Collection of U.S. Worker Wage Information from SWAs

OMB Approval: 1205-0466
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report
Form ETA-232
U.S. Department of Labor

IMPORTANT: The Form ETA-232, Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report, is used to provide information about surveys of U.S.
worker wages that are provided by State Workforce Agencies to determine prevailing wages for use in the U.S. Department of
Labor’s administration of the H-2A temporary agricultural labor certification program. Please read the instructions below
carefully before completing the Form ETA-232. These instructions explain the questions on the Form ETA-232 and how you
must answer these questions. ALL required items with an asterisk (*) must be completed as well as any fields/items where a
response is conditioned on the response to another required field/item with a section symbol (§). Failure to fully and accurately
complete the Form ETA-232 may result in rejection of the Form and attached survey.
Section A: State Workforce Agency Prevailing Wage Survey Point of Contact
1.

Enter the first (given) name, middle name(s), and last (family) name of the State Workforce Agency (SWA) point of contact (POC).

2.

Enter the job title of the SWA POC.

3.

Enter the name of the state that the SWA serves.

4.

Enter the area code and telephone number of the SWA POC. If applicable, include the extension of the telephone number.

5.

Enter the business email address of the SWA POC, in the format name@emailaddress.top-level domain.

Section B: Survey Information and Results
1.

Check the appropriate box to indicate if the SWA is submitting a revised survey it previously submitted that covers the same time
period and crop or other agricultural activity.

2.

Mark the “Yes” box to indicate the SWA has attached a copy of the wage survey.

3.

Enter the name of the State agency, college, or university that conducted the survey. If the SWA conducted its own survey, enter
the SWA’s business name.
a. Enter the name of the person at the SWA or other State agency, college, or university who conducted the survey. Enter the
name in the format first (given) name, middle name(s), and last (family) name. If the SWA POC identified in item A.1 conducted
the survey, enter “N/A.”
b. Enter the job title of the person who conducted the survey. If the SWA POC identified in item A.1 conducted the survey, enter
“N/A.”
c. Enter the area code and telephone number of the person who conducted the survey. If applicable, include the extension of the
telephone number. If the SWA POC identified in item A.1 conducted the survey, enter “N/A.”
d. Enter the email address of the POC at the State entity, in the format name@emailaddress.top-level domain. If the SWA POC
identified in item A.1 conducted the survey, enter “N/A.”

4.

Identify the geographic area surveyed by entering the name of the region, state, or sub-state area in which the SWA or other State
entity conducted the survey. For example, indicate a survey of wages across a state by entering “statewide” and indicate a survey of
a region by entering a specific region name, such as “Imperial Valley Region.”

5.

Identify the crop activity or other agricultural activity performed by the U.S. workers whose wages are included in the survey. For
example, enter “tomato harvesting” if the workers engage in tasks required to harvest tomatoes.

6.

Mark “Yes” if the survey complies with all required methodological requirement listed in Section C. Otherwise, mark “No” to indicate
the SWA determined the survey did not generate a valid wage finding (i.e. the survey result is “no finding”).
a. If “Yes” is marked in item B.6, enter the prevailing wage rate for the crop activity or agricultural activity, as determined by the
survey.
b. If “Yes” is marked in item B.6, indicate the unit of pay for the prevailing wage indicated in answer 6.a by marking the box for the
applicable unit. For example, if the prevailing wage in answer 6.a is a monthly rate, mark the “month” box. If the unit of pay is
per a piece rate, mark the “piece rate” box and indicate the piece rate unit (e.g., bushel, bin, etc.) on the line provided. Mark only
one box.

7.

In the space provided, note and explain any additional helpful or necessary information about the survey and prevailing wage
determination. Examples include explanation for the increase/decrease from the prior prevailing wage; factors that will help the
National Processing Center interpret the survey data; and explanation of deviations from standard operating procedures.

Form ETA-232

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

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OMB Approval: 1205-0466
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report
Form ETA-232
U.S. Department of Labor
Section C: Survey Data and Methodology
1.

Mark the “Yes” box if the survey was independently conducted by the SWA or by another State entity, such as a State agency,
university, or college.

2.

Mark “Yes” if the survey covers a distinct work task or tasks performed in a single crop activity or agricultural activity.
a. Identify the distinct work task(s) performed by U.S. workers whose wages are included in the survey. For example, in harvesting
tomatoes, some workers pick the tomatoes and place them in containers while others load the containers into trucks or other
conveyances. Separate wage rates are usually paid for individual operation or combinations of operations. Each operation or job
related to a specific occupation/activity for which a separate wage rate is paid should be identified and listed separately.

3.

Mark “Yes” if the geographic area the survey covers is appropriate and was selected based on factors like available resources to
conduct the survey, size of the agricultural population in the area, and differences in wage structures in the crop activity or
agricultural activity within the State.
a. In the box provided, explain how the surveyor determined the appropriate geographic area to survey.

4.

Mark the appropriate box to indicate whether the surveyor made a good faith effort to contact all employers in the area that employ
U.S. workers in the crop activity or agricultural activity or contacted a random sample of all such employers.
a.

In the box provided, identify the sources the surveyor used to determine the universe of employers in the area that employ U.S.
workers in the crop activity or agricultural activity surveyed.

b.

Enter the estimated number of employers that employer U.S. workers in the crop activity or agricultural activity in the area
surveyed through the source(s) identified in item 4a.

5.

Mark “Yes” if the survey’s wage result was reported using the unit of pay used to compensate at least 50 percent of U.S. workers
whose wages are included in the survey’s wage data sample. Important Note: If a piece rate is used to determine the prevailing
wage, at least 50 percent of the U.S. workers whose wages are included in the survey must be both paid by the piece and paid
based on the same unit of measurement (e.g., bushel, bin, etc.).

6.

Mark “Yes” if the survey includes the wages of at least 30 U.S. workers employed in the crop activity or agricultural activity.
Important Note: The survey must include only wages of U.S. workers.

7.

Mark “Yes” if the survey wage data includes wages paid by at least five (5) employers to U.S workers employed in the crop activity
or agricultural activity.

8.

Mark “Yes” if no more than 25 percent of wages included in the survey data were collected from one employer.

OMB Public Burden Statement
Persons are not required to respond to this collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number . Public reporting
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3.30 hours per response, including the time fo r reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments
regarding this burden estimate to the Office of Foreign Labor Certification, U. S. Department of Labor, Box 12-200, 200 Constitution Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20210.

Form ETA-232

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

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