Property type · NAUPA 81
Unclaimed salaries/wages
- 745
- records of this type
- $3.9M
- total being held
- $3,656
- median record
- $58,608
- largest record
Unpaid wages, a final paycheque, or commission that was never collected.
Classic for anyone who left a job and moved shortly afterwards. The final cheque, or a correction issued weeks later, went to the old address.
What you will need to claim it
Old pay stubs, a W-2 from the employer, or employment records showing the dates and the address.
Every claim also needs government photo identification and proof of your Social Security number, plus a document linking you to the address the property was reported under. That last item is the one that stops most people.
Who reported the most of it
Unclaimed salaries/wages: common questions
What is unclaimed salaries/wages?
Unpaid wages, a final paycheque, or commission that was never collected. 745 such records are in our database, worth $3,909,934 in total, with a median of $3,656.
Why did this end up with the state?
Classic for anyone who left a job and moved shortly afterwards. The final cheque, or a correction issued weeks later, went to the old address.
What proof will I need?
Old pay stubs, a W-2 from the employer, or employment records showing the dates and the address. On top of that, every claim needs government photo ID and proof of your Social Security number.
Is unclaimed salaries/wages still claimable after many years?
Yes. States hold unclaimed property indefinitely as custodian. There is no deadline and no point at which the state takes ownership — records from the 1980s are claimed regularly.
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Search your name — freeOther kinds of unclaimed property
- Checking Accounts56,311
- Cashier's Checks41,888
- Underlying Shares/Outstand Cer41,193
- Proceeds Due Beneficiaries38,834
- Savings Accounts23,346
- Securities21,093
- Individual Policy Benefit/Clm20,326
- Accounts Payable18,684
- Misc Intangible Prop14,266
- Misc Outstanding Checks13,694
- Checking Accounts, Dmnd Depsit13,472
- Savings Accts/Crdt Union Shrs13,150
- Refunds Due12,565
- Mutual Fund Shares12,328
- Shares of Stock (rtrned by Po)12,193
- Proceeds-Policy Endow, Annuity11,684
- Outstanding Official Checks10,891
- Credit Bal - Accts Receivable10,862
- Escrow Accounts10,687
- Other9,961
- Dividends9,759
- Vendor Checks9,291
- Group Policy Benefit/Clm Pmts8,921
- Credit Balances8,792
Counted from the California public unclaimed property file, refreshed weekly, covering records of $2,500 and above with no claim activity recorded. Category code 81 follows the NAUPA standard property type list used by state administrators.
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