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Google LLC
OSHA: 4 insp.Injuries: no recordLabor: 1 caseImmigration: 16421 LCAContracts: not listed
The federal record for Google LLC, Mountain View, California, consists of 4 OSHA inspections, 1 concluded Wage and Hour Division case, 16,421 labor condition applications and 1 PERM application; the employer is classified under Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.
OSHA opened 4 inspections at Google LLC sites in California since 2016, issuing 5 citations. Current penalties total $3,750 (initially $7,005), $938 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,759. 2 inspections have at least one contested citation.
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 compliance action involving Google LLC, recording no back wages.
It filed 16,421 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 17,708 worker positions. The median offered wage is $185,576 a year against a median prevailing wage of $151,480, above the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($138,494). The most common prevailing wage level is Level II (45% of filings).
OFLC records 1 PERM labor certification application from the employer; the employer reported 14,970 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 23 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 541 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $938 | $2,235 | $3,727 | $3,759 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 50% | — | 27% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 50% | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3203(A) | — | 2 |
| 342(A) | — | 1 |
| 3205(C) | — | 1 |
| 3317(A) | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2023 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 27 May 2022 | Fatality/catastrophe · Safety | Partial | 3 | $3,750 | Contested, final order | 342(A), 3203(A), 3205(C) |
| 7 Feb 2017 | Unprogrammed related · Health | Partial | 2 | $0 | Contested, final order | 3203(A), 3317(A) |
| 15 Mar 2016 | Unprogrammed related · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed |
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.
No Form 300A summary for this employer in California is in the Injury Tracking Application data for 2023, 2024, 2025. Only establishments in covered industries with 20 or more employees (100 or more in some industries) must submit.
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 541 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $0 | $27K | $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 |
|---|
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2017 – 8 Jun 2018 | 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: 1874407.
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 1%Level II 45%Level III 19%Level IV 10%Not stated 26%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1252 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $185,576 | $138,494 | $156,853 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $162,000–$200,064 | $112,923–$170,239 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 46% | 53% | 42% | 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, Software Developers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 9888 | $183,500 |
| Research Scientist | 386 | $211,000 |
| Technical Program Manager | 372 | $193,000 |
| Product Manager | 371 | $198,471 |
| Program Manager | 312 | $190,000 |
| Data Scientist | 273 | $188,000 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 241 | $231,000 |
| UX Designer | 167 | $177,500 |
| Solutions Consultant | 134 | $151,500 |
| Customer Engineer | 127 | $145,500 |
| Silicon Generalist | 125 | $187,000 |
| Software Engineer, Site Reliability | 101 | $167,000 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 11145 | $138,494 |
| Data Scientists | 1026 | $123,741 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 583 | $185,000 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 538 | $114,808 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | 518 | $170,500 |
| Sales Engineers | 423 | $146,153 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 328 | $85,000 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 212 | $200,006 |
Worksite states
California 11198 · Washington 1875 · New York 1756 · Texas 476 · Illinois 188 · Massachusetts 186 · Georgia 185 · Colorado 122
Visa classes: H-1B 16161, E-3 Australian 198, H-1B1 Chile 27, H-1B1 Singapore 35. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (California); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer III, AI/ML | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 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 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 Google LLC?
Yes. OSHA records 4 inspections at Google LLC sites in California since 2016, most recently opened 30 Oct 2023.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
5 citations with current penalties totalling $3,750. 2 inspections have a final order on every citation, 2 have a contested citation and 2 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 Google LLC?
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 case involving the employer and recorded no back wages.
Does Google LLC sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 16,421 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 16281 were certified. The median offered wage is $185,576 a year; the most common job title is Software Engineer.
Does Google LLC sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 1 PERM application in fiscal years 2024–2026, 1 of them certified.
Does Google 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 Google 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 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.