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-20064-26696 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 11, 2020
A-20062-25559 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 4, 2020
A-19295-73451 Data EngineerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-20062-25288 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-20059-24967 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-20058-24147 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-20059-24944 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-20066-27779 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-20071-29440 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-20070-28866 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 2, 2020
A-20071-29573 User Experience DesignerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 2, 2020
A-20073-30713 Hardware EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 1, 2020
A-20070-28860 Technical Consulting EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Aug 31, 2020
A-20070-28967 Consulting EngineerCertified - Expired Bentonville, AR Aug 31, 2020
A-20072-30136 Planning Manager (Integrated Business Planning)Certified - Expired San Jose, CA Aug 31, 2020
A-20078-32554 Hardware EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Aug 31, 2020
A-20097-39880 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Aug 31, 2020
A-20057-23592 Sofware EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Aug 31, 2020
A-20058-24415 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Aug 31, 2020
A-20058-24180 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Aug 31, 2020

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