{"meta":{"dataset":"state-wage-claims","title":"State labor agency wage claims: figures printed in state reports","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23753046","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753046","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23753045","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"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.","citation":"Probative. (2026). State labor agency wage claims: figures printed in state reports (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753046","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts state agencies publish, kept for research and marketing planning. A claim is not a finding that wages are owed; rights and deadlines are for your own counsel.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-wage-claims/index.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/state-wage-claims/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"summary":"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. States whose pages block the fetcher or publish no count are not included.","key":"jurisdiction","count":3,"keys":[{"key":"CA","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-wage-claims/jurisdictions/CA.json","records":1},{"key":"WA","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-wage-claims/jurisdictions/WA.json","records":2}],"endpoints":{"key":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-wage-claims/jurisdictions/{jurisdiction}.json","all":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-wage-claims/state-wage-claims.json","search":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-wage-claims/search.json","changes":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-wage-claims/changes.json","csv":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-wage-claims/state-wage-claims.csv","openapi":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-wage-claims/openapi.json"},"records":[{"id":"state-wage-claims:CA-wage-claims-filed-cy2021","dataset":"state-wage-claims","jurisdiction":"CA","stateName":"California","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"California Labor Commissioner's Office (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement)","measure":"wage-claims-filed","period":"calendar year 2021","status":"P","text":"California, calendar year 2021: 18,609 wage claims filed, as printed in California Labor Commissioner's Office (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement)'s Wage Claims Adjudication Unit annual report, 2021 (Labor Code section 96.1). The agency calls this an historically low number of filings. Later years' reports were not found on the site.","value":18609,"unit":"wage claims filed","quote":"The number of claims filed in 2021 total 18,609","document":"Wage Claims Adjudication Unit annual report, 2021 (Labor Code section 96.1)","documentUrl":"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/Labor-Code-Section-96.1-2021.pdf","sources":[{"label":"California Labor Commissioner's Office (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement): Wage Claims Adjudication Unit annual report, 2021 (Labor Code section 96.1)","url":"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/Labor-Code-Section-96.1-2021.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"California Labor Commissioner's Office (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement)","url":"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/Labor-Code-Section-96.1-2021.pdf","release":"Wage Claims Adjudication Unit annual report, 2021 (Labor Code section 96.1)","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"Labor-Code-Section-96.1-2021.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"The agency calls this an historically low number of filings. Later years' reports were not found on the site.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-wage-claims:WA-wage-complaints-fy2024","dataset":"state-wage-claims","jurisdiction":"WA","stateName":"Washington","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Washington Department of Labor & Industries","measure":"wage-complaints","period":"state fiscal year 2024","status":"P","text":"Washington, state fiscal year 2024: 6,503 wage complaints received (of 9,127 workplace-rights complaints), as printed in Washington Department of Labor & Industries's Workplace Rights Investigations Report 2024. State fiscal year July 1 to June 30.","value":6503,"unit":"wage complaints received (of 9,127 workplace-rights complaints)","quote":"(6,503 of 9,127, or 71%) in FY 2024","document":"Workplace Rights Investigations Report 2024","documentUrl":"https://lni.wa.gov/agency/_docs/2024WorkplaceRightsInvestigationsReport.pdf","sources":[{"label":"Washington Department of Labor & Industries: Workplace Rights Investigations Report 2024","url":"https://lni.wa.gov/agency/_docs/2024WorkplaceRightsInvestigationsReport.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Washington Department of Labor & Industries","url":"https://lni.wa.gov/agency/_docs/2024WorkplaceRightsInvestigationsReport.pdf","release":"Workplace Rights Investigations Report 2024","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"2024WorkplaceRightsInvestigationsReport.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"State fiscal year July 1 to June 30.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-wage-claims:WA-wage-complaints-fy2025","dataset":"state-wage-claims","jurisdiction":"WA","stateName":"Washington","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Washington Department of Labor & Industries","measure":"wage-complaints","period":"state fiscal year 2025","status":"P","text":"Washington, state fiscal year 2025: 6,388 wage claims (of 9,189 workplace-rights complaints), as printed in Washington Department of Labor & Industries's Workplace Rights Investigations Report 2025. State fiscal year July 1 to June 30.","value":6388,"unit":"wage claims (of 9,189 workplace-rights complaints)","quote":"Wage Claims 6,388","document":"Workplace Rights Investigations Report 2025","documentUrl":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/ReportsToTheLegislature/Home/GetPDF?fileName=2025WorkplaceRightsInvestigationsReport_e35353a4-5859-46a5-a9d1-ef75b91155c7.pdf","sources":[{"label":"Washington Department of Labor & Industries: Workplace Rights Investigations Report 2025","url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/ReportsToTheLegislature/Home/GetPDF?fileName=2025WorkplaceRightsInvestigationsReport_e35353a4-5859-46a5-a9d1-ef75b91155c7.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Washington Department of Labor & Industries","url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/ReportsToTheLegislature/Home/GetPDF?fileName=2025WorkplaceRightsInvestigationsReport_e35353a4-5859-46a5-a9d1-ef75b91155c7.pdf","release":"Workplace Rights Investigations Report 2025","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"2025WorkplaceRightsInvestigationsReport.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"State fiscal year July 1 to June 30.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"}]}