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Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Foreign Workers in Agriculture in the United States: Adverse Effect Wage Rate Updates for Non-Range Occupations

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The Department of Labor has updated the Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) that H-2A agricultural workers and their U.S. counterparts must be paid. Employers sponsoring H-2A workers must now offer and pay these new minimum wage rates in recruitment and employment. These rates apply to temporary and seasonal agricultural labor positions across non-range occupations.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2026

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) is issuing this notice to announce updates to the Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) for the employment of temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers (H-2A workers) to perform agricultural labor or services in non-range occupations. AEWRs are the minimum wage rates that must be offered, advertised in recruitment, and paid by employers to H-2A workers and workers in corresponding employment to ensure that the

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