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-100-23181-160891 Data Science AnalystCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 11, 2024
G-100-23181-159512 Renewals SpecialistCertified - Expired Miami, FL Sep 11, 2024
G-100-23209-224571 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Carlsbad, CA Aug 26, 2024
G-100-23196-191799 Leader, CompensationCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Aug 26, 2024
G-100-23192-178867 Test EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Aug 26, 2024
G-100-23198-194343 Technical Consulting EngineerCertified - Expired Richardson, TX Aug 26, 2024
G-100-23210-224634 Network Support EngineerCertified - Expired Chicago, IL Aug 26, 2024
G-100-23210-224645 Network Support EngineerCertified - Expired Chicago, IL Aug 26, 2024
G-100-23212-227865 Consulting EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Aug 26, 2024
G-100-23212-227329 Data ScientistCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Aug 26, 2024
G-100-24208-224399 Data Analysis ManagerWithdrawn San Jose, CA Aug 8, 2024
G-100-23166-116827 Director, EngineeringCertified - Expired Carlsbad, CA Jul 23, 2024
G-100-24187-177823 Quality EngineerWithdrawn Spring, TX Jul 5, 2024
A-23115-32415 Hardware EngineerDenied San Jose, CA Jun 10, 2024
A-23144-46771 Consulting EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Jun 3, 2024
A-23114-31671 Data ScientistCertified - Expired San Jose, CA May 31, 2024
A-23117-33997 Technical Solutions SpecialistCertified - Expired Chicago, IL May 31, 2024
A-23116-33261 Virtual Sales SpecialistCertified - Expired New York, NY May 31, 2024
A-23090-20985 Quality EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA May 31, 2024
A-23132-41321 UI/UX Designer (Senior User Experience Researcher)Certified - Expired Austin, TX May 31, 2024

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