H-1B sponsor profile

Southwest Airlines

Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications · trailing 12 months

Median base salary

$149,781

▲ +3.45% YoY

Average salary

$144,439

Mean of all filings

Certified LCAs

Full-time positions

Occupations

SOC codes with 5+ filings

H-1B wage level mix

Level I00% of LCAs

Level II44.9% of LCAs

Level III78.6% of LCAs

Level IV6074.1% of LCAs

10 filings had no wage level.

Top occupations

Software Developers
Computer Occupations, All Other
Data Scientists
Computer Programmers
Computer Network Architects

Top worksite metros

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

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Southwest Airlines H-1B pay range

Annual base pay across all 81 certified full-time H-1B filings.

P10$125,700

P25$136,136

Median$149,781

P75$156,998

P90$156,998

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Southwest Airlines salaries by job title

Southwest Airlines's pay for each job title compared with the median of all H-1B sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation. Tap a row for the full range and competing sponsors.

Job title	LCAs	Southwest Airlines median	All sponsors	vs all
Software Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	21	$153,315	$142,864	+7.3%
Southwest Airlines · Software Engineer (21 LCAs) P10$134,971 P25$149,781 Median$153,315 P75$156,998 P90$156,998 Wage levels: I 0 · II 1 · III 3 · IV 13 \| All sponsors: P25 $114,399 · median $142,864 · P75 $182,002 (37,090 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Software Engineer Google $194,000 (3,054) Meta $214,032 (2,657) Wal Mart Associates $130,000 (1,162) Paypal $150,957 (600) Software Engineer at all sponsors →
System Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	12	$156,998	$109,687	+43.1%
Southwest Airlines · System Engineer (12 LCAs) P10$130,068 P25$149,781 Median$156,998 P75$156,998 P90$156,998 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 2 · IV 10 \| All sponsors: P25 $101,504 · median $109,687 · P75 $138,617 (67 LCAs) System Engineer at all sponsors →
Tech Lead Software Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	5	$156,998	$156,998	+0%
Southwest Airlines · Tech Lead Software Engineer (5 LCAs) P10$149,781 P25$149,781 Median$156,998 P75$156,998 P90$156,998 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 5 \| All sponsors: P25 $151,585 · median $156,998 · P75 $270,003 (10 LCAs)

Titles need 5+ filings at Southwest Airlines. “All sponsors” is the median for the same title and SOC across every sponsor, including Southwest Airlines; “only sponsor” means no other employer filed it.

Southwest Airlines salaries by occupation

Each SOC occupation Southwest Airlines sponsors, compared with the BLS national median for all U.S. workers. Tap a row for wage levels, job titles and what competing sponsors pay.

Occupation	LCAs	Southwest Airlines median	BLS median	vs BLS
Software Developers SOC 15-1252	50	$156,354	$135,980	+15%
Southwest Airlines pay range · Software Developers P10$134,971 P25$149,781 Median$156,354 P75$156,998 P90$156,998 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—1 LCAs · 2% Level III—6 LCAs · 12% Level IV$156,99835 LCAs · 70% Job titles filed under this SOC Software Engineer21 LCAs · median $153,315 · +7.3% vs all sponsors System Engineer12 LCAs · median $156,998 · +43.1% vs all sponsors Tech Lead Software Engineer5 LCAs · median $156,998 · +0% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Software Developers All-sponsor median $136,433 · average excluding Southwest Airlines $144,911 Amazon $155,000 (9,778) Microsoft $175,760 (4,681) Google $194,000 (3,386) Meta $214,032 (3,009) Pay vs BLS national median 1.15× Southwest Airlines $156,354 vs BLS $135,980 Where Southwest Airlines's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Software Developers occupation profile →
Computer Occupations, All Other SOC 15-1299	10	$140,223	$116,580	+20.3%
Southwest Airlines pay range · Computer Occupations, All Other P10$136,136 P25$136,136 Median$140,223 P75$144,310 P90$144,869 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—0 LCAs · 0% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV$140,22310 LCAs · 100% What competing sponsors pay for Computer Occupations, All Other All-sponsor median $111,779 · average excluding Southwest Airlines $120,417 Cognizant $111,384 (7,461) Infosys $92,217 (5,202) Tata Consultancy Services $86,445 (3,415) HCL $118,310 (1,525) Pay vs BLS national median 1.2× Southwest Airlines $140,223 vs BLS $116,580 Where Southwest Airlines's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Computer Occupations, All Other occupation profile →
Data Scientists SOC 15-2051	6	$140,109	$120,230	+16.5%
Southwest Airlines pay range · Data Scientists P10$110,672 P25$122,075 Median$140,109 P75$140,109 P90$140,941 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—0 LCAs · 0% Level III—1 LCAs · 17% Level IV—4 LCAs · 67% What competing sponsors pay for Data Scientists All-sponsor median $123,531 · average excluding Southwest Airlines $130,958 Amazon $139,146 (2,008) Microsoft $172,526 (835) Wal Mart Associates $147,344 (752) Jpmorgan Chase $140,000 (521) Pay vs BLS national median 1.17× Southwest Airlines $140,109 vs BLS $120,230 Where Southwest Airlines's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Data Scientists occupation profile →