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First Solar, Inc.
OSHA: no recordInjuries: 3 yrLabor: 1 caseImmigration: 98 LCAContracts: not listed
Across the sources on this site, First Solar, Inc. (Tempe, Arizona) appears in 1 concluded Wage and Hour Division case, 98 labor condition applications, 18 PERM applications and 3 years of injury summaries.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 53 employees and 0 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, lower than the pooled rate for its industry (0.9; median establishment 0.0).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 compliance action involving First Solar, Inc., recording no back wages, under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.
It filed 98 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 98 worker positions. The median offered wage is $85,384 a year against a median prevailing wage of $81,942, below the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($108,000). The most common prevailing wage level is Level I (40% of filings).
OFLC records 18 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $80,000; the employer reported 2,894 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.
No OSHA inspection of this employer in Arizona appears in the enforcement data since 2016. Inspections are recorded at the establishment; sites in other states are listed under those states.
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 334 (quartiles 0.0–1.5); "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 | 51 | 106,080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 52 | 108,298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 53 | 105,266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in Arizona. 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 334 | Arizona | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $0 | $27K | $20K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 0.0 | — | 21.2 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | — | — | $927 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | 1 | $0 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Sep 2011 – 26 Sep 2014 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1653452.
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 40%Level II 17%Level III 17%Level IV 22%Not stated 3%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 17-2112 | Arizona | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $85,384 | $108,000 | $111,072 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $68,800–$105,602 | $90,870–$133,300 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 57% | 57% | 60% | 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, Validation Engineers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Engineer- Development II | 11 | $105,602 |
| Engineer- Manufacturing I | 11 | $71,136 |
| Engineer- Manufacturing I USA | 4 | $67,517 |
| Engineer- Manufacturing II USA | 4 | $85,800 |
| Engineer- Manufacturing II | 3 | $85,800 |
| Engineer- Manufacturing Principal | 3 | $112,611 |
| Engineer- Manufacturing Systems I | 2 | — |
| Engineer- Development II USA | 2 | — |
| Engineer- Manufacturing III | 2 | — |
| Developer I- MES | 2 | — |
| Lead- Operations MES | 2 | — |
| Analyst- IT III | 2 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Validation Engineers | 36 | $108,000 |
| Materials Engineers | 17 | $120,000 |
| Data Scientists | 10 | $123,741 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 9 | $114,808 |
| Software Developers | 4 | $138,494 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 2 | $107,146 |
| Industrial Production Managers | 2 | $140,181 |
| Accountants and Auditors | 2 | $94,973 |
Worksite states
Ohio 73 · Louisiana 10 · Alabama 6 · Arizona 4 · California 3 · Virginia 1 · South Carolina 1
Visa classes: H-1B 96, H-1B1 Chile 1, H-1B1 Singapore 1. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Arizona); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Engineer - Manufacturing II | 14 |
| Engineer - Manufacturing | 2 |
| Manager- Business Development, US | 1 |
| Operations Manager – Module Operations | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Mechatronics Engineers | 14 |
| Marketing Managers | 1 |
| General and Operations 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 First Solar, Inc.?
No OSHA inspection of First Solar, Inc. in Arizona appears in the enforcement data since 2016.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
No OSHA record, so no penalties to report.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from First Solar, Inc.?
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 case involving the employer and recorded no back wages.
Does First Solar, Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 98 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 97 were certified. The median offered wage is $85,384 a year; the most common job title is Engineer- Development II.
Does First Solar, Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 18 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 16 of them certified.
Does First Solar, Inc. 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 First Solar, Inc.?
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. 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 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.