Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2026

#68 top sponsor

Overview

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is a Professional, Scientific & Technical Services employer that has filed 963 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2026. That places it #68 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 684 were certified (71% approval rate), taking about 349 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $162,521.

963

PERM filings

71%

approval

6

denied

$162,521

median wage

349d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 540 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (77%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India418
  • China73
  • Pakistan8
  • Israel5
  • Australia5
  • Mexico4
  • Taiwan4
  • Vietnam3
  • Canada3
  • Ukraine2

Prior visa status

  • H-1B499
  • L-117
  • F-112
  • TN4
  • H-43
  • E-33
  • H-1B11
  • L-21

Education

  • Master's408
  • Bachelor's114
  • Doctorate10
  • None6
  • Other2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Palo Alto Networks, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers 312 $163,837
Software Developers, Systems Software 162 $167,989
Software Developers, Applications 76 $161,693
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 42 $120,417
Computer Network Support Specialists 39 $101,761
Computer Systems Analysts 36 $161,612
Information Security Analysts 34 $150,707
Computer and Information Systems Managers 29 $207,088
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 26 $162,045
Computer Occupations, All Other 25 $167,872

Common job titles

Software Engineer 236 Technical Support Engineer 50 Principal Software Engineer 38 Senior Staff Software Engineer 22 DevOps Engineer 20 Staff Software Engineer 20 Sr. Software Engineer 19 Senior Software Engineer 18 Senior Staff Engineer 15 Staff Engineer 15 Senior Product Manager 14 Senior Staff Engineer Software 14

Worksite states

CA 878 TX 78 NY 4 VA 2 WA 1

Wage range

$138,000

25th

$162,521

median

$184,662

75th

$199,550

90th

Law firms used

  • FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY, LLP414
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP397
  • Minami Tamaki LLP134
  • Fragomen, Del Ray, Bernsen Loewy, LLP9
  • FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN&LOEWY, LLP3
  • FRAGOMEN,DELREY,BERNSEN&LOEWY,LLP2

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21321-74836 Senior Staff ResearcherCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Dec 9, 2022
A-21314-71005 Sr Principal Business Systems EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Dec 9, 2022
A-22010-96099 Senior Technical Support EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 28, 2022
A-22017-98675 Staff Security ResearcherCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 28, 2022
A-21343-83733 Sr. Staff Engineer, ASIC DVCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 25, 2022
A-21159-97626 Staff Security ResearcherCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 23, 2022
A-21230-32855 Principal Engineer, ASIC DesignCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 22, 2022
A-22035-07356 Technical Project ConsultantCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 22, 2022
A-21343-83767 Staff QA EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 22, 2022
A-22004-93169 Staff Engineer SoftwareCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 22, 2022
A-21243-38029 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 22, 2022
A-21158-96911 Manager, Support DeliveryCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 21, 2022
A-22019-99589 Sr. Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 10, 2022
A-21328-77949 Sr. Product ManagerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 1, 2022
A-22195-88940 Sr. Technical Support EngineerWithdrawn Plano, TX Nov 1, 2022
A-21322-74870 Hardware Sustaining EngineerCertified - Expired SANTA CLARA, CA Oct 7, 2022
A-22007-94887 Senior Staff ResearcherCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 7, 2022
A-21328-77969 Sr. Customer Success EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 7, 2022
A-21314-70790 Solutions ArchitectCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 7, 2022
A-21340-82274 Senior Staff Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 4, 2022

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