Southwest Airlines Co. H-1B wage filings
Dallas, TX. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Southwest Airlines Co. filed 61 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $149,900, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Senior Software Engineer (12 filings, median $156,998).
- Filings
- 61
- Positions covered
- 61
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 24
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Filings since FY2020
- 568
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +34%
Offered wage since 2020
Southwest Airlines Co.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 34%, from $113,360 in fiscal 2020 to $151,608 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 153 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Southwest Airlines Co. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 40 | $151,608 | +1.2% | $148,813 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 123 | $149,781 | +10.0% | $149,781 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 104 | $136,136 | +0.8% | $136,136 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 88 | $134,992 | +5.2% | $134,992 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 153 | $128,315 | +0.9% | $128,315 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 31 | $127,150 | +12.2% | $127,150 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 29 | $113,360 | n/a | $113,360 | at the minimum |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 12 | $156,998 | at the minimum | +23% since 2020 | |
| Senior System Engineer | 10 | $156,998 | at the minimum | +22% since 2022 | |
| Software Engineer | 5 | $134,971 | at the minimum | +29% since 2022 | |
| Senior Data Engineer | 4 | $149,386 | at the minimum | −5% since 2023 | |
| Senior Technology Analyst | 3 | $129,022 | at the minimum | +17% since 2022 | |
| Solutions Architect | 3 | $154,856 | at the minimum | ||
| Tech Lead Software Engineer | 3 | $156,998 | at the minimum | +17% since 2022 | |
| Cloud DevOps Engineer | 2 | $134,971 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Product Owner | 2 | $146,650 | at the minimum | ||
| System Engineer | 2 | $118,071 | at the minimum | +23% since 2022 | |
| Tech Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer | 2 | $156,998 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Manager - Technology | 1 | $144,310 | at the minimum | ||
| Business Architect | 1 | $125,700 | +2.0% | ||
| Data Engineer | 1 | $118,664 | +24.9% | ||
| Lead CXA Data Engineer | 1 | $156,998 | at the minimum | ||
| Manager, Technology | 1 | $144,310 | at the minimum | ||
| Network Engineer | 1 | $101,500 | +16.7% | ||
| Principal CXA Data Engineer | 1 | $157,414 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Business Systems Analyst | 1 | $105,279 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer | 1 | $156,998 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Database Administrator | 1 | $138,965 | at the minimum | ||
| Sr. HR Strategy Consultant | 1 | $144,310 | at the minimum | ||
| Sr SCM Ops Data Analytics Consultant | 1 | $141,773 | at the minimum | ||
| Tech Lead Cybersecurity Engineer | 1 | $149,900 | +3.9% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas, TX | 61 | $149,900 |
By visa type: 60 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 61 certified.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Southwest Airlines Co. attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.