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 0.13% as an H2A industry with 3,697 employees hired as of 2025

Top Vegetable and Melon Farming Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Padilla Farm Llc	1	$32,344
Thayn's Farm	1	$27,310
Produce Of Carroll County	1	$32,885
Heart Seventeen Inc.	1	$26,354
Los Guevaras	1	$26,354
Arthur Ray Yanta	1	$26,354
Mandujano Brothers	1	$32,344
Hurricane Flats	1	$35,256
Josefina A. Bonin	1	$26,354
Darrell Halfmann Farms Inc.	1	$28,870

Top Vegetable and Melon Farming Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse	2,535	$30,313
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop	749	$28,098
Agricultural Equipment Operators	291	$32,620
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, And Aquacultural Animals	21	$31,456
Farm Equipment Mechanics And Service Technicians	19	$44,536
Graders And Sorters, Agricultural Products	17	$33,640
Heavy And Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers	16	$43,963
First-line Supervisors Of Farming, Fishing, And Forestry Workers	12	$50,664
Agricultural Workers, All Other	7	$28,142
Packers And Packagers, Hand	4	$31,938

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 2024 with 834 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 71 in 2025.

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 2024 with an average salary of $34,205, and has since been on a decline with the most recent average salary being $34,169 in 2025.