H-1B sponsorship profile: Southwest Airlines Co. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Southwest Airlines Co filed 362 Labor Condition Applications covering 362 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 98.3% (356 certified of 362 filed), a useful proxy for how cleanly their prevailing-wage attestations pass the Labor Department’s preliminary review before USCIS adjudication.

Compensation spread. Offered wages on Southwest Airlines Co’s H-1B petitions range from $70,825 at the low end to $163,966 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $134,703. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Sr. Software Engineer (63 petitions at $146,436 avg), followed by Sr. System Engineer and Software Engineer. H-1B salaries reported on LCAs must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the role and worksite, so the spread also tracks wage-level geography and seniority.

Geographic footprint. Southwest Airlines Co is headquartered in Dallas, TX under NAICS code 481111, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in TX. Combined, these signals give a granular view of how one employer uses the H-1B program, volume, approval cleanliness, wage posture, and where the jobs actually sit on the map.

Where Southwest Airlines Co ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Southwest Airlines Co is #542 of 119,880 employers nationally and #46 of 12,542 employers headquartered in TX. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.