H-2A Program Adverse Effect Wage Rate for 2022
Bryan Little, Farm Employers Labor Service
December 16, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor published Adverse Effect Wage rates for employment of temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers to perform agricultural labor or services other than herding or production of livestock on the range on December 15, 2021. These rates become effective on December 29, 2021. The AEWR for California for 2022 is $17.51 per hour, a 9% increase over 2021, which was itself an 8% increase over the prior year.