cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this dataset, please cite it as: Probative Growth, State labor agency wage claims: figures printed in state reports, 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753046. Source: Probative, State labor agency wage claims: figures printed in state reports, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753046, licensed CC BY 4.0."
type: dataset
title: "State labor agency wage claims: figures printed in state reports"
authors:
  - name: "Probative Growth"
    website: "https://probativegrowth.com"
version: "1.0.0"
date-released: 2026-10-29
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.23753046
url: "https://probativegrowth.com/data/state-wage-claims/"
license: CC-BY-4.0
abstract: "Wage-claim counts that state labor agencies print in their own reports, one row per figure with the document's URL and a verbatim quote: the California Labor Commissioner's Office (wage claims filed in 2021, from its Labor Code section 96.1 report) and the Washington Department of Labor & Industries (wage complaints in state fiscal years 2024 and 2025, from its Workplace Rights Investigations reports). Each quote is re-checked against the document at each refresh."
keywords:
  - "state wage claims"
  - "California Labor Commissioner wage claims"
  - "Washington L&I wage complaints"
  - "unpaid wages by state"
  - "wage theft complaints state agency"
  - "employment lawyer market data"