H-2A wage rates to jump 6% nationally in 2020
By Steve Davies
Agri-Pulse
Farmworker wages under the H-2A program will rise 6% nationally in 2020 to an average of $13.99 an hour, with farmers in some states seeing increases of up to 10%, the Labor Department says.
Five states account for more than half the certified positions, according to the Labor Department: Florida (13%), Georgia (11.4%), Washington (10.2%), California (9.1%), and North Carolina (8.4%). Rounding out the top 10 are Louisiana, Michigan, Kentucky, New York and South Carolina, which together account for 16.4% of the H-2A jobs nationally.