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Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp is a company based in College Station, Tx that has hired a total of 85,005 H1B Visa Employees as of May 2023 across 53 locations, with the majority of hires in TX. It is rank #3 of the top-10 H1B Visa employers in the USA

The primary jobs hired include Computer Systems Analysts, Computer Systems Engineers/architects, and Management Analysts.

The average salary at Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp for the jobs listed above is $88,342.52.

This company has mostly hired people from the Computer Systems Design Services industry

The company has been hiring employees since at least 2018 , and the number of H1B employees has been decreasing over time, while the average salary has been rising over time.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp has an H1b Visa approval rate of 98.58% .

Rank #3 Employer


Employer Summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp
211 Quality Circle
College Station, TX

Total Applications

86,228

Average Wage

$88,316.88

Visa Status

85,005 Approved

1 Denied

1,222 Withdrawn

Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp Recent H-1B Visa Hires

Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp Top H-1B Visa Jobs

Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp has been in the H1B Visa program since 2018 where they hired 10,195 employees. They peaked in 2020 with 28,584 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 297 in 2023.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp has been in the H1B Visa program since 2018 where the average salary was $82,234. They peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $97,347, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp H-1B Visa Data Search


Job Title Visa ID Job Salary Job Year Case Status Normalized Worksite State
Compensation, Benefits, And Job Analysis Specialists I-200-22356-657245 $105,310.00 2023 Certified Nj
Management Analysts I-200-22356-657686 $145,392.00 2023 Certified Nj
Management Analysts I-200-22356-657693 $145,392.00 2023 Certified Nj
Compensation, Benefits, And Job Analysis Specialists I-200-22356-657224 $105,310.00 2023 Certified Nj
Management Analysts I-200-22355-654629 $101,795.00 2023 Certified - Withdrawn Mn
Management Analysts I-200-22355-655173 $104,021.00 2023 Certified - Withdrawn Ct
Management Analysts I-200-22355-654623 $130,000.00 2023 Certified - Withdrawn Ct
Management Analysts I-200-22349-642993 $91,957.00 2023 Certified Ca
Management Analysts I-200-22349-642950 $81,994.00 2023 Certified Nc
Graphic Designers I-200-22343-630950 $68,058.00 2023 Certified Ca

Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp Additional Information

Cognizant Technology Solutions is a multinational IT corporation that provides consultation in the realm of digital and technological operations. For the past twelve years, Cognizant Technology Solutions has ranked among Fortune’s Top 500 Most Admired Companies. Cognizant is split between three subsidiaries; Business, Operations, and Systems/Technology. The Business end of Cognizant takes a look at clients business models, products, and past customer experiences in order to develop new and better approaches. This is done via AI that learns to compile data and detect bank fraud.

Cognizant’s Operations division reimagines and creates new digital processes based on a client’s previous strategies in order to “close the gap” between customers, suppliers and partners. This is done via software robots to process every claim in an effort to grow businesses without adding more onto the front of manual labor. Finally, Cognizant’s Systems and Technology division helps clients by updating their digital infrastructure to make it more modern and efficient. Over the years, Cognizant has developed strong partnerships with such recognizable companies and corporations such as Adobe, Cisco, CyberArk, Dell Technologies, Google Cloud, and Microsoft. Currently, the Cognizant Technology Solutions Board of Members include the likes of Zein Abdalla (Former President of PepsiCo), Maureen Breakiron-Evans (Former CFO of Towers Perrin), and John M. Dineen (Former President and CEO of GE Healthcare).

As of 2019, Cognizant Technology Solutions employee number has reached 292,500, with 44,307 of those employees coming off of Cognizant’s H1B program over the past fiscal year. Cognizant offers the opportunity to pursue careers in consulting, IT infrastructure, and sales/marketing, whether they are interning college students to foreign workers seeking executive positions within the company. The highest salaried jobs in Cognizant for H1B workers include Senior Manager JC45-Management Analyst, Associate Director JC40, Manager JC50-Software Dev Applications, with total yearly salaries ranging from $113,000 to $133,000.

Senior Management Analysts are seen as being responsible for the development and delivery processes of technological solutions. This job combines the duties of project managers, reporting, and business analysis. Such responsibilities include imagining the scope of a project and reworking it if need be. Other duties include gathering the necessary resources for the workshop, turning the data into insightful strategies, and utilizing WFM (Work Management) software to optimize working schedules. To get to the Senior Management Analyst position in Cognizant, workers are required to have a Bachelor’s degree in business, 5 to 7 years of field management experience, and familiarity with Microsoft Office. More personal skills Cognizant wants from future Senior Management Analysts is for them to have good communication skills and adaptability. As for what the JC45 is, it is one of many technology lines developed by JEDEC that include products like DRAM modules, cards, and socket interfaces.

Associate Directors are often responsible for supervision and training of staff. Associate directors mainly have to maintain software databases, dispersing technical advice, and evaluating the development and design of projects. Required education for Associate Directors is to have a Master’s degree within the chosen field, whether concerning business or information technologies. Managers of Software Dev Applications would lead the software development teams on whatever project Cognizant is launching. In this case it would be the creation of applications for software that run on JC50 technologies. Other duties would most likely include participating in the overall design and the hiring and managing of staff on the team. Like most tech jobs, a Bachelor’s degree in computer science is required and employers for this position will often ask if applicants have experience in Java or Unix.

Cognizant is a technology solutions company and would naturally seek to develop new innovative technologies to improve the livelihoods of their customers. This is why Associate Directors pool in together the proper workers and resources for the development of a desired product. Cognizant works closely with JEDEC, mostly in working with their products to realize Cognizant’s network goals.

Cognizant also has developments on the digital front. The company is well known for producing software platforms alongside what physical technological products they develop with JEDEC. However, their platforms are not only utilized for flourishing businesses, insurance firms and banking, but their platforms and products are also used in the realms of healthcare, manufacturing, and travel.

Over the years, Cognizant Technology Solutions has faced a multitude of controversies involving H1B workers. Back in 2009, Cognizant ended up paying over $509,000 after an investigation was made by the U.S. Department of Labor, stating that the company failed to pay proper wages to H1B tech workers as well as “failed to offer all H-1B workers equal benefits or eligibility for equal benefits, and failed to maintain required records”. Later in 2011, eighteen IT workers in California filed a lawsuit against Cognizant Technology Solutions, proclaiming that the company replaced them with H1B workers from India, violating the state's anti-discrimination laws.

The lawsuit stated that non-Indian workers were barred from major decision-making processes “for the purpose of putting them at a disadvantage to the employees of Indian descent. An accompanying charge also stated that the IT management team primarily focused on Indian nationals, going so far as to “actively discourage(d) U.S. workers from celebrating U.S. holidays and traditions, such as Christmas, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, by assigning mandatory work that, in order to be timely completely, required work during holidays traditionally celebrated in America”. In response to the lawsuit, Cognizant stated that their “view that this lawsuit is without merit, and we will vigorously contest it and pursue all legal remedies that may be available to us.“