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Cad Engineer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Cad Engineer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
35
Median offered wage
$174,793
Most common occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Median wage$174,793certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Cad Engineer" and a worksite in Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20225
FY20235
FY20248
FY202512
FY2026*5
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. NVIDIA Corporation33
  2. Intel Corporation2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $174,793; middle half $149,141 to $204,901 · median prevailing wage $174,793 (marker) · 34 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II2
  2. Level III4
  3. Level IV19
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Cad Engineer" appears on 156 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 33 employers for worksites in 50 cities; the median offered wage is $110,656, so the median in Santa Clara is 58.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
156
Employers nationwide
33
Cities with filings
50
National median offered wage
$110,656
Share of national filings in Santa Clara
22.4%
Cities with the most applications for Cad Engineer
  1. Santa Clara, CA35
  2. Austin, TX29
  3. Waller, TX10
  4. Hillsboro, OR9
  5. Columbus, IN6
  6. Rochester, NH4
  7. Cupertino, CA3
  8. San Jose, CA3
  9. Quincy, IL3
  10. Medford, NJ2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Santa Clara job market

Santa Clara has 33,150 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,478 job titles and 2,175 employers; "Cad Engineer" ranks #115 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Cad Engineer in Santa Clara
115
Median offered wage in Santa Clara, all job titles
$163,031
National median wage, Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (all job titles)
$135,150
Other job titles in Santa Clara
  1. Software Engineer2,663
  2. Component Design Engineer950
  3. Software Development Engineer II635
  4. Senior Software Engineer609
  5. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  6. Staff Software Engineer354
  7. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  8. Process Engineer276
  9. Principal Software Engineer248
  10. Software Development Engineer I231
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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