State enforcement profile · #7 of 56 by penalties · ABOVE-US
New York — top-third OSHA penalty rollup
New York ranks #7 of 56 by assessed OSHA penalties ($67.8M), with 35,034 inspections on 18,169 tracked employers.
- 18,169
- Employers
- 35,034
- Inspections
- $67.8M
- OSHA penalties
- $201.6M
- Back wages
The state in one line
New York ranks #7 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 79,647 violations cited across 35,034 inspections and $201.6M in wages recovered for workers.
- #7
- of 56 states by penalties
- 2.27
- violations per inspection
- $4K
- avg penalty per employer
- 5,773
- WHD wage-theft cases
This rank counts 36% of the penalty dollars recorded for New York: 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 #6 of 56.
OSHA citation docket
State IMIS book NY · New York ABOVE-US · LOW-PPE
#7/56 · 35,034 insp · $67.8M
- BOOK 18,169 employers
- INSP 35,034 inspections
- RANK #7 of 56
- PEN $67.8M
- RATE 2.27 viol/insp
- VS-US ABOVE-US
- WHD $201.6M
- PHOTO California
Nearest employer-book peer: California ($53.7M penalty gap)
New York ranks #7 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 79,647 violations cited across 35,034 inspections and $201.6M 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 York in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood
Total assessed OSHA penalties among this state and nearest employer-book peers
- CA
California
$121,550,007 penalties
- TX
Texas
$112,686,990 penalties
- IL
Illinois
$97,162,064 penalties
- NY (this)
New York
$67,811,337 penalties
- FL
Florida
$58,623,129 penalties
- MI $45,390,508
Michigan
$45,390,508 penalties
What this shows New York carries $67.8M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #7 of 56 jurisdictions.
Where New York ranks nationally
Average OSHA penalty per tracked employer, vs all 56 U.S. jurisdictions
$3,732 Bottom 20% least affordable more affordable than 20% 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 York.
Top OSHA & wage enforcement actions in New York
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 York
Industries in New York
Enforcement and wage-compliance data broken out by industry sector within New York.
Top Cities in New York
The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within New York (of 705 total).
Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates
Two enforcement-record peer sets for New York: 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 York's employer-book footprint — matched by total assessed OSHA penalties ($67.8M here).
Similar violations per inspection
States with similarly high violations-per-inspection rates (2.27 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 →