Role Filing Pattern
Captain appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 39 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Captain H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 53-2011.00
SOC Category: Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Captain (SOC 53-2011.00, Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 39 filing records. Filed base wages span $165,506 to $439,130 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $350,000. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Median Salary
$350,000
H-1B LCA Filings
39LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$439,130
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Employer Concentration
The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from SkyWest Airlines, GOJET AIRLINES LLC, Frontier Airlines, Red Wing Aeroplane, LLC, and CommuteAir LLC. Use this as a filing-volume signal, not as a guarantee of current hiring or petition outcomes.
Location Pattern
Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as Bridgeton, MO, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, and Houston, TX. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
Salary Caveat
The median shown here is a filed base wage signal from public LCA records. It generally excludes equity, bonus, benefits, and compensation changes after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$165,506
P25$304,990
Median$350,000
P75$367,474
Max$439,130
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- SkyWest Airlines$345,68612
- 10
- Frontier Airlines$463,5904
- Red Wing Aeroplane, LLC$147,8003
- 2
- JetSelect, LLC$239,2001
- Allegiant Air, LLC$339,6431
- AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL$307,8401
Filed Wage by City
- Denver, CO$463,5904
- Camarillo, CA$350,0001
- Sanford, FL$339,6431
- Chicago, IL$333,9237
- Atlanta, GA$328,1628
- WILMINGTON, OH$307,8401
- Nashville, TN$180,0001
- St. Paul, MN$153,8001
- Fort Myers, FL$147,8001
- Austin, TX$130,0001
- 10
- Houston, TXN/A2
- Phoenix, AZN/A1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Captain?
The median filed base salary for Captain H-1B LCA records is $350,000 per year.
How many Captain H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 39 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Captain role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Captain?
Top employers filing LCAs for Captain include: SkyWest Airlines, GOJET AIRLINES LLC, Frontier Airlines.
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