ANSYS H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Engineering software · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Canonsburg, PA HQ🌐 ansys.com
Does ANSYS sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. ANSYS has filed 1,198 H-1B LCAs and 188 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 ANSYS filed 238 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $121,140, about 1% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 50 green-card cases were decided.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 112 | $120k |
| FY2025 | 126 | $122k |
| FY2024 | 115 | $113k |
| FY2023 | 111 | $116k |
| FY2022 | 145 | $107k |
| FY2021 | 100 | $97k |
| FY2020 | 129 | $99k |
| FY2019 | 135 | $95k |
| FY2018 | 128 | $88k |
| FY2017 | 97 | $82k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 20 | $125k |
| FY2025 | 30 | $130k |
| FY2024 | 33 | $107k |
| FY2023 | 17 | $114k |
| FY2022 | 14 | $106k |
| FY2021 | 9 | $106k |
| FY2020 | 13 | $121k |
| FY2019 | 20 | $130k |
| FY2018 | 23 | $107k |
| FY2017 | 9 | $107k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 203
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 86
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing139
Pay against the local market
ANSYS’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 94% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | ANSYS pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Pittsburgh, PA | 252 | $97,060 | $104,021 | 93% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 67 | $113,229 | $121,955 | 93% |
| Electronics Engineers | San Jose, CA | 56 | $127,082 | $144,837 | 88% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Pittsburgh, PA | 52 | $83,976 | $94,011 | 89% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 49 | $133,279 | $165,763 | 80% |
| Electrical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 33 | $125,321 | $159,529 | 79% |
| Mechanical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 20 | $132,807 | $135,026 | 98% |
| Software Developers | Chicago, IL | 20 | $92,540 | $118,004 | 78% |
| Electrical Engineers | Austin, TX | 17 | $108,336 | $118,270 | 92% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Austin, TX | 16 | $119,143 | $105,622 | 113% |
About ANSYS
ANSYS is an engineering software company based in Canonsburg, PA. It was founded in 1970 and has about 4,800 employees worldwide. It was formerly listed on Nasdaq as ANSS.
- Name (DOL filings)
- ANSYS
- Formerly listed
- Nasdaq: ANSS
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 2600 Ansys Drive, Southpointe, Canonsburg, PA 15317
- Industry
- Engineering software
- Employees (US, est)
- 2,487 (2024)
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5B +12% from $2.3B
- Net income FY2024
- $576M +15% from $500M
- R&D FY2024
- $528M (21% of revenue)
