Does Cisco Systems, Inc. sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Cisco Systems, Inc. filed 9,679 certified H-1B LCAs between FY2020 and FY2026, with a median base salary of $133,531.

Certified LCAs

9,679

Median base wage

$133,531

Wage range

$114,754–$176,000

25th–90th pct

Top role

Software Engineer

1,394 filings

Cisco Systems, Inc. H-1B salary distribution

Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.

25th

Median

75th

90th

Lowest: $56,000
25th: $114,754
Median: $133,531
Average: $136,844
90th: $176,000
Highest: $1,468,896

Based on 9,675 certified base wages, annualized.

H-1B filings by year

1,171

FY20

1,983

FY21

2,127

FY22

1,272

FY23

1,235

FY24

1,237

FY25

654

FY26

Cisco Systems, Inc. H-1B salaries by job title

Median base salary by role. Click a role for the full breakdown.

Job title↕	LCAs↕	Median▼	Range (25th–90th)↕
Director, Software Engineering	21	$262,800	$228,530–$280,900
Director, Product Management	15	$230,100	$211,546–$275,479
Principal Software Engineer	15	$227,100	$219,600–$242,228
Machine Learning Engineering Technical Leader	8	$210,000	$204,225–$230,687
Director, Engineering	10	$204,943	$199,472–$250,531
Director, Strategy & Planning	13	$200,400	$196,700–$248,770
Principal Engineer	33	$196,100	$182,000–$224,160
Principal Architect	13	$195,100	$176,000–$204,440
Splunk Software Development Engineer	7	$193,610	$157,814–$242,400
Security Engineering Technical Leader	9	$183,800	$159,500–$201,747
Leader, Hardware Engineering	12	$181,003	$178,006–$186,225
Ai Researcher	13	$181,000	$160,100–$245,096
Leader, Product Management	26	$180,400	$166,616–$205,424
Site Reliability Engineering Technical Leader	12	$177,830	$139,375–$194,111
Machine Learning Engineer	22	$176,050	$155,864–$198,831
Leader, Engineering	36	$173,650	$152,050–$211,796
Leader, Software Engineering	120	$171,000	$152,775–$226,292
Product Marketing Manager	9	$170,005	$152,625–$171,797
Manager, Software Development	16	$169,603	$160,701–$173,885
Leader, Customer Experience Product Management	6	$169,150	$156,400–$184,000
Data Engineering Technical Leader	20	$167,400	$149,100–$198,693
Technical Leader, Cloud Engineering	5	$167,149	$158,300–$182,180
Technology Services Manager	5	$166,962	$157,477–$177,141
Leader, Project & Program Management	5	$166,962	$135,400–$169,333
Solutions Manager	8	$165,786	$139,214–$183,271
Leader, Data & Analytics	11	$165,700	$155,250–$188,329
Sales Business Development Manager	11	$164,325	$149,365–$189,000
Software Qa Technical Leader	19	$164,200	$149,100–$175,225
Leader, Information Security	9	$164,133	$142,900–$188,680
Engineering Technical Leader	78	$164,000	$138,564–$197,874
Leader, Finance	8	$163,904	$157,840–$176,310
Software Engineering Technical Leader	162	$163,600	$146,100–$198,511
Asic Engineering Technical Leader	23	$162,300	$160,300–$190,414
Leader, Solutions Engineer	11	$161,470	$141,814–$169,770
Leader, Systems Engineering	15	$161,250	$158,038–$200,537
Manager, Engineering	9	$160,701	$160,326–$171,296
Technical Marketing Engineering Technical Leader	21	$160,300	$152,600–$184,000
Hardware Engineering Technical Leader	21	$160,300	$148,800–$186,472
Tech Systems Engineering Technical Leader	6	$159,988	$142,869–$166,707
Cloud Engineering Technical Leader	20	$158,800	$149,100–$198,833
Technical Leader, Software Engineering	119	$157,477	$140,920–$170,500
Technical Leader, Engineering	96	$157,477	$148,600–$170,500
Technical Leader, Data Engineering	9	$157,477	$127,500–$171,020
Leader, Business Operations	15	$156,577	$145,114–$188,098
Leader, Strategy & Planning	14	$155,650	$126,085–$178,360
MANAGER, Systems Engineer	6	$154,394	$109,468–$166,130
Technical Leader, Asic Engineering	8	$154,200	$144,775–$165,250
Technical Leader, Software Qa	5	$154,200	$154,200–$172,940
Technical Leader, Technical Marketing Engineering	8	$154,066	$133,300–$174,550
Security Research Engineering Technical Leader	5	$154,000	$140,400–$169,624
Leader, Technical Systems Engineering	12	$152,556	$129,196–$173,343
Strategy & Planning Manager	47	$152,400	$141,150–$179,299
Engineering Architect	17	$148,600	$140,442–$184,989
Technical Leader, Hardware Engineering	7	$148,600	$133,050–$158,606
It Architect	6	$147,778	$128,681–$157,800
Technical Leader	166	$147,534	$134,474–$163,100
Information Security Architect	15	$147,160	$141,247–$172,568
Manager, Strategy And Planning	11	$146,677	$137,900–$181,540
Account Executive - Architecture	8	$146,100	$132,522–$169,202
Business Development Manager	51	$145,891	$132,573–$168,958
Technical Projects Systems Engineer	6	$145,769	$116,523–$158,038
Product Management Architect	18	$143,650	$133,526–$169,380
Data Scientist	86	$143,600	$131,225–$180,128
Technical Product Owner	24	$143,584	$128,050–$166,481
Data Science Analysis Manager	5	$143,100	$128,200–$157,901
Product Manager, Engineering	42	$142,438	$128,000–$170,500
Technical Systems Architect	23	$142,438	$116,550–$172,903
Product Manager, Customer Experience	9	$142,438	$124,488–$157,460
Program Manager, Engineering	7	$142,438	$134,969–$152,480
Leader, Business Architecture	5	$142,300	$123,200–$151,295
Data Architect	18	$142,100	$131,000–$192,164
Solutions Architect	63	$141,200	$127,552–$170,165
Digital Marketing Manager	7	$140,920	$132,538–$154,368
Engineering Program Manager	29	$140,442	$127,600–$172,990
Product Manager	72	$140,000	$132,580–$171,875
Software Development Engineer	28	$139,840	$123,417–$182,692
Senior Software Engineer	7	$139,840	$136,657–$181,388
Technical Solutions Architect	54	$138,616	$130,017–$181,270
Sales Specialist	12	$138,528	$128,840–$158,164
Technical Program Manager	29	$138,500	$118,700–$166,962
Electrical Engineer	10	$138,445	$117,804–$146,875
Customer Delivery Architect	94	$137,700	$130,926–$176,100
Security Research Engineer	11	$137,509	$126,235–$178,854
Software Engineering Architect	18	$137,320	$134,664–$190,391
Systems Architect	68	$137,022	$117,478–$170,481
Business Systems Architect	42	$136,885	$125,500–$166,698
Engineering Product Manager	146	$136,843	$127,600–$173,366
Product Management Engineer/Manager	5	$136,843	$132,579–$156,013
Software Consulting Engineering Technical Leader	19	$135,800	$133,300–$192,724
Customer Delivery Engineering Technical Leader	36	$135,659	$126,835–$155,300
Leader, Customer Delivery	33	$135,100	$120,750–$165,470
Planning Manager	8	$135,064	$116,638–$140,744
Solutions Development Architect	6	$134,150	$126,100–$148,800
Research Engineer	5	$133,910	$97,843–$145,528
Customer Experience Product Manager	21	$133,300	$127,600–$166,500
Customer Delivery Software Architect	18	$133,300	$128,825–$165,940
Business Product Manager	5	$133,300	$131,800–$177,185
Data Engineer	131	$132,267	$120,112–$167,149
Security Engineer	24	$131,862	$130,900–$155,930
High Touch Engineering Technical Leader	12	$131,600	$127,500–$150,570
Site Reliability Engineer	74	$130,894	$114,500–$159,917
Asic Engineer	88	$130,623	$124,176–$156,853
Software Engineer	1,394	$130,400	$114,500–$159,055
Technical Marketing Engineer	105	$130,354	$118,664–$158,746
Customer Success Manager	14	$129,886	$112,025–$169,526
Software Development Test Engineer	39	$129,792	$104,528–$164,408
Finance Manager	34	$129,396	$111,937–$155,411
Business Intelligence Manager	26	$129,334	$118,669–$146,404
Cloud Engineer	66	$129,262	$110,731–$171,350
Information Security Engineer	54	$129,174	$112,600–$166,113
Solutions Engineer	62	$128,992	$116,397–$161,470
Technical Leader, Customer Delivery Engineering	27	$128,800	$111,300–$151,585
Mechanical Engineer	27	$128,690	$114,823–$145,537
Software Consulting Engineer	59	$128,200	$114,959–$161,069
Software Architect	22	$127,902	$125,278–$182,850
Materials Planning Manager	7	$127,700	$120,913–$139,100
Sourcing Engineer	5	$127,214	$124,280–$138,294
Hardware Engineer	112	$127,171	$111,634–$153,504
Software Qa Engineer	198	$125,943	$111,528–$150,900
Business Architect	52	$125,648	$110,050–$152,589
Program Manager	59	$125,486	$103,400–$159,178
Business Systems Analysis Manager	53	$125,486	$114,733–$156,247
Product Designer	80	$125,300	$110,400–$149,600
User Experience Researcher	15	$125,300	$117,600–$150,500
Technical Systems Engineer	71	$125,237	$110,646–$147,800
Business Operations Manager	56	$123,900	$107,375–$147,842
Data Science Analyst	18	$123,850	$116,200–$148,087
Business Process Manager	12	$123,740	$115,144–$155,923
Network Systems Engineer	27	$123,500	$103,212–$151,195
Manager, Customer Delivery	9	$122,990	$107,900–$136,535
Renewals Manager	6	$122,658	$109,590–$127,067
Product Architect	5	$122,346	$98,592–$144,752
Test Development Engineer	23	$122,200	$112,650–$141,324
Product Security Engineer	5	$122,200	$122,200–$148,160
Appd Engineer	8	$122,086	$119,293–$131,348
Systems Administrator	10	$120,713	$78,640–$150,696
Customer Experience Customer Success Specialist	52	$120,362	$109,800–$148,162
Cybersecurity Sales Specialist	5	$120,182	$115,690–$150,816
Renewals Specialist	5	$120,141	$103,043–$128,806
UI/UX Designer	29	$120,000	$104,100–$141,880
Account Manager	18	$119,912	$99,308–$166,010
Global Account Manager	13	$118,600	$111,758–$139,801
Services Manager	10	$118,500	$88,750–$138,607
Marketing Manager	11	$118,000	$103,981–$192,774
Customer Escalations Engineer	27	$117,200	$112,000–$133,315
Technical Project Manager	23	$116,500	$106,287–$140,442
Risk Manager	8	$116,442	$102,500–$146,896
Data Analysis Manager	45	$116,200	$104,300–$143,670
Quality Engineer	13	$116,043	$99,091–$124,925
Product Lifecycle Project Manager	13	$116,043	$108,700–$142,281
Component Engineer	7	$115,752	$109,251–$133,042
It Project Manager	8	$115,672	$97,978–$130,572
Database Administrator	24	$115,300	$104,869–$143,234
Business Analysis Manager	85	$115,170	$99,200–$146,827
Product Management Engineer	9	$115,066	$114,900–$135,249
Engineering Project Manager	16	$113,900	$110,700–$137,622
Product Lifecycle Supply Chain Project Manager	8	$112,600	$90,004–$133,340
Systems Engineer	34	$112,008	$104,536–$151,490
Customer Project Manager	12	$112,000	$91,250–$146,175
Leader, Technical Support	13	$111,622	$108,100–$160,652
Supply Planning Manager	11	$111,300	$104,000–$117,000
Security Consulting Engineer	11	$111,000	$97,800–$133,037
Software Quality Assurance Engineer	24	$110,963	$95,140–$134,970
Support Product Specialist	8	$110,700	$107,300–$147,803
Technical Solutions Specialist	19	$110,250	$101,358–$130,211
Operations Manager	5	$110,100	$110,000–$139,472
Project Manager	78	$110,000	$95,576–$139,610
Demand Planning Manager	11	$109,886	$94,050–$140,900
Business Systems Analyst	57	$109,554	$92,000–$133,417
Test Engineer	13	$109,554	$96,845–$132,914
Project Specialist	5	$109,554	$95,555–$140,236
Strategy & Planning Analyst	5	$109,554	$103,501–$129,578
User Experience Designer	22	$109,400	$103,813–$128,300
It Engineer	27	$108,784	$100,600–$127,598
High Touch Engineer	15	$108,100	$108,100–$113,980
Business Operations Analyst	35	$107,619	$89,230–$128,857
Customer Success Specialist	24	$103,950	$86,050–$142,090
User Experience Engineer	22	$103,189	$96,000–$123,850
Manufacturing Engineer	7	$102,900	$95,350–$136,429
Consulting Engineer	181	$102,300	$94,200–$123,708
Appd Professional Services	19	$102,200	$80,300–$138,000
Business Intelligence Analyst	10	$101,577	$76,924–$116,774
Customer Support Engineer	21	$101,200	$82,909–$120,681
It Software Engineer	15	$99,112	$91,700–$136,023
Business Analyst	41	$99,091	$86,736–$125,000
High Touch Operations Manager	14	$98,019	$90,594–$129,733
Technical Consulting Engineer	267	$97,700	$82,285–$122,604
Technical Support Team Lead	13	$97,000	$94,200–$117,573
Finance Analyst	23	$94,806	$86,012–$109,887
Revenue Recognition Analyst	7	$94,224	$86,154–$111,346
Data Analyst	48	$93,662	$85,500–$121,094
Meraki Network Support Engineer	25	$92,785	$86,486–$116,931
Client Operations Delivery Analyst	7	$90,300	$88,206–$105,119
Technical Training Specialist	5	$87,500	$87,500–$92,167
Network Support Engineer	91	$86,798	$75,150–$105,500
Virtual Sales Specialist	7	$83,938	$75,046–$94,678
Cng Staff	9	$75,000	$73,341–$86,798

Where Cisco Systems, Inc. files H-1B petitions

San Jose, CA · 3,260 Research Triangle Park, NC · 865 San Francisco, CA · 825 Richardson, TX · 573 Milpitas, CA · 443 Austin, TX · 357 Morrisville, NC · 323 Seattle, WA · 207 Chicago, IL · 159 Boxborough, MA · 155 Fremont, CA · 119 New York, NY · 105 Fulton, MD · 96 Tracy, CA · 88 Atlanta, GA · 68

Cisco Systems, Inc. H-1B: frequently asked questions

Does Cisco Systems, Inc. sponsor H-1B visas?+

Yes. Cisco Systems, Inc. has filed 9,679 certified Labor Condition Applications for H-1B workers across FY2020–FY2026, with a median base salary of $133,531.

What is the average H-1B salary at Cisco Systems, Inc.?+

The median certified H-1B base salary at Cisco Systems, Inc. is $133,531, ranging from $114,754 (25th percentile) to $176,000 (90th percentile). Base wage only — bonuses and stock are excluded.

What jobs does Cisco Systems, Inc. sponsor for H-1B?+

The most common sponsored roles are Software Engineer, Technical Consulting Engineer, Software Qa Engineer, Consulting Engineer, Technical Leader.

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