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Cisco — visa sponsorship & salaries

What Cisco filed with the US Department of Labor to sponsor foreign workers in FY2026 Q2: how many applications, what they pay, and which roles and cities.

Certified filings
657
FY2026 Q2
Median filed wage
$148,800
per year
Typical range
$128,100 – $174,000
25th–75th percentile
Distinct job titles
167
sponsored roles

Source: US DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, LCA disclosure data, FY2026 Q2. Government data is published roughly one quarter in arrears.

H-1B · 654E-3 Australian · 3

Most-sponsored job titles

Job titleFilingsMedian wage
Software Engineer93$137,000
Software Engineering Technical Leader29$183,800
Engineering Product Manager23$135,800
Leader, Software Engineering19$187,574
Solutions Engineer15$126,422
Software QA Engineer14$137,750
Technical Consulting Engineer14$114,100
Hardware Engineer13$152,464
Product Designer13$135,800
Engineering Technical Leader11$166,500
Consulting Engineer10$114,100
Customer Delivery Architect10$166,500

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilings
San Jose, CA158
Research Triangle Park, NC66
San Francisco, CA59
Richardson, TX47
Morrisville, NC38
Milpitas, CA36
Austin, TX34
Seattle, WA29
Boxborough, MA14
Holmdel, NJ13
Chicago, IL13
Carlsbad, CA11
Read this before you rely on it. A certified filing is a legally binding wage attestation, but it records what an employer did, not a promise about what they will do next. Cisco sponsoring last quarter does not guarantee it will sponsor your role or hire you. Published data lags by roughly a quarter. Sponsorship history is evidence, never a guarantee.

How to apply to Cisco

  1. Target the roles they actually sponsor. Cisco filed most often for Software Engineer in San Jose, CA. Match your search to the titles and cities above.
  2. Say you need sponsorship up front. Many applications ask; answer honestly. A history of filings means Cisco has sponsored before, and knows the process.
  3. Get past the resume filter. Sponsored roles draw hundreds of applicants and most are screened by software first. Scan your resume for the ATS problems that get it filtered out, before you apply.
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These open an external job search — a sponsorship history is not a list of current openings, and Cisco may not be hiring your role now. New to this? Read how H-1B sponsorship works → · Search on Google

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