Dec 27, 2016

DOL updates minimum wage rates for H-2A workers

The Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor has announced the 2017 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for the employment of temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers (H-2A workers) to perform agricultural labor or services.

AEWRs are the minimum wage rates the department has determined must be offered and paid by employers to H-2A workers and workers in corresponding employment for a particular occupation and area so that the wages of similarly employed U.S. workers will not be adversely affected. In this notice, the Department announces the annual update of the AEWRs.

2017 Adverse Effect Wage Rates by state:

Alabama $10.62
Arizona $10.95
Arkansas $10.38
California $12.57
Colorado $11.00
Connecticut $12.38
Delaware $12.19
Florida $11.12
Georgia $10.62
Hawaii $13.14
Idaho $11.66
Illinois $13.01
Indiana $13.01
Iowa $13.12
Kansas $13.79
Kentucky $10.92
Louisiana $10.38
Maine $12.38
Maryland $12.19
Massachusetts $12.38
Michigan $12.75
Minnesota $12.75
Mississippi $10.38
Missouri $13.12
Montana $11.66
Nebraska $13.79
Nevada $11.00
New Hampshire $12.38
New Jersey $12.19
New Mexico $10.95
New York $12.38
North Carolina $11.27
North Dakota $13.79
Ohio $13.01
Oklahoma $11.59
Oregon $13.38
Pennsylvania $12.19
Rhode Island $12.38
South Carolina $10.62
South Dakota $13.79
Tennessee $10.92
Texas $11.59
Utah $11.00
Vermont $12.38
Virginia $11.27
Washington $13.38
West Virginia $10.92
Wisconsin $12.75
Wyoming $11.66