Southwest Airlines Co.
US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Southwest Airlines Co.. Filed 461 disclosures between FY2011 and FY2026 from worksites with a TX headquarters indicator.
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 | Share |
|---|---|
| Certified | 92.6% |
| Cert-withdrawn | 4.1% |
| Withdrawn | 3.0% |
| Denied | 0.2% |
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 | 275 |
| 2 | 15-1299 | Computer Occupations, All Other | 56 |
| 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 | 10 |
| 8 | 41-9031 | Sales Engineers | 6 |
| 9 | 53-2011 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | 6 |
| 10 | 15-1253 | Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 6 |
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 | 40 |
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 | 40 |
Workforce reductions (WARN notices)
Southwest Airlines Co. filed 5 WARN Act notices on record in the state disclosures this site tracks (IL, TX), announcing planned reductions affecting approximately 120 workers. A notice is an announcement, not a completed layoff.
Workers named in notices, by year
| Notice date | Location | Type | Workers affected | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | Houston, TX | — | 97 | Texas WARN(opens the state’s disclosure source) |
| 2021-01-11 | Chicago, IL | — | — | Illinois WARN(opens the state’s disclosure source) |
| 2020-12-03 | Chicago, IL | — | — | Illinois WARN(opens the state’s disclosure source) |
| 2020-11-18 | Chicago, IL | — | 23 | Illinois WARN(opens the state’s disclosure source) |
| 2020-11-12 | Chicago, IL | — | — | Illinois WARN(opens the state’s disclosure source) |
How to read WARN notices
- What is a WARN notice?
- A WARN notice is an employer’s advance written announcement, filed with a state workforce agency, of a planned mass layoff or plant closing. The federal WARN Act generally requires 60 or more days of notice from larger employers, and several states add their own notice rules. The notice itself is a public record published by the state. The WARN Act, in the glossary.
- Is a WARN notice the same as a completed layoff?
- No. A WARN notice is an employer’s advance ANNOUNCEMENT of a planned mass layoff or closure, generally required 60 or more days ahead. Plans are sometimes rescinded, reduced, or rescheduled, and the headcount is the employer’s estimate at filing time.
- Does no WARN notice mean no layoffs?
- No. WARN generally covers larger employers (typically 100 or more employees) above event-size thresholds, state rules differ, and this site currently tracks a subset of state disclosure sources. Smaller or untracked reductions do not appear here. Which states are tracked.
- Do these notices show H-1B workers replacing laid-off workers?
- No, and the reverse cannot be concluded either. LCA filings and WARN notices are separate public records that may involve different divisions, worksites, job types, and time periods. This site presents both records side by side and draws no causal conclusion.
- Does an H-1B filing mean a visa was granted?
- No. A Labor Condition Application is the wage-and-worksite filing an employer makes before petitioning. Many certified LCAs never become petitions, and an LCA is not a visa. What an LCA is.
- How do I report an error in the layoffs data?
- Email hello@h1b.report with the employer name, the state, the notice date, and what looks wrong. Reports are reviewed by hand, verified corrections are applied with the next data refresh, and the matching rules are documented on the methodology page. How WARN data is matched and published.
Full detail: how this data is matched and published · disclaimer · WARN terms in the glossary
Source: U.S. state WARN Act disclosures for IL, TX; dates and worker counts are as published by each state. About this data and which states are tracked · Report a data problem
This employer filed at least one WARN Act notice in the last 24 months — a state-mandated advance announcement of a planned mass layoff or closure. A notice is an announcement, not a completed layoff, and it is not evidence of any link between the employer’s H-1B filings and its workforce plans.