{"abstract":"The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (Department) is issuing this notice to announce 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.","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/2016/12/23/2016-30928.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"81 FR 94422","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective Date: This notice is effective December 23, 2016.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-30928","effective_on":"2016-12-23","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/2016/12/23/2016-30928.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/23/2016-30928/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/2016-30928?publication_date=2016-12-23","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-12-23/2016-30928/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":1,"page_views":{"count":1976,"last_updated":"2026-04-24 06:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-23/pdf/2016-30928.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-30928.pdf?1482414372","publication_date":"2016-12-23","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/12/23/2016-30928.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":94422,"subtype":null,"title":"Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Aliens in Agriculture in the United States: 2017 Adverse Effect Wage Rates","toc_doc":"2017 Adverse Effect Wage Rates","toc_subject":"Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Aliens in Agriculture in the United States:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":81}