Archive · 14 Aug 2025
Cognizant Announces Salary Hikes for 80% of Employees
Cognizant, a big tech company, is giving raises to many of its employees starting November 1, 2025.
About 80% of the employees who are eligible will get a salary increase.
How much the raise is will depend on how well they do their job.
The best employees in India will get the biggest raises.
Another IT company, TCS, is also giving raises to a lot of their workers in September.
Cognizant will give pay raises to around 80% of eligible employees.
The pay raises will be effective from November 1, 2025.
Increases will be given to employees up to the Senior Associate levels.
Top performers in India will receive high single-digit pay hikes.
TCS also announced a wage revision for 80% of its workforce, effective September 1, 2025.
- Who
- Cognizant employees and TCS employees.
- What
- Cognizant is rolling out salary increases for a significant portion of its workforce.
- When
- Effective November 1, 2025.
- Where
- N/A
- Why
- N/A
Company Announcements
Industry Trends
IT Sector Compensation
Company Announcements
Cognizant is awarding merit-based pay raises to most of its staff.
Industry Trends
TCS announced a wage revision for around 80% of its workforce.
- Company
- Cognizant
- Effective Date
- November 1, 2025
- Percentage of Employees
- Approximately 80%
- Impacted Levels
- Up to and including Senior Associate
- Pay Hike Amount
- Varies based on performance
Sources
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