Delta Air Lines — 927 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 160
- Filings · FY2025
- $144k
- Median base · FY2025
- IT Senior Developer
- Top role · 60 all-time
- GA
- Top state · 793 all-time
Delta Air Lines filed 160 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 25% from the year before), with a median base salary of $144k and the middle 50% of offers between $134k and $150k. That is 4% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 927 certified filings since FY2016, most often for IT Senior Developer in Georgia.
How much does Delta Air Lines 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. $144k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Delta Air Lines's H-1B hiring changed by year?
5 certified filings in FY2016 → 60 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 60 | −62% | $152k |
| FY2025 | 160 | +25% | $144k |
| FY2024 | 128 | +36% | $140k |
| FY2023 | 94 | −43% | $130k |
| FY2022 | 166 | +137% | $130k |
| FY2021 | 70 | −51% | $128k |
| FY2020 | 142 | +294% | $123k |
| FY2019 | 36 | −31% | $125k |
| FY2018 | 52 | +271% | $115k |
| FY2017 | 14 | +180% | $105k |
| FY2016 | 5 | — | $116k |
Which wage levels does Delta Air Lines file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 85% of Delta Air Lines'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 749 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I1.3%10
- Level II14.2%106
- Level III38.5%288
- Level IV46.1%345
What jobs does Delta Air Lines 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 Delta Air Lines's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| IT Senior Developer | 60 | $128k |
| Senior Software Development Engineer | 40 | $140k |
| Senior Developer | 32 | $125k |
| Senior Tpf Developer | 23 | $139k |
| IT Test Engineer | 19 | $93k |
| Senior Systems Engineer | 18 | $135k |
| Software Development Engineer | 18 | $124k |
| IT Advisory Developer | 15 | $150k |
| Senior Software Development Engineer in Test | 14 | $130k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 14 | $138k |
Where does Delta Air Lines 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GA | 793 | $132k |
| MN | 128 | $129k |
| WA | 2 | $86k |
| TX | 1 | $132k |
| CA | 1 | $130k |
| NJ | 1 | $140k |
| NY | 1 | $255k |
What has Delta Air Lines filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 927 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Delta Air Lines's H-1B filings
- How much does Delta Air Lines pay H-1B workers?
- Delta Air Lines's median certified H-1B base salary is $144k (FY2025), from 160 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Delta Air Lines sponsor?
- Delta Air Lines has 927 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Delta Air Lines sponsor for H-1B?
- Delta Air Lines's most-sponsored H-1B roles include IT Senior Developer, Senior Software Development Engineer, Senior Developer, Senior Tpf Developer.
- Where does Delta Air Lines hire H-1B workers?
- Delta Air Lines's top H-1B worksite states are GA, MN, WA, TX.
- 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 →