1. Labor Commissioner's Office

Garment Manufacturing Fees and Payments

Payment Options

To avoid service fees and delays, apply and pay online with a credit card. Additionally, the system will calculate the required fees for you.

If you apply in person or by mail, you can pay your garment registration fees with a money order, cashier's check, or certified check.

Payment By Cashier's Check or Money Order (may delay processing registration)

Fee Schedule (Annual registration)

The amount you pay for registration is determined by your answers to certain questions on the online or paper application and the amount of gross sales receipts that you report for a specified period of time.

Your answers to the following items on the application form will determine the amount of your registration fee.

If you answered "No" to Application Item 7a:

If you have not had an application for registration denied and if you have not had a registration revoked or suspended during the three years preceding the filing of this application, use TABLE 1 to find the amount of your registration fee. (If your answer to 7a was "yes", go to the next section entitled, "If You Answered 'Yes' to Application Item 7a.")

TYPE OF BUSINESS
(Your answer to Item 8a of application form)		 GROSS SALES RECEIPTS FOR THE PRIOR 12 MONTHS
(Your answer to Item 4c of application form rounded to nearest dollar)		 YOUR
ANNUAL FEE IS
Contractor $100,000 or less $250
Contractor $100,001 to $500,000 $350
Contractor $500,001 to $1,000,000 $500
Contractor $1,000,001 or more $1,000
Manufacturer $500,000 or less $750
Manufacturer $500,001 to $3,000,000 $1,000
Manufacturer $3,000,001 to $7,000,000 $1,500
Manufacturer $7,000,001 or more $2,500

If you answered "Yes" to Application Item 7a:

If you have had an application for registration denied or if you have had a registration revoked or suspended during the three years preceding the filing of this application, use TABLE 2 to determine the amount of your registration fee.

TYPE OF BUSINESS
(Your answer to Item 8a of application form)		 HAVE YOU HAD ANY GROSS SALES RECEIPTS AT ANYTIME DURING THE 3-YEAR PERIOD PRIOR TO FILING THIS APPLICATION?
(Your answer to Item 7b of application form)		 YOUR
ANNUAL FEE IS
Contractor No $500
Contractor Yes $1,000
Manufacturer No $1,500
Manufacturer Yes $2,500

Examination Fees (New applicants only)

The examination fee is $25.00. When the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement receives your completed application with your $25.00 examination fee, you will be sent an authorization for examination letter. This letter will tell you where and when you can take the exam, and provide you with instructions of what you need to bring to the exam.

The person who will take the garment exam must be listed on the application as the individual owner, one of the partners, one of the corporate officers, or member of the limited liability company with at least 20% ownership OR will function as the applicant's director of labor relations, and in that capacity will exercise direct or indirect control over employees' wages, hours and working conditions.

(Optional – any person listed above may request to take the exam with a renewal application by submitting a $25 fee.)

October 2020