Tata Consultancy Services

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 10,673 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services
  • Headquarters: Mumbai
  • Founded 1968
  • 600,000 employees
  • National Stock Exchange of India: TCS
Median base salary$87,589−29% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$80.3k–$98.3k
Level II (mid-level) share87%all employers: 42%
Median prevailing wage$86,798the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Tata Consultancy Services hires mid-level. 87% of its filings are Level II, 2.1 times the share across all H-1B employers (42%).
  • Most filed: Systems Engineer / Architect. 47% of its filings. After that come Programmer Analyst and Systems Analyst.
  • Often files at the prevailing wage. 94% of filings are at exactly the prevailing wage, which at Tata Consultancy Services's jobs and locations has a median of $86,798.
  • 7th among the largest filers in its industry. Tata Consultancy Services's median ($87,589) is below Cognizant and Infosys.

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10th $73.5k25th $80.3kmedian $87.6k75th $98.3k90th $115.9k

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Percentiles from Tata Consultancy Services's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

What Tata Consultancy Services hires for

Systems Engineer / Architect4,967 filings · 47%$86,445 Programmer Analyst1,831 filings · 17%$83,866 Systems Analyst1,282 filings · 12%$90,667 QA Engineer642 filings · 6%$86,923 UX Designer569 filings · 5%$72,925 Network Administrator494 filings · 5%$86,965 Software Engineer481 filings · 5%$114,754 Database Administrator201 filings · 2%$89,336

Bar: share of Tata Consultancy Services's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 99% of filings (19 occupations in total).

Show all 14 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Systems Engineer / Architect$86,4454,967
Programmer Analyst$83,8661,831
Systems Analyst$90,6671,282
QA Engineer$86,923642
UX Designer$72,925569
Network Administrator$86,965494
Software Engineer$114,754481
Database Administrator$89,336201
Mechanical Engineer$89,08660
Data Scientist$92,04040
Data Engineer$111,48833
Industrial Engineer$88,65032
Information Security Analyst$98,17619
Management Consultant$95,30615

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Tata Consultancy Services.

Pay by level

–Level I
Entry-level · 0% of filings
$85.5kLevel II
Mid-level · 87% of filings
$105.6kLevel III
Senior · 11% of filings
$123.8kLevel IV
Expert · 2% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $85,530 9,293
Senior · Level III $105,602 1,151
Expert · Level IV $123,843 229

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Tata Consultancy Services vs. industry peers

Google logoGoogle$186,000 Capgemini America logoCapgemini America$130,000 HCLTech logoHCLTech$112,923 Compunnel Software Group$110,000 Cognizant logoCognizant$109,886 Infosys logoInfosys$92,581 Tata Consultancy Services logoTata Consultancy Services$87,589

Median base salary, all jobs, FY2025–FY2026. Largest H-1B filers with the same industry code (NAICS 5415).

Where Tata Consultancy Services files

Dallas, TX$85,5301,342 filings · rent 1BR $1,536 · no state income tax New York, NY$94,682878 filings · rent 1BR $2,729 Atlanta, GA$86,445703 filings · rent 1BR $1,619 Chicago, IL$88,150568 filings · rent 1BR $1,780 Austin, TX$90,605435 filings · rent 1BR $1,530 · no state income tax Philadelphia, PA$91,270366 filings · rent 1BR $1,558

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

Show all 64 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
Dallas, TX$85,5301,342
New York, NY$94,682878
Atlanta, GA$86,445703
Chicago, IL$88,150568
Austin, TX$90,605435
Philadelphia, PA$91,270366
Charlotte, NC$86,798333
Cincinnati, OH$82,971329
San Antonio, TX$84,157304
Raleigh, NC$91,042303
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY$72,987287
San Jose, CA$130,853282
Phoenix, AZ$84,032271
Seattle, WA$108,098257
Los Angeles, CA$86,403253
Minneapolis, MN$82,118248
Tampa, FL$79,435236
Columbus, OH$82,243226
Detroit, MI$83,242202
Indianapolis, IN$82,618193
Pittsburgh, PA$80,350167
San Francisco, CA$107,203151
Boston, MA$96,616142
Washington, DC$94,370137
Cleveland, OH$77,022135
Houston, TX$85,634114
Trenton, NJ$89,523110
Jacksonville, FL$80,01895
Miami, FL$84,46989
Denver, CO$102,27483
Hartford, CT$91,39569
St. Louis, MO$82,76363
Milwaukee, WI$69,45161
Nashville, TN$75,50461
Providence, RI$85,59256
Bridgeport, CT$96,76253
Richmond, VA$81,76552
Bloomington, IL$77,70948
Albany, NY$77,02242
Portland, OR$90,25140
Erie, PA$69,36338
Durham, NC$88,35835
San Diego, CA$92,62235
Fayetteville, AR$76,48233
Baltimore, MD$93,53832
Lynchburg, VA$75,96232
Grand Rapids, MI$74,25628
Columbus, IN$76,93927
Kansas, MO$83,05427
Jefferson, MO$69,46324
Memphis, TN$64,70023
Kalamazoo, MI$70,91822
Warsaw, IN$74,81822
Des Moines, IA$80,53821
Oxnard, CA$86,59019
Toledo, OH$75,87817
Allentown, PA$94,53615
Greenville, SC$77,73015
Columbus, GA$74,92213
Fort Collins, CO$88,31713
Rochester, NY$72,77913
Omaha, NE$76,54412
Salt Lake, UT$80,14211
Cape Coral, FL$69,95010

Salary details

Median salary$87,589
Middle 50%$80.3k–$98.3k
vs. all employers−29%comparison median $122,699
Filings10,673FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $63,584 and $145,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$73,466
25th$80,288
50th (median)$87,589
75th$98,301
90th$115,856

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2020: median $73,237 (11,929 filings) FY2021: median $74,027 (9,788 filings) FY2022: median $76,981 (11,117 filings) FY2023: median $78,915 (8,490 filings) FY2024: median $83,616 (9,605 filings) FY2025: median $85,634 (7,793 filings) FY2026: median $92,394 (2,880 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11,929 filings FY20 FY2021: 9,788 filings FY21 FY2022: 11,117 filings FY22 FY2023: 8,490 filings FY23 FY2024: 9,605 filings FY24 FY2025: 7,793 filings FY25 FY2026: 2,880 filings FY26 11,929
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$73,237$66,768$77,77111,929
FY2021$74,027$67,766$84,1989,788
FY2022$76,981$70,221$105,00011,117
FY2023$78,915$72,426$103,8238,490
FY2024$83,616$75,858$99,0009,605
FY2025$85,634$80,246$95,4727,793
FY2026$92,394$82,285$105,1022,880

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$87,589
Median prevailing wage$86,798
Median difference0.0%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage94%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

Job titles at Tata Consultancy Services

Job titleMedianMiddle 50%Filings
Architect$86,445$81k–$94.7k4,191
Developer$83,866$77.4k–$95.8k1,832
Analyst$90,667$82.6k–$99.6k976
Technical Lead$86,403$80.4k–$91.9k691
Analyst Testing$86,923$81.8k–$102.1k636
User Interface Designer$72,925$71.1k–$80.3k569
Software Developer$114,754$106.7k–$127.9k474
System Administrator$88,317$83.2k–$99k325
Database Administrator$89,336$83.2k–$97.3k201
Functional Consultant$97,407$88k–$117.8k198
Network Administrator$86,965$82.7k–$98.4k158
Designer$89,710$83.4k–$100.5k102
Project Lead$107,141$92.6k–$119.5k45
Design Engineer$89,086$87.4k–$97.2k42
Business Analyst$92,040$85.5k–$96.1k40
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Job titleMedianMiddle 50%Filings
Engineering Analyst$90,241$83.2k–$102.4k38
Data Warehouse Specialist$111,488$90.3k–$122.9k33
Validation Engineer$88,650$86k–$117.6k26
Analyst Information Security$98,176$91.6k–$107.3k19
Value Consultant$95,306$81k–$114.6k15
Analysis Engineer$89,419$87.6k–$92.2k11

Job titles as written on the filings, with at least 10 filings. Middle 50%: 25th–75th percentile.

About Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services's filings list its industry as Computer Systems Design and Related Services (Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector, NAICS 5415). Its main U.S. filing address is in Rockville, MD and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Systems Engineer / Architect, Programmer Analyst and Systems Analyst and the main metro areas are Dallas, TX, New York, NY and Atlanta, GA. The most common wage level in those years is Level II (mid-level).

Founded
1968
Headquarters
Mumbai
Employees
600,000
Website
tcs.com
Stock
National Stock Exchange of India: TCS

Company facts on this page: Wikidata. Salary data: U.S. Department of Labor.

Questions

Does Tata Consultancy Services sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Tata Consultancy Services filed 10,673 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Tata Consultancy Services pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Tata Consultancy Services's H-1B filings is $87,589; half of filings fall between $80,288 and $98,301. Bonus and stock are not included.