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Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp
OSHA: no recordInjuries: no recordLabor: 4 casesImmigration: 16918 LCAContracts: not listed
Across the sources on this site, Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp (College Station, Texas) appears in 4 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases and 16,918 labor condition applications.
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 4 compliance actions involving Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp, recording $69,508 in back wages agreed to pay for 26 employees, under the H-1B provisions.
It filed 16,918 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 17,093 worker positions. The median offered wage is $109,886 a year against a median prevailing wage of $110,146, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($114,808). The most common prevailing wage level is Level III (50% of filings).
Is this the same company? The sources spell the name differently and were matched by normalised name and state: WHD: Cognizant Technology Solutions; OFLC LCA: Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. Subsidiaries, franchisees and entities in other states have separate records. Matching methodology.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 23 Sep 2026.
No OSHA inspection of this employer in Texas appears in the enforcement data since 2016. Inspections are recorded at the establishment; sites in other states are listed under those states.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
No Form 300A summary for this employer in Texas is in the Injury Tracking Application data for 2023, 2024, 2025. Only establishments in covered industries with 20 or more employees (100 or more in some industries) must submit.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 541 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $17K | $27K | $12K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 6.5 | — | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $2,673 | — | $941 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B provisions | 27 | $69,508 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2023 – 1 Aug 2023 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 15 Dec 2015 – 15 Sep 2017 | 24 | $63,720 | 24 | — | H-1B provisions | Concluded |
| 15 Jan 2015 – 31 Dec 2015 | 1 | $1,692 | 1 | — | H-1B provisions | Concluded |
| 1 Oct 2013 – 30 Nov 2015 | 2 | $4,096 | 1 | — | H-1B provisions | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1987842, 1832953, 1788231, 1771438.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 0%Level II 29%Level III 50%Level IV 21%Not stated 0%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1299 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $109,886 | $114,808 | $105,997 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $92,602–$128,419 | $92,000–$146,754 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 29% | 48% | 63% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Computer Occupations, All Other, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 5993 | $109,886 |
| Senior Associate JC60 -Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 3019 | $87,474 |
| Senior Manager JC45 - Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 1920 | $130,562 |
| Mgr. JC50 - Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 1283 | $106,517 |
| SA JC60 - Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 1184 | $84,615 |
| Sr. Mgr. JC45 - Information Technology Project Managers | 558 | $139,610 |
| Manager JC50 - Software Developers | 294 | $131,435 |
| Manager JC50 - Information Technology Project Managers | 271 | $112,965 |
| Sr Mgr JC45-Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 210 | $123,084 |
| Manager JC50 - Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 196 | $103,002 |
| Senior Associate JC60 - Software Developers | 195 | $109,283 |
| AD JC40 - Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 185 | $144,310 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 12147 | $114,808 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 2695 | $104,728 |
| Software Developers | 582 | $138,494 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 406 | $97,948 |
| Management Analysts | 224 | $124,000 |
| Computer Programmers | 180 | $93,179 |
| Database Architects | 176 | $139,725 |
| Database Administrators | 153 | $112,690 |
Worksite states
Texas 3031 · New Jersey 1736 · North Carolina 1480 · California 1150 · Illinois 1134 · Connecticut 1039 · Georgia 883 · Ohio 740
Visa classes: H-1B 16883, E-3 Australian 33, H-1B1 Singapore 2. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Texas); worksites may be elsewhere.
No PERM application from this employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 30 Sep 2026.
Not among the top 3,903 federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending for the latest twelve months. Smaller awards can be searched on USAspending.gov.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp?
No OSHA inspection of Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp in Texas appears in the enforcement data since 2016.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
No OSHA record, so no penalties to report.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $69,508 in back wages agreed to pay across 4 cases, for 26 employees.
Does Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 16,918 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 16866 were certified. The median offered wage is $109,886 a year; the most common job title is Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/Architects.
Does Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp sponsor green cards (PERM)?
No PERM application from the employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
Does Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp hold federal contracts?
It is not among the top federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending; smaller awards are not covered on this site.
Have there been union elections at Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
Records are matched by normalised name and state; the sources spell the name differently (WHD: Cognizant Technology Solutions; OFLC LCA: Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp). Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 23 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 30 Sep 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 30 Sep 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.