State enforcement profile · #2 of 56 by penalties · ABOVE-US
New Jersey — top-third OSHA penalty rollup
New Jersey ranks #2 of 56 by assessed OSHA penalties ($116.4M), with 17,373 inspections on 9,221 tracked employers.
- 9,221
- Employers
- 17,373
- Inspections
- $116.4M
- OSHA penalties
- $108.1M
- Back wages
The state in one line
New Jersey ranks #2 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 51,588 violations cited across 17,373 inspections and $108.1M in wages recovered for workers.
- #2
- of 56 states by penalties
- 2.97
- violations per inspection
- $13K
- avg penalty per employer
- 3,206
- WHD wage-theft cases
This rank counts 46% of the penalty dollars recorded for New Jersey: only employers with at least two OSHA inspections or $1,000 or more in Wage & Hour back wages. On every recorded penalty dollar it would rank #3 of 56.
OSHA citation docket
State IMIS book NJ · New Jersey ABOVE-US · HIGH-PPE
#2/56 · 17,373 insp · $116.4M
- BOOK 9,221 employers
- INSP 17,373 inspections
- RANK #2 of 56
- PEN $116.4M
- RATE 2.97 viol/insp
- VS-US ABOVE-US
- WHD $108.1M
- PHOTO Pennsylvania
Nearest employer-book peer: Pennsylvania ($43.6M penalty gap)
New Jersey ranks #2 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 51,588 violations cited across 17,373 inspections and $108.1M 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 →
New Jersey in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood
Total assessed OSHA penalties among this state and nearest employer-book peers
- NJ (this)
New Jersey
$116,441,120 penalties
- OH
Ohio
$106,180,403 penalties
- IL
Illinois
$97,162,064 penalties
- PA
Pennsylvania
$72,874,153 penalties
- FL
Florida
$58,623,129 penalties
- VA
Virginia
$48,083,101 penalties
What this shows New Jersey carries $116.4M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #2 of 56 jurisdictions.
Where New Jersey ranks nationally
Average OSHA penalty per tracked employer, vs all 56 U.S. jurisdictions
$12,628 Top 11% most affordable more affordable than 89% of 56 U.S. jurisdictions
Each bar is a $2K-wide band; taller bars hold more U.S. jurisdictions. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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 New Jersey.
Top OSHA & wage enforcement actions in New Jersey
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.
All employers in New Jersey
Industries in New Jersey
Enforcement and wage-compliance data broken out by industry sector within New Jersey.
Top Cities in New Jersey
The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within New Jersey (of 439 total).
Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates
Two enforcement-record peer sets for New Jersey: 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
Other top-third penalty states outside New Jersey's employer-book footprint — matched by total assessed OSHA penalties ($116.4M here).
Similar violations per inspection
States with similarly high violations-per-inspection rates (2.97 here vs 2.26 US average).
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 →