Role Filing Pattern
First Officer appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 29 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
First Officer 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
First Officer (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 29 filing records. Filed base wages span $119,954 to $246,979 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $243,360. 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
$243,360
H-1B LCA Filings
29LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$246,979
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 Frontier Airlines, Kalitta Air, LLC, Allegiant Air, 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 Denver, CO, Ypsilanti, MI, Sanford, FL, Scottsdale, AZ, and Miami, FL. 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$119,954
P25$119,954
Median$243,360
P75$246,979
Max$246,979
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Frontier Airlines$246,97911
- Kalitta Air, LLC$243,3607
- Allegiant Air, LLC$119,9546
- CommuteAir LLC$149,7601
Filed Wage by City
- Miami, FL$253,3651
- Denver, CO$246,97910
- Ypsilanti, MI$243,3607
- Houston, TX$149,7601
- Morrisville, NC$130,0001
- Sanford, FL$119,9543
- Pittsburgh, PA$119,9541
- Punta Gorda, FL$119,9541
- Clearwater, FL$119,9541
- Scottsdale, AZ$98,7002
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a First Officer?
The median filed base salary for First Officer H-1B LCA records is $243,360 per year.
How many First Officer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 29 Labor Condition Applications filed for the First Officer role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for First Officer?
Top employers filing LCAs for First Officer include: Frontier Airlines, Kalitta Air, LLC, Allegiant Air, LLC.
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