CAD Engineer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (SOC 17-2072).

Employers filed 27 wage applications for CAD Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 11 employers. The median offered wage was $170,635, 6.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. NVIDIA Corporation filed the most (11, median $216,091).

Filings: 27
Positions covered: 170
Employers: 11
Median offered: $170,635
Median prevailing wage: $123,792
Filings since FY2020: 282
Median offer change since FY2020: +98%

CAD Engineer, all employers27 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$170,635Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$104,188 to $211,738Where the middle half of the filings fall

$123,792Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for CAD Engineer jobs rose 98%, from $79,800 in fiscal 2020 to $157,957 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 7.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 74 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.

CAD Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	19	$157,957	−4.2%	$117,292	+7.3%
2025	31	$164,925	+57.1%	$148,710	+1.0%
2024	29	$105,000	−1.5%	$96,200	+0.1%
2023	39	$106,558	+11.0%	$105,685	at the minimum
2022	42	$96,034	−5.1%	$93,018	at the minimum
2021	48	$101,192	+26.8%	$100,424	at the minimum
2020	74	$79,800	n/a	$79,789	at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
NVIDIA Corporation	11	$216,091	at the minimum
Tesla, Inc.	4	$146,078	+64.6%
Microchip Technology Inc.	2	$108,067	+9.7%
Tata Technologies, Inc.	2	$90,268	+3.3%
Micron Technology, Inc.	2	$186,721	+35.0%
Crestron Electronics, Inc.	1	$133,127	+10.6%
XNRGY Climate Systems (US) LLC	1	$90,771	at the minimum
Colonial Staffing Group, Inc	1	$87,360	+5.7%
Technosoft Engineering, Inc.	1	$103,250	at the minimum
Hinduja Tech Inc.	1	$74,402	at the minimum
Renesas Design North America Inc.	1	$141,149	+10.9%

Where CAD Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Santa Clara, CA	8	$216,091	at the minimum
Austin, TX	4	$154,815	+21.6%
Detroit, MI	2	$90,268	+3.3%
Richardson, TX	2	$186,721	+35.0%
Chandler, AZ	1	$114,234	at the minimum
Columbus, IN	1	$74,402	at the minimum
Hawthorne, CA	1	$178,525	+116.3%
Los Angeles, CA	1	$195,106	+97.1%
Mesa, AZ	1	$90,771	at the minimum
Reno, NV	1	$107,000	+8.9%
Rochester, NH	1	$103,250	at the minimum
Rockleigh, NJ	1	$133,127	+10.6%
San Jose, CA	1	$141,149	+10.9%
Santa Cara, CA	1	$216,091	at the minimum
Waller, TX	1	$87,360	+5.7%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry13%

Level II, qualified38%

Level III, experienced4%

Level IV, fully competent46%

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 employers 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.