Transportation & Warehousing TX DOL H-1B OSHA ITA

Southwest Airlines Co.: H-1B Sponsorship Profile

Southwest Airlines Co. in TX (Transportation & Warehousing) is a sponsorship-and-safety profile: 57 H-1B LCAs plus an employer-specific OSHA injury record, with no WARN notices in this corpus.

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Southwest Airlines Co. workforce trust profile Two rising office-tower pillars encoding federal-records percentiles for the tracks this employer carries. Southwest Airlines Co. Federal records · signal DOL H-1B · OSHA ITA 255075100 99 signal 8 signal Hiring Safety 57 filings Grade F
Higher = stronger signal vs. peers (live corpus percentile 0–100 per axis present on this profile). Source: DOL OFLC, OSHA ITA.

Southwest Airlines Co. (TX): · 57 H-1B LCAs at a $145,985 disclosed median · OSHA Grade F (DART 9.62)

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, Southwest Airlines Co. in TX carries 57 H-1B wage filings on record, a $145,985 median wage across 32 disclosed-wage positions (above the $120,000 national median), a weak F OSHA safety grade and no WARN layoff notices on file. H-1B filing volume ranks #448 of 36,919 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile). Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.

  • 57 H-1B LCAs
  • $145,985 median wage
  • Grade F OSHA

The record at a glance

According to U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA, and state WARN Act filings, Southwest Airlines Co. carries 57 H-1B wage filings on record, a $145,985 median wage across 32 disclosed-wage positions (above the $120,000 national median), a weak F OSHA safety grade and no WARN layoff notices on file. In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #448 of 36,919 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 69th percentile of 178,031 credible H-1B wage rows.

57
H-1B filings
$145,985
median H-1B wage
Grade F
OSHA safety
0
WARN notices

Figures above come from DOL H-1B LCAs and this employer's OSHA injury log; no WARN notices are on file here.

DOL LCA release change

What changed between the two LCA fiscal years

FY2024 -> FY2025
  • Southwest Airlines Co.'s disclosed H-1B petition count fell from 36 in FY2024 to 21 in FY2025 (-41.7%).
  • Southwest Airlines Co.'s filing-count-weighted median disclosed H-1B wage rose from $138,074 in FY2024 to $147,887 in FY2025 (+7.1%).

Arithmetic differences between stored DOL OFLC Labor Condition Application disclosure fiscal years for this employer - not a headcount, hire forecast, or cause claim. Role mix can shift between years even when the petition total is flat.

National filing changes Two-year CSV

H-1B Filings

57

DOL labor condition applications on file

Median H-1B Salary

$145,985

Across 32 disclosed positions

OSHA Safety Grade

Grade F · DART 9.62

vs 2.55 same 2-digit NAICS sector (OSHA ITA 2022–2023, hours-weighted)

Where Southwest Airlines Co.'s H-1B wage sits nationally

Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings

$145,985 Top 31% higher than 69% of 178,031 US employers

$0–$20,000: 1 US employers (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 341 US employers (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 5,526 US employers (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 16,865 US employers (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 30,954 US employers (17%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 33,687 US employers (19%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 28,300 US employers (16%). Below this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 21,256 US employers (12%). This entry sits in this band. $160,000–$180,000: 14,088 US employers (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 9,515 US employers (5%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 6,376 US employers (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 3,830 US employers (2%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 2,385 US employers (1%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 1,542 US employers (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 824 US employers (0%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 2,541 US employers (1%). Above this entry. Southwest Airlines Co. $0 $320,000 every US employer with H-1B filings, bucketed by value

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Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Southwest Airlines Co.'s H-1B median wage, FY2024 vs FY2025

$135,000$140,000$145,000$150,000 FY2024FY2025 $138,074 $147,887 ▲ +7.1%

Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+7.1% year over year), not a company-wide raise, and not adjusted for role mix changes between years.

Government Data Summary

Field Value Source
Employer Name Southwest Airlines Co. DOL OFLC / OSHA
Industry Transportation & Warehousing NAICS / DOL
State TX U.S. Federal Records
H-1B Filings 57 DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure
H-1B Median Salary $145,985 DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure
OSHA Safety Grade F OSHA ITA
OSHA DART Rate 9.62 OSHA ITA Establishment Records
Tracks not on file WARN notices Empty by design, not estimated

Southwest Airlines Co.'s values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records on file for this employer in TX (Transportation & Warehousing). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #448 of 36,919 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 69th percentile of 178,031 credible H-1B wage rows; OSHA DART rate is safer than roughly 8% of 135,691 employers with an establishment injury record.

H-1B Salary Data

Job Title Median
Sr System Engineer $156,998
Sr. Data Engineer $156,998
Sr. System Engineer $156,998
Tech Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer $156,998
Tech Lead Software Engineer $156,998
Solutions Architect $155,688
Sr Cybersecurity Engineer $153,800
Solutions Architect $149,781
Sr. Operations Research Developer $149,781
Sr. Software Engineer $149,781
Sr. System Engineer $149,781
Tech Lead Software Engineer $149,781
Sr. Software Engineer $149,265
Sr. Product Owner $147,285
Sr. Product Owner $146,015
Sr. Software Engineer $145,985
Tech Lead Cybersecurity Engineer $144,789
Assistant Manager, Technology $144,310
Sr. HR Strategy Consultant $144,310
Sr. Technology Analyst $142,477
Sr. Technology Analyst $136,136
Sr. Technology Analyst $136,136
Software Engineer $134,971
Sr. Database Administrator $133,869
Sr. System Engineer $133,780
Software Engineer $130,853
System Engineer $127,878
Business Architect $125,700
Sr System Engineer $122,000
Software Engineer $115,608
System Engineer $109,886
Big Data Analyst $104,052

What the Data Says About Southwest Airlines Co.

Southwest Airlines Co. operating in TX within the Transportation & Warehousing sector: the company has filed 57 H-1B labor condition applications, of which 32 disclose a usable wage figure with a median of $145,985. Records here combine U.S. Department of Labor disclosures and state workforce agency filings.

On workplace safety, Southwest Airlines Co. posted a DART (Days Away, Restricted, Transferred) rate of 9.62 injuries per 100 full-time workers, compared with the hours-weighted average of 2.55 for the same 2-digit NAICS sector in OSHA ITA 2022–2023 filings. Our composite grade of "F" is that employer-to-sector ratio (A ≤0.5× sector · B ≤0.8× · C ≤1.2× · D ≤1.8× · else F), so a job seeker can compare a hospital chain to a warehouse or a bank to a food processor without chasing down OSHA formulas. Across all years on file, OSHA logged 984 reportable injuries at this employer.

For Southwest Airlines Co., the usable public record is dominated by H-1B labor-condition applications (57 on this profile) in Transportation & Warehousing; those filings are sponsorship intent, not headcount, and cuts below the WARN threshold may never appear here.

OSHA Safety Record

Grade F DART Rate: 9.62 (same-NAICS-sector avg: 2.55)
This employer DART rate (lower is safer)
Same NAICS-sector average

Southwest Airlines Co.'s DART rate (days away/restricted/transferred per 100 FTE) vs the hours-weighted 2-digit NAICS sector average from OSHA ITA 2022–2023 (Transportation & Warehousing).

Total reported injuries on file: 984.

How Southwest Airlines Co. compares to Transportation & Warehousing peers

Southwest Airlines Co.'s nearest H-1B-filing peers in Transportation & Warehousing (home state TX). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.

This employer

Transportation & Warehousing · TX

Southwest Airlines Co.

57 H-1B filings
Median H-1B
$145,985
OSHA grade
F
WARN notices
0

Transportation & Warehousing · WA

Amazon.com Services LLC

5,757 H-1B filings
Median H-1B
$171,235
OSHA grade
F
WARN notices
0

Transportation & Warehousing · CA

Apple Inc.

2,751 H-1B filings
Median H-1B
$179,321
OSHA grade
A
WARN notices
10

Nationwide employers with similar H-1B volume or workplace injury rate

Two federal-records peer sets for Southwest Airlines Co., both outside TX so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.

Similar OSHA DART rate

Nearest injury-rate peers outside TX (DART 9.62 here).

Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on disclosed filing counts and OSHA ITA DART rates; employers with fewer than 100 H-1B filings or fewer than 10 reported injuries are excluded from the comparison corpus.

What to check before working with Southwest Airlines Co.

For Southwest Airlines Co., read sponsorship pay (57 H-1B LCAs, median $145,985) next to the OSHA safety grade (F).

  • H-1B median is $145,985 across 32 disclosed-wage positions (of 57 total filings), benchmark any offer against it and the metro prevailing wage. Compare with peers
  • Safety grade F reflects a DART rate read against the Transportation & Warehousing average of 2.55 - a relative benchmark, not an absolute verdict. How grades work

Southwest Airlines Co.'s figures are legally filed public records (DOL, OSHA, state WARN), not reviews or vendor estimates; a missing row is not proof the underlying activity never happened.

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