Source: CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION SERVICES, 7/12/17


A new analysis of the H-2B visa program data by the Center for Immigration Studies shows the locations where jobs have been offered to guestworkers, pay rates, and numbers of unemployed and available U.S. workers, with a particular focus on less-educated U.S. workers. These jobs are supposed to be for seasonal or temporary non-agricultural work, and the visas are issued for up to three years at a time. The three interactive maps below show that U.S. companies are hiring H-2B guest workers in large numbers for jobs even in areas of high unemployment and with low labor force participation.

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