The primary function of Agriculture Workforce Management Association, Inc. (AWMA) is to provide guidance to its stockholder employers who wish to apply for temporary alien agricultural labor certification for the purpose of employing H2A workers on a temporary or seasonal basis.
"Owned and Managed by Agricultural Employers"
H-2A Applications
We need your application 75 days prior to your date of need.
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USDA Farm Labor Survey Results—H2A AEWR
The results of the USDA Farm Labor Survey were released November 20, 2024. The Department of Labor will primarily use these wages for the Adverse Effect Wage Rate for H-2A Workers. DOL will announce the AEWR wages by Notice in the Federal Register, and we will post on our website.
Alabama $16.08 Minnesota $18.15
Arkansas $14.83 Mississippi $14.83 Connecticut $18.83 Missouri $18.65 Illinois $19.57 Ohio $19.57 Indiana $19.57 Oklahoma $15.79 Iowa $18.65 Pennsylvania $17.96 Kentucky $15.87 Tennessee $15.87 Louisiana $14.83 Texas $15.79 Michigan $18.15 West Virginia $15.87
AWMA prevails in lawsuit against
DOL Farmworker Protection Rule
AWMA was successful in stopping the Department of Labor from enforcing the Farmworker Protection Rule. We and the other plaintiffs are pleased the court agreed that the Rule was overreaching. The Court Order Preliminary Injunction only granted relief to those parties that filed the lawsuit.
Following our court win, another case in Mississippi also ruled in favor of H2A employers and stopped DOL from enforcing parts of the Rule. The Court Order Preliminary Injunction is nationwide.
As of November 27, 2024 DOL is no longer enforcing the Rule nationwide. The Department will process applications under the Rules in place on June 27, 2024. Those are the ones we operated under prior to the Farmworker Protection Rule.
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