Cisco H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Networking & hardware · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Cisco sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Cisco has filed 12,875 H-1B LCAs and 5,132 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Cisco filed 2,445 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $147,457, about 21% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 935 green-card cases were decided.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 1,195 | $153k |
| FY2025 | 1,250 | $140k |
| FY2024 | 1,246 | $133k |
| FY2023 | 1,285 | $130k |
| FY2022 | 2,142 | $128k |
| FY2021 | 2,014 | $139k |
| FY2020 | 1,187 | $122k |
| FY2019 | 848 | $122k |
| FY2018 | 808 | $116k |
| FY2017 | 900 | $115k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 554 | $154k |
| FY2025 | 381 | $142k |
| FY2024 | 349 | $147k |
| FY2023 | 345 | $138k |
| FY2022 | 751 | $135k |
| FY2021 | 378 | $125k |
| FY2020 | 513 | $128k |
| FY2019 | 1,212 | $128k |
| FY2018 | 268 | $114k |
| FY2017 | 381 | $115k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 20,986
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 15,633
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Transmission of digital information11,687
Pay against the local market
Cisco’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 101% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Cisco pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 1,952 | $158,649 | $176,425 | 90% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Jose, CA | 962 | $142,746 | $149,713 | 95% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 669 | $151,387 | $154,583 | 98% |
| Electronics Engineers | San Jose, CA | 262 | $154,296 | $164,842 | 94% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 259 | $121,568 | $121,467 | 100% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Dallas, TX | 242 | $107,435 | $102,349 | 105% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 238 | $132,969 | $130,922 | 102% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 206 | $122,851 | $116,863 | 105% |
| Sales Engineers | San Jose, CA | 192 | $155,831 | $157,778 | 99% |
| Operations Research Analysts | San Jose, CA | 174 | $128,284 | $110,681 | 116% |
About Cisco
Cisco is a networking & hardware company based in San Jose, CA. It was founded in 1984 and has about 66,639 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as CSCO.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Cisco
- Listed
- Nasdaq: CSCO
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 170 West Tasman Dr, San Jose, CA 95134-1706
- Industry
- Networking & hardware
- Employees (global)
- 82,400 (2026)
- Revenue FY2026
- $63.3B +12% from $56.7B
- Net income FY2026
- $13.3B +30% from $10.2B
- R&D FY2026
- $9.6B (15% of revenue)
Files 1 green-card application for every 2.5 H-1B filings, where a typical sponsor its size does 1 in 6.5.
Cisco pays a median H-1B base of $131,568 across FY2017–2026, about 19% above the typical Networking & hardware sponsor.
