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PERM sponsor, #139 of 70,985 by filings

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 84 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on October 14, 2026. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has 61 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Software Developers · 34% of its filings
Main worksite
San Jose, CA · 73% of its filings
Industry
Electronic Computer Manufacturing · NAICS 334111

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Filings

268

#139 of 70,985

Certified

248

0 denied

Approval

100.0%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$147,000

offered, per year

Median days

453

13 faster than the field

Right now

DOL's live record of its cases, read every day, and what it has done to them as a group.

In the queue right now 359 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

61

of 359 tracked cases. The other 298 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed September 19, 2025, 12 months ago.

Where those 61 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
6098%

A Department of Labor analyst has the application. This is the main queue, and it is where most pending PERM cases sit.

RFI ISSUED
12%

DOL has asked the employer for more documentation. The deadline is the one printed on the RFI letter, because DOL doesn't publish a standard response window for these.

None of this changes one case's wait: DOL works one national line. Where DOL is working now is the figure that does.

From DOL's live status of 359 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 359, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 19, 2026

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What DOL has done to its cases as a group

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Its newest filings

Filed since DOL's last quarterly file, so the wage and law firm aren't published yet.

The 8 newest. Every filing by this employer is in the case search, live and published together.

Source: DOL's own case-status service, flag.dol.gov, where any of these numbers can be looked up. A filing shows there soon after it's made, months before DOL's quarterly files.

How long it takes

How long their cases are taking

  1. Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

    median of 23 decisions in the last 90 days

    304 days

  2. Every employer

    median of 28,615 decisions in the same 90 days

    302 days

About the same as everyone: DOL works one national line in filing order. Filing to decision, over decisions we watched DOL make; withdrawals left out.

Filed today: a new case joins the same line as anyone's, behind 81,062 cases, and would be decided around March 16, 2027 (between February 24, 2027 and April 25, 2027). Estimate another date

Every program

Across DOL's programs

The wage request, the PERM and the H-1B labor condition application, one line each.

PERM (green card)
268 published
61 pending
$147,000 median, n=268
Prevailing wage requests
495 published
26 pending
$150,765 median, n=469
H-1B labor condition applications
1,910 published
2 pending
$140,789 median, n=1,905

Its median H-1B wage is $140,789 across 1,905 LCAs, 4.2% lower than its median PERM wage of $147,000 across 268 cases. Different forms, different years and different jobs sit behind the two medians, so this is a gap in what was filed, not a finding.

Of its 61 pending PERM cases, 1 (1.6%) sit outside DOL's normal queue: 1 at RFI. Where that sits among every employer.

Every case across these programs is in the search.

How these are counted

Medians are of the published rows with a usable wage, annualised from whatever unit the filing quoted, and withheld under 10 wages. DOL publishes no employer number, so filings are matched by the employer's legal name; another employer with the same legal name would be counted here too. The PERM is the green-card step; the wage request comes months before it, and the LCA is the separate form for an H-1B. DOL publishes each in its own file, and its live record shows what is still open.

Its newest wage requests and LCAs

Filed by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.

Wage requests

All wage requests by this employer

H-1B LCAs

All H-1B LCAs by this employer

Source: DOL's own case-status service, flag.dol.gov, where any of these numbers can be looked up. A filing shows there soon after it's made, months before DOL's quarterly files.

What its H-1B LCAs were for

From DOL's quarterly LCA files: 1,910 LCAs filed by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., 1,788 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

1,317 positions for new employment, 320 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 1,317 · 53%
  • Change of employer 7e 320 · 13%
  • Continuing 7b 741 · 30%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 3 · 1%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
  • Amended petition 7f 106 · 4%

Shares of the 2,486 worker positions requested. These are positions on certified LCAs, not people hired: DOL certifies an LCA before any petition, and many are never used.

What each box on the form means
  • New employment (7a). Starting with a new employer.
  • Change of employer (7e). Moving here from another employer, keeping the visa classification already held.
  • Continuing (7b). Staying with the same employer.
  • Change in previous employment (7c). Same employer, no material change to the job duties.
  • Concurrent employment (7d). Adding this employer while keeping another.
  • Amended petition (7f). Same employer, with a material change to the job duties.

Form ETA-9035, Section B, Item 7, in DOL's words from its LCA record layout. One LCA can tick several boxes.

Wage level it chose

  • Level I 65 · 5%
  • Level II 442 · 37%
  • Level III 178 · 15%
  • Level IV 508 · 43%

Shares of the 1,193 certified LCAs that named an OES level. The form asks for the level only when the employer set the wage from the OES survey itself; 595 of 1,788 used another source, such as a DOL wage determination or another survey. Level I is entry, Level IV fully competent.

What it declared on Section H

H-1B-dependent
No
Found a willful violator
No

As answered on its newest LCA, filed June 29, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 1,831 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 1,905. Both are the employer's own answers.

What the two answers mean

H-1B-dependent (20 CFR 655.736(a)): 25 or fewer full-time-equivalent employees in the US and more than 7 H-1B workers; 26 to 50 and more than 12; or 51 or more, with H-1B workers equal to at least 15% of them.

Willful violator (655.736(f)): DOL or the Justice Department found a willful failure or a misrepresentation of a material fact in the five years before the LCA was filed.

Either one adds two promises to the employer's LCAs: not to displace US workers, and to recruit US workers before hiring H-1B workers (655.738, 655.739). They don't apply to an LCA used only for exempt workers, paid at least $60,000 a year or holding a related master's degree (655.737). The rule on eCFR

Visas these LCAs support: H-1B 1,904 · H-1B1 (Singapore) 6. E-3 and H-1B1 use the same LCA as the H-1B.

Against other sponsors

Where it sits among 70,985 sponsors. The full ranking sorts every column.

Each figure ranked only among sponsors with enough cases for it to mean something. No single score: they measure different things.

  • PERM approval rate

    100.0% of 248 decided PERM cases

    Higher than 67% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    84 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 99% of the 13,942 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

  • H-1B LCAs certified in the last 24 months

    581 certified in the last 24 months

    At the top of the 27,916 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    11% of 684 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 40% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

  • Share of H-1B LCAs at wage level III or IV

    58% of 362 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 73% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

  • USCIS H-1B approval rate, last 3 fiscal years

    98.9% of 696 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 53% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.

Position in the field 1,343 sponsors with 30+ decided

Approval rate

100.0%ahead of 34%, level with 891 more

0% 100%

Median days to decision

453 daysahead of 64%

5d 1152d
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. Sponsors with fewer than 30 decided cases are left out of the population rather than plotted, because a rate over a handful of cases lands wherever the handful landed. The line marks this one.
DOL PERM disclosure files

Against the sponsors ranked nearest

The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 192 and 446 filings.

Their median wait
462 days
This one
453 days

This one sits 9 days ahead of them.

Why no approval rate

A band is a slice of the volume ranking rather than a population picked for having enough decided cases, so a band rate would be solid at the top of the list and noise at the bottom, under one heading.

Where this sits in the ranking

Ranked 139 of 70,985 by volume: 138 filed at least as many filings, and 70,846 filed no more.

Just above
DEVOTED GUARDIANS INC 269 filings
Just below
Chula Vista Inc 267 filings

Sponsors filing at the same rate

Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.

Sponsors hiring for the same work

The employers filing the most PERM cases for Software Developers, the occupation this sponsor files for most.

What they file, and where

A rank says how much. It says nothing about what the work is, which is the part a job offer from this sponsor turns on.

What the jobs are

Software Developers

SOC 15-1252.00 · 90 filings, 34% of everything they file · 100.0% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 218 of 268 cases between them. The occupation on a PERM is the SOC code on the form, which is the job as DOL classifies it rather than the job title on the offer. DOL still accepts two SOC vintages, so one job can appear twice under two codes; the code is printed for exactly that reason.

The industry they declared

Electronic Computer Manufacturing

NAICS 334111 · 263 filings

  • Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 334115
How this is counted

The NAICS code the employer entered on the form, with the Census Bureau's title for it. DOL publishes the code alone, and an employer can file under more than one.

Where the jobs are

  • California 196
  • Texas 37
  • Massachusetts 12
  • North Carolina 10
  • New Mexico 8
  • Pennsylvania 3
How this is counted

The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. These 6 states cover 266 of 268 filings.

Where the work is

  • San Jose, CA 196
  • Austin, TX 37
  • Burlington, MA 11
  • Cary, NC 10
  • Santa Fe, NM 8
  • Pittsburgh, PA 3
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 265 of 268 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 257 filings · 100.0% approved
  2. Corporate Immigration Partners, LLP 11 filings
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 268 of 268 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The Mercury News

    171 cases

  2. Austin American-Statesman

    33 cases

  3. The Santa Fe New Mexican

    8 cases

  4. Boston Sunday Globe

    7 cases

  5. The News & Observer

    5 cases

  6. The News and Observer

    3 cases
How this is counted

The newspaper or professional journal named for each case's two print ads, one count per paper per case, however the filer spelled it.

Additional steps it used

  1. Job search websites

    234 cases

  2. Trade or professional organizations

    234 cases

  3. The employer's website

    192 cases

  4. Local or ethnic newspapers

    42 cases
How this is counted

The steps a professional job needs beyond the job order and the ads, by the number of cases that name each.

How long before filing it began

  1. Under 30 days

    0.0%

  2. 30 to 59 days

    0.0%

  3. 60 to 89 days

    74%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    22%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    2.1%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    2.1%

  7. Over 180 days

    0.0%
How this is counted

Days from the first recruitment step to the filing. 20 C.F.R. § 656.17(e) puts the job order and ads 30 to 180 days before filing.

Where every PERM employer recruits

History

Year by year since 2008

1,026 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2026 with 118.

  • certified
  • denied
  • withdrawn

Fiscal years, October to September. A year filed under another name is missing, not zero. FY2026 is partial: DOL's newest file runs through June 2026.

Every year as a table
Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn
FY2008 21 0 1
FY2009 12 0 0
FY2010 1 0 0
FY2011 26 1 0
FY2012 17 0 0
FY2013 18 1 4
FY2014 37 0 0
FY2015 38 1 0
FY2016 91 2 2
FY2017 52 0 0
FY2018 104 0 3
FY2019 74 1 0
FY2020 48 0 2
FY2021 72 0 4
FY2022 64 0 3
FY2023 53 1 4
FY2024 56 0 7
FY2025 74 0 13
FY2026 118 0 0

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 580. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22269-28271 2023-08-30 certified Principal Project Manager, NC $157,437
A-22236-11357 2023-08-23 certified Lead Design Engineer, NC $113,000
A-22230-08204 2023-08-16 certified Design Engineer, CA $136,500
A-22230-08379 2023-08-16 certified Principal Software Engineer, TX $153,750
A-22227-06112 2023-08-14 certified Software Engineer, TX $144,200
A-22223-04694 2023-08-03 certified Product Engineer, TX $110,822
A-22231-08790 2023-08-02 certified Sr. Principal Product Valdiation Engineer, MA $162,032
A-22231-08754 2023-08-02 certified Principal Product Validation Engineer, CA $149,875
The other 17
A-22215-99537 2023-08-02 certified Software Engineer, MA $103,228
A-22236-11489 2023-08-01 certified Sr. Principal Software Engineer, MA $159,650
A-22245-16147 2023-07-31 certified Application Engineer, Customer Engagement, CA $165,818
A-22231-08941 2023-07-27 certified Principal Product Engineer, CA $175,100
A-22230-08190 2023-07-06 certified Lead Application Engineer, CA $151,424
A-22236-11498 2023-07-03 certified Product Engineer, PA $115,500
A-22236-11443 2023-06-30 certified Principal Application Engineer, Customer Engagement, CA $152,000
A-22230-08547 2023-06-30 certified Principal Design Engineer, CA $165,000
A-22216-00563 2023-06-29 certified Mechatronics Engineer (Software), CA $143,500
A-22216-00176 2023-06-29 certified Lead Design Engineer, NC $144,200
A-22230-08283 2023-06-29 certified Principal Software Engineer, CA $170,000
A-22215-99735 2023-06-29 certified Lead Software Engineer, TX $130,000
A-22128-51982 2023-06-15 certified Sr. Principal Application Engineer, Customer Engagement, TX $161,262
A-22130-53101 2023-06-15 certified Principal Design Engineer, CA $184,080
A-22128-51979 2023-06-15 certified Software Engineer, CA $149,697
A-22220-02205 2023-06-09 certified Sr. Principal Software Engineer, CA $200,000
A-22217-01032 2023-06-09 certified Engineer, CA $157,477

Who they sponsored, FY2016 to FY2023

From DOL's old form; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. Top six of each.

Country of citizenship

  • India 392
  • China 96
  • South Korea 14
  • Taiwan 12
  • Brazil 10
  • Canada 8

Worker's education

  • Master's 351
  • Bachelor's 158
  • Doctorate 64
  • Other 5
  • None 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 444
  • L-1 109
  • F-1 8
  • O-1 5
  • TN 4
  • L-2 3

Schools

  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 43
  • SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY 20
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 15
  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 12
  • STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO 11
  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 10

Fields of study

  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 204
  • ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 103
  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 66
  • ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING 58
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 26
  • ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 16

Notes on these numbers

What this rank counts, and what it doesn't

DOL prints the name that went on the form, so one sponsor can appear under several. The 5 entries below start the same way and were not merged, because the difference between them is more than a mistyped letter. Some may be the same sponsor; some are a different one. Rank #139 counts this page's cases only.

20 filings sit on those pages rather than this one. The methodology has the rule that decides which spellings merge.

What these numbers don't say

5 notes
The wage is the job, not the payer
Their filings are led by Software Developers, 90 of 268. The median offered wage moves almost entirely with what roles they file. A software developer and a poultry cutter are different numbers wherever they are filed, so this figure is not plotted against the field and no percentile is given for it: that comparison would rank occupation mix and call it pay. Wages by occupation are on the wages page.
Volume doesn’t change the wait
DOL works a single national queue, oldest first, whoever filed the case, so these 268 filings bought no priority: a company with four thousand waits exactly as long as one with three.
The name is a legal entity
DOL prints whatever went on the form, and here that name ranks 139. A group that files through several subsidiaries appears as several rows, and one that files everything through a parent appears once, so a rank is a rank among printed names rather than among companies.
A median over 248 decided cases
The queue is national and first in, first out, so this figure follows when the cases were filed as much as it follows the sponsor.
Two sources, and they do not add up
The filing counts come from DOL's disclosure files, where every row already carries a decision date, so nothing pending is in them. The queue figures come from a live per-case tracker with its own coverage and its own as-of date. Subtracting one from the other gives a number that means nothing. The worksite on most of these is CA. Where the queue stands overall is on the processing times page.

The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly

Employers and firms: Derived from DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load

Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 19, 2026 · daily

What each source includes

Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.

Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.

Per-case statuses: Every PERM case DOL indexes, pending included. No wage, law firm or worksite: DOL reveals those only when a case is published.

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