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H-2B visa jobs and employers

Employers filed 34,625 H-2B job orders decided in fiscal years 2025–2026; the Department of Labor certified 439,022 workers. Median offered wage: $18.72 per hour. Pick a state or an occupation.

H-2B lets U.S. employers hire foreign workers for temporary non-farm jobs such as landscaping, housekeeping, forestry, seafood processing and amusement parks. New H-2B visas are capped at 66,000 a year (plus supplemental visas), so many employers file on the first possible day of each half-year.

States

Occupations

• Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers186,196
• Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners29,196
• Forest and Conservation Workers20,669
• Cooks, Restaurant19,034
• Amusement and Recreation Attendants18,825
• Construction Laborers16,889
• Fast Food and Counter Workers13,986
• Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers13,608
• Waiters and Waitresses11,111
• Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners7,158
• Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand6,208
• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers5,334
• Animal Caretakers4,821
• Cooks, Fast Food4,239
• Dishwashers4,192
• Packers and Packagers, Hand4,128
• Helpers--Roofers3,711
• Food Preparation Workers3,667
• Tree Trimmers and Pruners3,566
• Cooks, Short Order3,498
• Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers3,081
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers3,073
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers2,971
• Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers2,922
• Helpers--Carpenters2,825
• Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks2,296
• Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers2,105
• Fishing and Hunting Workers1,989
• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers1,983
• Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other1,894
• Roofers1,827
• Bartenders1,638
• Helpers--Production Workers1,396
• Highway Maintenance Workers1,267
• Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters1,203
• Stockers and Order Fillers896
• Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators836
• Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse829
• First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers806
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers792

Employers with the most workers

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Job orders are certified by the Department of Labor before the employer petitions USCIS; dates and wages are as filed. To apply for a job, use the employer's website if listed, the state workforce agency or seasonaljobs.dol.gov — never pay a recruiter for a job offer. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC H-2B Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2025–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).