Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
Occupation · SOC 2018 45-2041 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 45-2041
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.01%
- Applications on record
- 1,531
- FY2025
- 426
- Certified (last three years)
- 99.8%
- Main route
- PERM labour certification
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products (SOC 45-2041). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
Data table
| FY2008 | 4 |
| FY2009 | 1 |
| FY2010 | 2 |
| FY2011 | 18 |
| FY2012 | 15 |
| FY2013 | 4 |
| FY2014 | 15 |
| FY2015 | 11 |
| FY2016 | 20 |
| FY2017 | 25 |
| FY2018 | 20 |
| FY2019 | 23 |
| FY2020 | 30 |
| FY2021 | 46 |
| FY2022 | 74 |
| FY2023 | 106 |
| FY2024 | 179 |
| FY2025 | 426 |
| FY2026* | 512 |
| Fiscal year | H-2A | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 67 | 5 | 0 | 440 |
| FY2025 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 325 |
| FY2024 | 96 | 16 | 0 | 67 |
| FY2023 | 85 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| FY2022 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 11 |
| FY2021 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2016 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2015 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Norman W. Fries, Inc. D/b/a Claxton Poultry Farms825
- Peri & Sons Farms, Inc.65
- Fairchild Shearing LLC25
- Sortpack Inc.19
- Champlain Valley Apple Storage, Inc.16
- CSS Farms, LLC14
- Gibbs Farms, LLC13
- JSMM Farms Partnership12
- United Pulse Trading Inc.12
- Acadia Crawfish Company LLC11
- Willoughby Farms LLC10
- N&J Harvesting, Inc.9
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| GA | 831 |
| ID | 89 |
| NV | 65 |
| NY | 63 |
| LA | 43 |
| ND | 43 |
| VA | 34 |
| AL | 29 |
| AK | 26 |
| MN | 25 |
| NE | 24 |
| WY | 21 |
| FL | 21 |
| ME | 21 |
| PA | 18 |
| MO | 17 |
| NC | 17 |
| MI | 15 |
| AZ | 13 |
| CA | 12 |
| MS | 9 |
| TX | 9 |
| NJ | 9 |
| WI | 9 |
| OR | 8 |
| MD | 7 |
| WA | 6 |
| AR | 6 |
| NH | 6 |
| OH | 5 |
| CO | 5 |
| KS | 5 |
| UT | 4 |
| TN | 3 |
| OK | 3 |
| CT | 2 |
| DE | 2 |
| KY | 2 |
| MA | 1 |
| MT | 1 |
| SD | 1 |
| IN | 1 |
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
- Harvest Intern1
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Statesboro, GA
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