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Adverse effect wage rates are the minimum wage rates which the Department of Labor has determined must be offered and paid to U.S. and foreign workers by employers of nonimmigrant foreign agricultural workers (H2-A visa holders). Such employers must pay the higher of the AEWR, the applicable prevailing wage, or the statutory minimum wage as specified in the regulations 20 CFR 655.107.

STATE 2008
Alabama $8.53
Arizona 8.70
Arkansas 8.41
California 9.72
Colorado 9.42
Connecticut 9.70
Delaware 9.70
Florida 8.82
Georgia 8.53
Hawaii 10.86
Idaho 8.74
Illinois 9.90
Indiana 9.90
Iowa 10.44
Kansas 9.90
Kentucky 9.13
Louisiana 8.41
Maine 9.70
Maryland 9.70
Massachusetts 9.70
Michigan 10.01
Minnesota 10.01
Mississippi 8.41
Missouri 10.44
Montana 8.74
Nebraska 9.90
Nevada 9.42
New Hampshire 9.70
New Jersey 9.70
New Mexico 8.70
New York 9.70
North Carolina 8.85
North Dakota 9.90
Ohio 9.90
Oklahoma 9.02
Oregon 9.94
Pennsylvania 9.70
Rhode Island 9.70
South Carolina 8.53
South Dakota 9.90
Tennessee 9.13
Texas 9.02
Utah 9.42
Vermont 9.70
Virginia 8.85
Washington 9.94
West Virginia 9.13
Wisconsin 10.01
Wyoming 8.74

Source: Federal Register: February 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 38).