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California employers
OSHA inspections, Wage and Hour cases, H-1B and PERM filings, injury summaries and federal contracts for employers in the state, in the agencies' own terms.
California has 10,421 employers with a page on this site. OSHA opened 82,742 inspections in the state since 2016, issuing 160,300 citations with current penalties of $309M (10.7% of the national total).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 30,269 compliance actions with $456M in back wages agreed to pay for 328,078 employees, $15K per case against $13K nationally.
Employers headquartered in California filed 210,601 labor condition applications (median offered wage $156,853; national $122,221) and 54,797 PERM applications. Establishments reporting injuries to OSHA for 2025 employed 6,883,287 people with a total recordable case rate of 3.7 per 100 full-time workers, close to the 3.5 across all reporting establishments.
Per-capita context
| Per 100,000 residents (2025 population estimate) | California | US |
|---|---|---|
| OSHA inspections opened, per year | 19.1 | 20.6 |
| OSHA citations issued, per year | 37.0 | 38.1 |
| WHD cases concluded since fiscal year 2005 | 76.9 | 107.3 |
| Back wages agreed to pay since fiscal year 2005, per resident | $11.58 | $14.00 |
| H-1B labor condition applications, FY2025 | 302.4 | 174.0 |
Resident population: US Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates (California: 39,355,309). Records are attributed to the state of the establishment (OSHA), the employer address (WHD) or the employer's headquarters on the application (OFLC), so a state that hosts many headquarters shows more filings per resident.
OSHA inspections and citations
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
| Measure | California | US |
|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $3,729 | $3,754 |
| Inspections with a contested citation | 27% | 8% |
| Inspections per 10,000 employees reporting injuries (per year) | 10.9 | 12.6 |
The per-employee row divides average yearly inspections by employees reported on Form 300A summaries for 2025, a proxy for the covered workforce; it is not a population rate.
Most-cited standards
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 3203(A) | — | 10,110 |
| 3395(I) | — | 9,415 |
| 342(A) | — | 5,531 |
| 1509(A) | — | 4,828 |
| 1509(C) | — | 2,455 |
| 2340.16 | — | 2,399 |
| 5194(E)(1) | — | 2,221 |
| 3203(A)(4) | — | 1,914 |
| 461(A) | — | 1,874 |
| 1512(B) | — | 1,764 |
Inspection types
| Type | Inspections |
|---|---|
| Accident | 24,496 |
| Complaint | 21,799 |
| Planned | 17,929 |
| Unprogrammed related | 6,420 |
| Referral | 5,977 |
| Fatality/catastrophe | 3,310 |
Employers with the most inspections
| Employer | City | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| United Parcel Service Inc. | Los Angeles | 210 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Fremont | 111 |
| Costco Wholesale | Tracy | 101 |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | San Francisco | 97 |
| Target | Los Angeles | 96 |
| Foster Poultry Farms | Livingston | 93 |
| The Home Depot | San Diego | 82 |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Oakland | 79 |
| Sierra Pacific Industries | Red Bluff | 74 |
| Granite Construction Company | Watsonville | 71 |
| Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC | Martinez | 69 |
| Calmat Co | Irwindale | 61 |
| US Postal Service | Los Angeles | 61 |
| Timberworks Construction Inc | Sacramento | 60 |
| Pacific Bell Telephone Company | Los Angeles | 59 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Citations by month
Monthly pages: Aug 2026 · Jul 2026 · Jun 2026 · May 2026 · Apr 2026 · Mar 2026 · Feb 2026 · Jan 2026 · Dec 2025 · Nov 2025 · Oct 2025 · Sep 2025
Labor Wage and Hour Division
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
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 354,322 | $326M |
| Service Contract Act | 50,984 | $68M |
| Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | 11,497 | $25M |
| H-1B provisions | 2,952 | $16M |
| H-2A provisions | 30,314 | $10M |
| Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act | 30,715 | $3.8M |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 267,145 | $1.1M |
| H-2B provisions | 748 | $627K |
| Copeland Act | 52 | $55K |
| Employee Polygraph Protection Act | 262 | $20K |
Employers with the largest back wages
| Employer | City | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| California Cartage Company | Wilmington | $3,573,075 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | Sunnyvale | $3,346,196 |
| Alorica Inc. | Irvine | $3,193,839 |
| Nestle, USA | Modesto | $2,877,139 |
| National Consolidated Couriers, Inc | San Leandro | $2,500,000 |
| John Muir Health | Concord | $2,378,670 |
| Lange Trucking, Inc. | Pleasanton | $1,982,449 |
| California Professional Engineering Inc. | Irvine | $1,085,552 |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | San Francisco | $1,013,593 |
| General Atomics | Poway | $951,457 |
| General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. | San Diego | $945,001 |
| Citadel Roofing and Solar | Vacaville | $845,090 |
| Solar City | Folsom | $751,154 |
| Arizona Pipeline Company | Hesperia | $749,862 |
| The Regents of the University of California | Los Angeles | $746,746 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Immigration OFLC labor condition applications and PERM
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. Data through 30 Jun 2026.
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 13%Level II 29%Level III 20%Level IV 22%Not stated 16%
Top occupations
Employers with the most H-1B applications
| Employer | City | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | Mountain View | 16,421 |
| Apple Inc. | Cupertino | 11,998 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Menlo Park | 11,908 |
| Intel Corporation | Santa Clara | 4,560 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Santa Clara | 4,356 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | San Diego | 2,873 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | San Jose | 2,444 |
| PayPal, Inc. | San Jose | 2,326 |
| Adobe Inc. | San Jose | 2,234 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | Sunnyvale | 1,992 |
| ByteDance Inc. | San Jose | 1,957 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | San Francisco | 1,560 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | Santa Clara | 1,460 |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | Culver City | 1,390 |
| TikTok Inc. | Culver City | 1,380 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
PERM applications
| Employer | City | PERM applications |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Corporation | Santa Clara | 1,558 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Santa Clara | 1,490 |
| Apple Inc. | Cupertino | 1,396 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | San Jose | 954 |
| Akash Management, LLC | Pomona | 859 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | San Francisco | 765 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | Sunnyvale | 740 |
| ByteDance Inc. | San Jose | 681 |
| Adobe Inc. | San Jose | 656 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Menlo Park | 591 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Injuries Form 300A summaries
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.
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Recordable cases | TRC rate | DART rate | US TRC rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 40,138 | 6,774,419 | 213,553 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 39,764 | 6,838,318 | 197,629 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| 2025 | 40,945 | 6,883,287 | 182,466 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
Contracts USAspending
Top federal contract recipients over the latest twelve months whose employer record is in this state; the total covers the whole company.
| Employer | City | Obligations |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | San Diego | $46B |
| The Boeing Company | Huntington Beach | $28B |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | San Diego | $13B |
| McKesson Corporation | West Sacramento | $12B |
| Raytheon | Goleta | $11B |
| General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. | Irvine | $11B |
| BAE Systems | San Jose | $4.8B |
| Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | Livermore | $3.7B |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | Hawthorne | $3.5B |
| Amentum Services Inc | San Diego | $3.3B |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Questions and answers
How many OSHA inspections were there in California?
82,742 inspections opened since 2016, issuing 160,300 citations with $309M in current penalties. 27% of inspections have a contested citation.
Which OSHA standards are cited most in California?
3203(A); 3395(I); 342(A)
How much in back wages did the Wage and Hour Division find due in California?
$455,830,939 agreed to pay across 30,269 concluded cases for 328,078 employees, since fiscal year 2005.
Which California employers file the most H-1B applications?
Google LLC (16,421), Apple Inc. (11,998), Meta Platforms, Inc (11,908)
What is the injury rate in California?
Establishments reporting for 2025 had a total recordable case rate of 3.7 per 100 full-time workers (all reporting establishments: 3.5).
Sources: DOL enforcement data (OSHA through 14 Sep 2026, WHD through 15 Jun 2026), OSHA ITA Form 300A (2023, 2024, 2025), OFLC disclosure data (through 30 Jun 2026), USAspending. Totals count every record in the state, including employers below the page threshold. Methodology.