicated per-piece rate field for drywall the way it does sq ft rates for insulation. Today, per-piece pay maps to Crewsplit's revenue split or per-role % methods — you'd set your rate up as a comp percentage of the job instead of a flat per-piece amount.

How you pay todayCrewsplit methodFit
One comp % by crew size, split by tier weightRevenue splitGood fit
Different % for hangers vs. finishers/tapersPer-role %Good fit
Flat rate per sheet/board ("per piece")Revenue split or per-role %, set up as a comp %Workaround
Multi-day jobs spanning pay periodsMulti-day job trackingGood fit
Example — $6,000 hang & finish job, 3-person crew, 13% split
Job revenue$6,000
Crew pay pool (13%)$780
Lead (higher tier weight)~$286
Installer × 2 (standard weight)~$247 each

Drywall payroll questions we hear most

Yes. Crewsplit's per-role pay method lets you set separate percentages for lead, installer, and apprentice roles by crew size, which many drywall companies use to pay hangers and finishers differently on larger jobs.
Yes. Jobs that span multiple pay periods are tracked from first day to last, with contract value, amount paid to date, and remaining balance visible throughout, even if the crew composition changes partway through.
Crewsplit recalculates each installer's share automatically when crew size changes, using your configured comp percentage for the new crew size and each person's actual days on the job.

Built for more than one trade

Run compliant piece-rate payroll for your crews

Crewsplit calculates crew splits, FLSA overtime, and audit-ready reports automatically — every pay period.

Pay practices vary by company, region, and job type — this page describes common industry patterns, not a guarantee of how any specific company operates. Not legal or financial advice.