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Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
OSHA: 5 insp.Injuries: no recordLabor: no recordImmigration: 406 LCAContracts: not listed
Across the sources on this site, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Blacksburg, Virginia) appears in 5 OSHA inspections, 406 labor condition applications and 27 PERM applications.
OSHA opened 5 inspections at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University sites in Virginia since 2016, issuing 5 citations, 4 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $0, $0 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
It filed 406 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 406 worker positions. The median offered wage is $82,000 a year against a median prevailing wage of $67,101, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($100,000). The most common prevailing wage level is Level I (45% of filings).
OFLC records 27 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $102,794; the employer reported 13,000 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 611 | Virginia | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $0 | $1,634 | $3,304 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 6% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 20% | — | 47% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.37 | Maintenance, safeguards and operational features for exit routes | 1 |
| 1910.212 | Machinery and machine guarding, general requirements | 1 |
| 1910.242 | Hand and portable powered tools and equipment, general | 1 |
| 1910.303 | Electrical, general requirements | 1 |
| 1910.106 | Flammable liquids | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2026 | Programmed related · Safety | Complete | 5 (4 S/W/R) | $0 | Final order | 1910.37(b)(5) (Serious), 1910.212(a)(1) (Serious), 1910.242(b) (Serious), 1910.303(g)(2)(i) (Serious), 1910.106(e)(9)(iii) |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 3 Jan 2024 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 5 Sep 2017 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 25 Apr 2016 | Referral · 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 Virginia 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.
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names this employer in Virginia in the data since fiscal year 2005.
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 45%Level II 23%Level III 8%Level IV 3%Not stated 21%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 25-1032 | Virginia | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $82,000 | $100,000 | $115,000 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $66,032–$102,627 | $85,124–$112,000 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 68% | 81% | 67% | 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, Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 57 | $107,206 |
| Postdoctoral Associate | 51 | $68,053 |
| Research Associate | 28 | $75,562 |
| Research Scientist | 27 | $79,456 |
| Instructor | 10 | $52,000 |
| Senior Research Associate | 8 | $73,738 |
| Research Assistant Professor | 6 | $101,740 |
| Assistant Professor - Computer Science | 5 | $132,000 |
| Rotating Intern | 5 | $50,500 |
| Collegiate Assistant Professor | 4 | $103,921 |
| Coordinator for ExperienceVT | 4 | $53,409 |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor in Geography | 3 | $89,336 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 37 | $100,000 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 20 | $75,000 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 18 | $87,077 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 17 | $106,000 |
| Chemists | 13 | $88,508 |
| Physicists | 12 | $85,588 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 11 | $185,000 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 11 | $107,146 |
Worksite states
Virginia 386 · District of Columbia 12 · Illinois 2 · Arizona 2 · Maryland 1 · Colorado 1 · Texas 1 · South Carolina 1
Visa classes: H-1B 404, E-3 Australian 2. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Virginia); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 3 |
| Assistant Professor in Glycoscience | 2 |
| Clinical Assistant Professor, Equine Surgery | 1 |
| Data Scientist | 1 |
| Assistant Director, Strategic Analysis | 1 |
| Research Scientist | 1 |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 1 |
| Asst Prof in Stochastic Differential Equations and Analysis | 1 |
| Associate Solutions Architect | 1 |
| Java Developer | 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 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University?
Yes. OSHA records 5 inspections at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University sites in Virginia since 2016, most recently opened 6 May 2026.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
5 citations with current penalties totalling $0. 1 inspection has a final order on every citation, 0 have a contested citation and 4 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 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University?
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in Virginia in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Does Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 406 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 396 were certified. The median offered wage is $82,000 a year; the most common job title is Assistant Professor.
Does Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 27 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 21 of them certified.
Does Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University 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 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University?
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.