Southwest Business — 146 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 22
- Filings · FY2025
- $114k
- Median base · FY2025
- Application Developer
- Top role · 22 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 123 all-time
Southwest Business filed 22 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 38% from the year before), with a median base salary of $114k and the middle 50% of offers between $94k and $137k. That is 2% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 146 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Application Developer in Texas.
How much does Southwest Business 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. $114k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Southwest Business's H-1B hiring changed by year?
11 certified filings in FY2016 → 13 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 13 | −41% | $130k |
| FY2025 | 22 | +38% | $114k |
| FY2024 | 16 | +78% | $110k |
| FY2023 | 9 | −59% | $110k |
| FY2022 | 22 | +57% | $104k |
| FY2021 | 14 | +27% | $97k |
| FY2020 | 11 | −21% | $86k |
| FY2019 | 14 | +40% | $91k |
| FY2018 | 10 | +150% | $83k |
| FY2017 | 4 | −64% | $46k |
| FY2016 | 11 | — | $88k |
Which wage levels does Southwest Business file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 52% of Southwest Business'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 90 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I1.1%1
- Level II46.7%42
- Level III10.0%9
- Level IV42.2%38
What jobs does Southwest Business sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Application Developer | 22 | $92k |
| Test Automation Analyst | 8 | $73k |
| Sr. Application Developer | 6 | $97k |
| Documentum Developer | 5 | $108k |
| Application Development Manager | 5 | $127k |
| Senior Application Developer | 5 | $95k |
| DevOps Engineer | 4 | $110k |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | 4 | $105k |
| Sr. Captiva Ocr Developer | 3 | $114k |
| Build and Release Analyst | 3 | $78k |
Where does Southwest Business 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 | 123 | $98k |
| WA | 4 | $79k |
| NC | 4 | $109k |
| CA | 3 | $130k |
| NY | 3 | $159k |
| OH | 2 | $104k |
| AR | 1 | $97k |
| SC | 1 | $98k |
| TN | 1 | $110k |
| IL | 1 | $119k |
What has Southwest Business filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 146 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Southwest Business's H-1B filings
- How much does Southwest Business pay H-1B workers?
- Southwest Business's median certified H-1B base salary is $114k (FY2025), from 22 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Southwest Business sponsor?
- Southwest Business has 146 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Southwest Business sponsor for H-1B?
- Southwest Business's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Application Developer, Test Automation Analyst, Sr. Application Developer, Documentum Developer.
- Where does Southwest Business hire H-1B workers?
- Southwest Business's top H-1B worksite states are TX, WA, NC, CA.
- 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 →