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Southwest Airlines Co.

Employer · Texas, United States

Employer address
Texas, United States
Applications on record
841
FY2025 applications
151
FY2026 to 30 June
61
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.8%
Median offered wage
$140,167
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.8%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Southwest Airlines Co. appears in 841 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 151.

Applications by fiscal year — Southwest Airlines Co.

82164FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
82164FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20081
FY20091
FY20101
FY20116
FY201211
FY20139
FY201416
FY20159
FY201621
FY201718
FY201826
FY201954
FY202034
FY202145
FY2022164
FY2023104
FY2024109
FY2025151
FY2026*61
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*4021
FY202512328
FY20241045
FY20238816
FY202215311
FY20213114
FY2020295
FY2019486
FY2018242
FY2017135
FY2016156
FY201590
FY2014151
FY201390
FY2012101
FY201160
FY201001
FY200910
FY200810
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Southwest Airlines Co.: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
TX839
GA1
IL1
Worksite states
  1. Texas839
  2. Georgia1
  3. Illinois1
Worksite cities
  1. Dallas, TX836
  2. Atlanta, GA1
  3. Aurora, IL1
  4. Irving, TX1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Software Developers489
  2. Computer Occupations, All Other126
  3. Operations Research Analysts34
  4. Computer Systems Analysts31
  5. Data Scientists28
  6. Database Administrators17
  7. Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers12
  8. Computer Programmers9
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. SR. Software Engineer103
  2. Senior Software Engineer60
  3. SR. System Engineer59
  4. Software Engineer46
  5. SR Software Engineer34
  6. Tech Lead Software Engineer27
  7. System Engineer23
  8. SR. Technology Analyst22

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $140,167; middle half $130,270 to $149,781 · median prevailing wage $139,464 (marker) · 265 applications.

$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II12
  2. Level III21
  3. Level IV215
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India58
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

66131FY2009FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
66131FY2009FY2013FY2016FY2019FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY20091
FY20113
FY20126
FY20134
FY201411
FY20156
FY20169
FY20179
FY201820
FY201944
FY202027
FY202126
FY2022131
FY202342
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY202300420
FY2022001311
FY202101260
FY202000271
FY201950390
FY201831171
FY20171081
FY20163060
FY20152040
FY20146050
FY20133010
FY20123030
FY20110030
FY20090010
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP735
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in Texas

Southwest Airlines Co. has 841 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #155 of 15,820 sponsoring employers in Texas and #1,595 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.06% of the applications filed by employers based in Texas.

Rank in Texas
155 of 15,820
Rank in the United States
1,595 of 168,030
Share of Texas's applications
0.06%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 481) in Texas
19
Largest sponsoring employers in Texas
  1. Infosys Limited249,552
  2. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp158,582
  3. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.53,212
  4. Tesla, Inc.17,540
  5. Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation16,060
  6. KPMG LLP12,376
  7. Oracle America, Inc.10,036
  8. Ericsson Inc.8,088
  9. Dallas Independent School District6,275
  10. AT&T Services, Inc.6,264
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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