Consulting salary: $155K median
From 190 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$155Kmedian advertised salary
$120K – $200Kmiddle half of roles
$167Kaverage advertised salary
190roles counted
Consulting salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $215K, 43% more than senior roles ($150K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $150K | $129K–$170K | 54 |
| Lead and above | $215K | $205K–$268K | 16 |
| No level in title | $154K | $112K–$200K | 116 |
Consulting salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸New York | $200K | 45 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $168K | 45 |
| 🇺🇸California | $164K | 49 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $155K | 178 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago | $126K | 15 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open Consulting roles
All consulting jobs- Principal Services Solutions Consultant, Americas WWSAPure Storage · 🇺🇸New York, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$260K - $456KLead
- Founding Full Stack Software Engineer, ConsultingOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $445K
- Partnerships Lead, Consulting & SI PartnersMercor · Mercor HQ, 181 Fremont Street$300K - $400KLeadGCPAzureAWS
- Enterprise Solutions Consultant, San FranciscoNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$306K - $390K
- Advisory CISOHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$272K - $374K
- Technical Consultant, EnterpriseRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$195K - $363KNetSuite
- Manager, Enterprise Technical ConsultingRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$235K - $358KNetSuiteWorkday
- Principal Business Value ConsultantZip · 🇺🇸Remote - US$231K - $340KRemoteLead
- Business Value ConsultantDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$265K - $330K
- Enterprise Solutions Consultant (Atlanta, GA)Notion · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia$288K - $326KRemote
- Manager, Solutions ConsultingFigma · 🇺🇸New York, NY • United States$186K - $317K
- Business Value ConsultantLovable · 🇺🇸New York City$219K - $296KZendesk
- Public Policy, Strategic AdvisoryAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC$265K - $295K
- Solutions Consultant VPGarner Health · Remote$250K - $285KRemoteLead
- Consulting Field Solutions Architect, Cyber Resilience - SLED WestPure Storage · 🇺🇸Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; Phoenix, Arizo…$172K - $284K
- Manager, Solutions Consulting (LATAM)New Relic · 🇺🇸Miami, Florida, USA$226K - $283KDockerGCPAzure
- Senior Manager, Solutions ConsultingApollo.io · 🇺🇸Hybrid, Austin; Hybrid, San Francisco; Remote, United States$230K - $280KRemoteSeniorHubSpot
- Group Product Manager, Advisor ChannelJustworks · 🇺🇸New York, New York$212K - $274KSQL
- Global Alliances Lead, Advisory & Consulting PartnersIonQ · 🇺🇸Remote, US$182K - $262KRemoteLead
- Business Value ConsultantAsana · 🇺🇸San Francisco$240K - $255KRust
Questions about Consulting pay
- What is the average Consulting salary?
- $167K a year on average and $155K at the median, across 190 open Consulting postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $120K to $200K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Consulting pay?
- Notion ($246K), Ramp ($235K), Pure Storage ($215K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Consulting roles at tech companies is $155K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $120K to $200K. Counted from 190 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/consulting/
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