Employer profile
American Airlines
2,983 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
347
FY2025 median
$106k
Top role
Sr. Developer, It Applications
476 filings · all-time
Top state
TX
2,581 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How American 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 American 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 | 82▼ 76% | $113k |
| FY2025 | 347▲ 38% | $106k |
| FY2024 | 251▲ 6% | $101k |
| FY2023 | 237▼ 2% | $99k |
| FY2022 | 241▼ 29% | $94k |
| FY2021 | 338▲ 31% | $94k |
| FY2020 | 258▼ 19% | $84k |
| FY2019 | 319▼ 21% | $81k |
| FY2018 | 405▲ 25% | $81k |
| FY2017 | 323▲ 77% | $78k |
| FY2016 | 182— | $77k |
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 ?
35212%
Lvl I
793%
Lvl II
2,17773%
Lvl III
34612%
Lvl IV
291%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Sr. Developer, It Applications | 476 | $94k |
| Developer, It Applications | 84 | $94k |
| Technical Lead, It Applications | 71 | $98k |
| Sr. Engineer, It Infrastructure | 62 | $92k |
| Sr. Object-Oriented Programmer Analyst | 59 | $84k |
| Sr. Engineer, It Quality Assurance | 46 | $80k |
| Analyst | 45 | $55k |
| Sr. Data Engineer, It Analytics | 41 | $101k |
| Sr. Developer, It Data Warehousing | 39 | $90k |
| Principal Architect, It Applications | 35 | $106k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 2,581 | $89k |
| AZ | 329 | $84k |
| OK | 56 | $82k |
| NC | 5 | $69k |
| FL | 5 | $64k |
| IL | 4 | $94k |
| PA | 2 | $77k |
| CA | 1 | $114k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does American Airlines pay H-1B workers?
- American Airlines's median certified H-1B base salary is $106k (FY2025), from 347 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does American Airlines sponsor?
- American Airlines has 2,983 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does American Airlines sponsor for H-1B?
- American Airlines's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Sr. Developer, It Applications, Developer, It Applications, Technical Lead, It Applications, Sr. Engineer, It Infrastructure.
- Where does American Airlines hire H-1B workers?
- American Airlines's top H-1B worksite states are TX, AZ, OK, NC.
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