Logging Equipment Operators
Occupation · SOC 2018 45-4022 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 45-4022
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.00%
- Applications on record
- 245
- FY2025
- 32
- Certified (last three years)
- 96.3%
- Main route
- H-2A agricultural workers
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Logging Equipment Operators (SOC 45-4022). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Logging Equipment Operators
Data table
| FY2009 | 1 |
| FY2010 | 1 |
| FY2011 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 9 |
| FY2015 | 12 |
| FY2016 | 13 |
| FY2017 | 12 |
| FY2018 | 16 |
| FY2019 | 19 |
| FY2020 | 16 |
| FY2021 | 17 |
| FY2022 | 20 |
| FY2023 | 23 |
| FY2024 | 26 |
| FY2025 | 32 |
| FY2026* | 28 |
| Fiscal year | H-2A | H-2B | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Pepin Lumber Inc.56
- YPC Forest Enterprise Inc.39
- Louis Lessard Inc.28
- G. Lavoie Inc.25
- Conifor Inc.16
- Prisock Brothers Logging Inc.9
- EJ Carrier, Inc.9
- Conifor7
- Suarez Forestry, LLC5
- Robert McBreairty Jr. & Sons, Inc3
- Heartland Timber Company, Inc.3
- Trucking GH Inc.3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Logging Equipment Operators: applications by worksite state
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Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| ME | 203 |
| MS | 12 |
| AZ | 6 |
| VA | 4 |
| LA | 4 |
| AR | 3 |
| AL | 2 |
| NC | 2 |
| WA | 2 |
| OR | 2 |
| PA | 1 |
| SD | 1 |
| TN | 1 |
| VT | 1 |
| TX | 1 |
- Flagstaff, AZ5
- Jackson, MS3
- Tuscaloosa, AL2
- Corvallis, OR2
- Bangor, ME2
- Rapid City, SD1
- Natchez, MS-LA1
- Pittsburgh, PA1
- Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA1
- Tucson, AZ1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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