Open H-2B job orders right now
The Department of Labor accepted 268 H-2B applications in the last 20 days, asking for 4,722 workers in 43 states at a median offered wage of $19.52/hour. Seasons start between Oct 1, 2026 and Dec 7, 2026. Pick a state or an occupation; every order links to its official listing. Updated Sep 17, 2026.
Across these orders: 59% require no prior experience; 78% offer lodging; middle half of offers $18.10–$21.27/hr.
By state
| State | Open orders | Workers | Median wage | Most common job |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 37 | 670 | $20.00/hr | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| California | 6 | 591 | $21.69/hr | Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers |
| Florida | 28 | 425 | $17.66/hr | Animal Caretakers |
| Colorado | 17 | 280 | $20.87/hr | Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| Ohio | 23 | 265 | $19.55/hr | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| Texas | 8 | 236 | $18.38/hr | Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | 208 | $19.19/hr | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| Vermont | 21 | 178 | $20.00/hr | Amusement and Recreation Attendants |
| Montana | 11 | 173 | $19.00/hr | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| Georgia | 5 | 153 | $19.24/hr | Forest and Conservation Workers |
| North Carolina | 2 | 133 | $18.69/hr | Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers |
| Indiana | 6 | 110 | $17.79/hr | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| Maine | 2 | 104 | $18.94/hr | Floral Designers |
| Oregon | 4 | 97 | $20.42/hr | Forest and Conservation Workers |
| Missouri | 5 | 90 | $27.94/hr | Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other |
| North Dakota | 3 | 86 | $22.19/hr | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| Washington | 1 | 80 | $18.87/hr | Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers |
| Michigan | 7 | 80 | $18.16/hr | Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| Minnesota | 6 | 75 | $18.81/hr | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| New York | 5 | 74 | $20.30/hr | Packers and Packagers, Hand |
| Louisiana | 6 | 52 | $16.95/hr | Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers |
| Massachusetts | 5 | 52 | $22.17/hr | Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| Illinois | 4 | 48 | $21.33/hr | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| South Carolina | 3 | 48 | $18.50/hr | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| Arizona | 4 | 44 | $22.73/hr | Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers |
| Nevada | 1 | 40 | $15.00/hr | Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| Maryland | 3 | 39 | $18.47/hr | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| South Dakota | 1 | 39 | $21.83/hr | Construction Laborers |
| Tennessee | 3 | 38 | $17.69/hr | Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks |
| Wyoming | 3 | 36 | $20.00/hr | Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| Virginia | 2 | 33 | $21.19/hr | Construction Laborers |
| Idaho | 2 | 23 | $20.09/hr | Construction Laborers |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 20 | $20.50/hr | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| Hawaii | 3 | 16 | $19.38/hr | Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers |
| Kentucky | 2 | 15 | $16.71/hr | Animal Caretakers |
| Alabama | 1 | 15 | $16.16/hr | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse |
| Nebraska | 2 | 14 | $26.09/hr | Maintenance and Repair Workers, General |
| Iowa | 1 | 12 | $18.47/hr | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| New Mexico | 1 | 12 | $23.00/hr | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
| West Virginia | 1 | 8 | $15.99/hr | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 4 | $21.44/hr | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 4 | $18.07/hr | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| Alaska | 1 | 2 | $31.93/hr | Maintenance and Repair Workers, General |
No H-2B orders accepted in the last 20 days for: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, Rhode Island.
By occupation
How to apply
Each order links to its listing on SeasonalJobs.dol.gov, the Department of Labor's official registry, where the employer's recruitment contact and the full job description are published. U.S. workers can apply directly to the employer or through their state workforce agency, which refers applicants to these orders.
Download this dataset
CSV — 268 open H-2B orders (Sep 17, 2026). One row per order: employer, worksite city, county and state, occupation, offered wage, workers requested, season dates, lodging, overtime, experience required and the link to the official listing. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 — cite StateTally and link this page. Source data is U.S. Government work (public domain); the normalization and hourly-wage conversion are ours.
These are orders open now. For the full fiscal year — every certified position, employer and offered wage by state — see H-2B Jobs by state (FY data) and the H-2B employers directory.