Cognizant salaries in College Station, TX

Based on 62 certified H-1B filings by Cognizant in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$87,818
Middle 50%$71.5k–$87.8k
vs. all employers here+2%comparison median $85,840
Filings62FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $66,581 and $113,828.
PercentileSalary
10th$66,720
25th$71,469
50th (median)$87,818
75th$87,818
90th$89,942

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $75k $100k FY2020: median $60,000 (41 filings) FY2021: median $76,170 (24 filings) FY2022: median $74,735 (30 filings) FY2023: median $65,374 (61 filings) FY2024: median $71,261 (153 filings) FY2025: median $87,818 (53 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 41 filings FY20 FY2021: 24 filings FY21 FY2022: 30 filings FY22 FY2023: 61 filings FY23 FY2024: 153 filings FY24 FY2025: 53 filings FY25 FY2026: 9 filings FY26 153
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$60,000$60,000$68,76541
FY2021$76,170$63,392$76,94524
FY2022$74,735$60,000$79,26930
FY2023$65,374$60,258$77,35561
FY2024$71,261$60,258$80,517153
FY2025$87,818$82,306$87,81853
FY2026–––9

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Systems Engineer / Architect$87,81841
QA Engineer$85,98710
Network Administratortoo few5
HR Specialisttoo few2
Information Security Analysttoo few2

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in College Station, TX.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $67,974 17
Senior · Level III $87,818 38
Expert · Level IV too few 7

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.