Ciena Corporation

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2024

#2,548 top sponsor

Overview

Ciena Corporation is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 27 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #2,548 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 15 were certified (55.6% approval rate), taking about 278 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $125,186.

27

PERM filings

55.6%

approval

3

denied

$125,186

median wage

278d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 22 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (95%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India21
  • Nepal1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B22

Education

  • Master's15
  • Bachelor's7

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Ciena Corporation most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software 16 $142,228
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2 $189,928
Software Developers, Applications 2 $127,500
Marketing Managers 1 $189,301
Computer Systems Analysts 1 $119,589
Computer Network Support Specialists 1 $107,723
Project Management Specialists 1 $114,150
Compliance Managers 1 $151,258
Electrical Engineers 1 $115,000
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors 1 $96,221

Common job titles

Embedded Software Engineer 2 6 Embedded Software Engineer 3 3 Embedded Software Engineer 4 3 SVT/PV Engineer 2 2 Director, Product Line Management 1 Technical Training Engineer 4 1 Senior Analyst, IT Network Engineering 1 Project Manager - Virtual Waveserver 1 Legal Operations Manager 1 Hardware Engineer 2 1 SVT/PV Engineer 3 1 Analytics, Product Line Manager 1

Worksite states

CA 17 MD 6 TX 3 GA 1

Wage range

$115,322

25th

$125,186

median

$151,258

75th

$190,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP.12
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP7
  • Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP5
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, and Loewy, LLP1
  • Fragomen,Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP.1
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Lowey, LLP.1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24331-502738 Director, Product Line ManagementCertified Alpharetta, GA Mar 31, 2026
G-100-24297-428222 Technical Training Engineer 4Certified Hanover, MD Feb 18, 2026
G-100-24199-203416 Senior Analyst, IT Network EngineeringCertified Hanover, MD Nov 7, 2025
G-100-23271-392220 Project Manager - Virtual WaveserverCertified - Expired Hanover, MD Dec 8, 2024
G-100-23272-400043 Legal Operations ManagerCertified - Expired Hanover, MD Dec 8, 2024
A-22069-21849 Principal Software EngineerDenied Cedar Park, TX Jun 2, 2023
A-22082-29262 Software Engineer 3Certified-Expired San Jose, CA Dec 15, 2022
A-21342-83627 Senior Manager, Software EngineeringCertified-Expired Pflugerville, TX Nov 16, 2022
A-21279-55095 Embedded Software Engineer 4Certified San Jose, CA Jul 21, 2022
A-20105-42654 Embedded Software Engineer 4Denied San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2022
A-21057-56144 Software Engineer 2Certified Austin, TX Aug 10, 2021
A-20349-32821 Quality Engineer 3Certified Hanover, MD Jul 22, 2021
A-20299-13046 Embedded Software Engineer 2Certified San Jose, CA May 25, 2021
A-20299-13071 Embedded Software Engineer 2Certified San Jose, CA May 25, 2021
A-20299-13072 Embedded Software Engineer 2Certified San Jose, CA May 25, 2021
A-20299-13074 Embedded Software Engineer 3Certified San Jose, CA May 25, 2021
A-20293-11421 Embedded Software Engineer 2Certified San Jose, CA May 21, 2021
A-20149-59639 Analytics, Product Line ManagerCertified-Expired Hanover, MD Jan 7, 2021
A-19339-91470 Embedded Software Engineer 2Denied San Jose, CA Nov 5, 2020
A-20091-37360 Embedded Software Engineer 4Certified-Expired San Jose, CA Oct 16, 2020

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.