Farm and agricultural worker

Nursery Worker in Jones, OK

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: Greenturf Landscaping Co.
Where: Jones, OK
Places: 8
Pay: $16.66 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-15
Ends: 2027-11-14
Filed: 2026-11-02

What the work involves

Duties may include: Prepare soil and growth media for nursery stock to include but not limited to trees, shrubs, ground covers, annuals, perennials etc. on acreage, in nursery, greenhouses, fields, and sheds. Fill pots, seed, water, fertilize, and transplant for all nursery stock. Space plants/produce and containers on carts, trucks. Water, trim, and prune all plants as needed. Plant, water, fertilize, dig, rake, mow and trim on acreage, in nursery, greenhouses, and fields. Move all plant material from multiple locations. Workers may install product within 50-mile radius of the nursery. Install/maintain irrigation system on acreage, in nursery, greenhouses, fields, and sheds. Clean work areas and store materials. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and other crop protectants & other related Nursery Worker activities as per SOC/OES 45-2092 (onetonline.org). Possible weekend/holiday work. The employer may choose to pay experienced workers, regardless of origin, more than the published minimum wage rate. See attached Addendum C.

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 $2,882 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