Consultant Salary in 2025

💰 The median Consultant Salary in 2025 is USD 140,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 272 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Consultant salary lies between USD 93,000 and USD 190,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Consultant
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
272
Top 10%
$ 220,700
Top 25%
$ 190,000
Median
$ 140,000
Bottom 25%
$ 93,000
Bottom 10%
$ 63,157

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Consultant roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Consultant job listings are Cloud, Compliance and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 790 jobs Compliance | 590 jobs CISSP | 545 jobs Computer Science | 400 jobs Risk management | 397 jobs NIST | 373 jobs CISM | 370 jobs Strategy | 364 jobs Governance | 345 jobs C | 327 jobs Audits | 320 jobs ISO 27001 | 320 jobs Incident response | 302 jobs Privacy | 302 jobs Risk assessment | 294 jobs Azure | 288 jobs CISA | 288 jobs Vulnerabilities | 286 jobs AWS | 269 jobs Monitoring | 268 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Consultant roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Consultant job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 791 jobs Flex hours | 349 jobs Health care | 345 jobs Team events | 330 jobs Competitive pay | 247 jobs Salary bonus | 194 jobs Medical leave | 187 jobs Startup environment | 173 jobs Equity / stock options | 172 jobs Insurance | 148 jobs Flex vacation | 139 jobs Conferences | 124 jobs Parental leave | 119 jobs Wellness | 60 jobs Transparency | 50 jobs 401(k) matching | 47 jobs Travel | 29 jobs Home office stipend | 24 jobs Flexible spending account | 24 jobs Gear | 14 jobs

Related salaries

Consultant @ $ 151,400 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Consultant @ $ 63,157 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Consultant @ $ 104,607 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Consultant @ $ 151,400 (United States) Details
Consultant @ $ 156,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Consultant @ $ 116,200 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Consultant @ $ 86,200 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Consultant @ $ 57,157 (Netherlands) Details
Consultant @ $ 57,894 (Germany) Details
Consultant @ $ 96,500 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Consultant @ $ 100,607 (Canada) Details
Consultant @ $ 125,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details

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