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H-2A wage rates to jump 6% nationally in 2020

12/18/19 12:34 PM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS Adverse Effect Wage Rates AEWR American Farm Bureau Federation Department of Labor farm labor H-2A program United Fresh Produce Association Veronica Nigh western growers
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.
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