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-22230-07847 Leader, Information SecurityCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 25, 2024
A-22320-59019 Systems EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Jan 24, 2024
A-22322-59846 Customer Experience Customer Success SpecialistCertified - Expired Richardson, TX Jan 24, 2024
A-22321-59490 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Jan 24, 2024
A-22339-67166 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22339-67177 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22341-69654 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22345-71470 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22294-43967 Engineering Product ManagerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22289-40194 Consulting EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Jan 24, 2024
A-22263-24458 Technical Leader, Software EngineeringCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22284-37024 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Jan 24, 2024
A-22327-62594 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22342-69672 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22342-69702 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22283-36183 Software QA Engineer (Software Engineer)Certified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22321-59080 Software QA EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jan 24, 2024
A-22332-63974 Software QA EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22293-43146 Data EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22291-41122 CAD Designer (Hardware Engineer)Certified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024

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