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Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.
OSHA: 6 insp.Injuries: 3 yrLabor: 17 casesImmigration: 6466 LCAContracts: not listed
Across the sources on this site, Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. (Bentonville, Arkansas) appears in 6 OSHA inspections, 17 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases, 6,466 labor condition applications, 1,595 PERM applications and 3 years of injury summaries.
OSHA opened 6 inspections at Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. sites in Arkansas since 2016, issuing 3 citations, 2 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $20,500 (initially $24,933), $3,417 per inspection, close to the national figure of $3,759. 1 inspection has at least one contested citation.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 37,445 employees and 996 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 3.2 per 100 full-time workers, about the same as the pooled rate for its industry (3.3; median establishment 2.4).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 17 compliance actions involving Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., recording $40,662,964 in back wages agreed to pay for 95,397 employees and assessing $492,615 in civil money penalties, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA child labor provisions and Family and Medical Leave Act.
It filed 6,466 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 6,466 worker positions. The median offered wage is $141,574 a year against a median prevailing wage of $113,735, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($138,494). The most common prevailing wage level is Level III (37% of filings).
OFLC records 1,595 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $139,732; the employer reported 176,317 employees on payroll.
Is this the same company? The sources spell the name differently and were matched by normalised name and state: OSHA: Walmart Inc.; WHD: Wal-Mart; ITA: Walmart Inc.; OFLC LCA: Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.; OFLC PERM: Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.. Subsidiaries, franchisees and entities in other states have separate records. Matching methodology.
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 452 | Arkansas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $3,417 | $8,263 | $6,562 | $3,759 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 17% | — | 6% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 50% | — | 56% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.28 | Duty to have fall protection and falling object protection | 2 |
| 1904.39 | Reporting fatalities and severe injuries to OSHA | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2025 | Fatality/catastrophe · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 27 Jul 2024 | Unprogrammed related · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 13 Sep 2023 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $12,098 | Contested, final order | 1910.28(b)(15) (Serious) |
| 15 Jul 2021 | Planned · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $7,802 | Final order | 1910.28(b)(1)(i) (Serious) |
| 20 Nov 2019 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 7 Mar 2016 | Referral · Health | Partial | 1 | $600 | Final order | 1904.39(a)(2) |
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 452 (quartiles 0.0–4.3); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 146 | 41,636 | 73,184,390 | 0 | 295 | 343 | 601 | 3.4 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 150 | 40,491 | 72,644,668 | 1 | 332 | 404 | 616 | 3.7 | 2.0 |
| 2025 | 147 | 37,445 | 62,008,531 | 1 | 199 | 276 | 520 | 3.2 | 1.5 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in Arkansas. 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 452 | Arkansas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $2.4M | $28K | $14K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 5,611.6 | — | 29.2 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $426 | — | $480 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 95399 | $40,662,964 |
| FLSA child labor provisions | 16 | $0 |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 2 | $0 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jul 2022 – 19 Jul 2024 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 20 Oct 2021 – 19 Oct 2023 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 31 Mar 2015 – 30 Mar 2017 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 11 Mar 2012 – 10 Mar 2014 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
| 3 Dec 2009 – 8 Apr 2010 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
| 29 Aug 2005 – 27 Aug 2007 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 11 Feb 2000 – 30 Jul 2007 | 76664 | $30,857,205 | 76664 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 24 Jun 2004 – 31 Mar 2007 | 4515 | $4,594,735 | 4515 | $463,815 | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 16 Jun 2000 – 31 Jan 2007 | 6881 | $2,478,757 | 6881 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 31 Jan 2001 – 31 Jan 2007 | 2688 | $1,035,239 | 2688 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 31 Jan 2001 – 31 Jan 2007 | 4495 | $1,654,184 | 4495 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 3 Feb 2002 – 31 Jan 2007 | 154 | $42,844 | 154 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 14 Sep 2004 – 13 Sep 2006 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 26 Jun 2004 – 23 Jun 2006 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 30 Jan 2001 – 19 Aug 2001 | 2 | $0 | 0 | $3,600 | FLSA child labor provisions | Concluded |
| 8 Jan 1999 – 5 Jan 2001 | 5 | $0 | 0 | $9,000 | FLSA child labor provisions | Concluded |
| 1 Oct 1998 – 9 Aug 2000 | 9 | $0 | 0 | $16,200 | FLSA child labor provisions | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1994820, 1985787, 1816049, 1719409, 1579052, ….
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 6%Level II 24%Level III 37%Level IV 4%Not stated 28%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1252 | Arkansas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $141,574 | $138,494 | $135,000 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $120,000–$153,831 | $112,923–$170,239 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 30% | 53% | 41% | 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 Engineer III | 1233 | $117,000 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 712 | $139,001 |
| Senior, Software Engineer | 500 | $150,080 |
| Staff Software Engineer | 325 | $153,301 |
| Staff, Software Engineer | 220 | $153,301 |
| Senior Manager, Software Engineering | 196 | $166,391 |
| Senior Product Manager | 126 | $151,119 |
| Senior Data Scientist | 121 | $170,669 |
| Manager, Advanced Analytics | 119 | $119,999 |
| SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER | 116 | $150,080 |
| Staff Product Manager | 100 | $168,595 |
| Data Engineer III | 100 | $120,000 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 4035 | $138,494 |
| Data Scientists | 1491 | $123,741 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 420 | $114,808 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 92 | $200,006 |
| Validation Engineers | 82 | $108,000 |
| Logisticians | 60 | $91,098 |
| Information Security Analysts | 55 | $135,000 |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers | 51 | $113,000 |
Worksite states
Arkansas 3255 · California 2323 · New Jersey 276 · Washington 209 · Texas 174 · Virginia 123 · Colorado 31 · Illinois 14
Visa classes: H-1B 6441, E-3 Australian 22, H-1B1 Singapore 1, H-1B1 Chile 2. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Arkansas); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer III | 423 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 318 |
| Senior Data Scientist | 91 |
| Staff Software Engineer | 78 |
| Data Engineer III | 46 |
| Senior Product Manager | 34 |
| Senior Data Analyst | 31 |
| Staff Data Scientist | 26 |
| Data Scientist | 24 |
| Senior Data Engineer | 23 |
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.
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 Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.?
Yes. OSHA records 6 inspections at Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. sites in Arkansas since 2016, most recently opened 13 May 2025.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
3 citations with current penalties totalling $20,500. 3 inspections have a final order on every citation, 1 has 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 Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $40,662,964 in back wages agreed to pay across 17 cases, for 95,397 employees.
Does Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 6,466 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 6310 were certified. The median offered wage is $141,574 a year; the most common job title is Software Engineer III.
Does Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 1,595 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 1585 of them certified.
Does Wal-Mart Associates, 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 Wal-Mart Associates, 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; the sources spell the name differently (OSHA: Walmart Inc.; WHD: Wal-Mart; ITA: Walmart Inc.; OFLC LCA: Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.; OFLC PERM: Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.). 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.