Deferred compensation liabilities
Southwest Airlines Deferred compensation liabilities decreased by 22.5% to $397.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 1.5%, from $403.00M to $397.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred compensation liabilities shows an upward trend with a 7.7% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase reflects growing long-term benefit obligations, while a decrease may indicate plan settlements or changes in actuarial estimates.
Detailed definition
This represents long-term obligations to employees for compensation that is deferred to future periods, such as retireme...
Peer comparison
Common in large-scale enterprises; varies based on the maturity of the workforce and the nature of benefit plans.
other_other_deferred_compensation_arrangements_liability_7bece6Historical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $338.00M | $341.00M | $369.00M | $334.00M | $302.00M | $296.00M | $331.00M | $326.00M | $357.00M | $327.00M | $358.00M | $358.00M | $379.00M | $412.00M | $412.00M | $403.00M | $446.00M | $487.00M | $512.00M | $397.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.9% | +8.2% | -9.5% | -9.6% | -2.0% | +11.8% | -1.5% | +9.5% | -8.4% | +9.5% | +0.0% | +5.9% | +8.7% | +0.0% | -2.2% | +10.7% | +9.2% | +5.1% | -22.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -10.7% | -13.2% | -10.3% | -2.4% | +18.2% | +10.5% | +8.2% | +9.8% | +6.2% | +26.0% | +15.1% | +12.6% | +17.7% | +18.2% | +24.3% | -1.5% |
Deferred compensation liabilities at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Southwest Airlines's deferred compensation liabilities?
- Southwest Airlines (LUV) reported deferred compensation liabilities of $397.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Southwest Airlines's deferred compensation liabilities changed year-over-year?
- Southwest Airlines's deferred compensation liabilities decreased by 1.5% year-over-year, from $403.00M to $397.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Southwest Airlines's deferred compensation liabilities?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Southwest Airlines's deferred compensation liabilities has grown at a 7.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $353.00M to $512.00M.
- What does deferred compensation liabilities mean?
- Liabilities for employee compensation deferred to future periods.