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-100-23270-385073 | Senior HR Analytics Consultant | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Jan 30, 2025 |
| G-100-23272-394953 | Technology Consultant (LAMANH2) | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Jan 30, 2025 |
| G-100-23272-395713 | Systems Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Jan 30, 2025 |
| G-100-23250-328949 | Sr. MXP Program Manager | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Jan 30, 2025 |
| G-100-23214-234380 | Manager, Simulation Engineering | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Dec 3, 2024 |
| G-100-23219-245081 | RPA Developer [AID030-IT Architecture (Systems Design)] | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Dec 3, 2024 |
| G-100-23237-297834 | Senior Product Owner | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Dec 3, 2024 |
| G-100-23243-312204 | Sr. Data Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Nov 29, 2024 |
| G-100-23193-183167 | Sr. Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Sep 3, 2024 |
| G-100-23205-211140 | Principal Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Sep 3, 2024 |
| A-23135-42541 | Sr. Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Jun 11, 2024 |
| A-23109-29349 | Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Jun 11, 2024 |
| A-22349-74223 | Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Mar 20, 2024 |
| A-22250-17460 | Sr. System Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Aug 8, 2023 |
| A-22242-13953 | Software Engineer-Technical Lead | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Aug 8, 2023 |
| A-22237-11848 | Operations Research Developer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Aug 8, 2023 |
| A-22257-21019 | Technical Supervisor | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Aug 7, 2023 |
| A-22256-20278 | Senior Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Aug 7, 2023 |
| A-22256-20237 | Senior Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Aug 2, 2023 |
| A-22161-70107 | Senior Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | Dallas, TX | Jul 14, 2023 |
Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.