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Chobani, LLC
OSHA: 5 insp.Injuries: 3 yrLabor: no recordImmigration: 24 LCAContracts: not listed
The federal record for Chobani, LLC, New Berlin, New York, consists of 5 OSHA inspections, 24 labor condition applications, 1 PERM application and 3 years of injury summaries; the employer is classified under Food Manufacturing.
OSHA opened 5 inspections at Chobani, LLC sites in New York since 2016, issuing 2 citations, 2 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $19,653 (initially $21,230), $3,931 per inspection, close to the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 982 employees and 14 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 1.3 per 100 full-time workers, lower than the pooled rate for its industry (3.2; median establishment 2.8).
It filed 24 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 24 worker positions. The median offered wage is $122,500 a year against a median prevailing wage of $97,480, above the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($87,360). The most common prevailing wage level is Level III (46% of filings).
OFLC records 1 PERM labor certification application from the employer; the employer reported 1,185 employees on payroll.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 311 | New York | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $3,931 | $6,840 | $3,089 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 7% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 40% | — | 48% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.212 | Machinery and machine guarding, general requirements | 2 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2026 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 15 Sep 2023 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 19 Jul 2022 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 8 Oct 2020 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $13,653 | Final order | 1910.212(a)(1) (Serious) |
| 13 Mar 2019 | Planned · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $6,000 | Final order | 1910.212(a)(1) (Serious) |
Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
Injury rate vs industry
Total recordable case rate for 2025. The industry median is the median rate across establishments with at least 20,000 hours in NAICS 311 (quartiles 1.0–5.5); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 947 | 1,966,923 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 964 | 2,037,543 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 982 | 2,127,375 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in New York. Rates are blank where fewer than 2,000 hours were reported.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names this employer in New York in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 0%Level II 29%Level III 46%Level IV 25%Not stated 0%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 19-1012 | New York | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $122,500 | $87,360 | $125,000 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $98,000–$175,000 | $71,552–$110,157 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 29% | 53% | 55% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Food Scientists and Technologists, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Research & Development Scientist II | 7 | $95,000 |
| Senior Research and Development Manager | 2 | — |
| Equipment & Reliability Engineer | 1 | — |
| Automation Engineer | 1 | — |
| Fruit Sourcing and Development Manager | 1 | — |
| Director of Process Engineering | 1 | — |
| Principal Process Engineer | 1 | — |
| Continuous Improvement Manager | 1 | — |
| SAP Functional Lead WM-MM-IM | 1 | — |
| SAP S4 HANA Record to Report FI Functional Lead | 1 | — |
| Sr. IT Functional Analyst“HRIS | 1 | — |
| SAP Functional Lead - Order to Cash (OTC) | 1 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Food Scientists and Technologists | 8 | $87,360 |
| Validation Engineers | 3 | $108,000 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 3 | $114,808 |
| Chemical Engineers | 2 | $117,500 |
| Software Developers | 2 | $138,494 |
| Industrial Production Managers | 2 | $140,181 |
| Natural Sciences Managers | 2 | $125,170 |
| Electrical Engineers | 1 | $121,459 |
Worksite states
Idaho 10 · New York 6 · New Jersey 3 · North Carolina 2 · Maryland 1 · South Carolina 1 · Texas 1
Visa classes: H-1B 24. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (New York); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Product Implementation Manager | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Industrial Production Managers | 1 |
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Not among the top 3,903 federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending for the latest twelve months. Smaller awards can be searched on USAspending.gov.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Chobani, LLC?
Yes. OSHA records 5 inspections at Chobani, LLC sites in New York since 2016, most recently opened 8 May 2026.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
2 citations with current penalties totalling $19,653. 2 inspections have a final order on every citation, 0 have a contested citation and 3 are recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Chobani, LLC?
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names Chobani, LLC in New York in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Does Chobani, LLC sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 24 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 24 were certified. The median offered wage is $122,500 a year; the most common job title is Research & Development Scientist II.
Does Chobani, LLC sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 1 PERM application in fiscal years 2024–2026, 1 of them certified.
Does Chobani, LLC hold federal contracts?
It is not among the top federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending; smaller awards are not covered on this site.
Have there been union elections at Chobani, LLC?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
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Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.