H-1B sponsorTXFEIN 74-1563240Updated Jun 2026

Southwest Airlines Co.

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Southwest Airlines Co.. Filed 451 disclosures between FY2011 and FY2026 from worksites with a TX headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2026

Certified

100.0%

unconditional · FY2026

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2026

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2026

Summary

Southwest Airlines Co. is a major U.S. airline headquartered in Texas. The company has been an active H-1B sponsor since 2011, with 451 total labor condition application filings across its history.

In FY2026, Southwest filed 30 H-1B petitions and achieved a 100% certification rate with no denials or withdrawals. The airline's H-1B activity has grown significantly in recent years, rising from 2 filings in 2022 to 123 in 2025. Overall, Southwest maintains a strong certification record at 65.19% across all years, with only 0.22% denials and 1.11% withdrawals.

Software developers dominate Southwest's H-1B hiring, accounting for 268 of 451 filings. Other key roles include computer occupations specialists (54 filings), data scientists (16 filings), economists (18 filings), and management analysts (13 filings). This role mix reflects the airline's technology and data infrastructure needs.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of Southwest Airlines Co.’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	95.5%
Cert-withdrawn	2.6%
Withdrawn	1.6%
Denied	0.3%

Certified95.5%

Cert-withdrawn2.6%

Withdrawn1.6%

Denied0.3%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by Southwest Airlines Co. across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	15-1252	Software Developers	268
2	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	54
3	19-3011	Economists	18
4	15-2051	Data Scientists	16
5	13-1111	Management Analysts	13
6	15-2031	Operations Research Analysts	11
7	15-1242	Database Administrators	9
8	53-2011	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	6
9	15-1253	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	6
10	41-9031	Sales Engineers	6

Software Developers

268

Computer Occupations, All Other

Economists

Data Scientists

Management Analysts

Operations Research Analysts

Database Administrators

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Sales Engineers

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2011	6
FY2012	9
FY2013	9
FY2014	15
FY2015	9
FY2016	14
FY2017	11
FY2018	24
FY2019	46
FY2020	1
FY2022	2
FY2023	48
FY2024	104
FY2025	123
FY2026	30

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