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Grocery Outlet Inc
OSHA: 3 insp.Injuries: 3 yrLabor: 1 caseImmigration: 6 LCAContracts: not listed
Across the sources on this site, Grocery Outlet Inc (Emeryville, California) appears in 3 OSHA inspections, 1 concluded Wage and Hour Division case, 6 labor condition applications, 2 PERM applications and 3 years of injury summaries.
OSHA opened 3 inspections at Grocery Outlet Inc sites in California since 2016, issuing 2 citations. Current penalties total $405, $135 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 931 employees and 34 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 4.1 per 100 full-time workers, about the same as the pooled rate for its industry (4.3; median establishment 3.3).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 compliance action involving Grocery Outlet Inc, recording no back wages.
It filed 6 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 6 worker positions. The median offered wage is $144,000 a year against a median prevailing wage of $130,520, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($138,494). The most common prevailing wage level is Level II (50% of filings).
OFLC records 2 PERM labor certification applications from the employer; the employer reported 942 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 445 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $135 | $3,217 | $3,729 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 27% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 33% | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3272(B) | — | 1 |
| 3203(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Aug 2026 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 21 May 2026 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 2 Mar 2016 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 2 | $405 | Final order | 3272(B), 3203(A) |
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 445 (quartiles 1.2–6.0); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | 1,054 | 1,415,839 | 0 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 8.1 | 7.8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 764 | 1,385,677 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 931 | 1,646,936 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
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 445 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $0 | $7,307 | $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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 2007 – 14 Feb 2009 | 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: 1536747.
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 17%Level II 50%Level III 33%Level IV 0%Not stated 0%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1252 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $144,000 | $138,494 | $156,853 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $110,000–$162,000 | $112,923–$170,239 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 67% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions Architect | 1 | — |
| Sr Data Analyst | 1 | — |
| Senior Manager, Internal Audit - IT | 1 | — |
| Assistant Inventory Planner | 1 | — |
| Senior Application Integration Lead | 1 | — |
| Talend Admin | 1 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 3 | $138,494 |
| Business Intelligence Analysts | 1 | $100,000 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 1 | $114,808 |
| Logisticians | 1 | $91,098 |
Worksite states
California 5 · Washington 1
Visa classes: H-1B 6. 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 |
|---|---|
| Inventory Planner | 1 |
| Data Quality Program Manager | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 1 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 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 Grocery Outlet Inc?
Yes. OSHA records 3 inspections at Grocery Outlet Inc sites in California since 2016, most recently opened 3 Aug 2026.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
2 citations with current penalties totalling $405. 1 inspection has a final order on every citation, 0 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 Grocery Outlet Inc?
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 case involving the employer and recorded no back wages.
Does Grocery Outlet Inc sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 6 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 6 were certified. The median offered wage is $144,000 a year; the most common job title is Solutions Architect.
Does Grocery Outlet Inc sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 2 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 2 of them certified.
Does Grocery Outlet 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 Grocery Outlet 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?
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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.