United Airlines — 169 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 8
- Filings · FY2025
- $120k
- Median base · FY2025
- Sr. Analyst - Statistics and Operations Research
- Top role · 17 all-time
- IL
- Top state · 152 all-time
United Airlines filed 8 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 11% from the year before), with a median base salary of $120k and the middle 50% of offers between $117k and $129k. Across all years it has 169 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Sr. Analyst - Statistics and Operations Research in Illinois.
How much does United 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. $120k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has United Airlines's H-1B hiring changed by year?
26 certified filings in FY2016 → 16 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 16 | +100% | $126k |
| FY2025 | 8 | −11% | $120k |
| FY2024 | 9 | −50% | $139k |
| FY2023 | 18 | +80% | $117k |
| FY2022 | 10 | 0% | $114k |
| FY2021 | 10 | −29% | $107k |
| FY2020 | 14 | −18% | $120k |
| FY2019 | 17 | −6% | $100k |
| FY2018 | 18 | −22% | $100k |
| FY2017 | 23 | −12% | $105k |
| FY2016 | 26 | — | $95k |
Which wage levels does United Airlines file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 45% of United 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 136 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I1.5%2
- Level II53.7%73
- Level III31.6%43
- Level IV13.2%18
What jobs does United Airlines 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sr. Analyst - Statistics and Operations Research | 17 | $97k |
| Sr. Analyst Statistics and Operation Research | 6 | $100k |
| Senior Manager - IT Application Development | 5 | $132k |
| Sr Data Scientist - Statistics | 5 | $119k |
| Senior Data Scientist - Statistics | 5 | $115k |
| Sr Data Scientist – Operations Research | 4 | $126k |
| Sr. Data Scientist - Operations Research | 4 | $112k |
| Sr. Developer - IT | 4 | $105k |
| Manager, Airport Affairs | 3 | $88k |
| Sr Data Scientist - Operations Research | 3 | $117k |
Where does United 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IL | 152 | $114k |
| TX | 12 | $110k |
| CA | 4 | $96k |
| MA | 1 | $117k |
What has United Airlines filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 169 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about United Airlines's H-1B filings
- How much does United Airlines pay H-1B workers?
- United Airlines's median certified H-1B base salary is $120k (FY2025), from 8 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does United Airlines sponsor?
- United Airlines has 169 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, Senior Manager - IT Application Development, Sr Data Scientist - Statistics.
- Where does United Airlines hire H-1B workers?
- United Airlines's top H-1B worksite states are IL, TX, CA, MA.
- 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 →