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State enforcement profile · #54 of 56 by penalties · AT/BELOW-US

American Samoa — lower-penalty enforcement profile

According to OSHA enforcement records (2010–2026), American Samoa has 189 employers in the federal enforcement record, with 434 OSHA inspections and $2.9M in penalties assessed. The state's Wage and Hour Division has recovered $2.0M in back wages across 78 enforcement cases.

189
Employers
434
Inspections
$2.9M
OSHA penalties
$2.0M
Back wages

The state in one line

American Samoa ranks #54 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 829 violations cited across 434 inspections and $2.0M in wages recovered for workers.

#54
of 56 states by penalties
1.91
violations per inspection
$15K
avg penalty per employer
78
WHD wage-theft cases

OSHA citation docket

State IMIS book AS · American Samoa AT/BELOW-US · HIGH-PPE

#54/56 · 434 insp · $2.9M

  • BOOK 189 employers
  • INSP 434 inspections
  • RANK #54 of 56
  • PEN $2.9M
  • RATE 1.91 viol/insp
  • VS-US AT/BELOW-US
  • WHD $2.0M
  • PHOTO Northern Mariana Islands

Nearest employer-book peer: Northern Mariana Islands ($1.6M penalty gap)

American Samoa ranks #54 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 829 violations cited across 434 inspections and $2.0M in wages recovered for workers. OSHA IMIS + DOL WHD citation stamps for this jurisdiction. Read with this state → · Worst-cited employer → · Similar-footprint state → · Compare employers →

American Samoa in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood

Total assessed OSHA penalties among this state and nearest employer-book peers

penalties

What this shows American Samoa carries $2.9M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #54 of 56 jurisdictions.

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement extracts As of 2026

Where American Samoa ranks nationally

Average OSHA penalty per tracked employer, vs all 56 U.S. jurisdictions

$15,448 Top 4% most affordable more affordable than 96% of 56 U.S. jurisdictions

$0–$2,000: 5 U.S. jurisdictions (9%). Below this entry. $2,000–$4,000: 9 U.S. jurisdictions (16%). Below this entry. $4,000–$6,000: 17 U.S. jurisdictions (30%). Below this entry. $6,000–$8,000: 10 U.S. jurisdictions (18%). Below this entry. $8,000–$10,000: 5 U.S. jurisdictions (9%). Below this entry. $10,000–$12,000: 4 U.S. jurisdictions (7%). Below this entry. $12,000–$14,000: 2 U.S. jurisdictions (4%). Below this entry. $14,000–$16,000: 3 U.S. jurisdictions (5%). This entry sits in this band. $16,000–$18,000: 0 U.S. jurisdictions (0%). Above this entry. $18,000–$20,000: 0 U.S. jurisdictions (0%). Above this entry. $20,000–$22,000: 1 U.S. jurisdictions (2%). Above this entry. $22,000–$24,000: 0 U.S. jurisdictions (0%). Above this entry. American Samoa $0 $24,000 every U.S. jurisdiction, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement extracts · 2026

Do more violations mean harsher penalties?

Each dot is one of the 56 U.S. jurisdictions with both violation and penalty data, placed by total violations cited and the average current penalty per violation. The highlighted dot is American Samoa.

High volume, high penaltyLow volume, high penaltyHigh volume, low penaltyBelow median on both020897.041793.962690.983587.9$26.7$1330.4$2634.1$3937.8$5241.6Total violations citedAverage penalty per violationAlabama, Total violations cited: 14683 · Average penalty per violation: $2955.54Alaska, Total violations cited: 11441 · Average penalty per violation: $1050.89American Samoa, Total violations cited: 829 · Average penalty per violation: $3521.93Arizona, Total violations cited: 8689 · Average penalty per violation: $523.14Arkansas, Total violations cited: 3343 · Average penalty per violation: $3153.71California, Total violations cited: 62917 · Average penalty per violation: $1931.91Colorado, Total violations cited: 11833 · Average penalty per violation: $1925.51Connecticut, Total violations cited: 23647 · Average penalty per violation: $1188.05Delaware, Total violations cited: 1884 · Average penalty per violation: $5004.52District of Columbia, Total violations cited: 2002 · Average penalty per violation: $1600.22Florida, Total violations cited: 20137 · Average penalty per violation: $2911.21Georgia, Total violations cited: 23607 · Average penalty per violation: $2424.16Guam, Total violations cited: 3356 · Average penalty per violation: $1368.12Hawaii, Total violations cited: 9120 · Average penalty per violation: $1397.7Idaho, Total violations cited: 3829 · Average penalty per violation: $1867.02Illinois, Total violations cited: 38576 · Average penalty per violation: $2518.72Indiana, Total violations cited: 4225 · Average penalty per violation: $1430.22Iowa, Total violations cited: 10267 · Average penalty per violation: $1892.75Kansas, Total violations cited: 9514 · Average penalty per violation: $2852.86Kentucky, Total violations cited: 3171 · Average penalty per violation: $1801.2Louisiana, Total violations cited: 3408 · Average penalty per violation: $2525.26Maine, Total violations cited: 8054 · Average penalty per violation: $1235.73Maryland, Total violations cited: 24360 · Average penalty per violation: $537.35Massachusetts, Total violations cited: 12091 · Average penalty per violation: $2401.87Michigan, Total violations cited: 67640 · Average penalty per violation: $671.06Minnesota, Total violations cited: 9173 · Average penalty per violation: $604.31Mississippi, Total violations cited: 4912 · Average penalty per violation: $2280.7Missouri, Total violations cited: 12358 · Average penalty per violation: $2481.04Montana, Total violations cited: 2718 · Average penalty per violation: $2076Nebraska, Total violations cited: 4514 · Average penalty per violation: $3581.2Nevada, Total violations cited: 18844 · Average penalty per violation: $1778.2New Hampshire, Total violations cited: 3281 · Average penalty per violation: $2336.7New Jersey, Total violations cited: 51588 · Average penalty per violation: $2257.14New Mexico, Total violations cited: 2690 · Average penalty per violation: $1987.11New York, Total violations cited: 79647 · Average penalty per violation: $851.4North Carolina, Total violations cited: 18017 · Average penalty per violation: $593.13North Dakota, Total violations cited: 1761 · Average penalty per violation: $4787.03Northern Mariana Islands, Total violations cited: 943 · Average penalty per violation: $1423.52Ohio, Total violations cited: 33085 · Average penalty per violation: $3209.32Oklahoma, Total violations cited: 5020 · Average penalty per violation: $2618.51Oregon, Total violations cited: 21930 · Average penalty per violation: $263.72Pennsylvania, Total violations cited: 34307 · Average penalty per violation: $2124.18Puerto Rico, Total violations cited: 11369 · Average penalty per violation: $851.43Rhode Island, Total violations cited: 3528 · Average penalty per violation: $1806.54South Carolina, Total violations cited: 5382 · Average penalty per violation: $551.38South Dakota, Total violations cited: 1901 · Average penalty per violation: $3123.16Tennessee, Total violations cited: 38865 · Average penalty per violation: $633.23Texas, Total violations cited: 37481 · Average penalty per violation: $3006.51Utah, Total violations cited: 6414 · Average penalty per violation: $1044.66Vermont, Total violations cited: 3044 · Average penalty per violation: $1498.54Virgin Islands, Total violations cited: 2592 · Average penalty per violation: $737.45Virginia, Total violations cited: 29121 · Average penalty per violation: $1651.15Washington, Total violations cited: 28812 · Average penalty per violation: $424.16West Virginia, Total violations cited: 3289 · Average penalty per violation: $2142.24Wisconsin, Total violations cited: 23614 · Average penalty per violation: $2667.32Wyoming, Total violations cited: 2936 · Average penalty per violation: $1582.38
American Samoa cites 829 total violations at an average current penalty of $3521.93 per violation. The crosshair marks the median jurisdiction on both axes. Across this dataset, citing more violations is mildly ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER average penalty per violation, not a higher one -- the opposite of what volume alone might suggest.

Top OSHA & wage enforcement actions in American Samoa

Ranked by combined OSHA penalties and DOL Wage & Hour Division back wages. Some employers below have wage-theft cases with zero OSHA safety violations, or vice versa; check the Inspections/Violations columns before drawing safety conclusions.

#EmployerInspectionsViolationsPenalty + wages
1Paramount Builders, LTD.Pago Pago1744$1.3M
2Nana's Construction, INC.Pago Pago1329$280K
3ASG Dept of Public Safety - CorrectionsPago Pago00$256K
4ASG - Department of Public SafetyPago Pago00$235K
5Paramount Builders, LimitedPago Pago1919$228K
6American Samoa GovernmentPago Pago00$173K
7Manua's StorePago Pago00$120K
8Paramount Builders, INC.Pago Pago414$112K
9American Samoa Power AuthorityPago Pago00$111K
10Starkist Samoa CO.Pago Pago48$98K
11K.S. MartPago Pago25$88K
12BlueskyPago Pago00$80K
13American Samoa - ASTCAPago Pago00$63K
14ASG Department of Public SafetyPago Pago00$62K
15Purse Seine Samoa, INC.Pago Pago69$51K
16Toa Bar and GrillPago Pago00$51K
17ASG Dept. of Legal AffairsPago Pago00$46K
18Triple T Services INC.Pago Pago1012$44K
19O & OPago Pago00$42K
20O & O INC.Pago Pago23$41K

All employers in American Samoa

EmployerCityInspectionsPenalty
Tony's ConstructionPago Pago3$6K
Faleula O SamoaPago Pago2$6K
California Mart -Village of LeonePago Pago0$0
Pacific Sales & MarketingPago Pago2$6K
Dateline IndustriesPago Pago2$6K
Paramount BuildersPago Pago8$6K
Fax Cargo ServicePago Pago2$6K
Pacific Stevedoring ServicesPago Pago2$6K
Islands' Choice, IncPago Pago0$0
Peter E. Reid Stevedoring, INC.Pago Pago3$5K
Kanana Fou Elementary SchoolPago Pago0$0
Starkist Samoa, INC.Pago Pago2$5K
Haleck Enterprises, INC.Pago Pago2$5K
Island LubricantsPago Pago6$5K
CBT Ho Ching & CO., INC.Pago Pago4$5K
Taumafai Development IncorporatedPago Pago2$5K
NNT INC.Pago Pago3$5K
Samoa MaritimePago Pago2$5K
Samsung Air Con. H&H INC.Pago Pago2$5K
Tutuila Stores (Tafuna Branch)Pago Pago0$0
Wulf CoporationPago Pago2$5K
CBT Ho Ching & COPago Pago2$5K
Craig ConstructionPago Pago5$5K
J & P CorporationPago Pago3$5K
Forsgren Store/Koko Bean/Sports Domain/Niu BoPago Pago0$0
Ocean Star Enterprise, Inc.Pago Pago0$0
Samoa MotorsPago Pago0$0
Paramount Builders INC.Pago Pago3$4K
American Samoa Shipyard Services AuthorityPago Pago0$0
Starkist CompanyPago Pago2$4K
Casamar, INC. (Samoa)Pago Pago3$4K
Carl's Jr.Pago Pago0$0
American Samoa Department of AgriculturePago Pago0$0
E & W ConstructionPago Pago3$4K
Harbor Maritime & Stevedoring CO.Pago Pago2$4K
Interisland AirwaysPago Pago2$4K
Fletcher ConstructionPago Pago3$4K
KS MartPago Pago3$3K
Forsgren LimitedPago Pago4$3K
Napa SamoaPago Pago3$3K
Kingdom Services LLCPago Pago2$3K
ASG Human ResourcesPago Pago0$0
Jay's General Merchandise INC.Pago Pago2$3K
Island ChoicePago Pago3$3K
Tools INC.Pago Pago3$3K
Triple S Airport Gas ExpressPago Pago0$0
Port IncPago Pago0$0
Quality Painting and ConstructionPago Pago3$3K
Young Energy SolutionsPago Pago2$3K
Continental Transport CORPPago Pago4$3K
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Industries in American Samoa

Enforcement and wage-compliance data broken out by industry sector within American Samoa.

Accommodation & Food ServicesConstructionManufacturingOtherOther ServicesPublic AdministrationRetail TradeTransportation & WarehousingUtilitiesWholesale Trade

Top Cities in American Samoa

The 1 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within American Samoa.

Pago Pago (189)

Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates

Two enforcement-record peer sets for American Samoa: nearest jurisdictions by total assessed OSHA penalties and by violations per inspection. These are cross-state neighborhoods, not the employer-book peers above.

Similar total OSHA penalties

Lower-penalty jurisdictions nationwide with similar inspection-weighted violation rates to American Samoa.

South Carolina $3.0M District of Columbia $3.2M Arizona $4.5M Vermont $4.6M

Similar violations per inspection

States with lower inspection-weighted violation rates near American Samoa's 1.91 per inspection.

West Virginia 1.96/insp Idaho 1.85/insp Virginia 1.99/insp Oregon 1.83/insp

Source: OSHA Enforcement Data, U.S. Department of Labor · Verify with OSHA establishment search →
Source: Wage & Hour Division Compliance Actions, U.S. Department of Labor · DOL WHD data →