This study provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of occupational stress among IT professionals in the Indian Information Technology (IT) sector, examining its sources, impact, and associations with workforce attributes. A descriptive research design was employed, collecting data from 655 employees across two leading Hyderabad-based IT firms: CGI and Value Labs. Statistical tools, including Chi-Square tests, Z-tests, and multiple regression, were applied to assess the dynamics of occupational stress and its relationship with personal strain.

Findings reveal that most workforce attributes—organizational position, work experience, income, age, educational qualification, and marital status—are significantly associated with perceived occupational stress, while gender showed no such association. Occupational stressors were found to be strongly and positively correlated with personal strain (R = 0.733), with regression analysis indicating that stress variables collectively explained 74.1% of the variation in personal strain. Although no significant differences in overall stress levels were observed between CGI and Value Labs, specific workplace stressors such as work overload, inadequate resources, limited growth opportunities, underutilization of skills, role ambiguity, role conflict, poor working conditions, and lack of work–life balance significantly contributed to personal strain.