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-20072-30215 Sr. Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 13, 2020
A-20064-26430 Principal EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 9, 2020
A-20097-39885 Software QA EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 7, 2020
A-20087-35987 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 7, 2020
A-20079-32951 Principal EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 7, 2020
A-20063-26101 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 7, 2020
A-20078-32466 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Sep 30, 2020
A-20084-34574 Director of IT Operations, IT InfrastructureCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Sep 10, 2020
A-19248-54012 Research EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Aug 26, 2020
A-20044-18971 Software QA EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Aug 20, 2020
A-20050-21051 Sr. Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Aug 12, 2020
A-20062-25310 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Aug 5, 2020
A-20049-20360 Sr. Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Aug 4, 2020
A-20043-18491 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Aug 4, 2020
A-20062-25436 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Jul 28, 2020
A-20038-16884 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Jul 15, 2020
A-20051-21328 Sr. Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Jul 14, 2020
A-20042-18020 Research EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Jul 1, 2020
A-20028-12552 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Jun 29, 2020
A-20051-21449 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Jun 29, 2020

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