Cadence Design Systems, Inc. H-1B wage filings
San Jose, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. filed 396 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $153,086, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Lead Application Engineer (35 filings, median $134,809).
- Filings
- 396
- Positions covered
- 393
- Certified
- 99.2%
- Job titles
- 100
- Worksite cities
- 38
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,910
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +15%
Offered wage since 2020
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 15%, from $132,132 in fiscal 2020 to $152,612 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 330 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 342 | $152,612 | +0.6% | $152,612 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 300 | $151,656 | +4.5% | $151,416 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 215 | $145,181 | +2.7% | $143,708 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 281 | $141,378 | +8.0% | $141,378 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 330 | $130,894 | +2.9% | $130,894 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 233 | $127,150 | −3.8% | $127,150 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 209 | $132,132 | n/a | $130,846 | at the minimum |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Application Engineer | 35 | $134,809 | at the minimum | +14% since 2020 | |
| Lead Software Engineer | 30 | $150,758 | at the minimum | +25% since 2020 | |
| Software Engineer II | 26 | $131,082 | at the minimum | +9% since 2021 | |
| Principal Application Engineer | 25 | $161,179 | at the minimum | +9% since 2020 | |
| Principal Software Engineer | 22 | $154,309 | at the minimum | +12% since 2020 | |
| Senior Principal Software Engineer | 18 | $180,710 | at the minimum | +15% since 2020 | |
| Lead Design Engineer | 16 | $133,370 | at the minimum | +17% since 2020 | |
| Principal Product Engineer | 15 | $168,799 | at the minimum | +8% since 2020 | |
| Senior Application Engineer | 12 | $115,666 | at the minimum | +21% since 2020 | |
| Design Engineer II | 11 | $110,947 | at the minimum | +14% since 2023 | |
| Software Architect | 11 | $189,284 | at the minimum | +22% since 2020 | |
| Principal Design Engineer | 10 | $156,177 | at the minimum | +11% since 2020 | |
| Sr. Principal Design Engineer | 10 | $171,481 | at the minimum | −3% since 2023 | |
| Sr. Principal Application Engineer | 9 | $168,958 | at the minimum | +18% since 2020 | |
| Lead Product Engineer | 8 | $145,014 | at the minimum | +24% since 2020 | |
| Product Engineering Architect | 7 | $213,512 | at the minimum | ||
| AE Director | 6 | $200,013 | at the minimum | ||
| Product Engineer II | 6 | $122,698 | at the minimum | +20% since 2023 | |
| Sr. Principal Product Engineer | 6 | $167,163 | at the minimum | +10% since 2020 | |
| Sr. Solutions Engineer - AE | 4 | $108,474 | at the minimum | ||
| Design Engineering Group Director | 3 | $223,808 | at the minimum | ||
| Lead Software Engineer (Computer and Information Research) | 3 | $164,403 | at the minimum | ||
| Principal Solutions Engineer - AE | 3 | $123,475 | at the minimum | ||
| Scientific Developer II | 3 | $113,464 | at the minimum | ||
| Sr AE Manager | 3 | $185,099 | at the minimum | ||
| AE Manager | 2 | $150,545 | at the minimum | ||
| Design Engineer I | 2 | $131,086 | at the minimum | ||
| Design Engineer II (Mechatronics) | 2 | $99,611 | at the minimum | ||
| Design Engineering Director | 2 | $237,391 | at the minimum | ||
| Lead Configuration Management Engineer | 2 | $126,850 | at the minimum | ||
| Lead Product Manager (Mechanical Engineer) | 2 | $83,054 | at the minimum | ||
| Lead Scientific Developer | 2 | $127,556 | at the minimum | ||
| Principal Customer Engagement Engineer | 2 | $169,481 | at the minimum | ||
| Product Engineering Director | 2 | $202,606 | at the minimum | ||
| Product Engineering Group Director | 2 | $232,139 | at the minimum | ||
| Revenue Accounting Manager | 2 | $152,152 | at the minimum | ||
| Sr. Design Engineering Manager | 2 | $180,107 | at the minimum | ||
| Sr. Principal Program Manager | 2 | $198,544 | at the minimum | ||
| Sr Product Engineering Manager | 2 | $177,501 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Software Engineering Manager | 2 | $141,422 | at the minimum | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 100 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 225 | $156,760 |
| Austin, TX | 77 | $135,907 |
| Burlington, MA | 21 | $148,054 |
| Cary, NC | 14 | $123,043 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 7 | $98,197 |
| Boston, MA | 5 | $131,082 |
| Santa Fe, NM | 4 | $98,415 |
| Farmington Hills, MI | 3 | $93,642 |
| Folsom, CA | 3 | $166,650 |
| Hillsboro, OR | 3 | $144,022 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 2 | $125,008 |
| Irvine, CA | 2 | $140,088 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 38 worksite cities.
By visa type: 395 H-1B, 1 H-1B1 (Singapore). By outcome: 367 certified, 26 certified and later withdrawn, 3 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Cadence Design Systems, Inc. attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.