Cognizant data engineer salary

Cognizant's data engineer postings in the US stated a median base salary of $117K. Its typical stated range was $97.5K to $132K, across 40 postings from the last year.

CognizantEvery data engineer posting in the US

Median: $117K
Typical stated range: $97.5K–$132K
Postings: 40

That is 24% below the median of 2,133 data engineer postings across the US ($155K).

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Base pay Cognizant stated in its own US job postings, first seen since November 2025, one posting per title, at the midpoint of each range. The typical range is the middle of the low ends and of the high ends it stated. These are pay ranges in job ads, not what anyone was paid. Updated November 4, 2026. How we count