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Cognizant Payroll Specialist salaries in India (Updated 2025)

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1 - 7 years exp.
₹2.4 Lakhs - ₹8 Lakhs
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22% less than the average Payroll Specialist Salary in IT Services & Consulting Companies for 1 - 7 years of experience

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Finance & Accounting
Payroll Specialist Salary
1 - 5 years exp. (15 salaries)
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₹2.4 L/yr - ₹5.9 L/yr

Customer Success, Service & Operations
Payroll Specialist Salary
1 - 7 years exp. (7 salaries)
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₹2.5 L/yr - ₹7.4 L/yr

Human Resources
Payroll Specialist Salary
1 - 7 years exp. (7 salaries)
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₹2.5 L/yr - ₹6.2 L/yr

BFSI, Investments & Trading
Payroll Specialist Salary
2 - 5 years exp. (4 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹6 L/yr

Data Science & Analytics
Payroll Specialist Salary
1 - 2 years exp. (3 salaries)
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₹2.5 L/yr - ₹6.4 L/yr

Last Updated: 8 Mar 2025

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₹4.7 L/yr - ₹6.6 L/yr

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₹4.2 L/yr - ₹6.5 L/yr

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3 - 8 years exp. (6 salaries)

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₹6 L/yr - ₹6.8 L/yr

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6 - 12 years exp. (6 salaries)

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₹6.7 L/yr - ₹13.5 L/yr

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₹4.5 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr

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Atos Payroll Specialist Salary

0 - 8 years exp. (5 salaries)

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₹5.7 L/yr - ₹6 L/yr

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NTT DATA, Inc. Payroll Specialist Salary

2 - 11 years exp. (5 salaries)

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₹10 L/yr - ₹17.2 L/yr

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DXC Technology Payroll Specialist Salary

3 - 7 years exp. (4 salaries)

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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹5 L/yr

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5 - 6 years exp. (4 salaries)

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₹3.5 L/yr - ₹7.3 L/yr

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₹3.9 L/yr - ₹6.5 L/yr

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Payroll Specialist salary at Cognizant ranges between ₹2.4 Lakhs to ₹8 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 1 year to 7 years. Salary estimates are based on 43 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.

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Experience wise Cognizant Payroll Specialist salaries

Last Updated: 8 Mar 2025

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1 year  (10 salaries)

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₹2.4 L/yr - ₹3 L/yr
2 years  (13 salaries)

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₹2.5 L/yr - ₹3.8 L/yr
3 years  (4 salaries)

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₹3 L/yr - ₹4 L/yr
4 years  (7 salaries)

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₹3 L/yr - ₹6 L/yr
5 years  (3 salaries)

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₹2 L/yr - ₹6 L/yr
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3.8

Rated by 5 employees for salary & benefits

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Customer Success, Service & Operations Department

3.0
  •  posted on 13 Feb 2025

3.0
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The company is known for its emphasis on continuous learning and development, offering employees plenty of opportunities to grow and advance in their careers. Additionally, Cognizant is involved in various innovative projects across different industries, which can be exciting and rewarding for those who enjoy tackling complex challenges and contributing to transformative solutions.

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Dislikes

The work-life balance could be better, Salary growth and increments could be substantial, Promotion that is not always on merit list, Senior Management communication and support from leadership should be better.

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  • Skill development - Poor
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Finance & Accounting Department

3.0
  •  posted on 03 Feb 2025

1.0
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Likes

Nothing to say much

  • Work satisfaction - Good
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Dislikes

Management and promotions are based on favaourism and very poor in salary hike and mainly without discussion with employees management gives us performance rating and apart from work there is no other activity today like no outings team lunch and other fun activities

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  • Salary - Bad
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IT & Information Security Department

3.0
  •  posted on 26 Jan 2025

4.0
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Likes

Cognizant have lot of job opportunities and provide nice pay according to market standards. People working in cognizant can switch to other technology and work on it.

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  • Salary - Good
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Dislikes

Hikes are very less when compare to other companies. Due to internal politics talented people efforts are recognised.

  • Skill development - Poor
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Procurement & Supply Chain Department

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

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  • 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

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0
  •  posted on 10 Jan 2025

4.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

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.

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  • Salary - Good
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Dislikes

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

  • Promotions - Poor
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Cognizant Payroll Specialist Salary FAQs

What is the salary of Payroll Specialist at Cognizant?
Payroll Specialist salary at Cognizant in India ranges between ₹2.4 Lakhs to ₹8.0 Lakhs for experience between 1 years to 7 years. According to our estimates it is 22% less than the average Payroll Specialist Salary in India. Salary estimates are based on 43 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant India.
How does the salary of a Payroll Specialist at Cognizant India compare with the average salary range for this job?
The average salary of a Payroll Specialist at Cognizant is 22% less than the average salary of a Payroll Specialist in India. To know exact salary insights, login to view.
Which similar companies are paying more than Cognizant to a Payroll Specialist in India?
  • NTT DATA, Inc. Payroll Specialist Salary - ₹10.0 Lakhs to ₹17.2 Lakhs per year
  • LTIMindtree Payroll Specialist Salary - ₹6.7 Lakhs to ₹13.5 Lakhs per year
  • Koch Business Solutions Payroll Specialist Salary - ₹4.5 Lakhs to ₹10.0 Lakhs per year
  • Accenture Payroll Specialist Salary - ₹3.2 Lakhs to ₹10.5 Lakhs per year
  • IBM Payroll Specialist Salary - ₹6.0 Lakhs to ₹6.8 Lakhs per year
What is the salary of a Payroll Specialist in companies similar to Cognizant in India?
  • Tech Mahindra Payroll Specialist Salary - ₹4.7 Lakhs to ₹6.6 Lakhs per year
  • Atos Payroll Specialist Salary - ₹5.7 Lakhs to ₹6.0 Lakhs per year
  • Dell EMC Payroll Specialist Salary - ₹3.5 Lakhs to ₹7.3 Lakhs per year
  • Genpact Payroll Specialist Salary - ₹3.9 Lakhs to ₹6.5 Lakhs per year
  • Capgemini Payroll Specialist Salary - ₹4.2 Lakhs to ₹6.5 Lakhs per year
What is the estimated take home salary of a Payroll Specialist at Cognizant in India?
The estimated take-home salary of a Payroll Specialist at Cognizant ranges between ₹32,171 per month to ₹33,453 per month in India. The take-home salary calculation is based on the average Cognizant Payroll Specialist salary in India which ranges between ₹2.4 Lakhs to ₹8.0 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 1 years to 7 years. Check how did we calculate take home salary?
What is the notice period for Payroll Specialist at Cognizant?
According to AmbitionBox, 45% of the Cognizant Payroll Specialists reported a notice period of 3 Months, 26% reported a notice period of 15 days or less and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 49 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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