Southwest Airlines Co.
Transportation & Warehousing · Primarily TX · PERM filings 2019–2024
Overview
Southwest Airlines Co. is a Transportation & Warehousing employer that has filed 99 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #752 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 74 were certified (74.7% approval rate), taking about 366 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in TX, and the median sponsored wage is $134,992.
99
PERM filings
74.7%
approval
0
denied
$134,992
median wage
366d
avg processing
Worker background
Across 49 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (92%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)
Top countries of origin
- India45
- China2
- Colombia1
- Canada1
Prior visa status
- H-1B49
Education
- Master's25
- Bachelor's20
- Doctorate2
- None2
PERM filings by year
Occupations & job titles
The occupations Southwest Airlines Co. most often sponsors, with average wages.
| Occupation | Filings | Avg wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers, Applications | 23 | $124,322 |
| Software Developers | 20 | $149,835 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 18 | $132,843 |
| Software Developers, Systems Software | 9 | $131,235 |
| Project Management Specialists | 6 | $150,980 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 4 | $138,470 |
| Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers | 3 | $120,300 |
| Business Intelligence Analysts | 2 | $141,315 |
| Computer Network Architects | 1 | $127,920 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 1 | $189,000 |
Common job titles
Worksite states
Wage range
$124,230
25th
$134,992
median
$150,758
75th
$156,817
90th
Law firms used
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP49
- FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY, LLP43
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP7
Recent filings
| Case | Job title | Status | Worksite | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G-100-24269-365456 | Senior System Engineer (JGKOLS) | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 26, 2026 |
| G-100-24260-340908 | Senior Product Owner | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 26, 2026 |
| G-100-24251-321929 | Tech Lead Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 25, 2026 |
| G-100-24249-316605 | Systems Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 13, 2026 |
| G-100-24249-316813 | Sr. Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 12, 2026 |
| G-100-24221-255493 | Senior Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 4, 2026 |
| G-100-24226-264324 | Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 4, 2026 |
| G-100-24240-298249 | Sr Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 4, 2026 |
| G-100-24226-264151 | Senior Technology Analyst | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 4, 2026 |
| G-100-24234-284728 | Sr. System Engineer (Multiple Openings) | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 4, 2026 |
| G-100-24235-288156 | Sr. System Engineer (Multiple Openings) | Certified | Dallas, TX | Feb 4, 2026 |
| G-100-24202-210623 | Sr. Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Dec 8, 2025 |
| G-100-24200-206160 | Technology Consultant | Certified | Dallas, TX | Dec 5, 2025 |
| G-100-24193-190877 | Senior System Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Dec 5, 2025 |
| G-100-24204-212786 | Senior Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Dec 5, 2025 |
| G-100-24198-199983 | Senior Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Dec 5, 2025 |
| G-100-24194-194364 | Technical Lead Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Dec 5, 2025 |
| G-100-24208-226480 | Sr. System Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Dec 4, 2025 |
| G-100-24184-169673 | Sr. Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Dec 1, 2025 |
| G-100-24184-169663 | Sr. Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Dec 1, 2025 |
Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.