El Salario por Efectos Adversos (Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR)) es el salario mínimo que el Departamento de Labor ha determinado se debe ofrecer y pagar a obreros domésticos y extranjeros por los patrones de trabajadores H2-A. Tales patrones deben pagar el más alto del AEWR, el sueldo prevalecido, o el salario mínimo estatutario especificado en las regulaciones 20 CFR 655.107
Los siguientes son los sueldos AEWR del año 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 |