Cognizant salaries in San Diego, CA

Based on 24 certified H-1B filings by Cognizant in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$136,906
Middle 50%$120.8k–$148.9k
vs. all employers here+5%comparison median $131,000
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $108,971 and $188,253.
PercentileSalary
10th$110,774
25th$120,765
50th (median)$136,906
75th$148,928
90th$148,928

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $110k $150k FY2020: median $94,505 (58 filings) FY2021: median $78,416 (30 filings) FY2022: median $94,786 (22 filings) FY2023: median $107,203 (28 filings) FY2024: median $128,253 (11 filings) FY2025: median $136,906 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 58 filings FY20 FY2021: 30 filings FY21 FY2022: 22 filings FY22 FY2023: 28 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 58
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$94,505$82,867$100,04858
FY2021$78,416$77,012$98,46730
FY2022$94,786$76,544$94,78622
FY2023$107,203$89,378$113,99228
FY2024$128,253$111,280$136,55211
FY2025$136,906$128,487$137,43016
FY2026–––8

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Systems Engineer / Architect$136,90619
QA Engineertoo few3

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in San Diego, CA.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III $120,765 10
Expert · Level IV $142,917 14

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.