What Cognizant Technology Solutions certifies it pays.
Base-pay bands from 50,090 certified Department of Labor wage filings across every fiscal year on record, through FY2026. (The /pay index card counts FY2026 alone.) Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.
Related record: Cognizant Technology Solutions’s full H-1B sponsor file
Base-salary bands by role
Information Technology Project Managers
21,851 filingsComputer Systems Analysts
9,638 filingsComputer Systems Analysts
7,521 filingsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
4,073 filingsSoftware Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers
2,259 filingsSoftware Developers
1,075 filingsNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators
887 filingsManagement Analysts
873 filingsMedian by state
| TX | 9,144 filings | $101K |
| NJ | 5,490 filings | $114K |
| NC | 4,058 filings | $101K |
| CA | 3,647 filings | $116K |
| IL | 3,187 filings | $94K |
| CT | 3,122 filings | $97K |
| GA | 2,144 filings | $101K |
| OH | 1,912 filings | $96K |
Median by seniority level
| Level II · Qualified | 16,872 filings | $83K |
| Level III · Experienced | 25,066 filings | $104K |
| Level IV · Fully competent | 8,146 filings | $127K |
OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.
H-1B sponsorship profile
Cognizant Technology Solutions certifies 50,090 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. $99K 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 (50,085).
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 50,090) — 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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