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Virginia 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.

Virginia has 2,497 employers with a page on this site. OSHA opened 24,865 inspections in the state since 2016, issuing 43,351 citations with current penalties of $82M (3.2% of the national total).

The Wage and Hour Division concluded 8,663 compliance actions with $206M in back wages agreed to pay for 131,393 employees, $24K per case against $13K nationally.

Employers headquartered in Virginia filed 30,293 labor condition applications (median offered wage $115,000; national $122,221) and 7,524 PERM applications. Establishments reporting injuries to OSHA for 2025 employed 1,442,433 people with a total recordable case rate of 3.5 per 100 full-time workers, close to the 3.5 across all reporting establishments.

2,497employer pagesA–Z list
24,865OSHA inspections since 20163.2% of US
$206Mback wages agreed to pay8,663 concluded cases
30,293H-1B labor condition applicationsmedian wage $115,000

Per-capita context

Per 100,000 residents (2025 population estimate)VirginiaUS
OSHA inspections opened, per year25.520.6
OSHA citations issued, per year44.438.2
WHD cases concluded since fiscal year 200597.6107.3
Back wages agreed to pay since fiscal year 2005, per resident$23.16$14.00
H-1B labor condition applications, FY2025217.8174.0

Resident population: US Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates (Virginia: 8,880,107). 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 23 Sep 2026.

Inspections by year

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26
Inspections opened per year in Virginia; 2016: 4,542 citations, $5.9M · 2017: 4,338 citations, $4.6M · 2018: 4,539 citations, $6.6M · 2019: 4,543 citations, $7.0M · 2020: 2,645 citations, $4.6M · 2021: 2,983 citations, $4.9M · 2022: 4,103 citations, $7.6M · 2023: 4,069 citations, $12M · 2024: 4,737 citations, $12M · 2025: 5,059 citations, $12M · 2026: 1,793 citations, $4.8M.
MeasureVirginiaUS
Citations per inspection1.71.9
Current penalty per inspection$3,306$3,759
Inspections with a contested citation6%8%
Inspections per 10,000 employees reporting injuries (per year)15.712.6

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

StandardSubjectCitations
1910.1200Hazard communication3,199
1926.501Duty to have fall protection2,640
1910.134Respiratory protection1,966
1926.451Scaffolds, general requirements1,605
1910.303Electrical, general requirements1,559
1910.305Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment1,552
1910.157Portable fire extinguishers1,259
1926.1053Ladders1,221
1926.50Medical services and first aid1,063
1910.178Powered industrial trucks1,021

Inspection types

TypeInspections
Planned10,398
Complaint5,638
Referral2,961
Programmed related2,896
Unprogrammed related1,379
Accident527

Employers with the most inspections

EmployerCityInspections
Waco, IncRadford80
Virginia Department of TransportationRichmond70
J & J Clearing & Demolition, Inc.Norfolk58
Thomas Builders of Virginia, Inc.Lynchburg42
The Whiting-Turner Contracting CompanyNorfolk41
US Postal ServiceNorfolk39
East Coast Abatement Company, Inc.Norfolk38
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyDanville38
United Parcel Service IncRichmond34
Semco Services Inc.Charlottesville33
HITT Contracting Inc.Falls Church32
Southern Environmental Services Inc.Charlottesville32
Breeden Construction LLCVirginia Beach30
Varney, Inc.Roanoke30
E. Luke Greene Co. Inc.Roanoke29

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

24/1024/1124/1225/0125/0225/0325/0425/0525/0625/0725/0825/0925/1025/1125/1226/0126/0226/0326/0426/0526/0626/0726/08
Citations issued per month in Virginia, last 23 months.

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

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Back wages agreed to pay by year in Virginia since 2010; 2010: 428 cases · 2011: 528 cases · 2012: 594 cases · 2013: 586 cases · 2014: 422 cases · 2015: 368 cases · 2016: 284 cases · 2017: 382 cases · 2018: 446 cases · 2019: 356 cases · 2020: 379 cases · 2021: 417 cases · 2022: 312 cases · 2023: 301 cases · 2024: 186 cases · 2025: 109 cases · 2026: 13 cases.

Acts

ActViolationsBack wages
Service Contract Act53,414$88M
Fair Labor Standards Act110,827$87M
Davis-Bacon and Related Acts7,604$19M
H-1B provisions1,942$7.7M
H-2A provisions6,362$674K
Family and Medical Leave Act3,284$464K
H-2B provisions780$386K
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act868$22K
Employee Polygraph Protection Act4$6,000
FLSA subminimum wage, full-time students56$84

Employers with the largest back wages

EmployerCityBack wages
CarePeople Home HealthCentreville$3,935,771
Peregrine Technical Solutions, LLCYorktown$2,948,662
Telos CorporationAshburn$2,880,033
LaserShip, Inc.Vienna$2,532,445
Prosegur Services Group, Inc.Herndon$1,830,002
ECS Federal, LLCFairfax$1,801,646
Apex Systems, LLCGlen Allen$1,470,490
reliance medical transportVirginia Beach$1,179,555
Linxx Global Solutions LLCVirginia Beach$963,286
Excellent Commercial Cleaning, Inc.Portsmouth$891,283
AmentumVirginia Beach$675,680
Precon Marine IncChesapeake$671,659
Diligent Group LLCSterling$627,132
Nestle USA, IncArlington$578,824
Village Concrete, Inc.McLean$573,043

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

FY2025FY2026 (to date)
Labor condition applications by employers headquartered in Virginia; FY2025: 18,965 certified · FY2026: 10,727 certified. The latest fiscal year is partial.

Prevailing wage levels

Level I 22%Level II 45%Level III 15%Level IV 10%Not stated 8%

Top occupations

OccupationFilings
Software Developers11,936
Data Scientists3,473
Computer Occupations, All Other1,480
Computer Programmers1,131
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers1,107
Computer and Information Systems Managers710
Database Administrators564
Computer Systems Analysts537
Operations Research Analysts462
Network and Computer Systems Administrators394

Employers with the most H-1B applications

EmployerCityApplications
Amazon.Com Services LLCArlington4,464
Capital One Services, LLCRichmond1,566
CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.Fairfax1,313
Capital One, National AssociationRichmond927
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.Arlington496
The University of VirginiaCharlottesville424
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityBlacksburg406
Navy Federal Credit UnionVienna319
Sapphire Software Solutions, Inc.Ashburn296
Federal Home Loan Mortgage CorporationMcLean264
Vista Applied Solutions Group IncHerndon236
Cosmic Healthcare, LLCAldie188
Antra, Inc.Sterling176
Idexcel IncHerndon169
TORC Robotics, Inc.Blacksburg168

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

FY2024FY2025FY2026 (to date)
PERM applications by employers in Virginia; FY2024: 434 certified · FY2025: 3,453 certified · FY2026: 3,038 certified.
EmployerCityPERM applications
CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.Fairfax376
Sapphire Software Solutions, Inc.Ashburn373
Crestline Hotels & Resort, LLCFairfax210
Comtrix Solutions, Inc.Aldie172
Sweet Virginia Care, LLC DBA Brightstar Care of LeesburgAshburn152
Antra, Inc.Sterling144
Cosmic Healthcare, LLCAldie127
Care With LoveFairfax99
Navy Federal Credit UnionVienna92
Federal Home Loan Mortgage CorporationMcLean83

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.

YearEstablishmentsEmployeesRecordable casesTRC rateDART rateUS TRC rate
20239,8631,276,00035,0993.62.23.8
20249,8911,217,51034,2393.52.33.7
20259,3981,442,43332,6703.52.23.5

Contracts USAspending

Top federal contract recipients over the latest twelve months whose employer record is in this state; the total covers the whole company.

EmployerCityObligations
Lockheed Martin CorporationFort Belvoir$46B
The Boeing CompanyArlington$28B
Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationDulles$13B
RTX CorporationArlington$11B
General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.Falls Church$11B
L3Harris Technologies IncLynchburg$6.4B
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.McLean$5.8B
BAE Systems, Inc.Manassas$4.8B
Science Applications International CorporationReston$3.9B
Huntington Ingalls IndustriesNewport News$3.8B

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 Virginia?

24,865 inspections opened since 2016, issuing 43,351 citations with $82M in current penalties. 6% of inspections have a contested citation.

Which OSHA standards are cited most in Virginia?

1910.1200 (Hazard communication); 1926.501 (Duty to have fall protection); 1910.134 (Respiratory protection)

How much in back wages did the Wage and Hour Division find due in Virginia?

$205,672,088 agreed to pay across 8,663 concluded cases for 131,393 employees, since fiscal year 2005.

Which Virginia employers file the most H-1B applications?

Amazon.Com Services LLC (4,464), Capital One Services, LLC (1,566), CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. (1,313)

What is the injury rate in Virginia?

Establishments reporting for 2025 had a total recordable case rate of 3.5 per 100 full-time workers (all reporting establishments: 3.5).

Sources: DOL enforcement data (OSHA through 23 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.