{"meta":{"dataset":"wage-enforcement","title":"Wage-and-hour and OSHA enforcement by county, state, act and industry (U.S. Department of Labor)","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23744226","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23744226","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23744225","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Wage-and-hour and OSHA enforcement by county, state, act and industry (U.S. Department of Labor), version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23744226, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Wage-and-hour and OSHA enforcement by county, state, act and industry (U.S. Department of Labor) (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23744226","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts and sums of federal enforcement findings, kept for research and marketing planning. A WHD back-wage finding or an OSHA citation is the agency's finding, not a court judgment, and employers can contest them. Rights and deadlines in a wage or injury matter 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/wage-enforcement/jurisdictions/US.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/wage-enforcement/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"US","records":[{"id":"wage-enforcement:US","dataset":"wage-enforcement","jurisdiction":"US","county":null,"countyName":null,"stateName":null,"note":null,"level":"us","year":2025,"fiscalYears":"FY2016-FY2025","status":"P","text":"United States: in FY2025 the Wage and Hour Division concluded 7,528 cases dated there (6,403 with violations), finding $137,068,963 in back wages owed to 89,450 employees and $16,841,955 in civil money penalties; OSHA opened 68,703 inspections (17,051 after a complaint, 4,395 after an accident, fatality or catastrophe) and cited 133,898 violations (78,287 serious, 565 willful, 5,196 repeat) with $329,091,697 in current penalties. FY2016-FY2025: 134,377 wage cases, $2,094,507,450 in back wages owed to 1,732,370 employees; 687,333 OSHA inspections, 1,398,731 violations. 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