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

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Aquaculture (NAICS code 11251) has an average growth rate of 0.76% as an H2A industry with 823 employees hired as of 2025

Top Aquaculture Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Big Horn Rice Farm Partnership	11	$23,387
South Buck Farm & Ranch	11	$23,651
Dale Vidrine Farm	10	$24,360
Dustin J. Lebeouf	10	$26,137
Trevor B. Hair	10	$23,884
Claiborne Miller	9	$22,322
Jubilee Farms, Inc.	9	$26,132
Percy J. Fontenot, Inc.	8	$22,159
Steven Craig Olivier	8	$26,580
Winston Frey	8	$23,968

Top Aquaculture Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, And Aquacultural Animals	785	$25,108
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop	14	$24,317
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse	13	$26,704
Agricultural Equipment Operators	3	$29,952
Meat, Poultry, And Fish Cutters And Trimmers	3	$27,754
First-line Supervisors Of Farming, Fishing, And Forestry Workers	2	$23,483
Heavy And Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers	1	$52,083
Graders And Sorters, Agricultural Products	1	$28,434
Agricultural Workers, All Other	1	$29,120

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Aquaculture industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2016 where 19 employees were hired. They peaked in 2022 with 171 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 76 in 2025.

The Aquaculture industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2016 where the average salary was $20,444. The industry peaked in 2025 with an average salary of $30,435, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.