Industries with High Prevalence of H-2B Workers | U.S. Department of Labor

Compliance Action Summary
Category	FY 2024					FY 2023					FY 2022					FY 2021					FY 2020					FY 2019					FY 2018					FY 2017					FY 2016					FY 2015					FY 2014
Type	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed
Amusement	125	598	444	$322,541	$637,002	173	1,065	573	$267,238	$766,340	182	929	665	$420,904	$331,938	287	1,612	1,063	$1,208,259	$506,868	230	1,970	1,431	$729,849	$415,088	214	18,126	17,531	$1,421,509	$691,615	261	2,368	1,823	$1,057,295	$155,469	214	2,241	2,038	$924,267	$113,501	206	1,332	967	$602,061	$254,356	278	3,758	3,286	$1,319,408	$124,472	373	2,717	2,378	$1,313,546	$214,133
Construction	1,966	20,380	18,035	$32,092,812	$1,843,087	2,134	21,811	17,944	$35,558,598	$1,784,916	2,268	19,813	17,127	$32,913,795	$2,150,996	3,034	24,283	21,341	$36,068,080	$2,430,279	2,991	30,688	24,787	$34,535,715	$1,025,371	3,063	41,350	38,218	$48,314,281	$1,534,307	3,018	31,262	25,679	$38,829,435	$1,264,663	2,959	29,137	26,514	$49,347,770	$940,917	3,120	31,333	26,866	$41,717,849	$1,030,774	3,105	31,372	27,858	$42,307,735	$799,221	3,244	28,588	26,101	$45,189,777	$473,567
Food Services	3,827	34,599	27,537	$35,141,615	$13,612,532	4,095	32,071	25,908	$29,648,592	$6,121,334	3,840	26,855	22,531	$27,142,447	$4,034,272	4,237	34,359	29,209	$34,741,032	$3,175,537	4,551	44,989	39,404	$38,616,790	$3,207,421	5,417	49,776	41,863	$36,039,626	$3,482,527	5,751	47,686	41,103	$42,873,337	$3,085,273	5,446	50,307	44,363	$42,936,552	$2,202,307	4,975	50,487	44,707	$39,754,569	$2,261,606	4,787	53,509	46,960	$38,134,410	$1,623,667	5,117	51,454	44,148	$34,445,625	$1,518,542
Forestry	12	346	341	$396,249	$131,735	19	833	784	$1,490,543	$642,160	14	68	67	$70,178	$69,180	24	172	141	$131,125	$204,576	35	918	590	$399,621	$54,740	51	1,130	624	$741,217	$380,327	36	311	185	$140,022	$175,005	55	541	489	$689,920	$189,545	45	483	446	$1,011,374	$31,250	61	1,217	993	$851,031	$847,650	61	674	554	$517,697	$106,788
Hotels and Motels	431	1,955	1,783	$1,102,230	$402,075	544	4,124	3,256	$2,494,921	$797,097	595	3,242	3,018	$4,636,891	$474,954	602	3,402	3,099	$2,445,609	$694,543	645	4,095	3,784	$2,464,165	$697,889	971	7,875	6,400	$3,677,439	$891,022	1,296	25,388	24,432	$9,346,636	$589,679	1,605	8,998	8,302	$5,450,510	$553,826	1,129	6,594	6,222	$3,947,847	$355,501	980	7,060	6,634	$3,594,913	$317,857	1,048	9,036	7,417	$4,039,113	$324,329
Janitorial Services	325	3,785	3,612	$3,473,597	$464,161	408	5,420	5,066	$3,755,640	$1,620,032	339	1,391	1,295	$3,397,300	$285,350	456	3,080	2,861	$2,426,106	$119,085	460	3,582	3,247	$3,544,663	$161,159	472	5,475	5,178	$7,351,515	$76,778	520	8,162	6,663	$5,641,983	$174,548	468	3,457	2,775	$2,897,737	$363,462	523	6,125	5,636	$3,670,600	$489,658	563	4,627	4,123	$3,520,319	$72,712	523	5,181	4,425	$3,902,434	$75,420
Landscaping Services	197	2,303	2,142	$4,014,501	$678,358	207	2,129	1,894	$3,063,867	$840,388	252	2,035	1,947	$2,670,300	$810,146	293	5,585	5,317	$3,218,093	$1,144,818	238	2,147	1,937	$2,414,277	$855,885	274	3,219	3,041	$4,236,368	$752,115	292	3,373	3,053	$3,465,225	$271,517	273	2,986	2,384	$2,876,964	$132,695	294	3,725	3,058	$3,051,188	$234,811	257	3,196	2,930	$2,182,134	$162,386	322	3,210	2,743	$3,708,711	$196,247

H2B Violations Only
Category	FY 2024					FY 2023					FY 2022					FY 2021					FY 2020					FY 2019					FY 2018					FY 2017					FY 2016					FY 2015					FY 2014					FY 2013
Type	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed
Amusement	5	72	51	$27,309	$116,968	5	319	87	$23,617	$56,183	4	86	34	$14,080	$52,059	3	73	48	$79,569	$63,852	11	196	81	$48,689	$148,482	4	153	106	$220,178	$118,126	6	105	38	$117,253	$34,500	3	51	42	$48,453	$36,024	2	24	20	$85,954	$31,000	4	353	246	$104,054	$33,500	3	34	10	$28,502	$174,050	1	2	0	$0	$5,000
Construction	9	730	261	$969,300	$217,370	4	340	85	$447,781	$243,842	13	260	130	$530,568	$424,408	11	888	213	$386,614	$380,413	9	178	68	$61,659	$69,882	18	449	179	$281,912	$292,928	8	243	150	$224,711	$158,599	2	17	9	$3,091	$43,591	3	137	81	$101,272	$109,006	3	223	160	$98,439	$61,488	2	6	2	$14,300	$26,000	2	66	22	$58,617	$82,968
Food Services	13	270	134	$249,323	$252,733	7	127	79	$34,447	$108,633	4	166	65	$28,908	$51,311	14	212	107	$105,106	$177,063	7	185	106	$70,667	$169,462	5	105	31	$112,614	$89,457	2	56	39	$83,114	$20,684	4	312	4	$123,552	$8,500	1	2	0	$0	$7,000	2	89	7	$326,546	$9,046	2	87	55	$34,200	$58,993	0	0	0	$0	$0
Forestry	5	559	262	$320,116	$98,720	6	1,311	675	$1,211,189	$599,689	0	0	0	$0	$0	6	171	120	$82,166	$92,505	6	288	276	$87,185	$25,725	12	576	244	$58,214	$151,100	4	36	14	$603	$22,939	10	83	54	$40,397	$111,000	1	2	0	$0	$7,000	3	6	0	$0	$20,500	12	119	21	$17,897	$46,771	2	6	3	$249	$2,500
Hotels and Motels	1	34	15	$5,156	$5,354	9	3,724	1,228	$495,029	$392,253	16	491	246	$214,583	$234,323	19	778	336	$174,789	$612,047	17	772	332	$218,505	$351,714	23	551	181	$174,650	$419,139	3	4	0	$0	$10,668	5	248	163	$145,920	$209,436	7	100	41	$16,243	$81,872	4	18	2	$13,500	$22,000	6	100	30	$16,737	$108,671	4	21	0	$0	$86,500
Janitorial Services	2	77	68	$34,298	$66,674	0	0	0	$0	$0	3	296	70	$259,655	$183,796	3	94	10	$102,051	$64,879	0	0	0	$0	$0	0	0	0	$0	$0	1	2	0	$0	$8,500	0	0	0	$0	$0	0	0	0	$0	$0	0	0	0	$0	$0	0	0	0	$0	$0	-	-	-	-	-
Landscaping Services	17	1,719	466	$1,344,385	$431,271	27	1,614	390	$1,674,844	$754,860	34	1,082	402	$733,124	$620,587	42	1,501	668	$1,043,638	$846,827	44	1,574	572	$727,407	$756,094	29	1,384	519	$767,442	$552,040	14	445	202	$761,910	$204,553	11	119	36	$81,510	$70,432	11	189	101	$58,083	$84,201	8	294	129	$333,197	$103,148	14	114	62	$40,591	$56,120	-	-	-	-	-

FLSA Violations Only
Category	FY 2024					FY 2023					FY 2022					FY 2021					FY 2020					FY 2019					FY 2018					FY 2017					FY 2016					FY 2015					FY 2014
Type	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed
Amusement	84	471	392	$290,237	$18,163	111	558	485	$242,733	$0	116	834	630	$401,824	$86,199	166	1,145	992	$1,108,701	$3,598	147	1,796	1,341	$668,905	$68,712	167	17,702	17,420	$1,166,748	$189,184	190	2,366	1,777	$817,883	$16,322	167	2,300	1,987	$749,223	$0	155	1,159	942	$509,042	$11,831	231	4,566	3,024	$1,210,670	$5,940	276	3,851	2,370	$1,243,065	$10,208
Construction	1,180	16,220	13,135	$18,635,951	$969,412	1,303	18,915	14,279	$19,040,847	$1,307,961	1,321	18,029	13,903	$16,812,122	$1,537,417	1,585	22,770	17,170	$23,745,723	$1,632,244	1,762	28,987	20,781	$22,259,558	$794,873	2,034	38,175	30,494	$35,554,714	$1,146,274	2,146	28,964	20,666	$23,150,674	$943,471	1,978	24,188	18,893	$21,669,596	$661,119	1,983	26,400	20,667	$20,173,281	$693,526	1,831	25,197	19,868	$17,598,622	$555,671	1,809	22,158	17,440	$15,036,602	$293,155
Food Services	3,154	38,030	27,087	$34,318,410	$3,569,131	3,290	33,141	25,256	$26,810,538	$1,704,383	3,061	27,505	21,670	$25,054,578	$1,202,652	3,164	37,352	27,866	$33,540,604	$1,477,808	3,673	51,122	38,587	$37,729,259	$1,341,783	4,681	57,733	41,328	$35,290,292	$2,069,000	4,947	54,221	39,414	$40,172,694	$1,683,780	4,768	58,912	43,415	$40,533,692	$1,356,061	4,272	60,535	44,510	$39,240,482	$1,777,368	4,120	63,645	46,639	$37,052,335	$1,211,460	4,376	60,746	43,794	$34,195,574	$1,087,267
Forestry	10	39	29	$34,479	$0	10	50	45	$51,371	$0	8	11	5	$1,704	$0	9	44	11	$11,378	$0	22	225	162	$190,074	$0	36	722	190	$212,681	$13,856	16	193	46	$30,702	$0	38	373	317	$498,195	$382	24	231	195	$418,458	$0	32	383	303	$92,229	$19,734	30	407	352	$308,074	$10,450
Hotels and Motels	336	2,206	1,776	$1,071,623	$341,297	436	2,831	1,972	$1,977,422	$311,761	477	3,424	2,767	$4,361,874	$175,532	438	3,551	2,791	$2,150,653	$52,106	493	4,272	3,433	$2,137,089	$301,487	836	8,725	6,155	$3,425,102	$424,869	1,114	27,740	24,380	$9,240,955	$565,602	1,321	10,856	8,102	$5,132,078	$267,551	920	7,990	6,156	$3,802,395	$175,204	805	8,558	6,550	$3,281,130	$224,076	878	11,506	7,302	$3,925,781	$154,458
Janitorial Services	201	3,676	2,783	$1,899,310	$64,574	272	6,496	4,364	$2,661,308	$62,940	217	954	772	$723,935	$98,662	276	2,568	2,186	$1,252,585	$47,377	274	2,901	2,353	$1,776,362	$154,368	315	2,343	1,712	$1,575,125	$64,400	366	7,055	5,341	$2,834,544	$152,703	346	2,879	1,867	$1,337,899	$360,887	376	5,687	4,768	$2,831,166	$422,733	392	4,975	3,537	$2,836,457	$72,613	377	4,973	3,454	$1,717,627	$73,871
Landscaping Services	145	2,066	1,624	$2,504,584	$160,995	133	1,356	1,191	$992,585	$8,763	165	1,699	1,476	$1,837,106	$160,246	158	4,860	4,473	$1,939,792	$279,265	136	1,417	1,213	$1,265,331	$24,138	188	2,716	2,308	$2,506,025	$124,694	231	3,216	2,677	$2,224,759	$59,974	209	3,353	2,199	$2,578,751	$54,612	219	3,772	2,778	$2,536,984	$61,050	187	3,276	2,743	$1,788,417	$46,489	212	3,194	2,502	$2,580,667	$112,626

All Other Violations
Category	FY 2024					FY 2023					FY 2022					FY 2021					FY 2020					FY 2019					FY 2018					FY 2017					FY 2016					FY 2015					FY 2014					FY 2013
Type	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed	Compliance Actions	Employees Employed in Violation	Employees Receiving Back Wages	Back Wages	Civil Money Penalties Assessed
Amusement	28	162	1	$4,995	$501,872	45	671	1	$888	$710,157	44	300	1.1	$5,000	$193,680	94	1,018	26	$19,989	$439,418	55	444	12	$12,255	$197,895	55.1	2,017	5	$34,583	$384,305	54	731	8	$122,159	$104,647	35	833	9	$126,591	$77,477	39	477	5.1	$7,064	$211,525	32	1,036	16	$4,684	$85,033	45.1	1,751	7	$41,978	$29,875	50	225	76	$59,833	$65,999
Construction	575	9,891	6,008	$12,487,561	$656,305	577	9,674	4,989	$16,069,969	$233,113	640	8,310	4,326	$15,571,105	$189,171	1,029	9,841	5,134	$11,935,743	$417,622	916	13,831	5,145	$12,214,498	$160,616	833	27,004	12,537	$12,475,528	$95,105	701	22,039	6,818	$15,451,359	$162,593	767	20,891	9,941	$27,675,083	$236,207	825	30,306	8,673	$21,443,296	$228,243	831	21,185	11,233	$24,610,674	$182,063	918	21,409	11,477	$30,138,875	$154,412	1,089	18,358	11,862	$25,875,893	$189,731
Food Services	581	176,208	443	$573,882	$9,790,669	755	11,385	879	$2,803,607	$4,308,318	638	6,511	1,021	$2,058,960	$2,780,309	845	10,628	1,335	$1,095,322	$1,520,666	787	9,254	874	$816,864	$1,696,176	831	16,041	530	$636,721	$1,324,070	777	41,558	1,919	$2,617,529	$1,380,810	606	22,652	990	$2,279,307	$837,745	409	33,086	214	$514,087	$477,238	404	15,987	386	$755,530	$403,161	438	16,039	413	$215,851	$372,282	551	12,691	396	$724,462	$396,064
Forestry	8	347	52	$41,654	$33,015	7	315	122	$227,983	$42,472	3	249	107	$68,475	$69,180	10	82	26	$37,581	$112,071	15	389	248	$122,362	$29,014	28	1,286	327	$470,322	$215,371	19	339	150	$108,717	$152,065	25	481	208	$151,328	$78,163	23	688	406	$592,916	$24,250	39	2,318	1,092	$758,803	$807,416	27	850	439	$191,726	$49,568	25	178	59	$57,523	$63,197
Hotels and Motels	33	616	3	$25,451	$55,423	36	267	61	$22,469	$93,084	34	77	8	$60,435	$65,098	91	2,576	72	$120,167	$30,391	81	9,819	63	$108,571	$44,688	76	3,445	199	$77,687	$47,014	91	16,351	111	$105,682	$13,409	126	24,822	109	$172,511	$76,838	112	3,645	54	$129,208	$98,425	79	15,888	100	$300,283	$71,781	76	1,267	103	$96,595	$61,200	74	7,440	563	$524,247	$18,400
Janitorial Services	42	1,676	1,037	$1,539,988	$332,914	78	2,280	791	$1,094,332	$1,557,092	65	1,020	574	$2,413,711	$2,893	116	1,306	787	$1,071,471	$6,830	131	3,098	937	$1,768,302	$6,791	130	4,571	3,985	$5,776,311	$12,378	133	2,831	1,408	$2,807,439	$13,345	72	2,729	1,013	$1,559,838	$2,575	64	1,474	921	$839,435	$66,925	93	7,967	625	$683,862	$100	58	3,152	1,052	$2,184,807	$1,550	90	4,207	1,480	$2,091,916	$1,150
Landscaping Services	26	268	123	$165,533	$86,093	19	631	341	$396,438	$76,764	38	194	115	$100,071	$29,312	59	612	336	$234,663	$18,727	48	501	244	$421,539	$75,653	54	769	343	$962,348	$75,381	34	1,567	392	$478,555	$6,990	27	374	177	$216,702	$7,652	39	729	286	$456,122	$89,560	25	316	147	$60,520	$12,750	41	756	259	$1,087,454	$27,500	38	702	386	$358,774	$66,350