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

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
G-100-23243-310127 Data EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Oct 15, 2024
G-100-23243-310281 Leader, Business ArchitectureCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Oct 15, 2024
G-100-23243-310193 Consulting EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Oct 15, 2024
G-100-23232-279416 Test Development EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Oct 15, 2024
G-100-23232-279408 Supply Planning ManagerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Oct 15, 2024
G-100-23243-314154 Technical Consulting EngineerCertified - Expired Richardson, TX Oct 10, 2024
G-100-23235-288317 Finance Analyst (Finance Manager)Certified - Expired Maynard, MA Oct 10, 2024
G-100-23232-279429 Database AdministratorCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Oct 9, 2024
G-100-23243-310162 Leader, EngineeringCertified - Expired Austin, TX Oct 8, 2024
G-100-23220-246427 Data EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Oct 8, 2024
G-100-23220-245916 Technical Support Team LeadCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Oct 8, 2024
G-100-23242-310005 Leader, Customer DeliveryCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Oct 7, 2024
G-100-23222-252912 Site Reliability EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Oct 7, 2024
G-100-23243-310148 Data AnalystCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Oct 7, 2024
G-100-23235-287324 Sales SpecialistCertified - Expired New York, NY Oct 7, 2024
G-100-23232-279412 Customer Delivery ArchitectCertified - Expired Richardson, TX Oct 4, 2024
G-100-23227-266978 Cloud EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Oct 3, 2024
G-100-23222-256437 Consulting EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Oct 3, 2024
G-100-23215-234691 Data ScientistCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Oct 1, 2024
G-100-23181-161087 Data ScientistCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 11, 2024

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