Cognite H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Databases & infra software · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Austin, TX HQ🌐 cognite.com
Does Cognite sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Cognite has filed 22 H-1B LCAs and 1 PERM green-card case with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2020 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Cognite filed 4 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $195,250, about 60% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 1 green-card case was decided.
Austin, TX accounts for 55% of its H-1B filings.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 2 | $218k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $155k |
| FY2024 | 4 | $185k |
| FY2023 | 2 | $196k |
| FY2022 | 2 | $104k |
| FY2021 | 5 | $82k |
| FY2020 | 5 | $106k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM)
1 green-card (PERM) filing in FY2025, median offer $202k. Too few years to chart a trend.
Worker backgrounds
From green-card (PERM) cases
1 green-card (PERM) case, from FY2025. DOL stopped publishing worker details that year.
Patents
- Granted
- 2
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 8
- applications
- Most recent grant
- February 28, 2017
- Top area
- —
Pay against the local market
Cognite’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros, FY2020–FY2026. Its median base salary is 109% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Cognite pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum Engineers | Houston, TX | 4 | $148,622 | $161,135 | 92% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 4 | $133,965 | $118,939 | 113% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Austin, TX | 2 | $145,000 | $124,150 | 117% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Austin, TX | 2 | $125,660 | $99,960 | 126% |
| Industrial Engineers | Houston, TX | 2 | $81,600 | $101,815 | 80% |
| Industrial Engineers | Austin, TX | 1 | $75,000 | $93,860 | 80% |
| Petroleum Engineers | Austin, TX | 1 | $100,000 | $123,880 | 81% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | Houston, TX | 1 | $155,000 | $165,800 | 93% |
| Software Developers | Houston, TX | 1 | $75,858 | $101,976 | 74% |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers | Austin, TX | 1 | $220,000 | $99,700 | 221% |
About Cognite
Cognite is a databases & infra software company based in Bærum Municipality, Norway. It has about 367 employees worldwide.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Cognite
- Listed
- Private
- Sponsoring since
- FY2020
- Headquarters
- Bærum Municipality, Norway
- Industry
- Databases & infra software
- Employees (global)
- 367 (2026)
- H-1B filings
- 22
- Median base
- $127,830
- Website
- cognite.com
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