RateSmith is a precision instrument for the calculations and integrations that standard payroll wasn't built to handle.
Not a prototype. Not a pitch deck. Quietly calculating for complex workforces while the market looked the other way.
The brand is new. The mission is overdue. World-class pay calculation should be available to every workforce that needs it — not just the ones who found us by accident.
RateSmith sits between HCM data and the payroll system of record. We handle the pre-payroll calculations that complex workforces require, the post-payroll reporting that finance and compliance teams depend on, and the integrations that connect the result back to ERPs and general ledgers at the granularity the business actually runs on.
Built by people who have spent careers inside the union contracts, the prevailing wage determinations, and the spreadsheet workarounds. We know what excellence looks like in this space, from architecture to delivery, because we have shipped it.
Auditable. Citable. Every calculation traces back to its source rule. The math is visible, not hidden behind the abstraction layer.
We do calculations and integrations. We do not pretend to be a payroll system. Restraint is a strategic choice, not a feature gap.
RateSmith is a product of Workforce Performance, LLC, a specialty consulting and software firm with deep roots in HCM, payroll, and labor cost integration. We work with construction companies, union employers, and HCM providers to handle the calculations and integrations that the standard tools cannot.