Also called: DOL Investigator, Labor Standards Investigator
Investigates employers who cheat workers out of minimum wage or overtime, or break child labor laws.
Wage and hour investigators show up at restaurants, farms, and warehouses, review payroll records, interview workers in their languages, and recover back pay owed to them. They often protect the most vulnerable workers.
Federal and state pay. Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; federal or state training.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business, Labor Studies, Spanish, Criminal Justice.
Growing about average. Depends on enforcement funding.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps analyze payroll records; visiting worksites and interviewing workers stay human.
Classes: Spanish, AP Government, Math.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1041.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.