Farm and agricultural worker

Hog Farm Specialist in Washburn, IL

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: Boarzhead Farm Management
Where: Washburn, IL
Places: 5
Pay: $18.75 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-15
Ends: 2027-11-15
Filed: 2026-11-02

What the work involves

SOC 45-2093 accounts for 100% of the work performed. The hog site specialist provides daily care and management for hogs from weaned pigs to market by distributing food, giving medication and vaccinations, and observing animals for signs of illness so they can be monitored and cared for appropriately throughout the production process. The work also includes ordering feed to support ongoing animal care, loading hogs for transport when they are ready to move to market or to farms, maintaining buildings used for the pigs, and cleaning the buildings and trucks used to transport hogs to market and to farms. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.

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 $3,244 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