U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Public Disclosure File: H-2B
Federal Fiscal Year: 2011
Reporting Period: October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011
Important Note: This public disclosure file contains administrative data from employers’ H-2B Applications for
Temporary Labor Certification for Non-Agricultural Workers (ETA Form 9142) and the certification determinations
processed by the Department’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Employment and Training Administration,
where the date of the determination was issued on or after July 1, 2011, and on or before September 30, 2011.
FIELD NAME DESCRIPTION
Unique identifier assigned to each application submitted for processing to the ETA National
CASE_NO Processing Center.
Date on which the last significant event or decision was recorded by the ETA National
DECISION_DATE Processing Center.
May represent either the date on which the H-2B application was received from the State
Workforce Agency (SWA) or the date the H-2B application was filed with the NPC. Prior to
January 18, 2009, H-2B applications were initially filed with the SWA and forwarded to the
NPC_SUBMITTED_DATE NPC. After January 18, 2009, H-2B applications were filed directly with the NPC.
Status associated with the last significant event or decision. Valid values include “Certified –
CASE_STATUS Full,” “Certified – Partial,” “Remand to SWA,” and “Denied”
APPLICATION_TYPE The type of foreign labor program the employer is filing under.
State in which the foreign workers are expected to perform the agricultural services or labor on
ALIEN_WORK_STATE a temporary basis.
Actual date granted to an employer indicating when the need for the foreign workers to
CERTIFICATION_BEGIN_DATE perform agricultural services or labor is expected to begin.
Actual date granted to an employer indicating when the need for the foreign workers to
CERTIFICATION_END_DATE perform agricultural services or labor is expected to end.
EMPLOYER_NAME Name of employer requesting temporary labor certification
EMPLOYER_ADDRESS1
EMPLOYER_ADDRESS2
EMPLOYER_CITY Address information of the employer requesting temporary labor certification.
EMPLOYER_STATE
EMPLOYER_POSTAL_CODE
AGENT_ATTORNEY_NAME Name of Agent or Attorney filing an H-2B application on behalf of the employer
AGENT_ATTORNEY_CITY Address information of the agent or attorney requesting temporary labor certification on behalf
AGENT_ATTORNEY_STATE of an employer.
Occupational code associated with the job being requested for temporary labor certification,
DOT_OCCUPATIONAL_CODE as classified by the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
DOT_NAME Occupational name associated with the DOT_OCCUPATIONAL_CODE
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FIELD NAME DESCRIPTION
Occupational code associated with the job being requested for temporary labor certification,
SOC_CODE as classified by the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System.
SOC_NAME Occupational code associated with the SOC_NAME
JOB_TITLE Title of the non-agricultural job begin requested for temporary labor certification
NBR_WORKERS_REQUESTED Total number of foreign workers being requested for temporary labor certification
NBR_WORKERS_CERTIFIED Total number of foreign workers certified by the ETA National Processing Center
PREVAILING_WAGE Prevailing wage for the job being requested for temporary labor certification
Unit of Pay. Valid values include “Daily (DAI),” “Hourly (HR),” “Bi-weekly (BI),” “Weekly (WK),”
PW_UNIT_OF_PAY “Monthly (MTH),” and “Yearly (YR)”
BASIC_RATE_OF_PAY Rate of pay offered
Unit of pay. Valid values include “Daily (DAI),” “Hourly (HR),” “Bi-weekly (BI),” “Weekly (WK),”
BASIC_UNIT_OF_PAY “Monthly (MTH),” and “Yearly (YR)”
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