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 2.60% as an H2A industry with 638 employees hired as of 2024

Top Aquaculture Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Joey Olivier Farms	4	$24,695
G & C Farms Llc	4	$24,695
Gerald Guillory Farms	4	$24,695
G. F. & P. Zaunbrecher Farms	4	$24,658
Wwm Company	4	$25,886
T & D Fish Farms Inc.	4	$26,208
American Sport Fish	4	$27,622
Jm Malone And Son Inc	4	$24,695
Seinepro Farms, Inc.	3	$25,071
Catfish Wireless Llc	3	$24,703

Top Aquaculture Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, And Aquacultural Animals	606	$23,797
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop	14	$24,317
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse	11	$26,064
Meat, Poultry, And Fish Cutters And Trimmers	2	$26,520
First-line Supervisors Of Farming, Fishing, And Forestry Workers	2	$23,483
Agricultural Equipment Operators	1	$31,200
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 86 in 2023.

The Aquaculture industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2016 where the average salary was $20,444. The industry peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $26,790, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.