Cognizant Payroll Administrator Salaries by 3 Employees (Updated 2025)

5 - 8 years exp.

₹6.6 Lakhs - ₹8.8 Lakhs

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Salary of majority employees

51% more than the average Payroll Administrator Salary in IT Services & Consulting Companies for 5 - 8 years of experience

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Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024

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Payroll Administrator salary at Cognizant ranges between ₹6.6 Lakhs to ₹8.8 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 5 years to 8 years. Salary estimates are based on 3 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.

Experience wise Cognizant Payroll Administrator salaries

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024

Experience	Avg Annual Salary
5 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹5.9 L/yr - ₹7.6 L/yr
7 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹7.9 L/yr - ₹10.1 L/yr
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8 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹7.7 L/yr - ₹9.8 L/yr

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Senior Associate in Noida

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4.0

• posted on 10 Jan 2025

3.0

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Cognizant has strong capebilities in delivering technology services with a robust support. People are satisfied working here but since past couple of years company has not given ample opportunitiesto employees in terms of growth and compensastion

Work satisfaction - Good

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Not good approasal No timely appraisal No promotion policies No standard salary parameters as per exp No benchmarking for compensastion

Senior Associate in Kolkata

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3.0

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4.0

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If you swith to Cognizant, they will provide good salary compared to other service based company. They also push their associate for skill development with regular certification drive.

Salary - Good

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The appraisal system dropped drastically in couple of years. Very minimum salary hike with high ratings.

Promotions - Poor

Team Lead in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Project & Program Management Department

4.0

• posted on 18 Dec 2024

3.0

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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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Senior Associate in Kolkata

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

4.0

• posted on 28 Nov 2024

2.0

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Stability is good. Though in the ongoing global recession, many of my co-workers had to leave projects because of project ramp down and did not get any other projects. Instead of recruiting employees from bench in other projects they are hiring more from people outside.

Skill development - Good

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Cognizant Payroll Administrator salary in India ranges between ₹6.6 Lakhs to ₹8.8 Lakhs with an average annual salary of ₹. Salary estimates are based on 3 Cognizant latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.