Cognizant salaries in St. Louis, MO

Based on 239 certified H-1B filings by Cognizant in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$101,504
Middle 50%$84.4k–$107.2k
vs. all employers here+4%comparison median $97,400
Filings239FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $66,186 and $144,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$79,789
25th$84,448
50th (median)$101,504
75th$107,162
90th$123,240

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $85k $110k FY2020: median $75,421 (564 filings) FY2021: median $90,189 (209 filings) FY2022: median $91,666 (183 filings) FY2023: median $94,224 (172 filings) FY2024: median $102,149 (184 filings) FY2025: median $102,149 (140 filings) FY2026: median $101,504 (99 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 564 filings FY20 FY2021: 209 filings FY21 FY2022: 183 filings FY22 FY2023: 172 filings FY23 FY2024: 184 filings FY24 FY2025: 140 filings FY25 FY2026: 99 filings FY26 564
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$75,421$75,421$90,834564
FY2021$90,189$75,026$90,189209
FY2022$91,666$76,606$92,165183
FY2023$94,224$85,644$103,189172
FY2024$102,149$83,678$103,064184
FY2025$102,149$82,763$112,881140
FY2026$101,504$91,447$101,50499

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Systems Engineer / Architect$102,149191
QA Engineer$69,53429
Database Administratortoo few6
Software Engineertoo few4
Data Engineertoo few3
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 St. Louis, MO.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $79,789 56
Senior · Level III $101,504 134
Expert · Level IV $123,240 49

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.