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Microsoft Corporation
OSHA: 4 insp.Injuries: no recordLabor: 2 casesImmigration: 14461 LCAContracts: $477M
Microsoft Corporation is an employer in Redmond, Washington in Publishing industries. Federal records hold 4 OSHA inspections, 2 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases, 14,461 labor condition applications, 5,172 PERM applications and a federal contract recipient profile.
OSHA opened 4 inspections at Microsoft Corporation sites in Washington since 2016, issuing 4 citations. Current penalties total $0, $0 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,759. No citation is recorded as contested.
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 2 compliance actions involving Microsoft Corporation, recording no back wages, under the H-1B provisions.
It filed 14,461 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 26,206 worker positions. The median offered wage is $173,535 a year against a median prevailing wage of $146,578, above the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($138,494). The most common prevailing wage level is Level III (39% of filings).
OFLC records 5,172 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $143,858; the employer reported 774,000 employees on payroll.
USAspending lists Microsoft Corporation as a child recipient of $477M in federal contract obligations over the latest twelve months.
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 513 | Washington | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.0 | — | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $0 | — | $2,337 | $3,759 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 17% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 25% | — | 57% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 296-800-13020(1)(A) | — | 1 |
| 296-800-14005(1) | — | 1 |
| 296-800-16010 | — | 1 |
| 296-876-15005(2) | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep 2022 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 4 | $0 | Final order | 296-800-13020(1)(A), 296-800-14005(1), 296-800-16010, 296-876-15005(2) |
| 16 Oct 2018 | Unprogrammed related · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 20 Jul 2018 | Unprogrammed related · Safety | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 7 Feb 2018 | Complaint · 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 Washington 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 513 | Washington | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $0 | $3,927 | $17K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 0.0 | — | 14.4 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | — | — | $1,197 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B provisions | 1 | $0 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2008 – 28 Jan 2010 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | H-1B provisions | Concluded |
| 16 Jun 2006 – 10 Dec 2007 | 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: 1576922, 1489313.
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 7%Level II 38%Level III 39%Level IV 12%Not stated 4%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1252 | Washington | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $173,535 | $138,494 | $152,100 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $154,230–$194,352 | $112,923–$170,239 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 45% | 53% | 56% | 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 Engineering | 8898 | $166,435 |
| Product Management | 772 | $182,800 |
| Technical Program Management | 484 | $179,766 |
| Applied Sciences | 465 | $188,066 |
| Data Science | 421 | $169,936 |
| Silicon Engineering | 338 | $183,863 |
| Technical Support Engineering | 316 | $132,544 |
| Data Engineering | 167 | $174,056 |
| Cloud Solution Architecture | 147 | $169,100 |
| Product Design | 139 | $170,773 |
| Customer Experience Engineering | 117 | $169,551 |
| Hardware Engineering | 115 | $186,161 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 9021 | $138,494 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 1721 | $114,808 |
| Data Scientists | 1554 | $123,741 |
| Electrical Engineers | 356 | $121,459 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 294 | $85,000 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | 165 | $170,500 |
| Management Analysts | 148 | $124,000 |
| Sales Engineers | 142 | $146,153 |
Worksite states
Washington 9756 · California 1756 · Texas 881 · Georgia 478 · New York 317 · North Carolina 274 · Massachusetts 172 · New Jersey 143
Visa classes: H-1B 14300, E-3 Australian 85, H-1B1 Chile 38, H-1B1 Singapore 38. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Washington); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 2853 |
| Software Engineering | 578 |
| Product Management | 198 |
| Data and Applied Scientist | 86 |
| Technical Program Management | 78 |
| Silicon Engineer | 56 |
| Technical Support Engineer | 55 |
| Technical Program Manager | 54 |
| Product Manager | 46 |
| Data Science | 43 |
PERM occupations
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.
USAspending lists Microsoft Corporation among the 3,903 largest federal contract recipients. The full award list is on the recipient profile.
Contract obligations by fiscal year
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Obligations, FY2021–2026 | Share of the agencies shown |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $2.4B | 84% |
| Department of State | $150M | 5% |
| Department of Justice | $105M | 4% |
| Department of Agriculture | $87M | 3% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $65M | 2% |
| Social Security Administration | $54M | 2% |
The USAspending name is matched to this employer by normalised company name across all states; the total covers the whole company.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Microsoft Corporation?
Yes. OSHA records 4 inspections at Microsoft Corporation sites in Washington since 2016, most recently opened 20 Sep 2022.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
4 citations with current penalties totalling $0. 1 inspection has 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 Microsoft Corporation?
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 2 cases involving the employer and recorded no back wages.
Does Microsoft Corporation sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 14,461 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 14460 were certified. The median offered wage is $173,535 a year; the most common job title is Software Engineering.
Does Microsoft Corporation sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 5,172 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 4597 of them certified.
Does Microsoft Corporation hold federal contracts?
USAspending lists it among the largest contract recipients, with $477M obligated over the latest twelve months (recipient level: child); the largest awarding agency is the Department of Defense.
Have there been union elections at Microsoft Corporation?
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 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.