Source: RURAL MIGRATION NEWS, UC DAVIS, 6/10/22


DOL certified 193,200 jobs to be filled with H-2A workers in the first two quarters of FY22, up 16 percent from 166,000 jobs certified in the first two quarters of FY21. DOL could certify over 350,000 jobs in FY22, up from 317,600 in FY21.

During the first two quarters of FY21, FL accounted for 14 percent of H-2A job certifications, CA 13 percent, GA 11 percent, WA eight percent, and NC seven percent; the top five states accounted for over half of all H-2A certifications. The NC Growers Association was the largest H-2A recruiter with almost 5,900 jobs certified, followed by CA’s Fresh Harvest with 3,800 jobs, CA’s Foothill with 3,600, and CA’s Elkhorn with 2,400 jobs. Eight of the top 10 employers in the first half of FY22 were FLCs.

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