According to the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) results, the primary crops worked by agricultural workers in the United States are as follows:
- 20% worked with vegetables
- 38% worked with fruit and nuts
- 24% worked in horticulture
- 14% worked with field crops
- 3% reported working in miscellaneous or multiple crops
Around 85% of hired crop farmworkers are not migrant workers but are considered settled, meaning that they work at a single location within 75 miles of their home. Among the small share of remaining migrant workers, the largest group is "shuttlers," who work at a single farm location more than 75 miles from home and may cross an international border to get to their worksite. Shuttlers made up about 10% of hired crop farmworkers in 2018–20, down from about 24% in 1996–98. The "follow the crop" migrant farmworker, who moves from state to state working on different crops as the seasons advance, is now a relative rarity, making up just 3% of those surveyed by the NAWS in 2018–20, down from a high of 14% in 1992–94.
