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Walgreen Co.
OSHA: 4 insp.Injuries: no recordLabor: 4 casesImmigration: 116 LCAContracts: not listed
Across the sources on this site, Walgreen Co. (Deerfield, Illinois) appears in 4 OSHA inspections, 4 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases, 116 labor condition applications and 11 PERM applications.
OSHA opened 4 inspections at Walgreen Co. sites in Illinois since 2016, issuing 1 citation. Current penalties total $14,188, $3,547 per inspection, close to the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 4 compliance actions involving Walgreen Co., recording $8,120 in back wages agreed to pay for 19 employees, under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Family and Medical Leave Act.
It filed 116 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 116 worker positions. The median offered wage is $153,959 a year against a median prevailing wage of $127,452, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($136,791). The most common prevailing wage level is Level II (37% of filings).
OFLC records 11 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $144,600; the employer reported 261,000 employees on payroll.
Is this the same company? The sources spell the name differently and were matched by normalised name and state: OSHA: Walgreen Co.; WHD: Walgreens; OFLC LCA: Walgreen Co.; OFLC PERM: Walgreen Co.. 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 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 446 | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $3,547 | $2,381 | $5,775 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 4% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 25% | — | 61% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1904.5 | — | 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 Feb 2026 | Referral · Health | Records only | 1 | $14,188 | Final order | 1904.5(b)(4)(iii) |
| 14 Sep 2022 | Monitoring · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 12 Aug 2022 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 10 May 2021 | Monitoring · 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 Illinois 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 446 | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $2,030 | $7,037 | $12K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 4.8 | — | 13.5 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $427 | — | $910 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 20 | $8,120 |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 1 | $0 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2014 – 14 Jul 2015 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 11 Jul 2010 – 8 Jul 2012 | 20 | $8,120 | 19 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 15 Sep 2009 – 14 Sep 2011 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 13 Apr 2005 – 22 Apr 2005 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1756913, 1639639, 1630724, 1404124.
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 20%Level II 37%Level III 17%Level IV 20%Not stated 6%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 29-1051 | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $153,959 | $136,791 | $123,656 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $139,459–$168,168 | $123,094–$149,822 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 57% | 77% | 47% | 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, Pharmacists, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacist | 28 | $132,076 |
| Pharmacy Manager | 24 | $156,539 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 12 | $161,636 |
| Software Engineer | 10 | $153,120 |
| Senior Software Engineer 2 | 6 | $162,500 |
| Software Engineer II | 3 | $135,000 |
| Lead Software Engineer | 3 | $170,000 |
| Senior Data Scientist | 3 | $164,400 |
| Principal Data Engineer 1 | 2 | — |
| Software Engineer 2 | 2 | — |
| Senior Software Engineer I | 2 | — |
| Senior Data Scientist 2 | 2 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacists | 53 | $136,791 |
| Software Developers | 51 | $138,494 |
| Data Scientists | 8 | $123,741 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 1 | $114,808 |
| Database Architects | 1 | $139,725 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 1 | $200,006 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 1 | $185,000 |
Worksite states
Illinois 37 · Washington 23 · Texas 6 · Florida 6 · Wisconsin 5 · Ohio 4 · Minnesota 4 · California 4
Visa classes: H-1B 116. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Illinois); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Pharmacist | 4 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 |
| Senior Analytics Analyst | 1 |
| Software Engineer | 1 |
| Pharmacy Manager | 1 |
| Sr. Software Engineer (RxR) | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Pharmacists | 5 |
| Software Developers | 5 |
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 Walgreen Co.?
Yes. OSHA records 4 inspections at Walgreen Co. sites in Illinois since 2016, most recently opened 20 Feb 2026.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
1 citation with current penalties totalling $14,188. 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 Walgreen Co.?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $8,120 in back wages agreed to pay across 4 cases, for 19 employees.
Does Walgreen Co. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 116 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 115 were certified. The median offered wage is $153,959 a year; the most common job title is Pharmacist.
Does Walgreen Co. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 11 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 10 of them certified.
Does Walgreen Co. 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 Walgreen Co.?
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: Walgreen Co.; WHD: Walgreens; OFLC LCA: Walgreen Co.; OFLC PERM: Walgreen Co.). 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.