Management Consultant salary
What a management consultant actually earns, from 992 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 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see management consultant pay in the 5 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.
- Employee Relations Consultant (Tokyo-based)Agoda · Tokyo, JapanJul 23
- Associate (AI) Solution Consultant - Orbit Program (Madrid-based)Celonis · Munich, GermanyJul 23
- Consultant / Business Consulting (m/w/d) Förderbankaudius SE · Frankfurt am MainJul 22
- IT Consultant Senior (m/w/d) Omnissa Horizon / VDIevoila Frankfurt GmbH · Frankfurt am MainRemoteJul 22
- Digital Business Consultant (m/f/x)Virtual Identity AG · Freiburg im BreisgauRemoteJul 22
- SOC Automation (Senior) Consultant (m/w/d)NVISO · Frankfurt am MainJul 22
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$86,167 – $131,091 · median $102,574
- Canada$63,123 – $90,900 · median $74,824
- United Kingdom$44,740 – $74,721 · median $56,518
- Ireland$40,330 – $53,774 · median $47,052
- Australia$53,617 – $94,939 · median $66,258
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Massachusettsmedian $131,840
- Washingtonmedian $118,730
- Illinoismedian $110,370
- Virginiamedian $109,650
- New Yorkmedian $106,930
- New Jerseymedian $105,100
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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 992 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.