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Costco Wholesale
OSHA: 101 insp.Injuries: 3 yrLabor: 3 casesImmigration: no recordContracts: not listed
Costco Wholesale is an employer in Tracy, California in Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods. Federal records hold 101 OSHA inspections, 3 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases and 3 years of injury summaries.
OSHA opened 101 inspections at Costco Wholesale sites in California since 2016, issuing 80 citations, 18 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $271,205 (initially $375,145), $2,685 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,759. 36 inspections have at least one contested citation.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 115,540 employees and 5,135 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 5.8 per 100 full-time workers, higher than the pooled rate for its industry (4.4; median establishment 2.6).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 3 compliance actions involving Costco Wholesale, recording no back wages, under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Is this the same company? The sources spell the name differently and were matched by normalised name and state: OSHA: Costco Wholesale Corporation; WHD: Costco; ITA: Costco Wholesale. Subsidiaries, franchisees and entities in other states have separate records. Matching methodology.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 23 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 424 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $2,685 | $4,450 | $3,727 | $3,759 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 36% | — | 27% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 35% | — | 59% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2340.16 | — | 5 |
| 3203(A)(4) | — | 3 |
| 6151(C)(1) | — | 3 |
| 5162(A) | — | 3 |
| 2340.2 | — | 2 |
| 5162(C) | — | 2 |
| 4353(G) | — | 2 |
| 461(C) | — | 2 |
| 5162(E) | — | 2 |
| 3203(A) | — | 2 |
| 4002(A) | — | 2 |
| 3650(T) | — | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 5 Jun 2026 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 29 May 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 20 Mar 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Unprogrammed related · Safety | Partial | 2 (2 S/W/R) | $25,310 | Contested | 3203(A)(4) (Serious), 3650(T) (Serious) |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 2 (1 S/W/R) | $19,000 | Contested | 3650(T)(11), 3203(A)(4) (Serious) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 29 Sep 2025 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 26 Sep 2025 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 12 Aug 2025 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 1 | $750 | Contested | 3650(T)(5) |
| 7 May 2025 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed |
Most recent 25 of 101 inspections. 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 424 (quartiles 0.0–5.9); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 158 | 53,217 | 81,296,315 | 0 | 1056 | 1168 | 197 | 6.0 | 5.5 |
| 2024 | 163 | 54,858 | 84,475,612 | 0 | 1193 | 1168 | 254 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 2025 | 343 | 115,540 | 176,880,606 | 0 | 2391 | 2115 | 629 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in California. 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.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 424 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $0 | $16K | $15K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 0.0 | — | 10.8 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | — | — | $1,389 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 5 | $0 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2025 – 12 Sep 2025 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
| 3 Mar 2024 – 20 Sep 2024 | 4 | $0 | 0 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
| 25 Mar 2012 – 24 Mar 2014 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 5092253, 1992940, 1720514.
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.
No labor condition application from this employer in California appears in OFLC disclosure data for fiscal years 2025–2026.
No PERM application from this employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
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 30 Sep 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 Costco Wholesale?
Yes. OSHA records 101 inspections at Costco Wholesale sites in California since 2016, most recently opened 9 Sep 2026.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
80 citations with current penalties totalling $271,205. 35 inspections have a final order on every citation, 36 have a contested citation and 60 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 Costco Wholesale?
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 3 cases involving the employer and recorded no back wages.
Does Costco Wholesale sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
No labor condition application from Costco Wholesale in California appears in OFLC disclosure data for fiscal years 2025–2026. LCAs are filed by the employer's headquarters state, so a subsidiary or another state's entity may hold the filings.
Does Costco Wholesale sponsor green cards (PERM)?
No PERM application from the employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
Does Costco Wholesale 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 Costco Wholesale?
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?
Records are matched by normalised name and state; the sources spell the name differently (OSHA: Costco Wholesale Corporation; WHD: Costco; ITA: Costco Wholesale). Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 23 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 30 Sep 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 30 Sep 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.