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The University of Phoenix, Inc.
OSHA: no recordInjuries: no recordLabor: 5 casesImmigration: 98 LCAContracts: not listed
The University of Phoenix, Inc. is an employer in Phoenix, Arizona in Educational services. Federal records hold 5 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases, 98 labor condition applications and 17 PERM applications.
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 5 compliance actions involving The University of Phoenix, Inc., recording $4,778,286 in back wages agreed to pay for 4,597 employees, under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Family and Medical Leave Act.
It filed 98 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 98 worker positions. The median offered wage is $112,583 a year against a median prevailing wage of $105,976, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($138,494). The most common prevailing wage level is Level II (26% of filings).
OFLC records 17 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $118,927; the employer reported 3,436 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.
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.
No Form 300A summary for this employer in Arizona 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 611 | Arizona | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $956K | $14K | $20K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 919.4 | — | 21.2 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $1,039 | — | $927 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 4598 | $4,777,621 |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 1 | $665 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2009 – 5 Oct 2011 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 31 Aug 2010 – 6 Jul 2011 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 8 Jun 2009 – 17 Aug 2009 | 1 | $665 | 1 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
| 24 Nov 2001 – 5 Jun 2004 | 3054 | $2,380,428 | 3053 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 1 Jun 2002 – 1 Jun 2004 | 1544 | $2,397,193 | 1543 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1583360, 1638569, 1565910, 1251044, 1369487.
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 23%Level II 26%Level III 3%Level IV 12%Not stated 36%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1252 | Arizona | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $112,583 | $138,494 | $111,072 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $100,500–$130,000 | $112,923–$170,239 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 49% | 53% | 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, Software Developers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Engineer II | 29 | $108,179 |
| Engineer III | 20 | $130,000 |
| Engineer I | 11 | $95,941 |
| Engineer IV | 8 | $161,343 |
| AI/ML Data Engineer | 3 | $100,500 |
| Business Analyst II | 3 | $81,391 |
| Data Scientist | 2 | — |
| Senior Data Scientist | 2 | — |
| Director Analytics Enablement | 1 | — |
| Data Gov Analyst | 1 | — |
| Senior Product Manager | 1 | — |
| Operations Research Data Scientist | 1 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 68 | $138,494 |
| Data Scientists | 15 | $123,741 |
| Statisticians | 6 | $127,075 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 2 | $200,006 |
| Information Security Analysts | 2 | $135,000 |
| Database Architects | 2 | $139,725 |
| Software Developers, Applications | 1 | $95,181 |
| Business Intelligence Analysts | 1 | $100,000 |
Worksite states
Arizona 86 · Arkansas 3 · Missouri 2 · New Jersey 1 · Texas 1 · North Carolina 1 · Minnesota 1 · Pennsylvania 1
Visa classes: H-1B 98. 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 III | 11 |
| Engineer II | 1 |
| Manager, Data and Analytics | 1 |
| Senior Product Manager | 1 |
| Senior Search Analyst | 1 |
| Senior Data Scientist | 1 |
| Director Analytics Enablement | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 10 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 2 |
| Database Architects | 1 |
| Statisticians | 1 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 1 |
| Data Scientists | 1 |
Contracts USAspending.gov
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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 The University of Phoenix, Inc.?
No OSHA inspection of The University of Phoenix, 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 The University of Phoenix, Inc.?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $4,778,286 in back wages agreed to pay across 5 cases, for 4,597 employees.
Does The University of Phoenix, Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 98 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 96 were certified. The median offered wage is $112,583 a year; the most common job title is Engineer II.
Does The University of Phoenix, Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 17 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 16 of them certified.
Does The University of Phoenix, 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 The University of Phoenix, 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 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.