2022 Wages for H-2A Employees Published

The federal government publishes the Adverse Effect Wage Rate each year for farm workers in the U.S. using H-2A, the agricultural guest worker program. These wage rates will be effective January 1, 2022. New York will experience an increase of 4.5% to $15.66. Our southern neighbors in Pennsylvania will see a dramatic increase of 10.6% to $15.54.

2022 % Increase 2021
New York 15.66 4.5% 14.99
Pennsylvania 15.54 10.6% 14.05
Michigan 15.37 4.4% 14.72
Washington 17.41 6.5% 16.34
California 17.51 9.1% 16.05
Florida 12.41 2.7% 12.08
North Carolina 14.16 7.7% 13.15

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