H2A Visa Data for Rice Farming: Top Employers, Top Jobs and Employees Trends

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Rice Farming (NAICS code 11116) has an average growth rate of 0.83% as an H2A industry with 311 employees hired as of 2024

Top Rice Farming Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Hearn Brothers Farm	3	$24,690
S. E. Rice Company	3	$21,028
Cohelms	3	$24,606
Hoskyn Farm Partnership	3	$26,312
Johan & Helena Loewen Jv	3	$25,036
Chase Swindle Farms	3	$25,466
Luke E. Boone	3	$24,641
Mark D Frey, Llc.	3	$25,466
Craton Crawfish Farms Llc	3	$25,106
Leland Pruitt	3	$25,036

Top Rice Farming Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, And Aquacultural Animals	139	$23,853
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse	93	$24,121
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop	48	$24,926
Agricultural Equipment Operators	28	$25,679
Agricultural Workers, All Other	3	$25,882

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Rice Farming industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2016 where 30 employees were hired. They peaked in 2022 with 70 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 53 in 2023.

The Rice Farming industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2016 where the average salary was $21,012. The industry peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $27,356, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.