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From the Labor Department file
Wisconsin at a glance
- Investigations closed
- 3,360
- With a violation found
- 2,684
- Back wages agreed
- $42,718,881
- Workers due back wages
- 50,259
- Civil money penalties
- $4,662,409
- Employers on the record
- 2,947
- Employers with a page
- 983
- Latest case in the file
- March 2026
By year
Investigations closed in Wisconsin 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
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manpower, Inc. | Milwaukee | 1 | $4,886,877 | 7,170 | $0 |
| Glory Global Solutions Inc. | Watertown | 1 | $2,355,702 | 396 | $0 |
| Precission Pipeline LLC | Eau Claire | 1 | $1,368,379 | 2,345 | $0 |
| Northwoods Forestry, Inc. | Eleva | 6 | $923,101 | 270 | $449,067 |
| Azco INC | Appleton | 1 | $851,799 | 1,128 | $0 |
| Watry Homes, LLC | New Berlin | 1 | $660,840 | 64 | $0 |
| Akal Security, Inc. | Milwaukee | 1 | $608,031 | 313 | $0 |
| Dept of Trans; State Patrol, Div of; DPU | Madison | 1 | $577,190 | 9 | $0 |
| Humana Inc. | Green Bay | 1 | $429,879 | 1,089 | $0 |
| Quicksilver Express Courier, Inc | Milwaukee | 1 | $392,719 | 650 | $0 |
| Marathon Systems Inc | Mukwonago | 3 | $391,223 | 304 | $0 |
| Ursa Major Corporation | Pewaukee | 17 | $388,274 | 523 | $0 |
| Charter Steel | Saukville | 1 | $337,956 | 15 | $0 |
| Open Arms 20 LLC | Racine | 1 | $305,542 | 116 | $85,260 |
| Skyward, Inc. | Stevens Point | 1 | $275,806 | 132 | $0 |
| Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. | Menomonee Falls | 1 | $267,233 | 2,481 | $0 |
| Geiger Bozich Automotive Group | Lake Geneva | 1 | $263,334 | 228 | $0 |
| Unified Cleanroom Construction | Sauk City | 1 | $252,177 | 24 | $0 |
| C&T Drywall, LLC | Cecil | 1 | $244,968 | 28 | $0 |
| Ho Chunk Nation | Baraboo | 2 | $229,870 | 450 | $0 |
| K Town Transportation Inc | Kenosha | 3 | $227,710 | 118 | $0 |
| El Azteca Restaurants, Inc. | Appleton | 2 | $207,807 | 0 | $23,188 |
| Catalina Precision Products, Inc. | Osceola | 1 | $205,407 | 119 | $0 |
| La Tolteca Fuentes, Inc. | Portage | 1 | $201,156 | 12 | $0 |
| Cedarburg Landscaping Co Inc. | Mequon | 1 | $200,000 | 48 | $0 |
| Casa Tequila Restaurant LLC | Pewaukee | 2 | $199,706 | 62 | $0 |
| A&C Forestry Services, LLC | Eau Claire | 1 | $197,604 | 59 | $99,264 |
| Unified Cleanrom Construction | Sauk City | 1 | $196,501 | 59 | $0 |
| Feng's Kitchen Inc. | Waukesha | 1 | $195,994 | 22 | $0 |
| Matthias Academy Corporation | Bristol | 1 | $195,719 | 99 | $0 |
| CBS Helping Hands LLC | Eau Claire | 1 | $194,329 | 12 | $0 |
| El Mezcal Inc | Wisconsin Rapids | 6 | $188,401 | 72 | $0 |
| Hofflin Construction | Sparta | 1 | $180,000 | 11 | $0 |
| Alpha Homes of Wisconsin, Inc. | Racine | 3 | $178,550 | 275 | $0 |
| Naples 15 LLC | Madison | 1 | $178,296 | 25 | $2,400 |
| Didion Milling, Inc. | Cambria | 1 | $175,603 | 13 | $0 |
| Regional Enterprises for Adults &Children,Inc | Eau Claire | 1 | $173,710 | 97 | $0 |
| Total Care Service Network, LLC. | Cottage Grove | 1 | $169,171 | 34 | $0 |
| Gallo Mfg Co., Inc. | Racine | 1 | $157,574 | 59 | $0 |
| Westlake Enterprises Inc. | Ladysmith | 2 | $153,084 | 101 | $0 |
| M Jolma Inc. | Ashland | 2 | $152,803 | 40 | $140,661 |
| RHD Plumbing, Inc. | Stoughton | 2 | $151,699 | 36 | $0 |
| Centinela Inc. | Madison | 1 | $151,433 | 24 | $0 |
| Rooms R Us Adult Family Home LLC | Milwaukee | 1 | $146,491 | 89 | $0 |
| Kestrel Aircraft Company, Inc. | Superior | 1 | $140,349 | 48 | $0 |
| Salija Inc. | Oak Creek | 1 | $140,042 | 21 | $0 |
| Diversified Manufacturing Corporation | Prescott | 1 | $139,815 | 157 | $993 |
| National Ave Chicken Palace LLC | Milwaukee | 1 | $138,422 | 9 | $8,054 |
| Laredo's Mexican Restaurant Inc. | Fitchburg | 1 | $137,406 | 35 | $0 |
| Elvis & Miza Investments LLC | Wisconsin Dells | 1 | $135,542 | 125 | $120,540 |
The fifty employers in Wisconsin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and food services | 848 | $8,452,581 | 8,906 |
| Administrative, support and waste services | 219 | $7,531,046 | 9,770 |
| Construction | 301 | $6,418,842 | 5,578 |
| Health care and social assistance | 570 | $5,965,955 | 12,109 |
| Wholesale trade | 53 | $2,749,862 | 925 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 187 | $2,595,249 | 2,766 |
| Manufacturing | 303 | $2,389,456 | 2,062 |
| Retail trade | 293 | $1,514,097 | 1,856 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 130 | $1,403,520 | 985 |
| Finance and insurance | 36 | $738,750 | 1,909 |
| Public administration | 21 | $650,897 | 130 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 51 | $474,191 | 315 |
| Other services | 68 | $287,131 | 446 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 50 | $177,172 | 351 |
| Information | 39 | $137,206 | 287 |
| Educational services | 29 | $109,568 | 198 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 18 | $33,958 | 155 |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 3 | $1,095 | 9 |
| Management of companies | 1 | $720 | 5 |
| Utilities | 6 | $0 | 0 |
| Industry not stated | 134 | $1,087,583 | 1,497 |
Every case in Wisconsin 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 3,360 cases on the state record.
The 25 industries with the most back wages
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-Service Restaurants | 513 | $7,147,513 | 5,672 |
| Temporary Help Services | 25 | $5,094,539 | 7,556 |
| Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | 2 | $2,360,087 | 405 |
| Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction | 7 | $1,492,539 | 2,596 |
| Other Residential Care Facilities | 118 | $1,268,289 | 1,316 |
| Nursing Care Facilities | 104 | $1,236,136 | 2,157 |
| Support Activities for Forestry | 8 | $1,118,768 | 327 |
| Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction | 6 | $858,225 | 1,140 |
| Roofing Contractors | 24 | $717,779 | 147 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services | 17 | $713,800 | 378 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Services | 51 | $635,213 | 2,452 |
| Janitorial Services | 67 | $603,174 | 608 |
| Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities | 4 | $577,611 | 11 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants | 147 | $527,451 | 1,555 |
| Landscaping Services | 46 | $498,607 | 442 |
| Industrial Building Construction | 4 | $482,522 | 104 |
| Community Care Facilities for the Elderly | 19 | $458,536 | 2,858 |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | 8 | $449,659 | 1,298 |
| Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance | 19 | $432,624 | 538 |
| Home Health Care Services | 58 | $409,445 | 505 |
| Local Messengers and Local Delivery | 5 | $392,719 | 650 |
| Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation | 11 | $369,255 | 389 |
| Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel | 3 | $337,956 | 15 |
| All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing | 6 | $333,917 | 361 |
| Computer and Software Stores | 2 | $311,000 | 205 |
Industries as the Department codes them, the 25 of 582 with the most back wages.
By county
Wisconsin on the record by county
| County | Employers | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee County | 661 | 734 | $10,269,143 | 16,143 |
| Dane County | 312 | 340 | $4,456,132 | 2,710 |
| Waukesha County | 210 | 244 | $4,318,917 | 6,583 |
| Eau Claire County | 53 | 60 | $3,107,670 | 3,261 |
| Jefferson County | 35 | 38 | $2,602,189 | 679 |
| Outagamie County | 89 | 91 | $1,735,246 | 1,691 |
| Brown County | 164 | 183 | $1,706,625 | 2,966 |
| Racine County | 124 | 132 | $1,144,749 | 1,133 |
| Sauk County | 54 | 59 | $1,020,084 | 970 |
| Kenosha County | 83 | 92 | $927,851 | 851 |
| Ozaukee County | 39 | 41 | $860,188 | 361 |
| Adams County | 38 | 42 | $640,327 | 1,118 |
| Columbia County | 27 | 27 | $578,586 | 148 |
| Monroe County | 44 | 53 | $553,764 | 303 |
| Washington County | 61 | 66 | $524,948 | 545 |
| Marathon County | 61 | 64 | $492,911 | 532 |
| Walworth County | 34 | 34 | $492,172 | 543 |
| La Crosse County | 59 | 62 | $430,277 | 686 |
| Portage County | 35 | 40 | $429,644 | 296 |
| Rock County | 82 | 89 | $417,921 | 817 |
| Shawano County | 21 | 22 | $402,410 | 464 |
| Winnebago County | 69 | 84 | $372,537 | 395 |
| Douglas County | 29 | 29 | $323,628 | 340 |
| Calumet County | 37 | 42 | $277,987 | 626 |
| Rusk County | 7 | 9 | $267,843 | 183 |
| Pierce County | 16 | 17 | $255,758 | 247 |
| Wood County | 28 | 36 | $255,350 | 382 |
| St. Croix County | 30 | 30 | $225,206 | 338 |
| Polk County | 8 | 8 | $219,654 | 215 |
| Oneida County | 15 | 15 | $204,112 | 232 |
| Ashland County | 9 | 10 | $203,877 | 128 |
| Lincoln County | 14 | 17 | $130,372 | 256 |
| Jackson County | 14 | 16 | $130,213 | 187 |
| Sheboygan County | 59 | 66 | $126,006 | 203 |
| Dodge County | 32 | 34 | $125,790 | 199 |
| Marinette County | 22 | 25 | $120,449 | 289 |
| Fond du Lac County | 42 | 43 | $119,844 | 382 |
| Grant County | 12 | 14 | $118,607 | 148 |
| Clark County | 18 | 18 | $116,980 | 160 |
| Green County | 15 | 15 | $114,806 | 259 |
| County not stated | 23 | 27 | $653,462 | 361 |
The forty counties 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 Wisconsin on the record
| City | Employers | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 580 | 652 | $10,119,900 | 15,475 |
| Madison | 206 | 226 | $3,088,363 | 1,892 |
| Watertown | 15 | 16 | $2,377,568 | 411 |
| Eau Claire | 47 | 49 | $2,171,160 | 2,989 |
| Appleton | 82 | 84 | $1,487,329 | 1,876 |
| Green Bay | 136 | 144 | $1,330,235 | 2,466 |
| Eleva | 1 | 6 | $923,101 | 270 |
| New Berlin | 19 | 20 | $904,181 | 452 |
| Waukesha | 62 | 69 | $826,683 | 1,048 |
| Racine | 67 | 72 | $783,637 | 760 |
| Kenosha | 61 | 68 | $670,293 | 612 |
| Menomonee Falls | 26 | 31 | $651,654 | 2,876 |
| Pewaukee | 16 | 31 | $639,996 | 673 |
| Sauk City | 11 | 13 | $584,709 | 180 |
| Wisconsin Dells | 29 | 32 | $521,837 | 786 |
| Sparta | 25 | 29 | $481,944 | 238 |
| Mukwonago | 5 | 7 | $460,627 | 341 |
| Wausau | 33 | 34 | $387,099 | 387 |
| Stevens Point | 21 | 24 | $354,087 | 226 |
| Saukville | 2 | 2 | $342,829 | 18 |
| Portage | 20 | 20 | $341,794 | 73 |
| Oak Creek | 26 | 27 | $318,159 | 296 |
| Baraboo | 27 | 29 | $316,196 | 594 |
| La Crosse | 46 | 49 | $305,502 | 589 |
| Lake Geneva | 10 | 10 | $299,661 | 293 |
| Brookfield | 33 | 34 | $296,758 | 156 |
| Oconomowoc | 14 | 15 | $287,598 | 174 |
| Mequon | 15 | 16 | $270,937 | 145 |
| Ladysmith | 6 | 7 | $264,391 | 171 |
| Cecil | 1 | 1 | $244,968 | 28 |
| Middleton | 18 | 18 | $242,760 | 105 |
| Superior | 26 | 26 | $217,436 | 292 |
| Janesville | 42 | 44 | $211,202 | 563 |
| Osceola | 2 | 2 | $205,407 | 119 |
| Ashland | 8 | 9 | $203,877 | 128 |
| Bristol | 2 | 2 | $195,719 | 99 |
| Sun Prairie | 19 | 19 | $195,065 | 100 |
| Oshkosh | 42 | 54 | $191,832 | 309 |
| De Pere | 21 | 23 | $191,086 | 300 |
| Verona | 12 | 14 | $190,926 | 104 |
| Cottage Grove | 7 | 7 | $186,255 | 50 |
| Cambria | 2 | 2 | $183,794 | 19 |
| Neenah | 23 | 25 | $170,503 | 50 |
| Stoughton | 9 | 10 | $167,000 | 56 |
| Fitchburg | 3 | 3 | $164,922 | 172 |
| Marshfield | 12 | 15 | $159,665 | 222 |
| New Franken | 2 | 3 | $157,388 | 149 |
| Germantown | 26 | 28 | $151,861 | 207 |
| Hudson | 17 | 17 | $148,352 | 184 |
| West Bend | 10 | 11 | $145,898 | 67 |
| Sturtevant | 11 | 12 | $143,935 | 116 |
| Prescott | 3 | 3 | $142,154 | 163 |
| Waterloo | 2 | 3 | $141,890 | 110 |
| Beloit | 28 | 30 | $140,281 | 144 |
| Minocqua | 6 | 6 | $123,130 | 188 |
| Greenfield | 4 | 4 | $116,102 | 38 |
| Little Chute | 4 | 5 | $111,069 | 34 |
| Hartford | 10 | 12 | $108,764 | 109 |
| Hortonville | 3 | 3 | $104,709 | 56 |
| Muskego | 12 | 12 | $100,600 | 259 |
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 Wisconsin
In Wisconsin a wage claim can go to the state: How to File a Wage Claim takes claims under state law, which often covers more than the federal rules. The federal route is the Division's page on how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division with 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
Wisconsin wage and hour records, questions
How many wage and hour cases does the Labor Department record in Wisconsin?
3,360 closed investigations of 2,947 employers between fiscal 2005 and the April 22, 2026 snapshot, 2,684 of them with a violation found, with $42,718,881 in back wages agreed and $4,662,409 in civil money penalties.
Which Wisconsin employer owed the most back wages?
Manpower, Inc. of Milwaukee, with $4,886,877 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 Wisconsin?
In Wisconsin a wage claim can go to the state: How to File a Wage Claim takes claims under state law, which often covers more than the federal rules. The federal route is the Division's page on how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division with 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 Wisconsin alone. The Wage and Hour Division made the findings. The Wisconsin 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.