Cisco Systems, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2012–2025

#13 top sponsor

Overview

Cisco Systems, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 3,255 PERM green-card applications between FY2012 and FY2025. That places it #13 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 1,632 were certified (50.1% approval rate), taking about 275 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $140,000.

3,255

PERM filings

50.1%

approval

12

denied

$140,000

median wage

275d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 2,334 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (82%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India1,921
  • China136
  • Canada51
  • Mexico37
  • Brazil15
  • Costa Rica14
  • Nigeria12
  • Taiwan12
  • Australia8
  • United Kingdom8

Prior visa status

  • H-1B2,019
  • L-1240
  • H-419
  • TN19
  • F-115
  • E-33
  • Not in USA2
  • L-21

Education

  • Master's1,466
  • Bachelor's778
  • None68
  • Doctorate18
  • Other4

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Cisco Systems, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software 965 $135,100
Software Developers 444 $156,094
Computer Systems Analysts 224 $134,847
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 223 $109,628
Software Developers, Applications 166 $137,590
Sales Engineers 141 $147,615
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 118 $147,863
Computer Network Architects 93 $144,025
Computer and Information Systems Managers 84 $192,431
Marketing Managers 75 $157,019

Common job titles

Software Engineer 1,321 Technical Consulting Engineer 150 Hardware Engineer 72 Consulting Engineer 68 Data Engineer 64 Product Manager, Engineering 54 Software/QA Engineer 53 Technical Marketing Engineer 53 Technical Leader, Software Engineering 49 Network Support Engineer 46 Technical Leader, Engineering 43 Software QA Engineer 39

Worksite states

CA 2,253 NC 406 TX 285 WA 57 MA 55 IL 38 GA 34 MD 25 NY 25 FL 15

Wage range

$122,222

25th

$140,000

median

$159,055

75th

$177,736

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP2,213
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP921
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, Loewy LLP82
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy LLP10
  • Fragomen, Del Ray, Bernsen Loewy, LLP8
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bersen Loewy, LLP7

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21183-11598 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 7, 2022
A-21183-11618 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Denver, CO Jan 7, 2022
A-21183-11630 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Denver, CO Jan 7, 2022
A-21181-10561 Technical Leader, Software EngineeringCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 7, 2022
A-21182-10901 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Jan 7, 2022
A-21182-10974 Software Engineer (Engineering Technical Leader)Certified - Expired San Francisco, CA Jan 7, 2022
A-21181-10154 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Jan 7, 2022
A-21181-10146 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Jan 7, 2022
A-21188-13040 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 6, 2022
A-21188-13032 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 6, 2022
A-21188-13016 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 6, 2022
A-21188-12979 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 6, 2022
A-21188-12960 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 5, 2022
A-21187-12921 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 5, 2022
A-21180-09209 Technical Marketing EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 4, 2022
A-21180-09392 Software/QA Engineer (Technical Leader)Certified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 4, 2022
A-21180-09350 Program ManagerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 4, 2022
A-21180-09261 Program Manager (Engineering Program Manager)Certified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 4, 2022
A-21191-15181 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 4, 2022
A-21180-09404 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Jan 4, 2022

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