Cisco Systems
Offered base salaries from 701 certified H-1B filings, across 18 roles in 29 metro areas.
Half of Cisco Systems's certified filings offered $146,600 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $130,400 and $168,000. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.
What they hire for
Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.
| Role | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $152,027 | $103k – $323k | 284 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $139,443 | $87k – $248k | 111 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | $114,300 | $80k – $159k | 49 |
| Data Scientists | $128,606 | $94k – $198k | 36 |
| Sales Engineers | $145,122 | $87k – $200k | 35 |
| Computer Network Architects | $157,248 | $105k – $268k | 34 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $140,400 | $99k – $184k | 31 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $178,006 | $130k – $221k | 28 |
| Operations Research Analysts | $123,200 | $85k – $166k | 15 |
| Industrial Engineers | $133,910 | $118k – $172k | 14 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $168,000 | $99k – $323k | 234 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $128,253 | $85k – $195k | 59 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $130,900 | $80k – $159k | 50 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $165,700 | $97k – $248k | 50 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $133,300 | $95k – $197k | 38 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $163,862 | $111k – $268k | 25 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $141,170 | $112k – $195k | 24 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $151,819 | $115k – $250k | 23 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | $143,700 | $104k – $180k | 21 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $148,600 | $123k – $179k | 16 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Cisco Systems's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.
| Role — Metro | Median offer | Filings | vs. market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers — San Jose | $193,610 | 80 | −9.2% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — San Jose | $166,962 | 40 | −9.5% |
| Software Developers — San Francisco | $180,960 | 24 | −3.0% |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer — San Jose | $178,006 | 24 | −8.4% |
| Software Developers — Raleigh | $139,840 | 18 | +5.3% |
| Software Developers — Dallas | $135,800 | 17 | +1.9% |
| Software Developers — Stockton | $140,400 | 17 | +1.3% |
| Software Developers — Austin | $139,152 | 14 | +3.8% |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators — Dallas | $112,000 | 13 | +8.5% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — San Jose | $165,422 | 12 | −0.7% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 701 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
- Market comparison
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Cisco Systems's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.