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-100-24180-161659 | Sr. System Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Sep 24, 2025 |
| G-100-24180-161361 | Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Sep 24, 2025 |
| G-100-24172-135696 | Senior Data Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Sep 24, 2025 |
| G-100-24166-112191 | Senior Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Sep 24, 2025 |
| G-100-24159-087156 | Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Sep 24, 2025 |
| G-100-24157-076525 | Sr. Software Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Sep 24, 2025 |
| G-100-24124-954621 | Sr. System Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Aug 29, 2025 |
| G-100-24131-984489 | Sr. Sales Analytics Consultant | Certified | Dallas, TX | Aug 29, 2025 |
| G-100-24150-046961 | Sr. Manager, Operations Research Science | Certified | Dallas, TX | Aug 29, 2025 |
| G-100-24110-907055 | Sr. System Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Aug 5, 2025 |
| G-100-24117-930470 | Sr. System Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Aug 5, 2025 |
| G-100-24120-936842 | Tech Lead Cyber Security Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Aug 5, 2025 |
| G-100-24110-906121 | System Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Aug 5, 2025 |
| G-100-24095-857974 | Sr System Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Aug 5, 2025 |
| G-100-24086-830585 | Sr. System Engineer | Certified | Dallas, TX | Jul 13, 2025 |
| G-100-24075-804473 | Digital Product Owner | Certified | Dallas, TX | Jul 13, 2025 |
| G-100-24054-745433 | Assistant Manager | Certified | Dallas, TX | Jun 25, 2025 |
| G-100-24024-663933 | Sr Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Jun 3, 2025 |
| G-100-23293-447193 | Sr. Database Administrator | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Mar 11, 2025 |
| G-100-23254-335599 | Sr. Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Jan 30, 2025 |
Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.