Visa Wage Index

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. made 342 filings covering 342 positions in this release. Across them it filed wages of a median of $139,859 a year.

Green-card sponsorship

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. filed 118 permanent labour certifications between 2025-11-07 and 2026-06-18, of which 118 were certified. That is the step an employment-based green card starts with, so this employer does sponsor them.

What it filed, by role and place

OccupationWhereLevelWage yearFilings PositionsMedianPrevailing
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level II 2025-26 10 10 $110,656 $110,656
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level IV 2025-26 9 9 $161,179 $161,179
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 8 8 $156,853 $156,853
Sales Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 7 7 $198,702 $198,702
Software Developers Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level II 2025-26 7 7 $131,082 $131,082
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 6 6 $216,091 $216,091
Sales Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 6 6 $139,235 $139,235
Software Developers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level II 2025-26 6 6 $114,754 $114,754
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level III 2025-26 5 5 $135,907 $135,907
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Raleigh-Cary, NC Level II 2025-26 5 5 $110,947 $110,947
Sales Engineers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level IV 2025-26 5 5 $166,899 $166,899
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level I 2025-26 4 4 $127,234 $127,234
Sales Engineers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level II 2025-26 4 4 $112,362 $112,362
Software Developers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level III 2025-26 4 4 $139,152 $139,152
Architectural and Engineering Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 3 3 $213,512 $213,512
Architectural and Engineering Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level III 2025-26 3 3 $248,186 $248,186
Architectural and Engineering Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 3 3 $282,880 $271,315
Computer and Information Research Scientists San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 3 3 $164,403 $164,403
Sales Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level III 2025-26 3 3 $168,958 $164,479
Software Developers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level IV 2025-26 3 3 $163,550 $163,550
Software Developers Pittsburgh, PA Level II 2025-26 3 3 $98,197 $98,197
Architectural and Engineering Managers Raleigh-Cary, NC Level II 2025-26 2 2 $148,595 $148,595
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 2 2 $119,704 $119,704
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Raleigh-Cary, NC Level III 2025-26 2 2 $130,832 $130,832
Mechanical Engineers Columbus, OH Level II 2025-26 2 2 $83,054 $83,054
Mechanical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $125,362 $125,362
Mechatronics Engineers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level II 2025-26 2 2 $99,611 $99,611
Mechatronics Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 2 2 $129,459 $129,459
Network and Computer Systems Administrators San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $156,479 $156,291
Sales Engineers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level III 2025-26 2 2 $139,630 $139,630
Sales Engineers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $140,088 $140,088
Software Developers Ann Arbor, MI Level III 2025-26 2 2 $125,008 $125,008
Software Developers Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $178,131 $178,131
Software Developers Pittsburgh, PA Level III 2025-26 2 2 $119,475 $119,475
Software Developers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 2 2 $187,741 $187,741
Software Developers Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level III 2025-26 2 2 $180,710 $180,710
Accountants and Auditors San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $152,152 $152,152
Aerospace Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $164,320 $164,320
Architectural and Engineering Managers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level III 2025-26 1 1 $192,005 $192,005
Architectural and Engineering Managers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $223,808 $223,808
Architectural and Engineering Managers Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $193,315 $193,315
Architectural and Engineering Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $178,818 $178,818
Bioinformatics Scientists Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level III 2025-26 1 1 $113,464 $113,464
Bioinformatics Scientists Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $134,971 $134,971
Bioinformatics Scientists Santa Fe, NM Level III 2025-26 1 1 $85,904 $85,904
Bioinformatics Scientists Santa Fe, NM Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $103,438 $103,438
Chemists Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $151,674 $151,674
Data Scientists San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $225,077 $225,077
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level I 2025-26 1 1 $85,384 $85,384
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level III 2025-26 1 1 $148,054 $148,054
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $139,859 $139,859
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level I 2025-26 1 1 $92,019 $92,019
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $155,501 $155,501
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Lancaster, PA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $92,560 $92,560
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $163,218 $163,218
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Pittsburgh, PA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $112,029 $112,029
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $128,898 $128,898
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Level III 2025-26 1 1 $145,538 $145,538
Mechanical Engineers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level III 2025-26 1 1 $118,622 $118,622
Mechanical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 1 1 $93,642 $93,642
Mechanical Engineers Raleigh-Cary, NC Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $124,051 $124,051
Mechanical Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $132,142 $132,142
Mechatronics Engineers Altoona, PA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $116,771 $116,771
Mechatronics Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $187,762 $187,762
Network and Computer Systems Administrators Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $85,218 $85,218
Network and Computer Systems Administrators Santa Fe, NM Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $102,128 $102,128
Sales Engineers Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Level II 2025-26 1 1 $100,776 $100,776
Sales Engineers Manchester-Nashua, NH Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $167,024 $167,024
Sales Engineers Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $166,650 $166,650
Sales Engineers San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $154,835 $154,835
Sales Engineers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $185,099 $185,099
Software Developers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level I 2025-26 1 1 $90,355 $90,355
Software Developers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level I 2025-26 1 1 $90,355 $90,355
Software Developers Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level I 2025-26 1 1 $107,557 $107,557
Software Developers Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level III 2025-26 1 1 $154,606 $154,606
Software Developers Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Level II 2025-26 1 1 $120,536 $120,536
Software Developers Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $173,618 $173,618
Software Developers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $149,365 $149,365
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $134,430 $134,430
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $165,422 $165,422
Supply Chain Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $135,096 $135,096
Validation Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $120,182 $120,182
Validation Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $170,248 $170,248
Bioinformatics Scientists Santa Fe, NM Level IV 2024-25 1 1 $94,702 $94,702
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Level I 2024-25 1 1 $97,386 $97,386
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Greensboro-High Point, NC Level II 2024-25 1 1 $91,416 $91,416
Software Developers Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level II 2024-25 1 1 $122,970 $122,970
Software Developers Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level II 2024-25 1 1 $137,259 $137,259
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Raleigh-Cary, NC Level III 2023-24 1 1 $125,632 $119,330
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Raleigh-Cary, NC Level IV 2023-24 1 1 $141,419 $141,419
Sales Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2023-24 1 1 $129,730 $129,730
Software Developers Pittsburgh, PA Level II 2023-24 1 1 $89,585 $89,565
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level IV 2022-23 1 1 $150,509 $150,509
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Raleigh-Cary, NC Level II 2022-23 1 1 $87,131 $87,131
Software Developers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2022-23 1 1 $141,378 $141,378
Software Developers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 61 61 $153,493 $6,506,692
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 35 35 $151,513 $154,652
Sales Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 14 14 $152,136 $150,672
Architectural and Engineering Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 6 6 $215,883 $217,313
Architectural and Engineering Managers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level not stated 2 2 $204,305 $204,305
Computer and Information Systems Managers Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level not stated 2 2 $188,811 $188,811
Data Scientists San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 2 2 $180,652 $180,652
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level not stated 2 2 $134,809 $134,809
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Level not stated 2 2 $137,373 $137,373
Information Security Analysts San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 2 2 $168,579 $168,579
Software Developers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level not stated 2 2 $142,784 $140,650
Software Developers Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level not stated 2 2 $145,635 $145,635
Architectural and Engineering Managers Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Level not stated 1 1 $161,764 $161,764
Computer Hardware Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 1 1 $116,078 $116,078
Computer and Information Systems Managers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level not stated 1 1 $148,414 $148,414
Computer and Information Systems Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 1 1 $177,501 $177,501
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level not stated 1 1 $108,671 $108,671
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Raleigh-Cary, NC Level not stated 1 1 $122,034 $122,034
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level not stated 1 1 $153,543 $153,543
Financial Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 1 1 $198,174 $198,174
Marketing Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 1 1 $231,228 $231,228
Mechanical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level not stated 1 1 $110,512 $110,512
Mechanical Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 1 1 $171,704 $171,704
Sales Engineers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level not stated 1 1 $109,619 $107,345
Sales Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 1 1 $227,729 $227,729
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level not stated 1 1 $101,422 $101,422

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Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain), and the OFLC prevailing wage library. Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.