Federal Register: Labor Dept. Employment & Training Administration Issues Notice Updating Adverse Effect Wage Rates for Agricultural Foreign Workers
August 01, 2026
August 01, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSFR) -- 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 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 e . . .