Employer profile
United Airlines
158 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
9
FY2025 median
$122k
Top role
Sr. Analyst - Statistics And Operations Research
17 filings · all-time
Top state
IL
140 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How United 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 United 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 | 3▼ 67% | $121k |
| FY2025 | 9▼ 10% | $122k |
| FY2024 | 10▼ 44% | $136k |
| FY2023 | 18▲ 80% | $117k |
| FY2022 | 100% | $114k |
| FY2021 | 10▼ 29% | $107k |
| FY2020 | 14▼ 18% | $120k |
| FY2019 | 17▼ 6% | $100k |
| FY2018 | 18▼ 22% | $100k |
| FY2017 | 23▼ 12% | $105k |
| FY2016 | 26— | $95k |
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 ?
3220%
Lvl I
21%
Lvl II
7145%
Lvl III
3723%
Lvl IV
1610%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Sr. Analyst - Statistics And Operations Research | 17 | $97k |
| Sr. Analyst Statistics And Operation Research | 6 | $100k |
| Sr. Data Scientist - Operations Research | 5 | $117k |
| Senior Manager - It Application Development | 5 | $132k |
| Sr Data Scientist - Statistics | 4 | $110k |
| Sr. Developer - It | 4 | $105k |
| Manager, Airport Affairs | 3 | $88k |
| Sr Data Scientist - Operations Research | 3 | $117k |
| Senior Data Scientist - Statistics | 3 | $115k |
| Sr. Analyst - Finance Operations Research | 3 | $89k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| IL | 140 | $110k |
| TX | 13 | $111k |
| CA | 4 | $96k |
| MA | 1 | $117k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does United Airlines pay H-1B workers?
- United Airlines's median certified H-1B base salary is $122k (FY2025), from 9 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does United Airlines sponsor?
- United Airlines has 158 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does United Airlines sponsor for H-1B?
- United Airlines's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Sr. Analyst - Statistics And Operations Research, Sr. Analyst Statistics And Operation Research, Sr. Data Scientist - Operations Research, Senior Manager - It Application Development.
- Where does United Airlines hire H-1B workers?
- United Airlines's top H-1B worksite states are IL, TX, CA, MA.
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