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Cadence Design Systems, Inc vs Google LLC

Select two employers to compare H-1B petition volume, certification rates, salary data, and top job titles using DOL LCA data, drawn from the program's 85,000 annual visa cap. See our methodology.

Employer A

Cadence Design Systems, Inc

San Jose, CA

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Employer B

Google LLC

Mountain View, CA

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Key Metrics

Metric Cadence Design Systems, Google LLC
Total Petitions 923 30,573
Certified Petitions 826 29,791
Approval Rate (higher is better) 89.5% 97.4%
Avg Salary (higher is better) $145,010 $178,734
Median Salary , ,
Salary Range $71,032 – $261,269 $72,000 – $1,000,000
Total Workers 1,048 30,573
Active Years FY2023–FY2026 FY2023–FY2026

✓ Higher indicates the more favorable value. Data: DOL LCA FY2023–FY2026.

Top H-1B Job Titles

Cadence Design Systems, Inc

Job Title Petitions Avg Wage
Principal Application Engineer 65 $160,746
Principal Software Engineer 64 $158,649
Lead Software Engineer 62 $127,778
Lead Application Engineer 48 $131,519
Software Engineer II 34 $121,441
Principal Design Engineer 34 $156,848

Google LLC

Job Title Petitions Avg Wage
Software Engineer 17,617 $261,404
Software Engineer 813 $178,606
Product Manager 624 $191,894
Program Manager 619 $173,856
Technical Program Manager 553 $733,130
Research Scientist 449 $195,409

Year-over-Year Petition Volume

Fiscal Year Cadence Design, Petitions Google LLC, Petitions
FY2023 348 (304 cert.) 11,723 (11352 cert.)
FY2024 226 (207 cert.) 9,099 (8835 cert.)
FY2025 310 (282 cert.) 8,945 (8810 cert.)
FY2026 39 (33 cert.) 806 (794 cert.)