{"abstract":"The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (Department) is issuing this notice to announce the 2017 Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for the employment of temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers (H-2A workers) to perform herding or production of livestock on the range. 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 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 AEWR for workers engaged in the herding or production of livestock on the range, as required by the methodology established in the Temporary Agricultural Employment of H- 2A Foreign Workers in the Herding or Production of Livestock on the Range in the United States, 80 FR 62958, 63067-63068 (Oct. 16, 2015); 20 CFR 655.211.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/12/23/2016-30923.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"81 FR 94421","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective Date: This notice is effective January 1, 2017.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-30923","effective_on":"2017-01-01","end_page":94422,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/12/23/2016-30923.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/23/2016-30923/labor-certification-process-for-the-temporary-employment-of-aliens-in-agriculture-in-the-united","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-30923?publication_date=2016-12-23","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-12-23/2016-30923/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":246,"last_updated":"2026-04-24 06:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-23/pdf/2016-30923.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-30923.pdf?1482414371","publication_date":"2016-12-23","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/12/23/2016-30923.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2017-01-12T06:00:26Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":94421,"subtype":null,"title":"Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Aliens in Agriculture in the United States: Adverse Effect Wage Rate for Range Occupations in 2017","toc_doc":"Adverse Effect Wage Rate for Range Occupations in 2017","toc_subject":"Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Aliens in Agriculture in the United States:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":81}