Ciena Corporation
Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2024
Overview
Ciena Corporation is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 32 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #2,641 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 17 were certified (53.1% approval rate), taking about 288 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $127,000.
32
PERM filings
53.1%
approval
3
denied
$127,000
median wage
288d
avg processing
Worker background
Across 27 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (93%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)
Top countries of origin
- India25
- Nepal1
- Canada1
Prior visa status
- H-1B27
Education
- Master's19
- Bachelor's8
PERM filings by year
Occupations & job titles
The occupations Ciena Corporation most often sponsors, with average wages.
| Occupation | Filings | Avg wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers, Systems Software | 17 | $140,793 |
| Software Developers, Applications | 4 | $133,750 |
| Marketing Managers | 2 | $207,901 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 2 | $189,928 |
| 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
Wage range
$115,504
25th
$127,000
median
$154,000
75th
$196,950
90th
Law firms used
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP.12
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP9
- Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP5
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy3
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, and Loewy, LLP1
- Fragomen,Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP.1
Recent filings
| Case | Job title | Status | Worksite | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G-100-24331-502738 | Director, Product Line Management | Certified | Alpharetta, GA | Mar 31, 2026 |
| G-100-24297-428222 | Technical Training Engineer 4 | Certified | Hanover, MD | Feb 18, 2026 |
| G-100-24199-203416 | Senior Analyst, IT Network Engineering | Certified | Hanover, MD | Nov 7, 2025 |
| G-100-23271-392220 | Project Manager - Virtual Waveserver | Certified - Expired | Hanover, MD | Dec 8, 2024 |
| G-100-23272-400043 | Legal Operations Manager | Certified - Expired | Hanover, MD | Dec 8, 2024 |
| A-23066-09264 | Lead, IT Network Engineering | Certified - Expired | Hanover, MD | Apr 17, 2024 |
| A-22252-18803 | Sr. Director, Business Development, Ciena Optical Microsystems | Certified - Expired | Hanover, MD | Nov 14, 2023 |
| A-22256-20320 | Lead IT Applications | Certified - Expired | Hanover, MD | Nov 7, 2023 |
| A-22241-13178 | Senior Cloud Engineer | Certified - Expired | Hanover, MD | Oct 24, 2023 |
| A-22256-20235 | Lead, IT Applications (Enterprise Integration Architect) | Certified - Expired | Hanover, MD | Aug 25, 2023 |
| A-22069-21849 | Principal Software Engineer | Denied | Cedar Park, TX | Jun 2, 2023 |
| A-22082-29262 | Software Engineer 3 | Certified - Expired | San Jose, CA | Dec 15, 2022 |
| A-21342-83627 | Senior Manager, Software Engineering | Certified - Expired | Pflugerville, TX | Nov 16, 2022 |
| A-21279-55095 | Embedded Software Engineer 4 | Certified - Expired | San Jose, CA | Jul 21, 2022 |
| A-20105-42654 | Embedded Software Engineer 4 | Denied | San Jose, CA | Jan 24, 2022 |
| A-21057-56144 | Software Engineer 2 | Certified - Expired | Austin, TX | Aug 10, 2021 |
| A-20349-32821 | Quality Engineer 3 | Certified - Expired | Hanover, MD | Jul 22, 2021 |
| A-20299-13046 | Embedded Software Engineer 2 | Certified - Expired | San Jose, CA | May 25, 2021 |
| A-20299-13071 | Embedded Software Engineer 2 | Certified - Expired | San Jose, CA | May 25, 2021 |
| A-20299-13072 | Embedded Software Engineer 2 | Certified - Expired | San Jose, CA | May 25, 2021 |
Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.