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

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Vegetable and Melon Farming (NAICS code 1112) has an average growth rate of 3.37% as an H2A industry with 2,792 employees hired as of 2024

Top Vegetable and Melon Farming Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Heldt Produce Inc	15	$30,555
Gehring Agri-business	14	$30,135
Kirk M. Jacobs	14	$29,848
Pero Tennessee Farms, Llc	14	$28,004
Css Farms, Llc	14	$30,913
Kuzzen's, Inc.	13	$20,838
78 Acres, Llc	13	$26,946
Rudich Farms Inc	13	$31,656
Garwood Orchards Inc	13	$32,120
Lewis Creek Farm Llc	13	$27,934

Top Vegetable and Melon Farming Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse	1,796	$29,093
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop	748	$28,092
Agricultural Equipment Operators	171	$30,416
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, And Aquacultural Animals	18	$31,192
Farm Equipment Mechanics And Service Technicians	9	$38,064
Graders And Sorters, Agricultural Products	9	$32,150
Heavy And Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers	8	$33,098
First-line Supervisors Of Farming, Fishing, And Forestry Workers	7	$45,189
Agricultural Workers, All Other	7	$28,142
First-line Supervisors Of Agricultural Crop And Horticultural Workers	4	$29,276

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Vegetable And Melon Farming industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2016 where 77 employees were hired. They peaked in 2022 with 700 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 624 in 2023.

The Vegetable And Melon Farming industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2016 where the average salary was $23,118. The industry peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $32,870, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.