2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

American Airlines

Offered base salaries from 280 certified H-1B filings, across 9 roles in 3 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of American Airlines's certified filings offered $105,997 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $89,190 and $112,923. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Software Developers$105,997$81k – $135k159
Operations Research Analysts$87,000$60k – $103k70
General and Operations Managers$97,198$94k – $233k11
Computer and Information Systems Managers$144,851$139k – $152k8
Data Scientists$92,040$92k – $96k6
Financial and Investment Analysts$89,000$82k – $104k5
Financial Managers$135,242$134k – $197k3
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$105,102$105k – $112k3
Computer Occupations, All Other$87,000$87k – $95k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$105,997$60k – $233k250
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$105,976$70k – $203k22
Tulsa, OK$95,000$89k – $111k4
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares American Airlines's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Dallas$105,997136−20.5%
Operations Research Analysts — Dallas$87,00067−18.2%
Software Developers — Phoenix$105,97617−19.6%
General and Operations Managers — Dallas$97,1989−12.4%
Computer and Information Systems Managers — Dallas$144,8517−16.7%
Data Scientists — Dallas$92,0406−28.0%
Financial and Investment Analysts — Dallas$89,0005−11.3%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
280 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes American Airlines's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.