Farm and agricultural worker

Farm Worker in Lyons, New York

This is an H-2A job order, which means the employer has already applied to hire workers from outside the United States for it.

Employer: Springbrook Orchards Inc.
Where: Lyons, New York
Places: 2
Pay: $19.25 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-10-06
Ends: 2026-12-20
Filed: 2026-08-17

What the work involves

Workers will perform duties related to apple production, including but not limited to harvesting apples, blue berries, grapes, and peaches, sorting fruit in the field, handling and moving orchard bins, loading and unloading bins, orchard sanitation, removing debris from orchard rows, trimming, pruning, bin repair, bin preparing, bin sanitation and other activities directly related to fruit production and harvest. Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing (weather on or off the farm) to the farm properties; haul tools, supplies, or crops; transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach the farm fields); and/or transport workers to the grocery store, bank, or laundry facilities on an as needed basis Those that are requested to drive will be required to possess an appropriate license, no one will be rejected for this position that does not possess a drivers license. Workers will be expected to conform to the specific instructions given by the supervisor for each day’s work. The activities outlined in the job description will be conducted solely on the worksite which is owned and operated by the employer. Workers are expected to work the number of days and hours specified. Depending on weather, crop or other conditions. Employer will furnish workers, without cost, all the tools and equipment required in the performance of the duties assigned. Workers should report for work with their own suitable clothes. While working in the field, phone usage is limited to emergency use only.

How to apply

Apply directly with the employer named above. Workmerica is not an agency, takes no fee and is not involved in this hiring.

Open the original job order

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs.

What that comes to in a month

At forty hours a week, the rate in this filing works out at about $3,330 a month before tax. That is the standard full-time month of 173 hours; overtime, deductions and the cost of getting there are not in it.

How the work permit works in the United States

Employer-sponsored temporary or permanent labor certification. The employer files with the Department of Labor first. Which programme applies depends on the work and whether it is seasonal.

Published by U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification