Table 2
State DOL wage and hour enforcement investigative staff
State | Number of investigators | Workforce | Number of businesses | Number of workers per investigator | Number of businesses per investigator |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maine | 4 | 616,707 | 53,437 | 154,177 | 13,359 |
Massachusetts | 19 | 3,587,286 | 256,911 | 188,805 | 13,522 |
New York | 145 | 9,459,334 | 643,954 | 65,237 | 4,441 |
Oregon | 35 | 1,922,239 | 154,268 | 54,921 | 4,408 |
Vermont* | 3 | 312,073 | 25,615 | 104,024 | 8,538 |
Washington | 55 | 3,372,153 | 246,264 | 61,312 | 4,478 |
Note: Number of investigators indicates number of staff that primarily engages in investigative activities.
Source: EPI survey of state labor departments; employment and establishment data are from Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), using averages from Q4 of 2017 and Q1-Q3 of 2018 to calculate FY 2018 data.
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