Management Consultant salary
What a management consultant actually earns, from 187 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see management consultant pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
Management consulting posts a blended US median near 101,000 dollars, which sounds modest until you realize it is dragged down by the enormous analyst base beneath the “up or out” pyramid. The spread is the story: a first-year analyst and a partner both wear the title, and the partner earns several times the median. It is the widest-reaching career on our board, measured in five markets, because the firms hire globally on the same profile. Read the median as the entry, not the destination, and note that the exits, into strategy, operations, and product, are often where the real money is.
Open management consultant roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Amazon Connect, Principal Consultant at TTEC DigitalUnited Kingdom · RemoteTodayApply- Principal Consultant at AssessFirstFrance · Remote$70k–$82kTodayApply
Change Management Consultant at Nexer GroupCzechia · RemoteTodayApply
Business Consultant at KinaxisUnited States · Remote1d agoApply
Consultant, Scientific Regulatory Affairs at The Coca-Cola CompanyAtlanta, GA1d agoApply
Consultant, Change Management at BME StrategiesUnited States · Remote$87k–$121k2d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$94,158$121,564$152,136
- United Kingdom$63,983$78,432$101,248
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'509/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 24 Betriebswirte und vergleichbare Spezialisten: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 114'108 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$118,730
- Illinois$110,370
- Virginia$109,650
- New York$106,930
- New Jersey$105,100
- Colorado$104,990
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a management consultant profile already covers.
- 600 open product manager roles$171,066 median · +$49,502 · 36% readiness
- 600 open project manager roles$126,568 median · +$5,004 · 56% readiness
- 600 open business analyst roles$122,331 median · +$767 · 55% readiness
- 600 open operations manager roles$121,927 median · +$363 · 46% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a management consultant.
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Related salaries
- Business Analyst salary$122,331 median
- Project Manager salary$126,568 median
- Financial Analyst salary$112,400 median
Quick answers
How much do management consultants make?
The blended US median is about 101,000 dollars, but the range is enormous: analysts start below it and partners earn multiples of it.
Why is the consulting salary range so wide?
The up-or-out pyramid means one title spans a first-year analyst to a partner. Level, not the median, tells you the pay.
Is consulting worth it for the money?
The salary is good and the exit options are better. Many consultants earn most over their careers after they leave, in strategy and operations roles.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 13-1111. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Management analysts.” Live corpus 187 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.