H-2A & H-2B trackerH-2B record
The H-2B record, from the filings.
Who is certified for temporary non-agricultural work — landscaping, seafood processing, hospitality, forestry — how many workers DOL approved, where the work is, and how the applications were decided. Read from DOL's own H-2B certification disclosure file, stated as the record states it.
H-2B · temporary non-agricultural work
FY2026A certified application is DOL's determination on the labor-market test — authorization to recruit, not workers hired. Worker figures are the certification ceilings DOL approved, totaled and labeled as exactly that. The offered rate is shown per hour, as filed — never annualized, because the work is seasonal.
12,513
certified applications
of 17,078 decided applications on file
206,650
workers certified
of 207,395 requested — DOL's ceiling, not hires
7,860
employers certified
distinct employers, exact-name grain
$18.92/hr
median offered rate
hourly filings, low end of the offered range, as filed
How the applications were decided
Every final disposition in the H-2B file for FY2026 — certified, partially certified, denied, or withdrawn. A withdrawal is the employer's own choice to pull the application; it is not a denial, and we keep the two apart.
| Decision | Applications | Share of decided | Workers on those apps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 10,979 | 64% | 175,359 |
| Withdrawn | 3,555 | 21% | 0 |
| Certified-Returned | 1,273 | 7% | 23,888 |
| Denied | 948 | 6% | 0 |
| Certified-Partial | 240 | 1% | 6,770 |
| Rejected | 62 | 0% | 0 |
| Certified-Partial-Returned | 21 | 0% | 633 |
Share is of the 17,078 decided applications on file (each disposition ÷ all decided) — a breakdown of DOL's decisions, not a hiring or visa-issuance rate.
The largest certified H-2B employers, by worker ceiling
| # | Employer | Certified apps | Workers certified | Worksite states |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landscape Workshop, LLC | 63 | 2,983 | 12 |
| 2 | Genuine Builders Inc. | 77 | 1,194 | 18 |
| 3 | Progressive Solutions LLC | 12 | 1,173 | 3 |
| 4 | Triple H Services, LLC | 10 | 1,069 | 3 |
| 5 | Rotolo Consultants, Inc. | 14 | 956 | 6 |
| 6 | Ruppert Landscape, LLC | 31 | 833 | 10 |
| 7 | Silver Bay Seafoods, LLC | 2 | 800 | 1 |
| 8 | Bland Landscaping Co., Inc. | 18 | 772 | 2 |
| 9 | Ray Cammack Shows, Inc | 2 | 700 | 1 |
| 10 | DHC MI Holdings LLC | 24 | 695 | 1 |
Exact legal-name grain — an employer filing under several spellings appears several times rather than being fuzzily merged. Associations file on behalf of many worksites, which is why they lead this table.
Where the certified work is
| Worksite state | Certified apps | Workers certified |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 983 | 20,359 |
| Florida | 516 | 12,544 |
| North Carolina | 495 | 10,345 |
| Ohio | 678 | 8,421 |
| Colorado | 349 | 8,330 |
| Pennsylvania | 655 | 7,825 |
| Michigan | 609 | 7,795 |
| New York | 804 | 7,791 |
| South Carolina | 350 | 7,377 |
| Missouri | 417 | 6,915 |
Ranked by certified worker ceiling; state links open the same state's layoff record — both filings, one employer landscape.
The work being certified
Occupations as coded on the filings (SOC), ranked by the certified worker ceiling — the titles are the Department of Labor's, not ours.
| Occupation (SOC) | Certified apps | Workers certified |
|---|---|---|
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 5,165 | 97,237 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 822 | 13,469 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | 336 | 9,203 |
| Construction Laborers | 559 | 8,042 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | 795 | 7,924 |
| Forest and Conservation Workers | 136 | 6,913 |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 163 | 5,499 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 250 | 5,432 |
Both programs, side by side
The H-2B record sits beside H-2A on the hub — with the intent-vs-outcome read (DOL certifications against USCIS petition approvals) and the full contractor layer. The corpora are queryable through the Footnote Data API, licensed CC BY 4.0.