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Farm Jobs
For information on available agriculture job openings please contact our farmworker staff or visit a WorkSource Office in the area of interest. They are experts in the local labor market and can help you connect with jobs and other valuable resources, like housing, health care and day care. You may also visit WorkSourceWA.com to view Washington job listings, post your résumé and find out about training opportunities.
Employment Security Department, Washington State
NOTICE Related to H-2A Program in Washington State – May 6, 2025
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has issued a modified preliminary injunction order in Familias Unidas Por La Justicia v. DOL, et al., No. 24-cv-00637 requiring the U.S. Department of Labor to take the following action, among other provisions:
Request Washington ESD post a notice on its WorkSource website with all active applicable piece-rate prevailing wage rates for Washington, and which states that all relevant employers employing workers in a specific crop or agricultural activity must offer and pay the applicable active prevailing piece rate wage for work performed in Washington, and asking that such notice remain publicly available until 50 percent of the work contract period lapses for the relevant certifications.
As such, ESD hereby notifies H-2A employers as follows:
- All relevant [H-2A] employers employing workers in a specific crop or agricultural activity must offer and pay the applicable active prevailing piece rate wage for work performed in Washington;
- This notice shall remain publicly available until 50% of the work contract lapses for the relevant certifications.
- The active applicable piece-rate prevailing wages for WA are as follows:
| Type |
Prevailing Piece Rate |
| Apples - Harvesting | $28.26/bin (47x47x24.5) |
| Apples/Cripps Pink - Harvesting | $30.00/bin (47x47x24.5) |
| Apples/Cripps Pink - Thinning | $0.73/Tree |
| Apples/Honeycrisp - Harvesting | $31.76/bin (47x47x24.5) |
| Berries, Blueberries - Harvesting | $0.50 Per Pound |
| Berries - Harvesting | $0.50 Per Pound |
| Cherries, Darkred - Harvesting | $0.22 Per Pound |
| Cherries - Harvesting | $0.21 Per Pound |
| Cherries, Lapins - Harvesting | $0.20 Per Pound |
| Cherries, Sweetheart - Harvesting | $0.21 Per Pound |
Source: Agricultural Online Wage Library | U.S. Department of Labor
H-2A Agricultural Clearance Orders
The H-2A program establishes a means for agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring non-immigrant foreign workers to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature.
For a current listing of H-2A jobs, see H-2A jobs in Washington
You may also visit the Office of Foreign Labor Certification for more information.
If you have questions please contact wcddh2a@esd.wa.gov