CAD Engineer H-1B salary at Intel — 152 certified filings (FY2016–FY2023)
- 8
- Filings · FY2023
- $99k
- Median base · FY2023
- $99k–$112k
- Middle 50% · FY2023
- +34%
- vs market median · all years
Intel filed 8 certified H-1B LCAs for CAD Engineer in FY2023 (down 20% from the year before), with a median base salary of $99k and the middle 50% of offers between $99k and $112k. Across all years its $99k median is 34% above the $74k market median for CAD Engineer. It has filed 152 CAD Engineer LCAs since FY2016, most often in Hillsboro, OR.
How much does Intel pay a CAD Engineer?
Certified base salary for CAD Engineer at Intel by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $99k median in FY2023. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
Does Intel pay CAD Engineers above the market?
Intel's all-years median against every employer's certified CAD Engineer LCAs — 34% above the market. Same cleaned DOL title, same base-salary definition, so the two rows compare like for like.
| Base salary for this title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Intel | 152 | $99k |
| All employers · CAD Engineer | 824 | $74k |
How has Intel's CAD Engineer hiring changed by year?
27 certified CAD Engineer filings in FY2016 → 8 in FY2023. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | −20% | $99k |
| FY2022 | 10 | −52% | $111k |
| FY2021 | 21 | +62% | $108k |
| FY2020 | 13 | −48% | $102k |
| FY2019 | 25 | +32% | $98k |
| FY2018 | 19 | −34% | $98k |
| FY2017 | 29 | +7% | $90k |
| FY2016 | 27 | — | $88k |
Which wage levels does Intel file for CAD Engineer?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 44% of Intel's CAD Engineer filings sit at Level III–IV. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.
Share of 84 CAD Engineer filings with a wage level · all years
- Level II56.0%47
- Level III40.5%34
- Level IV3.6%3
Where does Intel hire H-1B CAD Engineers?
Worksite states and cities on the certified filings for this title, all years, with the median base salary at each.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 80 | $102k |
| California | 50 | $98k |
| Texas | 20 | $92k |
| Arizona | 2 | $94k |
| City | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro, OR | 80 | $102k |
| Santa Clara, CA | 28 | $109k |
| Austin, TX | 18 | $92k |
| San Jose, CA | 12 | $96k |
| Folsom, CA | 10 | $87k |
| Chandler, AZ | 2 | $94k |
| Grand Prairie, TX | 1 | $99k |
| Irving, TX | 1 | $99k |
Also filed as
Intel's other sponsored titles, and the employers that file the most CAD Engineer LCAs. All years.
Other titles at Intel
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Component Design Engineer | 5,930 | $111k |
| Software Engineer | 5,159 | $118k |
| Process Engineer | 4,361 | $103k |
| Product Engineer | 1,051 | $102k |
| Graphics Hardware Engineer | 1,007 | $113k |
| System Validation Engineer | 768 | $104k |
| Packaging Engineer | 755 | $106k |
| Analog Engineer | 752 | $107k |
| Engineering Manager | 743 | $163k |
| Graphics Software Engineer | 496 | $119k |
Top CAD Engineer sponsors
| Employer | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Technosoft Engineering | 339 | $62k |
| Technosoft Services | 68 | $61k |
| Nvidia | 61 | $166k |
| Apple | 22 | $148k |
| Csm Software Usa | 18 | $70k |
| Analog Devices | 11 | $93k |
| Tata Technologies | 10 | $81k |
| Silicon Laboratories | 9 | $99k |
| Hinduja Tech | 9 | $70k |
Common questions about CAD Engineer H-1B pay at Intel
- How much does Intel pay a CAD Engineer on an H-1B?
- Intel's median certified H-1B base salary for CAD Engineer is $99k in FY2023, from 8 filings; the middle 50% of offers fall between $99k and $112k. Across all years the median is $99k.
- How many CAD Engineer H-1B LCAs has Intel filed?
- Intel has 152 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for CAD Engineer on record (FY2016–FY2023), 8 of them in FY2023. That is 1% of its 27,019 certified filings across all titles.
- Does Intel pay CAD Engineers above the market?
- Intel's all-years median of $99k is 34% above the $74k median for CAD Engineer across all H-1B employers (824 certified filings).
- Where does Intel hire H-1B CAD Engineers?
- Intel's CAD Engineer LCAs name worksites mostly in Oregon, California, Texas; the top cities are Hillsboro, OR, Santa Clara, CA, Austin, TX.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2023). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →