Cognizant salaries in New York, NY

Based on 1,725 certified H-1B filings by Cognizant in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$125,008
Middle 50%$103.4k–$130k
vs. all employers here−5%comparison median $131,997
Filings1,725FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $90,002 and $179,982.
PercentileSalary
10th$90,002
25th$103,418
50th (median)$125,008
75th$130,000
90th$158,974

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $110k $140k FY2020: median $92,435 (3,569 filings) FY2021: median $108,030 (1,610 filings) FY2022: median $114,483 (1,502 filings) FY2023: median $117,042 (1,634 filings) FY2024: median $103,730 (1,484 filings) FY2025: median $121,514 (1,131 filings) FY2026: median $126,818 (594 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 3,569 filings FY20 FY2021: 1,610 filings FY21 FY2022: 1,502 filings FY22 FY2023: 1,634 filings FY23 FY2024: 1,484 filings FY24 FY2025: 1,131 filings FY25 FY2026: 594 filings FY26 3,569
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$92,435$92,435$113,6723,569
FY2021$108,030$92,269$114,0671,610
FY2022$114,483$92,560$117,0421,502
FY2023$117,042$95,514$124,0301,634
FY2024$103,730$99,549$126,2101,484
FY2025$121,514$103,418$132,1651,131
FY2026$126,818$112,611$126,818594

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Systems Engineer / Architect$121,5141,275
QA Engineer$125,528229
Software Engineer$151,81950
Management Consultant$131,70648
Network Administrator$119,03837
Database Administrator$113,85923
Programmer Analyst$106,66220
Information Security Analyst$146,28613
Data Scientist$111,96610
Data Engineertoo few7
Sales Engineertoo few4
IT Managertoo few2
Project Managertoo few2
Job Analysis Specialisttoo few2
Technical Writertoo few2

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in New York, NY.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $94,682 492
Senior · Level III $125,528 872
Expert · Level IV $156,645 361

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.