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-21364-91996 Journey Developer (Digital Marketing Manager)Certified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 15, 2022
A-21355-89038 Finance Manager (Leader, Finance)Certified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Sep 15, 2022
A-21319-72912 UI/UX Designer (User Experience Researcher)Certified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 15, 2022
A-21350-87056 UI/UX DesignerCertified - Expired Herndon, VA Sep 15, 2022
A-21350-87699 Technical ScrummasterCertified - Expired Herndon, VA Sep 15, 2022
A-21351-87725 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Research Triangle Park, NC Sep 15, 2022
A-21351-87772 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Sep 15, 2022
A-21357-90229 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 15, 2022
A-21306-66581 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Sep 15, 2022
A-21348-85874 Software QA EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Sep 15, 2022
A-21349-86424 Technical Leader, Data EngineeringCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Sep 15, 2022
A-21286-57779 Sr. Mixed Signal Verification Engineer (Hardware Engineer)Certified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 13, 2022
A-21319-73481 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Sep 12, 2022
A-21356-89629 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Sep 12, 2022
A-21306-66567 Software Engineer (Technical Leader)Certified - Expired San Francisco, CA Sep 6, 2022
A-21305-66540 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Sep 6, 2022
A-21306-66545 Technical Leader, Software EngineeringCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Sep 6, 2022
A-21348-85908 Hardware EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Aug 29, 2022
A-21315-71407 Information Security EngineerCertified - Expired Alpharetta, GA Aug 29, 2022
A-21279-54534 Technical Marketing EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jul 25, 2022

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