Is Southwest Airlines hiring? 33 open roles as of Nov 3, 2026

Yes. As of Nov 3, 2026, Southwest Airlines has about 33 open roles, 0.05% of its 67,000 employees.

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Open roles: 33
% of headcount: 0.05%
Employees: 67,000
Departments: 12

Source: Autobound Signal API · 83 signals tracked for Southwest Airlines · updated Nov 4, 2026

Snapshot · Nov 3, 2026

Where Southwest Airlines is hiring

Hiring velocity: Minimal hiring activity for a very large company. When companies with > 5000 employees have open roles less than 2% of headcount, that's considered stability with little expansion. These are hiring signals from open job postings, not job listings. To apply, use the company's careers site.

Southwest Airlines open roles by department
Department	Open roles	% of headcount	Strength	Sample titles
Customer services	6	<0.1%	Low	Supervisor Customer Service - SEA · Supervisor Customer Service - MDW · Supervisor Customer Service - MEM
Facilities management	4	<0.1%	Low	Manager Campus Facilities Maintenance · Aircraft Maintenance Technician - DAL · Plant Maintenance Technician - DAL
Operations	3	<0.1%	Low	NOC Operations Services & Planning Specialist (Contract) · Operations Agent - STL (Part-Time) · Operations Agent - MKE (Part-Time)
Engineering	2	<0.1%	Low	Software Engineer - Crew Scheduling Modernization · Tech Lead Software Engineer - Maintenance Planning & Operations
Strategy	2	<0.1%	Low	Network Strategy Consultant - Network Planning · Sr Network Strategy Consultant - Network Planning
Accounting	1	<0.1%	Low	Director Revenue Accounting
Administration	1	<0.1%	Low	Station Administrative Coordinator - PHX
Corporate communications	1	<0.1%	Low	Sr Internal Communications Specialist
Human resources	1	<0.1%	Low	Senior Global HR Business Partner
Procurement	1	<0.1%	Low	Associate Tech Ops SCM Category Manager

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Job locations, not offices

Top job locations

Dallas, TX33.3% · 11
Phoenix, AZ9.1% · 3
Chicago, IL6.1% · 2
Austin, TX6.1% · 2
Hyderabad, India6.1% · 2

Seniority mix

Open roles by level

Manager51.5%
Mid-senior48.5%

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One POST /v1/companies/enrich call with southwest.com returns Southwest Airlines hiring signals (hiring-velocity, hiring-trends), each with its source. Or ask Claude through MCP.

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curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "domain": "southwest.com",
    "signal_types": ["hiring-velocity","hiring-trends"],
    "limit": 20
  }'

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Questions about Southwest Airlines hiring

Is Southwest Airlines hiring right now?

Yes. The snapshot dated Nov 3, 2026 counts about 33 open roles at Southwest Airlines. Down 6% over the last 30 days.

Which teams is Southwest Airlines hiring for?

The departments with the most open roles on Nov 3, 2026: Customer services (6), Facilities management (4) and Operations (3).

Where is Southwest Airlines hiring?

The top job locations on Nov 3, 2026: Dallas, TX (33.3%), Phoenix, AZ (9.1%) and Chicago, IL (6.1%). These are job locations, not office addresses.

Is Southwest Airlines laying off employees?

1 layoff event was reported for Southwest Airlines. See the Southwest Airlines layoffs page for dates and sources.

Page updated Nov 3, 2026, the date of the newest row on this page.

Source. Open job postings, counted per department and location. These are hiring signals, not job listings.

Method. The latest weekly snapshot of open roles, compared with the company headcount.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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