Palo Alto Networks, Inc. green card sponsorship data
Between October 2024 and June 2026, DOL decided 470 PERM labor certifications filed by Palo Alto Networks, Inc.. Here are its approval rate, processing time, salaries and most sponsored jobs.
At a glance
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ranks #43 among 1,211 employers with 25 or more decided PERM cases.
Its approval rate of 99% compares with 97% nationally, and its median of 492 days from filing to approval is 7 days slower than the national median (faster than 28% of employers).
61% of its cases are Software Developers, and 91% of the jobs are in California (mostly Santa Clara).
100.0% are professional positions (G-100), usually filed as EB-2 or EB-3 professional and skilled worker cases.
Its busiest month was August 2025, with 62 decisions.
Most sponsored jobs
| Job title | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 192 |
| Technical Support Engineer | 35 |
| DevOps Engineer | 18 |
| IT Software Engineer | 10 |
| Principal Software Engineer | 8 |
| Staff Software Engineer | 8 |
| Systems Engineer | 7 |
| Senior Product Manager | 6 |
Occupations (SOC)
| SOC | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 287 |
| Computer Network Support Specialists | 34 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 21 |
| Sales Engineers | 20 |
| Information Security Analysts | 17 |
Where the jobs are
| State | Cases |
|---|---|
| California | 427 |
| Texas | 40 |
| New York | 3 |
| City | Cases |
|---|---|
| Santa Clara | 427 |
| Plano | 39 |
| New York | 3 |
| Dallas | 1 |
Decisions
| Certified | 290 |
| Certified-Expired | 172 |
| Denied | 3 |
| Withdrawn | 5 |
Certified-Expired means the certification passed its 180-day window; most of these were used for an I-140 and show as expired in the data, so they count as approved. Approval rate = approved ÷ (approved + denied), withdrawals excluded.
Cases decided per month
Other employers sponsoring Software Developers
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | 4,840 | 99.7% |
| Wal-mart Associates, Inc. | 1,564 | 99.9% |
| Oracle America, Inc. | 1,557 | 99.9% |
| Jpmorgan Chase & Co. | 1,489 | 99.9% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 1,461 | 93% |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 1,290 | 99.8% |
Other sponsors in California
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Corporation | 1,365 | 99.9% |
| Apple Inc. | 1,286 | 99.7% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 932 | 99.8% |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 852 | 99.5% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 800 | 99.9% |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | 763 | 99.6% |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC PERM disclosure data, decisions from October 2024 – June 2026. Only decided cases are included; pending cases are not in the disclosure data.
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