Employer profile
Alaska Airlines
99 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
14
FY2025 median
$137k
Top role
Senior Software Engineer
31 filings · all-time
Top state
WA
96 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Alaska Airlines pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Alaska Airlines hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2▼ 86% | $119k |
| FY2025 | 14▲ 40% | $137k |
| FY2024 | 10▼ 29% | $129k |
| FY2023 | 14▲ 8% | $109k |
| FY2022 | 13▲ 44% | $109k |
| FY2021 | 9▼ 31% | $112k |
| FY2020 | 13▲ 117% | $117k |
| FY2019 | 6▲ 50% | $114k |
| FY2018 | 4▼ 60% | $111k |
| FY2017 | 10▲ 150% | $106k |
| FY2016 | 4— | $86k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
55%
Lvl I
66%
Lvl II
66%
Lvl III
5051%
Lvl IV
3232%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 31 | $114k |
| Senior Network Reliability Engineer | 5 | $119k |
| Principal Software Engineer | 5 | $142k |
| Senior Software Development Engineer, Integrations | 4 | $106k |
| Software Engineer | 4 | $103k |
| Software Engineer Ii | 4 | $108k |
| Senior Flight Simulator Engineer | 3 | $129k |
| Sr. Software Development Engineer, Integrations | 3 | $106k |
| Senior Network Engineer | 2 | $99k |
| Sr. Mobile Software Development Engineer | 2 | $106k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| WA | 96 | $114k |
| AZ | 2 | $119k |
| TX | 1 | $105k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Alaska Airlines pay H-1B workers?
- Alaska Airlines's median certified H-1B base salary is $137k (FY2025), from 14 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Alaska Airlines sponsor?
- Alaska Airlines has 99 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Alaska Airlines sponsor for H-1B?
- Alaska Airlines's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Senior Network Reliability Engineer, Principal Software Engineer, Senior Software Development Engineer, Integrations.
- Where does Alaska Airlines hire H-1B workers?
- Alaska Airlines's top H-1B worksite states are WA, AZ, TX.
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