The invention relates to the technical field of aluminum alloy laser welding, and discloses an electromagnetic auxiliary laser welding method for pre-arranged powder on the surface of an aluminum alloy. According to the method, alloy powder is pre-arranged at the butt joint of an aluminum alloy flat plate, meanwhile, an electromagnetic field is additionally arranged to assist laser welding, and the method aims to improve the laser welding quality of the aluminum alloy. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages that the problem that the pore defect is prone to being generated due to the fact that powder is pre-arranged through a chemical bonding method is solved; meanwhile, based on the magnetohydrodynamic principle, the electromagnetic field is additionally arranged to change the flow of a molten pool, the magnetic stirring effect is generated on liquid metal, crystal grains are refined, and the weld joint structure is improved; and in the laser welding process, a transverse magnetic field generation device can generate a steady-state magnetic field at the molten pool, the steady-state magnetic field is coupled with an electric field generated by a direct-current power supply, the molten pool is subjected to stable electromagnetic force, so that the weld joint is effectively prevented from collapsing, the mechanical property of a joint is improved, and therefore the reliability of an aluminum alloy welding structural part for aviation is improved.