# DOL H-2A Places of Employment (FY2026 Q3, quarter-to-date) (`nexgenwatch/h2a-employment-locations`) Actor

Structured H-2A places-of-employment (Addendum B) — placement-level agricultural-employer demand — read directly from the official U.S.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/h2a-employment-locations.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $13.40 / 1,000 h-2a employment records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## 🔔 DOL H-2A Places of Employment (FY2026 Q3, quarter-to-date)

Structured **H-2A places-of-employment (Addendum B)** — placement-level agricultural-employer demand — read
directly from the **official U.S. Department of Labor** Office of Foreign Labor Certification **class-A bulk
disclosure workbook** at `https://www.dol.gov/media/H-2A_Addendum_B_Employment_FY2026_Q3.xlsx`. One record per
non-empty, de-duplicated placement row, carried source-native with the value **unmodified**.

Output is one `h2a_employment_record` row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one h-2a employment record (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.02 per h-2a employment record). Source: www.dol.gov.

### 📊 Sample Output

[![DOL H-2A Places of Employment (FY2026 Q3, quarter-to-date) sample output — a table of real h-2a employment record rows (case\_number, job\_order\_number, business\_name, place\_city) from run cDdKx9vv016jR77CV on build 0.1.3](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/8gLgXMBveEI1tTz1z/records/h2a-employment-locations-sample)](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/h2a-employment-locations?fpr=2ayu9b)

Real rows from run `cDdKx9vv016jR77CV` on build 0.1.3 (2026-09-19), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

| case\_number | job\_order\_number | business\_name | place\_city | place\_state | requested\_begin\_date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-300-25184-152191 | JO-A-300-25184-152191 | ROQUE FRAMS LLC | Zolfo springs | FLORIDA | 2025-09-15 |
| H-300-25184-152191 | JO-A-300-25184-152191 | Juarez Nursery Inc. | Zolfo Springs | FLORIDA | 2025-09-10 |
| H-300-25184-152191 | JO-A-300-25184-152191 | ROQUE FARMS LLC | FORT MEADE | FLORIDA | 2025-09-10 |
| H-300-25184-152191 | JO-A-300-25184-152191 | ROQUE FARMS LLC | Plant city | FLORIDA | 2025-09-10 |
| H-300-25184-152191 | JO-A-300-25184-152191 | ROQUE FARMS LLC | DOVER | FLORIDA | 2025-09-15 |
| H-300-25192-170298 | JO-A-300-25192-170298 | Eastern Agribusiness LLC | AYDEN | NORTH CAROLINA | 2025-09-09 |
| H-300-25192-170298 | JO-A-300-25192-170298 | Eastern Agribusiness LLC | LA GRANGE | NORTH CAROLINA | 2025-09-09 |
| H-300-25192-170298 | JO-A-300-25192-170298 | HAM FARMS | Snow Hill | NORTH CAROLINA | 2025-09-09 |

The run finished with the status message: `NORMAL: 50 unique rows (0 duplicates collapsed) from Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:52:46 GMT. billable=50`

### ✅ What you get

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is `null`):

- `record_type` (string/null) — e.g. `h2a_employment_record`
- `source` (string/null) — e.g. `h2a-employment-locations`
- `program` (string/null) — e.g. `H-2A`
- `case_number` (string/null) — e.g. `H-300-25184-152191`
- `job_order_number` (string/null) — e.g. `JO-A-300-25184-152191`
- `business_name` (string/null) — e.g. `ROQUE FRAMS LLC`
- `place_city` (string/null) — e.g. `Zolfo springs`
- `place_state` (string/null) — e.g. `FLORIDA`
- `requested_begin_date` (string/null) — e.g. `2025-09-15`
- `requested_end_date` (string/null) — e.g. `2026-06-15`
- `total_workers` (number/string/null) — e.g. `30`
- `natural_grain` (string/null) — e.g. `H-300-25184-152191 | JO-A-300-25184-152191 | ROQUE FRAMS LLC | Zolfo springs | F`
- `record_key` (string/null) — e.g. `1eab7055cf271a0d5b349b10f4d373dd`
- `quarter_to_date` (string/null) — e.g. `FY2026 Q3`
- `source_attribution` (string/null) — e.g. `U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification`
- `changes_indicated` (string/null) — e.g. `reformatted from the DOL OFLC disclosure workbook to JSON; values unmodified; al`
- `third_party_content` (string/null) — e.g. `none — official U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data; no third-party ri`
- `allowlist_note` (string/null) — e.g. `FIELD CEILING (placement-level): case identifier, job-order identifier, agricult`
- `employment_note` (string/null) — e.g. `the H-2A Addendum B PLACES-OF-EMPLOYMENT table — PLACEMENT-LEVEL employer demand`
- `grain_note` (string/null) — e.g. `CASE_NUMBER is NOT unique — one H-2A case has many places of employment. The rec`
- `quarter_to_date_note` (string/null) — e.g. `FY2026 Q3 QUARTER-TO-DATE living workbook — a moving cut refreshed through the q`
- `source_url` (string/null) — e.g. `https://www.dol.gov/media/H-2A_Addendum_B_Employment_FY2026_Q3.xlsx`
- `release_date` (string/null) — e.g. `Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:52:46 GMT`
- `observed_at` (string/null) — e.g. `2026-09-19T18:16:34Z`
- `release_checksum` (string/null) — e.g. `1562c35c3a3d000c53b030de8639b820:1786128766.162314`
- `license` (string/null) — e.g. `U.S. public domain — a work of the U.S. Government (17 U.S.C. sec.105). U.S. Dep`
- `attribution` (string/null) — e.g. `U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (https://www.dol`

**What a record is**

One `h2a_employment_record` per place-of-employment placement: the **case identifier** (`case_number`), the
**job-order identifier** (`job_order_number`), the **agricultural business** (`business_name`), the
**place of employment** city + state (`place_city`, `place_state`), the **requested begin / end dates**
(`requested_begin_date`, `requested_end_date`), and the **total workers** (`total_workers`) requested at that
placement.

**The field ceiling — placement facts only**

This is a placement addendum, so the field ceiling is deliberately tight: **case identifier, job-order identifier,
agricultural business, place-of-employment city + state (coarse geography), requested begin / end dates, and total
workers only.** Every **street address**, **postal code**, and **free-text additional-place-of-employment
information** column is **dropped at ingest and never emitted** — the code only ever copies the allow-listed
columns. This is verified by an offline test that feeds a row carrying street/postal/free-text values and asserts
none reach output, plus a live leak check on the real file.

### ⚙️ Sample inputs

**1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)**

```json
{
  "maxRecords": 50
}
```

The sample run charged exactly: 2 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 50 × $0.02 h2a\_employment\_record = **$1.04** on the Free tier — every delivered row was billed.

**2. A smaller, narrowed run**

```json
{
  "maxRecords": 5
}
```

Caps the run at 5 rows — about $0.12 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5 × $0.02).

**3. A full-size run**

```json
{
  "maxRecords": 2500
}
```

Up to 2500 rows (the schema default for `maxRecords`) — about $50.02 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 2500 × $0.02) if the source has that many.

### 🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run `cDdKx9vv016jR77CV`, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

```json
{
  "record_type": "h2a_employment_record",
  "source": "h2a-employment-locations",
  "program": "H-2A",
  "case_number": "H-300-25184-152191",
  "job_order_number": "JO-A-300-25184-152191",
  "business_name": "ROQUE FRAMS LLC",
  "place_city": "Zolfo springs",
  "place_state": "FLORIDA",
  "requested_begin_date": "2025-09-15",
  "requested_end_date": "2026-06-15",
  "total_workers": 30,
  "natural_grain": "H-300-25184-152191 | JO-A-300-25184-152191 | ROQUE FRAMS LLC | Zolfo springs | FLORIDA | 2025-09-15 | 2026-06-15 | 30",
  "record_key": "1eab7055cf271a0d5b349b10f4d373dd",
  "quarter_to_date": "FY2026 Q3",
  "source_attribution": "U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification",
  "changes_indicated": "reformatted from the DOL OFLC disclosure workbook to JSON; values unmodified; allow-listed structural columns only",
  "third_party_content": "none — official U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data; no third-party rights/trademarks/logos",
  "allowlist_note": "FIELD CEILING (placement-level): case identifier, job-order identifier, agricultural business, place-of-employment city + state (coarse) geography, requested begin/end dates and total workers ONLY. Street address, postal code and free-text ",
  "employment_note": "the H-2A Addendum B PLACES-OF-EMPLOYMENT table — PLACEMENT-LEVEL employer demand (where the work is, over which requested dates, for how many workers). This is the WHERE / HOW-MANY placement addendum, NOT the certification decision facts: i",
  "grain_note": "CASE_NUMBER is NOT unique — one H-2A case has many places of employment. The record key is a FULL-ROW MD5 over the emitted natural grain (case, job order, business, city, state, dates, workers); exact-duplicate placement rows collapse and a",
  "quarter_to_date_note": "FY2026 Q3 QUARTER-TO-DATE living workbook — a moving cut refreshed through the quarter, not a final annual file; vintage = source ETag + Last-Modified carried on the run_receipt.",
  "source_url": "https://www.dol.gov/media/H-2A_Addendum_B_Employment_FY2026_Q3.xlsx",
  "release_date": "Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:52:46 GMT",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-19T18:16:34Z",
  "release_checksum": "1562c35c3a3d000c53b030de8639b820:1786128766.162314",
  "license": "U.S. public domain — a work of the U.S. Government (17 U.S.C. sec.105). U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data: used, reproduced and distributed without permission and credited to the U.S. Department",
  "attribution": "U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (https://www.dol.gov/) — public domain"
}
```

### 🔧 How it works

**Transport.** Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy. robots.txt is read first and a disallowed path is never fetched. Every request carries an identified contact User-Agent. Pacing: `CRAWL_DELAY`=0.0.

**Terminal states.** A run ends NORMAL, CAPPED (your cap was reached), PARTIAL (something was withheld and the message says what), GENUINE\_EMPTY (the source was read and truly had nothing in scope) or BLOCKED (the source refused or changed shape — the run FAILS loud and bills nothing). A zero-row run is never reported as a silent success.

**Charging.** Each h-2a employment record is charged at the moment it is pushed (`h2a_employment_record`); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count.

**A full-row key — one case has many places of employment**

`CASE_NUMBER` is **not unique**: a single H-2A case lists many places of employment (about **10,364 cases across
188,580 placement rows**). The record key is a **full-row MD5** over the emitted natural grain — case, job order,
business, city, state, requested dates and total workers — and **exact-duplicate placement rows collapse** and are
never billed twice. The readable `natural_grain` is carried alongside the key.

**Placement demand — not the certification decision**

This is the **where / how-many** placement addendum (employer demand by location and worker count), **not** the
certification decision facts. The **H-2A certification master** (`h2a-labor-certifications` — employer, occupation,
SOC, wage, worksite, dates, statuses) is a **separate** cell; this Addendum-B placement table and that certification
master are **never conflated**. An `employment_note` records this on every record.

**Quarter-to-date — a living workbook, not a final file**

This is the **FY2026 Q3 quarter-to-date** workbook: a **moving cut refreshed through the quarter**, not a final
annual file. A `quarter_to_date` label rides every record and the run receipt carries the source **ETag** and
**Last-Modified** as the vintage. The workbook's declared sheet dimension is padded with **blank rows**; only rows
carrying a `case_number` are data — **blank padding is skipped and never billed** (non-empty-row law).

**Door**

Only the official DOL OFLC bulk disclosure workbook on `www.dol.gov/media` is read (public, logged-out, no API
key). No implied DOL affiliation or endorsement.

**Source & licence**

U.S. public domain — a work of the U.S. Government (17 U.S.C. sec.105). U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign
Labor Certification disclosure data: used, reproduced and distributed without permission and **credited to the U.S.
Department of Labor** (https://www.dol.gov/); no implied DOL affiliation or endorsement; third-party
rights/trademarks/logos excluded. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance

**What is not done.** No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

### 💰 Pricing example

| Event | Free | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor Start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| H-2A employment record (`h2a_employment_record`) | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.01 |

Worked at the live Free-tier price:

- 8 h-2a employment records: $0.02 start + 8 × $0.02 = **$0.18**
- 25 h-2a employment records: $0.02 start + 25 × $0.02 = **$0.52**
- 2500 h-2a employment records: $0.02 start + 2500 × $0.02 = **$50.02**

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee only. A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 4096 MB.

Yield on the sample run: `NORMAL: 50 unique rows (0 duplicates collapsed) from Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:52:46 GMT. billable=50`. `maxRecords` is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target.

### ⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public, logged-out pages and feeds published by www.dol.gov. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, keeps to the source's robots rules (checked on every run), identifies itself with a contact User-Agent, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

### ❓ FAQ

**Q: Do I need an API key or a login?**\
A: No. The source (www.dol.gov) is read logged-out; the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

**Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?**\
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE\_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input; BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee only.

**Q: How many rows can one run return?**\
A: Up to `maxRecords` (default 2500). Raise the cap for a bigger run; you pay per delivered row.

**Q: How fresh is the data?**\
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

**Q: What formats can I export?**\
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

**Q: How is this different from the other NexGen Watch actors actors?**\
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers www.dol.gov. The siblings under **Related Actors** cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

**Q: Are there rate limits?**\
A: The actor paces itself against the source (`CRAWL_DELAY`=0.0) and honours its robots rules; there is no per-buyer limit beyond your Apify plan's concurrency.

### 🆘 Troubleshooting

- **Run FAILED with BLOCKED** → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
- **Status says CAPPED** → your cap (`maxRecords`) was reached → raise it for a bigger run.
- **Input validation error on start** → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
- **Run TIMED-OUT** → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.

### 🔗 Related Actors

- [France SIRENE Bulk Business Roster](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/france-sirene-bulk-business-roster?fpr=2ayu9b) — same family, different source
- [France Training Provider Registry](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/france-training-provider-registry?fpr=2ayu9b) — same family, different source
- [EPA GHGRP Parent-Company Ownership Ledger](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/ghgrp-parent-ownership-ledger?fpr=2ayu9b) — same family, different source
- [DOL H-2A Labor Certifications (FY2026 Q3, quarter-to-date)](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/h2a-labor-certifications?fpr=2ayu9b) — same family, different source
- [DOL H-2B Labor Certifications (FY2026 Q3, quarter-to-date)](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/h2b-labor-certifications?fpr=2ayu9b) — same family, different source
- [Hong Kong New Companies Feed](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/hk-new-companies-feed?fpr=2ayu9b) — same family, different source
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### ⭐ Found this useful?

If this actor saved you a manual check, a quick **[review on the Apify Store](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/h2a-employment-locations?fpr=2ayu9b)** helps other teams find it. Feature request or a source that changed? Open it from the **Issues** tab — every one is read.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`):

Max de-duplicated placement rows delivered (one charge per delivered unique placement; exact duplicates and blank padding never billed). Hard-capped at 200000. Default 2500. The FY2026 Q3 workbook is ~188,580 non-empty placement rows across ~10,364 cases.

## `placeState` (type: `array`):

Keep only these place-of-employment state values, e.g. \["FLORIDA"],\["GEORGIA","TEXAS"]. Case-insensitive. Empty = all states.

## `sinceBeginDate` (type: `string`):

Keep only placements with REQUESTED\_BEGIN\_DATE on/after this ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD), e.g. 2026-01-01. Empty = no date floor.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Override the transparent crawler UA.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxRecords": 50,
  "placeState": []
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxRecords": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/h2a-employment-locations").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "maxRecords": 50 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/h2a-employment-locations").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxRecords": 50
}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/h2a-employment-locations --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nexgenwatch/h2a-employment-locations"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/89w9GBxSJnZQBxKgD/builds/Xf4ORrOLADxVeO5MQ/openapi.json