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Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
4,492
FY2025 applications
394
FY2026 to 30 June
460
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.9%
Median offered wage
$150,947
Most common occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.9%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. appears in 4,492 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 394.

Applications by fiscal year — Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

230460FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
230460FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200822
FY200930
FY201065
FY201174
FY201287
FY2013128
FY2014132
FY2015201
FY2016266
FY2017242
FY2018315
FY2019359
FY2020306
FY2021349
FY2022411
FY2023362
FY2024289
FY2025394
FY2026*460
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*342118
FY202530787
FY202422663
FY202330458
FY202234467
FY202127376
FY202025650
FY201928475
FY2018208107
FY201719052
FY201617195
FY201516239
FY20149537
FY201310523
FY20126918
FY20114727
FY2010641
FY20091812
FY2008022
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.: applications by worksite state

8+15+18+29+144+
8+15+18+29+144+
Data table
StateApplications
CA3,127
TX640
MA288
NC144
PA63
MD30
NY29
NM28
OR24
AZ18
WA18
UT16
MI15
CO12
IL8
Worksite states
  1. California3,127
  2. Texas640
  3. Massachusetts288
  4. North Carolina144
  5. Pennsylvania63
  6. Maryland30
  7. New York29
  8. New Mexico28
  9. Oregon24
  10. Arizona18
Worksite cities
  1. San Jose, CA2,945
  2. Austin, TX602
  3. Cary, NC139
  4. Chelmsford, MA138
  5. Burlington, MA135
  6. Pittsburgh, PA61
  7. San Diego, CA58
  8. Irvine, CA58
  9. Santa Fe, NM28
  10. Endicott, NY27
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer1,632
  2. Software Developers1,325
  3. Sales Engineers881
  4. Architectural and Engineering Managers101
  5. Computer Occupations, All Other84
  6. Engineers, All Other49
  7. Computer and Information Systems Managers46
  8. Computer Hardware Engineers40
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Principal Application Engineer250
  2. Lead Software Engineer237
  3. Principal Software Engineer228
  4. Lead Application Engineer198
  5. Principal Design Engineer148
  6. Lead Design Engineer125
  7. Software Engineer II111
  8. Principal Product Engineer100

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $150,947; middle half $124,141 to $172,711 · median prevailing wage $150,509 (marker) · 865 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I49
  2. Level II183
  3. Level III88
  4. Level IV212
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India496
  2. China147
  3. Taiwan23
  4. Canada22
  5. South Korea17
  6. Israel11
  7. Brazil10
  8. Russia9
  9. France6
  10. Japan6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

143286FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
143286FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2023
Data table
FY200957
FY201043
FY201149
FY201258
FY201383
FY201476
FY2015100
FY2016174
FY2017171
FY2018140
FY2019286
FY2020240
FY2021228
FY2022254
FY202376
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY202310750
FY20226701873
FY20216701610
FY20207611641
FY201911931673
FY2018471933
FY2017741970
FY20165511191
FY2015270734
FY2014320442
FY2013330501
FY2012380200
FY2011351141
FY2010210220
FY2009221350
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.1,375
  2. Pearl Law Group877
  3. Corporate Immigration Partners, LLP802
  4. Tafapolsky & Smith LLP127
  5. Corporate Immigration Partners, P.C.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in California

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has 4,492 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #46 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #205 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.22% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
46 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
205 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.22%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 334) in California
1,421
Largest sponsoring employers in California
  1. Google LLC100,642
  2. HCL America, Inc.65,516
  3. Facebook, Inc.63,530
  4. Intel Corporation61,185
  5. Apple Inc.60,673
  6. Google Inc.34,245
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.26,767
  8. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.25,216
  9. UST Global Inc.25,160
  10. Linkedin Corporation17,398
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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