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

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Shellfish Farming (NAICS code 112512) has an average growth rate of 0.27% as an H2A industry with 1,648 employees hired as of 2025

Top Shellfish Farming Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Broke Farms, Llc	17	$25,721
Hebert Farms	16	$23,206
Heath Petry	16	$24,818
Z Farms, Llc	15	$25,003
Chris Mounier Farms	15	$24,187
Byrne's Mudbugs, Llc	14	$25,276
Lionel Mounier Jr Farm	14	$24,513
Neal Landry Farms	13	$25,197
La Theriot Farms, Llc	13	$25,037
Bonanza Crawfish Llc	13	$24,212

Top Shellfish Farming Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, And Aquacultural Animals	1,596	$25,974
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse	23	$26,661
Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop	14	$24,651
Agricultural Workers, All Other	4	$22,916
Agricultural Equipment Operators	4	$24,809
First-line Supervisors Of Farming, Fishing, And Forestry Workers	3	$23,573
First-line Supervisors Of Aquacultural Workers	1	$25,480
Graders And Sorters, Agricultural Products	1	$30,534
Heavy And Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers	1	$51,293

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Shellfish Farming industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2016 where 60 employees were hired. They peaked in 2024 with 350 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 278 in 2025.

The Shellfish Farming industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2016 where the average salary was $20,939. The industry peaked in 2025 with an average salary of $30,206, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.