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Workplace enforcement in California

California has 19,302 employers in the federal enforcement record, with 35,165 OSHA inspections and $116.0M in penalties assessed. The state's Wage and Hour Division has recovered $283.1M in back wages across 7,714 enforcement cases.

19,302
Employers
35,165
Inspections
$116.0M
OSHA penalties
$283.1M
Back wages

The state in one line

California ranks #1 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 60,999 violations cited across 35,165 inspections and $283.1M in wages recovered for workers.

#1
of 56 states by penalties
1.73
violations per inspection
$6K
avg penalty per employer
7,714
WHD wage-theft cases

What the data says about California

Federal workplace enforcement in California covers 19,302 employers with 35,165 total OSHA inspections on record. Inspectors documented 60,999 violations statewide, yielding 1.73 violations per inspection on average. OSHA has assessed $116.0M in penalties against employers in the state, averaging $6K per tracked employer.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) adds a separate enforcement layer, recovering $283.1M in back wages across 7,714 cases - an average of $37K per case. Combined OSHA and WHD enforcement activity gives workers, journalists, and researchers a verifiable record of which employers have been cited and which workplaces regulators have prioritized.

The employers listed on this page represent workplaces with at least two OSHA inspections or $1,000 or more in WHD back wages owed. Data is sourced directly from data.dol.gov. Penalty figures are current assessed amounts, reflecting any settlements, informal conference reductions, or formal contest outcomes. Click any employer below to view their full inspection history, violation breakdown by severity, and wage-compliance record.

Top violators in California

# Employer InspectionsViolationsPenalty + wages
1 Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) California City 00$8.1M
2 Hewlett-Packard Palo Alto 00$5.2M
3 California Cartage Company Carson 00$3.6M
4 Zenefits San Francisco 00$3.4M
5 LinkedIn Mountain View 00$3.3M
6 Alorica Irvine 00$3.2M
7 John Muir Health Walnut Creek 45$2.4M
8 Munger Bros.- Empire Ranch (8 Mile Road) Stockton 00$2.1M
9 First Republic Bank San Francisco 00$2.0M
10 Price Transfer Compton 00$2.0M
11 Lange Trucking Inc. Pleasanton 00$2.0M
12 Southwest Fuel Management, Inc. Agoura Hills 00$1.9M
13 CLP Skill Trade Solution Inc. Van Nuys 00$1.8M
14 San Mateo County HSA Children & Family Ser. Belmont 00$1.8M
15 Byton North America Santa Clara 00$1.7M
16 Hewlett Packard (NASA ACES Contra)/Perspecta Palo Alto 00$1.7M
17 Able Building Maintenance San Francisco 00$1.5M
18 National Consolidated Couriers, Inc San Leandro 00$1.4M
19 Chevron U.S.a. INC. Richmond 38118$1.4M
20 L&Y Food, Lotus Poultry, Moon Poultry, et al El Monte 00$1.3M

All employers in California

Employer CityInspectionsPenalty
Holt of California Stockton2$0
CA Transportation-Planning Fresno2$0
Professional Asbestos Removal Corporation Merced2$0
Alliance Environmental Group, INC. San Diego2$0
Bbi-Con INC San Francisco2$0
Swinerton Builders Oakland2$0
U.S. Air Force 60th Force Support Squadron Travis Afb3$0
Galindo Construction Point Reyes Station2$0
Gate Gourmet San Francisco2$0
City of Ceres Ceres2$0
Balfour Beatty San Francisco2$0
I.G. Management CORP. Redding2$0
San Gabriel Transit El Monte2$0
McCarthy Building Company Fresno2$0
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division - Nawcad Lakehurst San Diego2$0
Sierra Pacific Industries Arcata2$0
WM Bolthouse Farms, INC. Bakersfield2$0
Pacific Bell Telephone Company Rocklin2$0
Sciton, INC. Palo Alto2$0
U.S. Department of Justice Victorville4$0
California Department of Veterans Affairs Yountville2$0
Davis Reed Construction INC. Sacramento2$0
Shasta County Health & Human Services Redding2$0
Town of Paradise Paradise3$0
U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bop) - Federal Correctional Institution (Fci) - Herlong Herlong3$0
Oltmans Construction Company Eastvale2$0
Redwood Teen Challenge Eureka2$0
U.S. Marine Corps McAgcc Twentynine Palms Twentynine Palms McB7$0
Universal Waste Systems, INC. Pasadena2$0
U.S. Dept. of Interior - National Park Service - Sequoia & Kings Canyon Sequoia National Park3$0
Artemio Arce Corning2$0
City of Richmond, Police Department Richmond2$0
Hosopo CORP Hemet3$0
Adesa California, LLC Rio Linda2$0
PRB Management, LLC Stockton2$0
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems El Segundo2$0
JT2 INC. Corcoran2$0
Gibson's All American Aggregates INC Brawley3$0
City of Turlock Turlock3$0
Safeway INC. San Francisco2$0
United Staffing Associates, LLC Visalia2$0
Amcal General Contractors, INC. Sacramento2$0
Unk Contractor San Francisco2$0
Madera Framing Chico2$0
Providence ST. Joseph Health Eureka2$0
Clovis Police Department Clovis3$0
Waste Management INC. Kettleman City2$0
U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Prisons - Victorville Victorville2$0
Landscape Development, INC. Bakersfield2$0
Franklin Construction, INC. Oroville2$0
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Nearby states by enforcement footprint

Texas
19,293 employers · $110.6M
New York
18,031 employers · $68.3M
Michigan
11,659 employers · $44.0M
Florida
11,585 employers · $57.2M
Illinois
9,262 employers · $95.6M

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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 →

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.