Employer profile
Cognizant Technology Solutions US
129,201 certified H-1B filings across 9 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
11,066
FY2025 median
$110k
Top role
Manager
48,762 filings · all-time
Top state
TX
16,460 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Cognizant Technology Solutions US pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Cognizant Technology Solutions US hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 1,383▼ 88% | $115k |
| FY2025 | 11,066▼ 1% | $110k |
| FY2024 | 11,214▼ 13% | $100k |
| FY2023 | 12,870▼ 4% | $101k |
| FY2022 | 13,392▲ 8% | $95k |
| FY2021 | 12,433▼ 56% | $91k |
| FY2020 | 28,549▲ 2% | $87k |
| FY2019 | 28,105▲ 176% | $83k |
| FY2018 | 10,189— | $80k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
8671%
Lvl I
2,0982%
Lvl II
61,54348%
Lvl III
50,18139%
Lvl IV
14,51211%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Manager | 48,762 | $99k |
| Senior Systems Analyst | 37,948 | $80k |
| Senior Associate | 12,663 | $79k |
| Senior Manager | 11,012 | $118k |
| System Analyst | 7,995 | $79k |
| Sa | 2,353 | $85k |
| Systems Analyst | 1,835 | $63k |
| Mgr. | 1,695 | $106k |
| Associate Director | 1,481 | $115k |
| Associate Ii | 1,020 | $80k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 16,460 | $94k |
| NJ | 14,028 | $101k |
| CA | 11,720 | $102k |
| NC | 9,860 | $92k |
| IL | 8,966 | $88k |
| CT | 8,155 | $89k |
| GA | 5,356 | $90k |
| PA | 4,777 | $88k |
| OH | 4,634 | $84k |
| AZ | 4,455 | $86k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Cognizant Technology Solutions US pay H-1B workers?
- Cognizant Technology Solutions US's median certified H-1B base salary is $110k (FY2025), from 11,066 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Cognizant Technology Solutions US sponsor?
- Cognizant Technology Solutions US has 129,201 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2018–FY2026).
- What jobs does Cognizant Technology Solutions US sponsor for H-1B?
- Cognizant Technology Solutions US's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Manager, Senior Systems Analyst, Senior Associate, Senior Manager.
- Where does Cognizant Technology Solutions US hire H-1B workers?
- Cognizant Technology Solutions US's top H-1B worksite states are TX, NJ, CA, NC.
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