Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#147 top sponsor

Overview

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 435 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #147 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 295 were certified (67.8% approval rate), taking about 314 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $143,405.

435

PERM filings

67.8%

approval

1

denied

$143,405

median wage

314d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 285 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (69%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India196
  • China52
  • Taiwan9
  • South Korea7
  • Canada4
  • Russia2
  • Iran2
  • Brazil2
  • Bangladesh2
  • Sweden1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B239
  • L-134
  • F-15
  • O-12
  • L-21
  • TN1

Education

  • Master's184
  • Bachelor's53
  • Doctorate43
  • Other5

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Cadence Design Systems, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 104 $148,012
Software Developers, Systems Software 102 $141,807
Sales Engineers 90 $141,301
Software Developers 57 $153,617
Bioinformatics Scientists 5 $96,123
Computer Hardware Engineers 5 $122,256
Computer Systems EngineersArchitects 4 $153,702
Software Developers, Applications 4 $159,411
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3 $140,327
Validation Engineers 3 $115,287

Common job titles

Software Engineer 111 Application Engineer, Customer Engagement 52 Design Engineer 30 Product Engineer 26 Principal Application Engineer, Customer Engagement 16 Sr. Principal Software Engineer 15 Principal Software Engineer 15 Principal Design Engineer 14 Principal Product Engineer 11 Sr. Principal Application Engineer, Customer Engagement 9 Sr. Principal Product Engineer 8 Solutions Engineer 8

Wage range

$125,000

25th

$143,405

median

$165,000

75th

$181,279

90th

Law firms used

  • Corporate Immigration Partners, LLP183
  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.150
  • Pearl Law Group77
  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak Stewart, P.C.23
  • Corporate Immigration Partners1
  • Corporate Immigration Partners, LLC1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24232-278105 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24232-278190 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24232-278204 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24232-278163 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24235-287344 Software EngineerCertified Austin, TX Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24236-290847 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24236-291304 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24240-298176 Sr. Principal Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24232-278175 Staff Enterprise Wide DeveloperCertified San Jose, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24240-298192 Principal Design EngineerCertified Austin, TX Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24130-977147 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 4, 2025
G-100-24124-956962 Sr. Principal Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 4, 2025
G-100-24152-059528 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Dec 4, 2025
G-100-24191-184015 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Nov 7, 2025
G-100-24079-812738 Software EngineerCertified Austin, TX Sep 10, 2025
G-100-24080-817048 Software EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Sep 10, 2025
G-100-24170-125777 Sr. Principal Application EngineerCertified Cary, NC Sep 10, 2025
G-100-24170-125814 Product EngineerCertified Austin, TX Sep 10, 2025
G-100-24173-135726 Principal Design EngineerCertified Austin, TX Sep 10, 2025
G-100-24162-093521 Product Validation EngineerCertified San Jose, CA Sep 9, 2025

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.