COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP salaries

Median $109,900 across 20,187 filings for IT roles, Jul 2023 to Jun 2026.

Median

$109,900

Middle 50%

$94,300–$126,800

Filings

20,187

Median is 14% below the median for all IT roles ($128,000).
Most filings are wage Level III (51%).
Computer Occupations, All Other has the most filings (15,028), with a median of $110,200.

Salaries by role

Role	Filings	Median	25th–75th
Computer Occupations, All Other	15,028	$110,200	$96,000–$127,900
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	3,271	$100,600	$86,900–$112,000
Software Developers	773	$130,000	$113,900–$142,000
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	508	$101,400	$87,600–$111,800
Database Architects	193	$142,100	$132,100–$151,500
Database Administrators	180	$106,100	$93,200–$121,900
Information Security Analysts	133	$132,500	$116,200–$146,300
Data Scientists	68	$118,900	$109,500–$141,300
Computer Network Architects	20	$122,400	$113,900–$134,500
Computer Systems Analysts	13	$118,100	$86,700–$129,500

Metro	Filings	Median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	2,211	$109,900
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,990	$121,500
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,119	$107,600
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	1,011	$104,500
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	903	$102,000
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	581	$114,900
Raleigh-Cary, NC	565	$109,300
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	516	$103,900
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	458	$105,300
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	422	$139,600

Level II 27%

Level III 51%

Level IV 22%

Annual salary (USD)

State

Gross	$109,900
Federal income tax	$15,300
Social Security	$6,800
Medicare	$1,600
State income tax	$0
Health insurance (employee share)	$1,400
Take-home per year	$84,700
Take-home per month	$7,100

Tax year 2026, single filer.

Local taxes, 401(k), and filing status other than single are not included.

Tax rates checked against IRS, Tax Foundation, and other original sources on Oct 28, 2026.

This is an estimate. Actual taxes depend on your situation. Consult a tax professional before filing.

LCA filings are not hires.

Filed wages are offered base pay, not total compensation.

We did not independently verify the source files. Deduplication and filtering can cause differences from the original data.