Cognizant Associate Scientist Salaries by Employees (Updated 2025)

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₹12.3 Lakhs - ₹15.8 Lakhs

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Associate Scientist salary at Cognizant ranges between ₹12.3 Lakhs to ₹15.8 Lakhs per year for employees with 8 years of experience. Salary estimates are based on 1 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.

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5.0

Rated by 1 employees for salary & benefits

Team Lead in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Project & Program Management Department

4.0

• posted on 18 Dec 2024

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Ample of learning opportunities if you are willing to take it. Good work life balance in general. Good culture. Leadership if open to hearing employees issues and support them as possible.

Skill development - Excellent

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Dislikes

Salary is lower compared to other firms.

Team Lead in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

Data Science & Analytics Department

2.0

• posted on 18 Nov 2024

1.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Nothing to like.. only thing is atleast you will get your salary on time

Dislikes

Everything… Salary, company culture , appraisal nothing is there… do not even provide relocation charges for company initiated relocations!!! One of the worst place to work

Salary - Bad

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Team Lead in Mumbai (working remotely)

Full Time

Quality Assurance Department

2.0

• posted on 08 Mar 2024

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

They give good package while joining

Dislikes

Their talent supply team is useless. When you are on bench, they won't contact you or try to place you in some project. It becomes completely your responsibility to search a project for yourself

Skill development - Bad

+3 more

Team Lead in Gurgaon / Gurugram

Full Time

Customer Success, Service & Operations Department

3.0

• posted on 18 Oct 2023

2.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Job security

Job security - Good

Dislikes

Salary & Benefits are poor, Not up to the expectations. No work life balance. 10 hrs working + min 1hrs to max 2hrs travelling for one side, i.e 14hrs approx gone only for company. 10hrs personal life :(

Salary - Poor

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Team Lead in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

BFSI, Investments & Trading Department

3.0

• posted on 07 Jun 2023

2.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

No work life balance and additional salary benefits. But there is job security since cognizant has many clients under its belt and they would place you somewhere you fit into.

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Work life balance Salary benefits Allowances Work environment 10 hours shift

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Hi everyone, I’m considering an opportunity at Cognizant and would love to hear from current and former employees. What’s the salary growth like compared to industry standards? Any insights on learning opportunities and career progression? A few details regarding my profile: YOE- 6 | Tech- Mainframe | CCTC - 11 | Offered - 17.7 Getting a project in Cognizant is also not an issue for me as I used to work there and now, I'm going back to the same project. Would really appreciate your thoughts and experiences. Thanks in advance! #Cognizant #CareerAdvice #JobChange #ITIndustry #WorkLifeBalance #SalaryGrowth

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Cognizant Associate Scientist salary in India ranges between ₹12.3 Lakhs to ₹15.8 Lakhs. This is an estimate based on latest salaries received from employees of Cognizant.

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