Employer record no. 170

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

US DOL LCA disclosure data, FY2020 to FY2026

Total LCA filings

2,052

Certified

1,817

Denied

FY2025 filings

307

Filings by fiscal year

* partial fiscal year; quarters still being published by DOL

Peer rank

#44 of 3,924 technology product companies by filings

Senior titles at entry-level pay

2.6% of senior-titled filings at Level I

6 of 234 certified filings with a senior, lead or people-manager title, FY2024 to date, were at the lowest prevailing-wage tier. Ranking · Method

The ledger

Fiscal year	Filed	Certified	Avg offered wage	Avg prevailing
FY2020	256	246	$137,060	$131,363
FY2021	273	242	$131,971	$131,940
FY2022	344	257	$136,009	$135,854
FY2023	304	270	$138,969	$138,475
FY2024	226	207	$144,172	$143,403
FY2025	307	279	$150,534	$150,235
FY2026 *	342	316	$152,095	$152,056

What they file for

lead software engineer$125,746157
principal software engineer$149,111141
lead application engineer$125,225138
principal application engineer$153,173134
principal design engineer$147,70385
software engineer ii$121,65976
principal product engineer$150,38670
lead design engineer$120,21266

Where

san jose, ca1,219
austin, tx358
burlington, ma106
cary, nc69
san diego, ca28
pittsburgh, pa24

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Certification rate 88.5%How these numbers are computed