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Type an employer's name as it appears on a pay stub or a storefront. The list searches every one of the 5,179 Louisiana employers on the record: the 1,604 with a page of their own open it, and the rest show their whole record in the result line.
From the Labor Department file
Louisiana at a glance
- Investigations closed
- 5,806
- With a violation found
- 4,759
- Back wages agreed
- $77,631,268
- Workers due back wages
- 97,626
- Civil money penalties
- $4,392,554
- Employers on the record
- 5,212
- Employers with a page
- 1,604
- Latest case in the file
- March 2026
By year
Investigations closed in Louisiana by year
Investigations closed per year, counted by the year the findings ended. Blue bars: cases. The file runs from fiscal 2005; the latest year is partial.
Biggest cases
Employers with the most back wages agreed
The fifty employers in Louisiana with the most back wages agreed, all cases combined.
Largest civil money penalties
Latest
Employers whose newest case closed last
Employers with a page whose most recent case closed last, by year.
By industry
Where the violations are found
| Sector | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative, support and waste services | 509 | $15,868,762 | 20,694 |
| Construction | 1,153 | $15,390,294 | 14,582 |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,153 | $13,984,711 | 18,044 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,159 | $8,525,817 | 18,992 |
| Manufacturing | 166 | $4,880,583 | 5,527 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 140 | $3,538,287 | 1,629 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 128 | $3,165,763 | 1,576 |
| Retail trade | 551 | $2,951,509 | 4,107 |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 70 | $2,690,786 | 2,486 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 207 | $797,109 | 2,013 |
| Public administration | 32 | $760,456 | 673 |
| Other services | 94 | $560,815 | 1,567 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 49 | $490,786 | 438 |
| Educational services | 24 | $318,677 | 147 |
| Wholesale trade | 48 | $297,720 | 238 |
| Information | 29 | $234,192 | 398 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 55 | $188,176 | 522 |
| Finance and insurance | 36 | $155,654 | 391 |
| Utilities | 17 | $70,622 | 139 |
| Industry not stated | 186 | $2,760,550 | 3,463 |
Every case in Louisiana by the sector of its industry code, ranked by back wages. The last row holds the cases whose code names no sector, so the column adds up to the 5,806 cases on the state record.
The 25 industries with the most back wages
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Health Care Services | 234 | $9,406,602 | 8,345 |
| Temporary Help Services | 101 | $8,233,880 | 10,960 |
| Full-Service Restaurants | 568 | $4,988,830 | 10,434 |
| All Other Specialty Trade Contractors | 362 | $3,300,221 | 3,728 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services | 94 | $2,923,366 | 3,927 |
| Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors | 67 | $2,131,642 | 860 |
| Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors | 71 | $2,080,650 | 911 |
| Ship Building and Repairing | 12 | $1,980,305 | 2,100 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants | 229 | $1,894,552 | 5,660 |
| Janitorial Services | 84 | $1,723,088 | 1,980 |
| Child Day Care Services | 505 | $1,404,931 | 3,750 |
| Specialized Freight Trucking | 3 | $1,200,295 | 230 |
| Petroleum Refineries | 5 | $1,186,976 | 1,404 |
| Landscaping Services | 99 | $1,102,064 | 1,237 |
| Drywall and Insulation Contractors | 50 | $1,085,928 | 958 |
| Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels | 262 | $1,011,381 | 1,738 |
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors | 48 | $1,004,703 | 1,230 |
| Drilling Oil and Gas Wells | 8 | $975,647 | 421 |
| Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores | 200 | $924,181 | 1,520 |
| Residential Building Construction | 44 | $831,441 | 527 |
| Computer Facilities Management Services | 5 | $813,607 | 69 |
| Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations | 35 | $683,358 | 797 |
| Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores | 53 | $642,918 | 667 |
| Commercial and Institutional Building Construction | 73 | $610,931 | 650 |
| Nursing Care Facilities | 101 | $606,224 | 1,945 |
Industries as the Department codes them, the 25 of 576 with the most back wages.
By county
Louisiana on the record by parish
| County | Employers | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 749 | 812 | $11,879,400 | 15,249 |
| Orleans | 641 | 702 | $8,852,015 | 12,799 |
| Lafayette | 228 | 249 | $7,657,343 | 6,602 |
| East Baton Rouge | 443 | 478 | $6,491,886 | 8,420 |
| Terrebonne | 91 | 98 | $4,837,899 | 4,531 |
| Caddo | 418 | 463 | $3,887,415 | 5,992 |
| St. Tammany | 270 | 287 | $3,823,075 | 3,843 |
| Ouachita | 327 | 376 | $3,108,612 | 4,278 |
| Calcasieu | 157 | 171 | $3,069,256 | 4,202 |
| Tangipahoa | 116 | 137 | $2,225,477 | 2,379 |
| St. Mary | 26 | 27 | $2,109,128 | 948 |
| Lafourche | 60 | 65 | $2,088,039 | 2,656 |
| Rapides | 176 | 183 | $1,695,919 | 1,727 |
| St. Charles | 46 | 49 | $1,537,885 | 2,590 |
| Ascension | 78 | 80 | $1,410,422 | 1,488 |
| St. John the Baptist | 204 | 212 | $1,106,231 | 1,477 |
| Iberia | 54 | 57 | $963,003 | 937 |
| Bossier | 163 | 178 | $950,895 | 2,057 |
| Livingston | 71 | 77 | $759,718 | 1,023 |
| LaSalle | 12 | 12 | $750,415 | 388 |
| Acadia | 81 | 85 | $714,623 | 1,077 |
| Assumption | 22 | 24 | $474,956 | 725 |
| Webster | 40 | 57 | $406,373 | 894 |
| St. James | 15 | 17 | $391,686 | 488 |
| Vernon | 51 | 53 | $361,821 | 472 |
| Saint Tammany | 11 | 12 | $351,489 | 160 |
| St. Bernard | 34 | 37 | $350,856 | 994 |
| Plaquemines | 49 | 50 | $335,016 | 404 |
| Iberville | 21 | 26 | $324,826 | 481 |
| Evangeline | 31 | 31 | $291,623 | 441 |
| Avoyelles | 43 | 45 | $277,190 | 557 |
| St. Landry | 42 | 45 | $260,750 | 370 |
| St. Martin | 23 | 24 | $246,231 | 298 |
| Vermilion | 41 | 44 | $232,968 | 763 |
| Morehouse | 33 | 37 | $226,004 | 343 |
| Natchitoches | 29 | 32 | $225,058 | 302 |
| West Baton Rouge | 27 | 28 | $218,927 | 147 |
| De Soto | 25 | 27 | $214,833 | 184 |
| Red River | 8 | 8 | $198,787 | 132 |
| Madison | 20 | 24 | $181,817 | 886 |
| County not stated | 17 | 18 | $481,160 | 597 |
The forty parishes with the most back wages, the county read from each employer's ZIP code; the last row counts the cases with no usable ZIP or city.
By city
Cities in Louisiana on the record
| City | Employers | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans | 715 | 780 | $9,335,691 | 13,505 |
| Baton Rouge | 417 | 445 | $6,052,150 | 7,898 |
| Houma | 83 | 89 | $4,635,367 | 4,165 |
| Lafayette | 172 | 187 | $3,908,163 | 3,685 |
| Shreveport | 396 | 439 | $3,735,469 | 5,862 |
| Metairie | 296 | 318 | $3,435,891 | 4,391 |
| Broussard | 21 | 23 | $3,161,009 | 2,565 |
| Kenner | 155 | 168 | $2,941,879 | 3,573 |
| Monroe | 218 | 240 | $2,407,608 | 3,119 |
| Lake Charles | 105 | 117 | $1,989,275 | 2,844 |
| Hammond | 66 | 85 | $1,730,964 | 1,648 |
| Slidell | 113 | 121 | $1,727,206 | 1,264 |
| Franklin | 11 | 11 | $1,574,259 | 556 |
| Westwego | 17 | 18 | $1,505,365 | 1,521 |
| Harvey | 73 | 76 | $1,493,481 | 1,958 |
| Gretna | 79 | 81 | $1,476,564 | 1,966 |
| Lockport | 5 | 6 | $1,125,134 | 1,472 |
| Alexandria | 95 | 99 | $953,625 | 998 |
| La Place | 189 | 196 | $891,155 | 1,328 |
| New Iberia | 43 | 44 | $851,509 | 778 |
| Sulphur | 33 | 35 | $848,368 | 1,155 |
| Jena | 10 | 10 | $730,076 | 354 |
| Morgan City | 17 | 19 | $722,215 | 896 |
| West Monroe | 107 | 126 | $641,029 | 887 |
| Bossier City | 134 | 146 | $635,833 | 1,692 |
| Denham Springs | 45 | 50 | $597,430 | 735 |
| Norco | 4 | 4 | $527,731 | 563 |
| Madisonville | 6 | 6 | $515,719 | 432 |
| Mandeville | 63 | 65 | $510,999 | 475 |
| Lacombe | 7 | 8 | $505,697 | 323 |
| Gonzales | 42 | 44 | $498,698 | 744 |
| Covington | 70 | 72 | $478,009 | 1,038 |
| Amelia | 4 | 4 | $398,669 | 247 |
| Crowley | 24 | 27 | $392,164 | 470 |
| Thibodaux | 24 | 25 | $371,607 | 377 |
| Saint Rose | 12 | 13 | $354,969 | 445 |
| Minden | 32 | 44 | $307,106 | 714 |
| Cut Off | 8 | 8 | $301,724 | 176 |
| Saint Amant | 5 | 5 | $300,143 | 222 |
| Convent | 1 | 1 | $299,654 | 272 |
| Abita Springs | 7 | 8 | $288,282 | 256 |
| Belle Chasse | 40 | 41 | $274,621 | 317 |
| Scott | 16 | 16 | $264,215 | 134 |
| Marrero | 32 | 36 | $263,412 | 494 |
| Geismar | 5 | 5 | $262,971 | 252 |
| Breaux Bridge | 16 | 17 | $235,057 | 256 |
| Bastrop | 31 | 35 | $224,315 | 305 |
| Greenwell Springs | 5 | 5 | $219,031 | 224 |
| Luling | 13 | 14 | $215,286 | 159 |
| Prairieville | 20 | 20 | $209,871 | 179 |
| Youngsville | 13 | 15 | $209,498 | 177 |
| Natchitoches | 27 | 30 | $201,467 | 270 |
| Coushatta | 8 | 8 | $198,787 | 132 |
| Pineville | 37 | 37 | $183,236 | 349 |
| Chalmette | 24 | 25 | $174,880 | 655 |
| Laplace | 9 | 9 | $170,195 | 92 |
| Paradis | 2 | 2 | $168,505 | 186 |
| Plaquemine | 13 | 16 | $167,338 | 275 |
| Ruston | 62 | 66 | $166,210 | 421 |
| Eunice | 25 | 26 | $163,629 | 211 |
Cities as the Department recorded them, ranked by back wages; a linked city opens its public records page.
If you are owed wages
Where to file a wage claim in Louisiana
Louisiana has no state wage claim process of its own. An unpaid wage or overtime complaint goes to the federal Division: how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division explains what to send and where. The Division also keeps a search of back wages owed to workers it collected and could not deliver.
Straight answers
Louisiana wage and hour records, questions
How many wage and hour cases does the Labor Department record in Louisiana?
5,806 closed investigations of 5,212 employers between fiscal 2005 and the April 22, 2026 snapshot, 4,759 of them with a violation found, with $77,631,268 in back wages agreed and $4,392,554 in civil money penalties.
Which Louisiana employer owed the most back wages?
Hutco, Inc. of Broussard, with $1,914,818 agreed across 1 case, which is the top of the table above.
Does this record include claims filed with the state?
No. It is the federal file alone: investigations the Wage and Hour Division closed. Claims filed with a state labor office, private lawsuits and settlements are not in it, so an employer missing here is not an employer with a clean record.
What does back wages agreed mean?
The amount the employer agreed to pay the workers the Division found were owed, computed at the federal minimum wage and overtime rates. It is not a court judgment, and the file records the agreement, not whether every dollar was paid.
How current is the record?
The Department refreshes the file about once a quarter. This page reads the snapshot dated April 22, 2026, whose latest closed case is from March 2026.
Where do I file a wage claim in Louisiana?
Louisiana has no state wage claim process of its own. An unpaid wage or overtime complaint goes to the federal Division: how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division explains what to send and where. The Division also keeps a search of back wages owed to workers it collected and could not deliver.
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Where this record comes from
The record comes from the Wage and Hour Division compliance action data published by the U.S. Department of Labor, snapshot dated April 22, 2026 and read for this page on November 5, 2026, counted here by employer, year, industry, county and city for Louisiana alone. The Wage and Hour Division made the findings. The Louisiana public records page lists the state's other record offices, and the national wage theft records page ranks every state.
Disclaimer. The wage and hour information here is for general information only. It comes from the Labor Department's closed case file as the Department publishes it, which can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and a case on this record is not a court judgment and not an admission by the employer. Check with the Wage and Hour Division before you rely on it. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.