Cisco Systems, Inc.
Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2012–2025
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.
| Occupation | Filings | Avg 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
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
| Case | Job title | Status | Worksite | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-19298-75090 | Technical Consulting Engineer | Certified - Expired | Richardson, TX | Apr 23, 2020 |
| A-19233-47083 | Principal Engineer | Certified - Expired | Costa Mesa, CA | Apr 23, 2020 |
| A-19267-62402 | Commodity Manager | Certified - Expired | San Jose, CA | Apr 22, 2020 |
| A-19295-73422 | Data Engineer | Certified - Expired | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 17, 2020 |
| A-20059-24918 | Project Specialist | Withdrawn | San Jose, CA | Apr 17, 2020 |
| A-19184-26573 | Cloud Engineer | Certified - Expired | Research Triangle Park, NC | Apr 17, 2020 |
| A-20070-28709 | Software Engineer | Withdrawn | San Jose, CA | Apr 7, 2020 |
| A-19240-50267 | Hardware Engineer | Certified - Expired | Allentown, PA | Apr 3, 2020 |
| A-19196-30454 | Technical Leader | Certified - Expired | San Jose, CA | Mar 27, 2020 |
| A-19192-29308 | Technical Leader | Certified - Expired | San Jose, CA | Mar 27, 2020 |
| A-19186-27256 | Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | San Jose, CA | Mar 27, 2020 |
| A-19267-61757 | Customer Delivery Architect | Certified - Expired | Richardson, TX | Mar 20, 2020 |
| A-19276-65980 | Customer Support Engineer | Certified - Expired | Richardson, TX | Mar 3, 2020 |
| A-19234-47778 | Test Engineer | Certified - Expired | Houston, TX | Feb 26, 2020 |
| A-19220-41532 | Customer Success Manager | Certified - Expired | San Francisco, CA | Jan 17, 2020 |
| A-19228-45127 | CNG Staff | Certified - Expired | San Francisco, CA | Jan 17, 2020 |
| A-19221-42161 | CNG Inside Systems Engineer | Certified - Expired | San Francisco, CA | Jan 17, 2020 |
| A-19204-34200 | Software Engineer | Certified - Expired | Richardson, TX | Jan 17, 2020 |
| A-19221-42243 | Data Scientist | Certified - Expired | San Francisco, CA | Jan 14, 2020 |
| A-19239-50043 | SOFTWARE ENGINEER | Certified - Expired | AUSTIN, TX | Jan 14, 2020 |
Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.