Consultant Salary in 2025

💰 The median Consultant Salary in 2025 is USD 136,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 436 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Consultant salary lies between USD 90,000 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
436
Top 10%
$ 220,700
Top 25%
$ 190,000
Median
$ 136,000
Bottom 25%
$ 90,000
Bottom 10%
$ 63,000

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 | 1120 jobs Compliance | 873 jobs CISSP | 782 jobs Computer Science | 578 jobs Risk management | 573 jobs NIST | 554 jobs CISM | 532 jobs Strategy | 516 jobs Governance | 515 jobs ISO 27001 | 506 jobs Audits | 472 jobs C | 455 jobs Risk assessment | 448 jobs Privacy | 446 jobs Vulnerabilities | 438 jobs Incident response | 437 jobs Azure | 422 jobs CISA | 412 jobs AWS | 401 jobs Monitoring | 381 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, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 1161 jobs Health care | 512 jobs Flex hours | 494 jobs Team events | 462 jobs Competitive pay | 370 jobs Medical leave | 285 jobs Salary bonus | 278 jobs Startup environment | 261 jobs Equity / stock options | 247 jobs Insurance | 208 jobs Flex vacation | 202 jobs Parental leave | 174 jobs Conferences | 169 jobs Wellness | 83 jobs 401(k) matching | 69 jobs Transparency | 58 jobs Travel | 45 jobs Flexible spending account | 31 jobs Home office stipend | 28 jobs Gear | 24 jobs

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Consultant @ $ 60,315 (Netherlands) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Consultant @ $ 80,474 (United Kingdom) Details
Consultant @ $ 61,683 (Germany) Details
Consultant @ $ 125,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Consultant @ $ 96,500 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Consultant @ $ 105,107 (Canada) Details
Consultant @ $ 86,961 (Australia) Details
Consultant @ $ 37,787 (Austria) Details

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