Southwest Airlines Co.
Southwest Airlines Co. made 40 filings covering 40 positions in this release. Across them it filed wages of a median of $134,971 a year.
Green-card sponsorship
Southwest Airlines Co. filed 21 permanent labour certifications between 2025-12-01 and 2026-04-16, of which 21 were certified. That is the step an employment-based green card starts with, so this employer does sponsor them.
What it filed, by role and place
| Occupation | Where | Level | Wage year | Filings | Positions | Median | Prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 15 | 15 | $156,998 | $156,998 |
| Data Scientists | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $141,773 | $141,773 |
| Information Technology Project Managers | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $144,310 | $144,310 |
| Software Developers | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level III | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $134,971 | $134,971 |
| Database Architects | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $157,414 | $157,414 |
| Computer Network Architects | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $154,856 | $154,856 |
| Computer Programmers | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $130,853 | $77,418 |
| Computer Programmers | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $120,494 | $120,494 |
| Database Administrators | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $118,664 | $95,035 |
| Database Administrators | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $138,965 | $138,965 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $101,500 | $86,965 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $123,219 | $123,219 |
| Software Developers | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $112,923 | $112,923 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $129,022 | $129,022 |
| Software Developers | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level not stated | — | 4 | 4 | $147,750 | $144,464 |
| Business Intelligence Analysts | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level not stated | — | 1 | 1 | $105,279 | $105,279 |
A wage is shown against the prevailing wage for the library year the filing itself cites, not the year current today — measured against the wrong year, a correctly-filed wage reads as underpaid.
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One email when Southwest Airlines Co. appears in a new quarterly release, or files a permanent labour certification — which is the signal that it sponsors green cards.
Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain), and the OFLC prevailing wage library. Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.