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Cisco Systems, Inc.
OSHA: 5 insp.Injuries: no recordLabor: 1 caseImmigration: 2444 LCAContracts: not listed
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an employer in San Jose, California in Computer and electronic product manufacturing. Federal records hold 5 OSHA inspections, 1 concluded Wage and Hour Division case, 2,444 labor condition applications and 954 PERM applications.
OSHA opened 5 inspections at Cisco Systems, Inc. sites in California since 2016, issuing 1 citation. Current penalties total $5,000, $1,000 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,754. 1 inspection has at least one contested citation.
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 compliance action involving Cisco Systems, Inc., recording no back wages.
It filed 2,444 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 29,467 worker positions. The median offered wage is $154,650 a year against a median prevailing wage of $138,709, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($138,494). The most common prevailing wage level is Level III (50% of filings).
OFLC records 954 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $146,771; the employer reported 40,412 employees on payroll.
Is this the same company? The sources spell the name differently and were matched by normalised name and state: OSHA: Cisco Systems, Inc.; WHD: Cisco; OFLC LCA: Cisco Systems, Inc.; OFLC PERM: Cisco Systems, Inc.. Subsidiaries, franchisees and entities in other states have separate records. Matching methodology.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 334 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $1,000 | $3,553 | $3,729 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 20% | — | 27% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 20% | — | 59% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 3203(A) | — | 1 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2024 | Fatality/catastrophe · Health | Partial | 1 | $5,000 | Contested, final order | 3203(A) |
| 11 Feb 2020 | Unprogrammed related · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 23 Feb 2017 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 24 Oct 2016 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 2 Mar 2016 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed |
Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
No Form 300A summary for this employer in California is in the Injury Tracking Application data for 2023, 2024, 2025. Only establishments in covered industries with 20 or more employees (100 or more in some industries) must submit.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 334 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $0 | $27K | $15K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 0.0 | — | 10.8 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | — | — | $1,389 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sep 2008 – 15 Sep 2010 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1589120.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 2%Level II 19%Level III 50%Level IV 12%Not stated 17%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1252 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $154,650 | $138,494 | $156,853 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $130,900–$178,600 | $112,923–$170,239 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 21% | 53% | 42% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Software Developers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 369 | $139,700 |
| Software Engineering Technical Leader | 145 | $204,069 |
| Engineering Product Manager | 70 | $146,555 |
| Solutions Engineer | 60 | $130,000 |
| Leader, Software Engineering | 58 | $199,534 |
| Technical Consulting Engineer | 57 | $112,000 |
| Software QA Engineer | 52 | $136,400 |
| Product Designer | 46 | $133,605 |
| Hardware Engineer | 41 | $155,520 |
| ASIC Engineer | 40 | $153,972 |
| Engineering Technical Leader | 38 | $179,333 |
| Customer Delivery Architect | 37 | $166,500 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 927 | $138,494 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 340 | $114,808 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 219 | $97,948 |
| Sales Engineers | 152 | $146,153 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 131 | $151,091 |
| Data Scientists | 105 | $123,741 |
| Computer Network Architects | 104 | $140,000 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 94 | $104,728 |
Worksite states
California 1124 · North Carolina 353 · Texas 304 · Washington 121 · New Jersey 71 · Massachusetts 62 · Georgia 59 · Illinois 56
Visa classes: H-1B 2429, E-3 Australian 13, H-1B1 Singapore 2. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (California); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 317 |
| Technical Consulting Engineer | 61 |
| Hardware Engineer | 29 |
| Data Engineer | 28 |
| Product Designer | 22 |
| Network Support Engineer | 20 |
| Consulting Engineer | 20 |
| ASIC Engineer | 18 |
| Software QA Engineer | 17 |
| Leader, Software Engineering | 16 |
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Not among the top 3,903 federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending for the latest twelve months. Smaller awards can be searched on USAspending.gov.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Cisco Systems, Inc.?
Yes. OSHA records 5 inspections at Cisco Systems, Inc. sites in California since 2016, most recently opened 31 Jan 2024.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
1 citation with current penalties totalling $5,000. 1 inspection has a final order on every citation, 1 has a contested citation and 4 are recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Cisco Systems, Inc.?
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 case involving the employer and recorded no back wages.
Does Cisco Systems, Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 2,444 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 2434 were certified. The median offered wage is $154,650 a year; the most common job title is Software Engineer.
Does Cisco Systems, Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 954 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 856 of them certified.
Does Cisco Systems, Inc. hold federal contracts?
It is not among the top federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending; smaller awards are not covered on this site.
Have there been union elections at Cisco Systems, Inc.?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
Records are matched by normalised name and state; the sources spell the name differently (OSHA: Cisco Systems, Inc.; WHD: Cisco; OFLC LCA: Cisco Systems, Inc.; OFLC PERM: Cisco Systems, Inc.). Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.