What Cognizant Technology Solutions certifies it pays.
Base-pay bands from 5,774 wage filings Cognizant Technology Solutions certified to the U.S. Department of Labor in fiscal 2026 (October 2025 through June 2026) — 54,480 across every year on record. Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.
Most-filed role: Information Technology Project Managers, $95K–$127K base, median $114K (4,160 filings).
Related record: Cognizant Technology Solutions’s full H-1B sponsor file
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Information Technology Project Managers at Cognizant Technology Solutions
4,160 filingsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers at Cognizant Technology Solutions
939 filingsSoftware Developers at Cognizant Technology Solutions
173 filingsNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators at Cognizant Technology Solutions
127 filingsManagement Analysts at Cognizant Technology Solutions
74 filingsDatabase Architects at Cognizant Technology Solutions
73 filingsDatabase Administrators at Cognizant Technology Solutions
68 filingsInformation Security Analysts at Cognizant Technology Solutions
37 filingsMedian by state
| TX | 992 filings | $118K |
| NJ | 594 filings | $127K |
| NC | 498 filings | $114K |
| CA | 415 filings | $138K |
| IL | 397 filings | $108K |
| CT | 359 filings | $104K |
| GA | 343 filings | $109K |
| OH | 236 filings | $97K |
Median by seniority level
| Level II · Qualified | 1,647 filings | $90K |
| Level III · Experienced | 2,927 filings | $114K |
| Level IV · Fully competent | 1,200 filings | $141K |
OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.
H-1B sponsorship profile
Cognizant Technology Solutions certifies 54,480 H-1B / E-3 wage filings through FY2026 — filing volume cooling. Below, how those offers compare to the legal prevailing-wage floor each role must clear.
Median offer sits essentially at the required minimum.
The rest are set exactly at the prevailing wage — legal, and common among high-volume filers.
vs. $100K prevailing-wage floor.
Seniority mix (OES wage level)
Filing volume by fiscal year
Filed across 2 legal entities under this brand — largest: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP (54,475).
Every H-1B role carries a legally required prevailing-wage floor (the OES rate for that occupation, area, and level). The offered wage on the certified filing must meet or exceed it — so “% above floor” distinguishes employers who genuinely pay a premium from those who file at the minimum. Certified DOL disclosure data, offered base wage only; reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.
Green-card sponsorship record
Cognizant Technology Solutions has 26,559 certified permanent-residency (PERM) applications on the federal record through FY2024 — filing volume rising. The question this answers: does this employer put workers on the path to a green card, or only on visas?
All fiscal years on record · applications, not people
Of 27,431 decided applications (certified + denied)
Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (26,559 vs 54,480) — filings and applications, not headcount
Source: DOL OFLC PERM (Form ETA-9089) disclosure data, decision-basis by federal fiscal year; the current fiscal year is partial by construction. PERM has no prevailing-wage field — this card reads sponsorship posture, not pay.
What this data is — and isn't
These bands come from certified H-1B Labor Condition Application disclosures — the base salary employers commit to on the record. They exclude equity, bonus, and benefits, and they cover only roles companies sponsor, which skews technical. Read them as a conservative, citable floor on what Cognizant Technology Solutions pays — not total compensation. Our sources.
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