American Airlines — 3,222 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 346
- Filings · FY2025
- $106k
- Median base · FY2025
- Sr. Developer, IT Applications
- Top role · 490 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 2,803 all-time
American Airlines filed 346 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 38% from the year before), with a median base salary of $106k and the middle 50% of offers between $89k and $111k. That is 2% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 3,222 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Sr. Developer, IT Applications in Texas.
How much does American Airlines pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $106k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has American Airlines's H-1B hiring changed by year?
182 certified filings in FY2016 → 325 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 325 | −6% | $113k |
| FY2025 | 346 | +38% | $106k |
| FY2024 | 250 | +6% | $101k |
| FY2023 | 235 | −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 |
Which wage levels does American Airlines file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 14% of American Airlines's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 2,841 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I3.0%84
- Level II82.8%2,352
- Level III12.6%358
- Level IV1.7%47
What jobs does American Airlines sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for American Airlines's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Sr. Developer, IT Applications | 490 | $94k |
| Developer, IT Applications | 96 | $94k |
| Technical Lead, IT Applications | 71 | $98k |
| Sr. Engineer, IT Infrastructure | 63 | $92k |
| Sr. Object-Oriented Programmer Analyst | 59 | $84k |
| Sr. Engineer, IT Quality Assurance | 48 | $80k |
| Analyst | 45 | $55k |
| Sr. Data Engineer, IT Analytics | 44 | $101k |
| Sr. Engineer, IT Software | 40 | $113k |
| Sr. Developer, IT Data Warehousing | 39 | $90k |
Where does American Airlines hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 2,803 | $90k |
| AZ | 340 | $84k |
| OK | 60 | $83k |
| FL | 6 | $64k |
| NC | 6 | $69k |
| IL | 4 | $94k |
| PA | 2 | $77k |
| CA | 1 | $114k |
What has American Airlines filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 3,222 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about American Airlines's H-1B filings
- How much does American Airlines pay H-1B workers?
- American Airlines's median certified H-1B base salary is $106k (FY2025), from 346 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does American Airlines sponsor?
- American Airlines has 3,222 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, FL.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →