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The University of Texas at Austin
OSHA: no recordInjuries: no recordLabor: 2 casesImmigration: 483 LCAContracts: $99M
The University of Texas at Austin is an employer in Austin, Texas in Educational services. Federal records hold 2 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases, 483 labor condition applications, 26 PERM applications and a federal contract recipient profile.
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 2 compliance actions involving The University of Texas at Austin, recording $3,326 in back wages agreed to pay for 5 employees and assessing $1,100 in civil money penalties, under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It filed 483 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 483 worker positions. The median offered wage is $84,984 a year against a median prevailing wage of $59,500, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($87,964). The most common prevailing wage level is Level I (69% of filings).
OFLC records 26 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $100,000; the employer reported 24,000 employees on payroll.
USAspending lists University of Texas at Austin as a child recipient of $99M 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 14 Sep 2026.
No OSHA inspection of this employer in Texas 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 Texas 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 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $1,663 | $14K | $12K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 2.5 | — | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $665 | — | $941 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 5 | $3,326 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 2006 – 1 Feb 2008 | 5 | $3,326 | 5 | $1,100 | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 1 Nov 2006 – 1 Jun 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: 1501222, 1482212.
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 69%Level II 15%Level III 16%Level IV 0%Not stated 0%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 19-2042 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $84,984 | $87,964 | $105,997 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $65,562–$118,000 | $70,000–$117,000 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 84% | 66% | 63% | 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, Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 123 | $122,000 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 89 | $64,240 |
| Research Associate | 71 | $81,000 |
| Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III | 27 | $71,968 |
| Research Fellow | 22 | $66,669 |
| Assistant Professor of Instruction | 22 | $69,200 |
| Social Science/Humanities Research Associate V | 9 | $96,000 |
| Research Engineering/Scientist Associate IV | 8 | $97,051 |
| Professor | 7 | $180,000 |
| Research Engineering/Scientist Associate V | 7 | $80,000 |
| Associate Professor | 7 | $127,000 |
| Research Assistant Professor | 7 | $111,625 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | 30 | $87,964 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | 29 | $82,100 |
| Physicists | 23 | $85,588 |
| Social Science Research Assistants | 20 | $65,000 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 20 | $106,000 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 19 | $77,898 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 18 | $100,000 |
| Materials Scientists | 17 | $90,834 |
Worksite states
Texas 477 · Mississippi 2 · Massachusetts 1 · New Jersey 1 · Georgia 1 · Illinois 1
Visa classes: H-1B 477, E-3 Australian 6. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Texas); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 24 |
| Research Engineering Scientist/Associate IV | 1 |
| CARE Coordinator, Psychologist | 1 |
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 1 Oct 2026.
USAspending lists University of Texas at Austin among the 3,903 largest federal contract recipients. The full award list is on the recipient profile.
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 The University of Texas at Austin?
No OSHA inspection of The University of Texas at Austin in Texas 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 Texas at Austin?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $3,326 in back wages agreed to pay across 2 cases, for 5 employees.
Does The University of Texas at Austin sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 483 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 464 were certified. The median offered wage is $84,984 a year; the most common job title is Assistant Professor.
Does The University of Texas at Austin sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 26 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 22 of them certified.
Does The University of Texas at Austin hold federal contracts?
USAspending lists it among the largest contract recipients, with $99M obligated over the latest twelve months (recipient level: child).
Have there been union elections at The University of Texas at Austin?
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.