Are you owed back wages? DOL says over 7,000 Georgia workers are owed $2.2 million total

More than $2.2 million in back wages is owed to more than 7,000 workers in Georgia.

According to U.S. Department of Labor data, businesses owe more than $100 million in back wages to U.S. workers. In Georgia, some part of $2,231,511.30 is owed to 7,131 workers.

The county with the highest amount of back wages owed to its workers is Colquitt County, in southwest Georgia, which owes a total of $327,477 shared among 816 people.

Gwinnett, Fulton and DeKalb counties, which are part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, were the counties with the next highest amounts owed.

Early County, on the southern end of the Georgia-Alabama border, is the county with the highest number of workers owed money.

The DOL Wages and Hours Division maintains a database where you can search by employer or worker to see if you are owed back wages.

Back wages owed in Georgia broken down by workers and total amount owed

The following data was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.

This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Georgia workers owed $2.2 million in back wages, DOL says