What American Airlines certifies it pays.
Base-pay bands from 1,197 certified Department of Labor wage filings across every fiscal year on record, through FY2026. (The /pay index card counts FY2026 alone.) Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.
Related record: American Airlines’s full H-1B sponsor file
Base-salary bands by role
Software Developers
564 filingsOperations Research Analysts
262 filingsGeneral and Operations Managers
38 filingsComputer and Information Systems Managers
31 filingsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
21 filingsComputer Systems Analysts
19 filingsFinancial Managers, Branch or Department
16 filingsSoftware Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers
16 filingsMedian by state
| TX | 1,072 filings | $99K |
| AZ | 102 filings | $102K |
| OK | 17 filings | $89K |
| IL | 3 filings | $94K |
| PA | 2 filings | $77K |
| FL | 1 filings | $64K |
Median by seniority level
| Level II · Qualified | 1,028 filings | $99K |
| Level III · Experienced | 92 filings | $117K |
| Level IV · Fully competent | 21 filings | $157K |
OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.
H-1B sponsorship profile
American Airlines certifies 1,197 H-1B / E-3 wage filings through FY2026 — filing volume cooling. Below, how those offers compare to the legal prevailing-wage floor each role must clear.
Median offer sits essentially at the required minimum.
The rest are set exactly at the prevailing wage — legal, and common among high-volume filers.
vs. $99K prevailing-wage floor.
Seniority mix (OES wage level)
Filing volume by fiscal year
Filed across 4 legal entities under this brand — largest: American Airlines, Inc. (953).
Every H-1B role carries a legally required prevailing-wage floor (the OES rate for that occupation, area, and level). The offered wage on the certified filing must meet or exceed it — so “% above floor” distinguishes employers who genuinely pay a premium from those who file at the minimum. Certified DOL disclosure data, offered base wage only; reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.
Green-card sponsorship record
American Airlines has 887 certified permanent-residency (PERM) applications on the federal record through FY2026 — filing volume cooling. The question this answers: does this employer put workers on the path to a green card, or only on visas?
All fiscal years on record · applications, not people
Of 902 decided applications (certified + denied)
Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (887 vs 1,197) — filings and applications, not headcount
Source: DOL OFLC PERM (Form ETA-9089) disclosure data, decision-basis by federal fiscal year; the current fiscal year is partial by construction. PERM has no prevailing-wage field — this card reads sponsorship posture, not pay.
What this data is — and isn't
These bands come from certified H-1B Labor Condition Application disclosures — the base salary employers commit to on the record. They exclude equity, bonus, and benefits, and they cover only roles companies sponsor, which skews technical. Read them as a conservative, citable floor on what American Airlines pays — not total compensation. Our sources.
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